Fiction Hardcover
1. “The Hill We Climb: An Inaugural Poem for the Country” by Amanda Gorman
Written for and read at President Joe Biden’s inauguration, the inspiring poem from the 23-year-old National Youth Poet Laureate.
2. “While Justice Sleeps“ by Stacey Abrams
Written by the political activist and former Georgia gubernatorial candidate, a Washington DC political and legal thriller.
3. “Klara and the Sun“ by Kazuo Ishiguro
The latest from the Nobel Prize laureate, a story set in a vaguely futuristic and technologically advanced place, exploring themes of love, humanity and science.
4. “The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse” by Charlie Mackesy
A modern illustrated fable exploring kindness, wisdom and true love.
5. “The Plot” by Jean Hanff Korelitz
From the author of the novel that was the basis of the recent HBO series “The Undoing,” a washed-up novelist, with a low-level teaching job, steals the plot from a former pupil after the student’s untimely death.
Fiction Paperback
1. “Hamnet” by Maggie O’Farrell
Set in Stratford and London in the late 1500s, a lush and luminous fictionalized story of Shakespeare’s marriage to an enigmatic woman and their grief, following the death of their beloved young son.
2. “The Dutch House” by Ann Patchett
Bestselling author Patchett tells the story of a lifelong bond between two siblings and their obsessive connection to their childhood home.
3. “The Most Fun We Ever Had” by Claire Lombardo
Debut novel that follows a Chicago couple and their 4 tumultuous daughters, from the 1970s through 1917.
4. “Apeirogon” by Collum McCann
A Palestinian and an Israeli who both lose their young daughters to political violence, become advocates for peace in the Middle East.
5. “Fresh Water for Flowers” by Valerie Perrin
A young woman, wounded by life, finds poignant and unexpected friendship, joy and meaning to her life, when she takes over as a cemetery keeper.
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