Fiction
THE ESCAPE ARTIST by Brad Meltzer. Nola Brown, a painter and trained soldier, discovers a military secret that traces back to Harry Houdini.
STAR WARS: THE LAST JEDI by Jason Fry. An adaptation of the film, written with input from its director, Rian Johnson, which includes scenes from alternate versions of the script.
THE GREAT ALONE by Kristin Hannah. A former prisoner of war returns from Vietnam and moves his family to Alaska, where they face tough conditions.
LITTLE FIRES EVERYWHERE by Celeste Ng. An artist upends a quiet suburb outside Cleveland.
THE WOMAN IN THE WINDOW by A.J. Finn. A recluse who drinks heavily and takes prescription drugs may have witnessed a crime across from her Harlem townhouse.
FIFTY FIFTY by James Patterson and Candice Fox. Detective Harriet Blue tries to clear her brother’s name and save a small Australian town from being massacred.
AN AMERICAN MARRIAGE by Tayari Jones. A newlywed couple’s relationship is tested when the husband is sentenced to 12 years in prison.
BURN BRIGHT by Patricia Briggs. The fifth book in the Alpha and Omega series. Mated werewolves Charles Cornick and Anna Latham answer a call of distress.
BEFORE WE WERE YOURS by Lisa Wingate. A South Carolina lawyer learns about the questionable practices of a Tennessee orphanage.
STILL ME by Jojo Moyes. Louisa Clark moves to New York and is torn between high society and the life she enjoys at a vintage clothing store.
Nonfiction
FIRE AND FURY by Michael Wolff. A journalist offers an inside account of the first year of the Trump White House.
I’LL BE GONE IN THE DARK by Michelle McNamara. The late true-crime journalist’s search for the serial murderer and rapist known as the Golden State Killer.
EDUCATED by Tara Westover. The daughter of survivalists, who is kept out of school, educates herself enough to leave home for university.
ENLIGHTENMENT NOW by Steven Pinker. A case for using reason, science and humanism to counter pessimistic views of Western civilization.
ASTROPHYSICS FOR PEOPLE IN A HURRY by Neil deGrasse Tyson. A straightforward, easy-to-understand introduction to the universe.
OBAMA by Pete Souza. More than 300 pictures of the former president by his White House photographer, with behind-the-scenes stories.
BACHELOR NATION by Amy Kaufman. An insider look at the Bachelor franchise and its effect on society.
THE LAST BLACK UNICORN by Tiffany Haddish. The comedian recounts growing up in South Central Los Angeles and finding success after a period of homelessness.
UNMASKED by Andrew Lloyd Webber. A memoir by the musical theater composer and impresario, whose works include The Phantom of the Opera, Cats and Evita.
THE FUTURE OF HUMANITY by Michio Kaku. The physicist describes how humans might develop civilization in outer space and possibly become immortal.
Paperback fiction
READY PLAYER ONE by Ernest Cline.
THE SUN AND HER FLOWERS by Rupi Kaur.
CALL ME BY YOUR NAME by André Aciman.
MILK AND HONEY by Rupi Kaur.
SMALL GREAT THINGS by Jodi Picoult.
Paperback nonfiction
BEING MORTAL by Atul Gawande.
HORSE SOLDIERS by Doug Stanton.
THE RADIUM GIRLS by Kate Moore.
THE POWER OF HABIT by Charles Duhigg.
WE SHOULD ALL BE FEMINISTS by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie.