Hardcover
1. “A Gentleman in Moscow” by Amor Towles
Epic story of a former Russian aristocrat living under house arrest in a luxurious Moscow hotel, following the Bolshevik Revolution.
2. “Lincoln in the Bardo” by George Saunders
Man Booker Prize winner, philosophical and supernatural tale involving the death of President Lincoln’s young son and the ghosts that inhabit the cemetery where he is buried.
3. “Manhattan Beach” by Jennifer Egan
From the Pulitzer Prize winning author of “A Visit From the Goon Squad,” New York during the Depression and WWII.
4. “Origin” by Dan Brown
The latest installment, featuring the character of Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon, from “The Da Vinci Code.”
5. “Sourdough” by Robin Sloan
San Francisco’s technology and food cultures collide in this witty send up of both worlds.
6. “A Legacy of Spies” by John Le Carre
From the bestselling author, featuring the memorable character of George Smiley.
7. “In the Midst of Winter” by Isabel Allende
Thrown together by a Brooklyn blizzard, 2 NYU professors and a Guatemalan nanny find themselves with a body to dispose, in this humorously and soulfully told story.
8. “The Mistletoe Murder” by P.D. James
A collection of 4 of the popular mystery writer’s best Christmas stories.
9. “Artemis” by Andy Weir
From the bestselling author of “The Martian,” set in the only city on the moon and several decades in the future, the story of a young misanthropic genius who side hustles as a smuggler.
10. “A Column of Fire” by Ken Follett
Newest installment of the Kingsbridge series, mid 1500s London, England, during the religious conflicts between Protestantism and Catholicism.
Paperback
1. “News of the World” by Paulette Jiles
Post Civil War era, a former soldier reads newspapers to paying customers.
2. “Reservoir 13” by Jon McGregor
An entire English village is haunted by one family’s loss.
3. “To Capture What We Cannot Keep” by Beatrice Colin
Set against the construction of the Eiffel Tower, the love story of a young Scottish widow and a French engineer, both from very different social classes.
4. “The Girls” by Emma Cline
In 1960s Northern CA, a lonely teenager is taken in by a cult and its charismatic leader.
5. “The Nakano Thrift Shop” by Hiromi Kawakami
A young woman yearns for love in a thrift shop full of oddities and characters.
6. “After the Fire” by Henning Mankell
A disgracefully retired former surgeon, lives peacefully alone on a remote island off the coast of Sweden, until a fire destroys his home.
7. “Autumn” by Ali Smith
2 old friends, ages apart, in a story about aging, time and love.
8. “Pachinko” by Min Jin Lee
National Book Award finalist, epic story of a Korean family living in Japan, enduring and prospering through the 20th century.
9. “All The Light We Cannot See” by Anthony Doerr
Pulitzer Prize winner, the story of a blind French girl and an orphaned German boy, whose lives collide during Nazi occupied Normandy, France.
10. “Mrs. Caliban” by Rachel Ingalls
Originally published in 1982, a lonely housewife gets a new lease on life in the strong, green arms of a sea monster. Campy yet also serious in tone.
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