Fiction
A LEGACY OF SPIES by John le Carre. Peter Guillam, formerly of the British Secret Service, is pulled out of retirement to defend intelligence operations during the Cold War that resulted in the deaths of people close to him.
SECRETS IN DEATH by J.D. Robb. Lt. Eve Dallas investigates the murder of a professional gossip who dabbled in blackmail; by Nora Roberts, writing pseudonymously.
ENEMY OF THE STATE by Kyle Mills Emily. Vince Flynn’s character Mitch Rapp leaves the CIA to go on a manhunt when the nephew of a Saudi King finances a terrorist group.
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.
GLASS HOUSES by Louise Penny. When a body is discovered in Three Pines, Chief Superintendent Gamache regrets not acting on a hunch.
THE RIGHT TIME by Danielle Steel. Author Alexandra Winslow, writing under the pseudonym Alexander Green, creates a double life that isolates her.
THE WESTERN STAR by Craig Johnson. The 13th Walt Longmire novel. A parole hearing of a serial killer and the decades-old memory of a train ride with Wyoming sheriffs put Longmire on a collision course between past and present.
CAMINO ISLAND by John Grisham. A search for stolen rare manuscripts leads to a Florida island.
DARK LEGACY by Christine Feehan. Emeline Sanchez fights to recover from exchanging blood with a master vampire, even as she tries to heal the children she saved from him. A Carpathian novel.
THE STORE by James Patterson and Richard DiLallo. Two New York writers go undercover to expose the secrets of a powerful retailer.
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 own childhood.
FANTASYLAND by Kurt Andersen. The politics and culture of 21st-century America are put in the context of five centuries of historical events and movements, including elements of conspiracy theories, crackpot ideas and hucksterism.
AL FRANKEN, GIANT OF THE SENATE by Al Franken. A memoir by the Democratic senator from Minnesota and former Saturday Night Live writer.
WHY BUDDHISM IS TRUE by Robert Wright. Neuroscience and psychology findings are used to support Buddhist practice and meditation.
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.
THE VIETNAM WAR by Geoffrey C. Ward. A companion to the PBS series by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick that looks at the events and the legacy of the war.
IT TAKES TWO by Jonathan Scott and Drew Scott. The identical twins and reality TV stars trace their ascent from their upbringing in Vancouver, B.C., through personal setbacks to building careers together.
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.
Paperback fiction
IT by Stephen King.
THE WOMAN IN CABIN 10 by Ruth Ware.
MILK AND HONEY by Rupi Kaur.
LILAC GIRLS by Martha Hall Kelly.
THE COUPLE NEXT DOOR by Shari Lapena.
Paperback nonfiction
THE GLASS CASTLE by Jeannette Walls.
BEING MORTAL by Atul Gawande.
THE LOST CITY OF THE MONKEY GOD by Douglas Preston.
JUST MERCY by Bryan Stevenson.
ON TYRANNY by Timothy Snyder.