Fiction
GLASS HOUSES by Louise Penny. When a body is discovered in Three Pines, Chief Superintendent Gamache regrets not acting on a hunch.
Y IS FOR YESTERDAY by Sue Grafton. The 25th Kinsey Millhone mystery novel. A former student from an elite private school is released from prison and a sociopath returns to haunt the detective.
THE RIGHT TIME by Danielle Steel. Author Alexandra Winslow, writing under the pseudonym Alexander Green, creates a double life that isolates her.
THE STORE by James Patterson and Richard DiLallo. Two New York writers go undercover to expose the secrets of a powerful retailer.
CAMINO ISLAND by John Grisham. A search for stolen rare manuscripts leads to a Florida island.
MY ABSOLUTE DARLING by Gabriel Tallent. A remarkably self-sufficient 14-year-old girl must fight to save herself from her abusive survivalist father.
SEEING RED by Sandra Brown. TV journalist Kerra Bailey and former federal agent John Trapper join forces to expose a web of conspiracy behind a hotel bombing in Dallas.
THE LATE SHOW by Michael Connelly. Renee Ballard, a young detective with the LAPD, investigates crimes against two women.
A GENTLEMAN IN MOSCOW by Amor Towles. A Russian count undergoes 30 years of house arrest.
STAR WARS: PHASMA by Delilah S. Dawson. Captain Phasma, officer of the First Order, battles a mysterious stormtrooper who is bent on unearthing her origins.
Nonfiction
ASTROPHYSICS FOR PEOPLE IN A HURRY by Neil deGrasse Tyson. A straightforward, easy-to-understand introduction to the universe.
HILLBILLY ELEGY by J.D. Vance. A Yale Law School graduate looks at the struggles of America's white working class through his childhood.
WHY BUDDHISM IS TRUE by Robert Wright. Neuroscience and psychology findings are used to support Buddhist practice and meditation.
AL FRANKEN, GIANT OF THE SENATE by Al Franken. A memoir by the Democratic senator from Minnesota and former Saturday Night Live writer.
BETWEEN THE WORLD AND ME by Ta-Nehisi Coates. A meditation on race in America.
OPTION B by Sheryl Sandberg and Adam Grant. Insight on facing adversity and building resilience.
KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON by David Grann. The story of a murder spree in 1920s Oklahoma that targeted Osage Indians, whose lands contained oil.
THE BIG LIE by Dinesh D'Souza. The conservative commentator argues that the American left is a fascist threat.
THE BOOK OF JOY by the Dalai Lama and Desmond Tutu with Douglas Abrams. Two spiritual leaders discuss how to find joy in the face of suffering.
GRIT by Angela Duckworth. A psychologist says passion and perseverance are the keys to success.
Paperback fiction
1.THE WOMAN IN CABIN 10 by Ruth Ware.
MILK AND HONEY by Rupi Kaur.
LILAC GIRLS by Martha Hall Kelly.
IT by Stephen King.
THE HANDMAID'S TALE by Margaret Atwood.
Paperback nonfiction
THE GLASS CASTLE by Jeannette Walls.
JUST MERCY by Bryan Stevenson.
THE IMMORTAL LIFE OF HENRIETTA LACKS by Rebecca Skloot.
THE NEW JIM CROW by Michelle Alexander.
ON TYRANNY by Timothy Snyder.
Source: New York Times
Editorial on 09/17/2017