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Barefoot Season

Susan Mallery - MIRA

Michelle Sanderson may appear to be a strong, independent woman, but on the inside, she's still the wounded girl who fled home years ago. A young army vet, Michelle returns to the quaint Blackberry Island Inn to claim her inheritance and recover from the perils of war. Instead, she finds...
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From a Certain Point of View: Return of the Jedi (Star Wars)

Olivie Blake - Random House Worlds
Format: Hardcover

Celebrate the lasting impact of Return of the Jedi with this exciting reimagining of the timeless Star Wars film featuring new perspectives from forty contributors. On May 25, 1983, Star Wars cemented its legacy as the greatest movie franchise of all time with the release of Return of the Jedi....
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Robert B. Parker's Revenge Tour

Mike Lupica - G.P. Putnam's Sons
Format: Hardcover

PI Sunny Randall owes a favor. Her landlord and former client, famous novelist Melanie Joan Hall, is being threatened and blackmailed, and it is up to Sunny and her best friend Spike to ensure her protection. But as Sunny looks into the identity of Melanie Joan’s stalker, she learns...

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Under Occupation: A Novel

Alan Furst - Random House
Format: Hardcover

From the master of espionage and intrigue, this novel about heroic resistance fighters in 1942 occupied Paris is based on true events of Polish prisoners in Nazi Germany, who smuggled valuable intelligence to Paris and the resistance.Occupied Paris in 1942, a dark, treacherous city now ruled...
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The Clockmaker's Daughter: A Novel

KATE MORTON - Atria Books
Format: Hardcover

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A rich, spellbinding new novel from the author of The Lake House - the story of a love affair and a mysterious murder that cast their shadow across generations, set in England from the 1860s until the present day. My real name, no one remembers. The truth...
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Worthy Opponents: A Novel

DANIELLE STEEL - Delacorte Press
Format: Hardcover

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Danielle Steel comes a powerful novel about a woman running her family's luxury department store and the wealthy investor who threatens to take it over.Spencer Brooke always knew she was destined to be CEO of her grandfather's business - the most...
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The Goldfinch: A Novel

Donna Tartt - Little Brown & Company
Format: Hardcover

WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE"The Goldfinch is a rarity that comes along perhaps half a dozen times per decade, a smartly written literary novel that connects with the heart as well as the mind....Donna Tartt has delivered an extraordinary work of fiction."--Stephen King,...
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The Nine of Us: Growing Up Kennedy

Jean Kennedy Smith - Harper
Format: Print book

In this evocative and affectionate memoir, Ambassador Jean Kennedy Smith, the last surviving child of Joe and Rose Kennedy, offers an intimate and illuminating look at a time long ago when she and her siblings, guided by their parents, laughed and learned a great deal under one roof.Prompted...
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When Breath Becomes Air

Paul Kalanithi - Random House
Format: Hardcover

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * PULITZER PRIZE FINALIST * For readers of Atul Gawande, Andrew Solomon, and Anne Lamott, this inspiring, exquisitely observed memoir finds hope and beauty in the face of insurmountable odds as an idealistic young neurosurgeon attempts to answer the question...
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Outliers: The Story of Success

Malcolm Gladwell - Little, Brown and Co.
Format: Hardcover

In this stunning new book, Malcolm Gladwell takes us on an intellectual journey through the world of "outliers"--the best and the brightest, the most famous and the most successful. He asks the question: what makes high-achievers different? His answer is that we pay too much...
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