By Jean Hanff Korelitz
Recommended By Evelyn Hershkowitz, Readers' Services Librarian

“Admission is at once a fascinating look at the complex college admissions process and an emotional examination of what happens when the secrets of the past return and shake a woman's life to its core (From the Publisher).”

Became the movie: Admission.

By Jeff Abbott
Series Sam Capra Novels
Recommended By John Shea, Library Page

“When his pregnant wife and child are kidnapped and he discovers that he has been set up as a traitor, brilliant CIA agent Sam Capra begins a desperate hunt for the unknown enemy who he believes has targeted the wrong man (From the Publisher).”

By Alison Espach
Recommended By Audrey Honigman, Library Clerk

“In Espach's charming coming-of-age debut, 14-year-old Emily Vidal's life begins to veer off course at her father's 50th birthday party when he announces that he and her mother are divorcing… (From Publishers Weekly).”

By Anna Todd
Series After Series
Recommended By Stacey F., Reference Librarian

Good girl Tessa, just starting out in college, finds herself falling for bad boy Hardin, even though he continues to push her away.

By Jonathan Evison

Loner William Miller tries to cope after his mother dies of cancer, his bodybuilding father remarries a grief counselor, and he falls in love with his stepsister Lulu.

By Jami Attenberg
Recommended By Lisa H., Readers' Services Librarian

Hiding the truth about her unhappiness and struggles with anxiety from everyone including her family, best friend and therapist, an alcoholic designer joins her loved ones in a reevaluation of family strength in the wake of a newborn’s heartbreaking ailment.

By Wallace Stegner
With Lisa Caputo, Assistant Library Director

Tuesday, May 24, 2011. 1 PM & 7:30 PM.

Retirees Joseph and Ruth Allston find their placid, rural California life disrupted by a hippie who builds a treehouse on their property and by a young married couple tragically affected by pregnancy and cancer.

By Jami Attenberg
Recommended By Lisa H., Readers' Services Librarian

From a critically acclaimed New York Times best –selling author of The Middlesteins comes a novel of family secrets revealed in the heat of a New Orleans summer.

By Charlaine Harris
Series Sookie Stackhouse/Southern Vampires Novels
Recommended By Megan Kass, Systems Manager

“Betrayed by her longtime vampire lover, cocktail waitress Sookie Stackhouse has her hands full dealing with every kind of undead and paranormal creature, as well as the new man in her life, the shapeshifter Quinn, and the upcoming vampire summit (From the Publisher).

By Vince Flynn
Series Mitch Rapp Novels
Recommended By Arlene Silverman, Library Clerk

“As action-packed, fast-paced, and brutally realistic as it gets, Flynn’s latest page-turner shows readers how it all began. Behind the steely gaze of the nation’s ultimate hero is a young man primed to become an American Assassin (From the Publisher).”

By DeuxMoi with Jessica Goodman

A debut novel by the anonymous creator of “the Internet’s best gossip” Instagram account takes readers behind the scenes in a novel that recounts her accidental rise to becoming the queen of blind–items.

By Jane Green
Recommended By Ann Competello, Library Clerk, Marie McLaughlin, Head of Circulation, Rosemarie Germaine, Senior Library Clerk

“Marrying a divorced father of two, Andi finds herself struggling to gain her stepdaughters' acceptance while preserving family peace in the face of daily dramas and competitions for her husband's attention (From the Publisher).”

By Brock Clarke

“… a delightfully dark story of Sam Pulsifer, the "accidental arsonist and murderer" narrator who leads readers through a multilayered, flame-filled adventure about literature, lies, love and life … (Publishers Weekly).”

By Camille Noe Pagán
Recommended By Rosemarie Germaine, Senior Library Clerk

“Marissa Rogers is forced to reevaluate her choices when her once-domineering best friend loses her memory in an accident, causing Marissa to confront painful shared memories (From the Publisher).”

By Kate Christensen

Kicked out of the crumbling Brooklyn home that he thought was a happy one, poet Harry Quirk struggles to make sense of his literary, marital, financial and parental failures while trying to get back into his estranged wife's good graces.

By Hilma Wolitzer
With Ed Goldberg, Head of Reference, Lisa Jones, Readers' Services Librarian, Sonia Grgas, Health Reference Librarian, Ralph Guiteau, Readers' Services Librarian

The Afternoon and Evening Book Clubs unite for a special evening to celebrate a year of great books and discussions.

Tuesday, December 18. 7:30 PM.

“Inadvertently attracting several single women while mourning the death of his adored wife, Edward Schuyler is profiled in a singles ad by his stepchildren... (From the Publisher).”

By Harry Dolan
Series David Logan Mysteries
Recommended By Ed Goldberg, Head of Reference

 “The story takes place in Ann Arbor, Mich., where David Loogan has just accepted a position at Gray Streets mystery magazine - and embarked on an affair with his new boss's wife. It's not long before bodies begin turning up left and right, and a young investigator is involved (Publishers Weekly).”

By Dorothy Allison

Bone, an illegitimate child in a family of social outcasts, keeps quiet about her stepfather’s abuse.

By Elin Hilderbrand
Recommended By Marie McLaughlin, Head of Circulation

"Mack Petersen, a hotel manager at a beach resort, knows something has to give: his boss is pressuring him, his girlfriend wants to get married, the bellman is after his girlfriend, an old rival is making deadly threats, and, on top of it all, a hurricane is headed their way (From the Publisher)."

By Jane Green

Eccentric widow Nan rents rooms for the summer in her Nantucket home when she discovers her finances are running low. As the house comes alive again, Nan finds her family expanding.

By Emily Henry
Recommended By Jackie, Head of Readers' Services

An acclaimed but blocked literary master and a bestselling novelist who has stopped believing in true love agree to a summer–long writing project that challenges them to write well in each others’ styles.

By Josh Bazell
Recommended By Evelyn Hershkowitz, Readers' Services Librarian

In this debut thriller, an intern at a run-down Manhattan hospital who's atoning for his former life as a mob hit man encounters in the course of a single day a patient with a mystery illness, a 21-year-old girl about to have a leg amputated, and a former mob associate.

By S.J. Watson
Recommended By Arlene Silverman, Library Clerk, Rosemarie Germaine, Senior Library Clerk, Meghan F., Children's Services Librarian

An amnesiac attempts to reconstruct her past by keeping a journal and discovers the dangerous inconsistencies in the stories of her husband and her secret doctor.

By Imbolo Mbue
Recommended By Evelyn Hershkowitz, Readers' Services Librarian, Jackie, Head of Readers' Services, Lisa H., Readers' Services Librarian, Pam Martin, Assistant Library Director
With Evelyn Hershkowitz, Readers' Services Librarian

Tuesday, November 28, 2017. 1:30 PM

An immigrant working class couple from Cameroon and the upper class American family for whom they work find their lives and marriages shaped by financial circumstances, infidelities, secrets, and the 2008 recession.

By Sarah Pekkanen
Recommended By Jackie, Head of Readers' Services, Stacey Mencher, Technology and Applications Manager

Four old college friends, desperate for an escape from their crazy lives, spend a week at a luxury villa in Jamaica and help each other cope with their problems.

By Adriana Trigiani
Series Big Stone Gap Novels
Recommended By Evelyn Hershkowitz, Readers' Services Librarian

“Big Cherry Holler, the extraordinary sequel to Big Stone Gap, takes us back to the mountain life that enchanted us in Adriana Trigiani’s best selling debut novel (From the Publisher).”

By Dave Barry

The humorist describes the lives of the troubled denizens of Coconut Grove.

By Orhan Pamuk

A stunning tapestry of Middle Eastern and Islamic culture. Richly atmospheric and Rabelaisian in scope, a labyrinthine novel suffused with sights, sounds, and scents of Istanbul as it plumbs the mystery of identity, fiction, and reality.

By Deborah Harkness
Series All Souls Trilogy
Recommended By Stacey Mencher, Technology and Applications Manager

Historian and witch Diana Bishop and her vampire scientist husband Matthew Clairmont return from a trip to the past still searching for the elusive alchemy tome “Ashmole 782."

By Cristina Henriquez
Recommended By Pam Martin, Assistant Library Director
With Evelyn Hershkowitz, Readers' Services Librarian

Tuesday, June 23, 2015. 1:30 PM.

Moving from Mexico to the United States when their daughter suffers a near-fatal accident, the Riveras confront cultural barriers, their daughter’s difficult recovery, and her developing relationship with a Panamanian boy.

By Abbi Waxman

A confirmed introvert finds her simple life upended when the father she never knew passes away, revealing an enormous extended family that overwhelms her budding relationship with a fellow trivia buff.

By Meg Cabot
Series Boy

“Twentysomething Kate Mackenzie, who works and lives in New York City, is a typical chick-lit heroine: she hates her boss and has just broken up with her longtime boyfriend because he can't commit. Her job as a human resources representative at the New York Journal brings her to the center of controversy when her boss makes her fire the popular Dessert Cart Lady, Ida Lopez …  The grievance suit that ensues brings Kate in contact with the perfect guy, but he's a lawyer, so it takes Kate a while to realize that they're meant to be together (Library Journal).”

By Meg Cabot

“Cabot relies entirely on highly amusing e-mails to tell a fetching meet-cute story…. Full of clever e-mail banter and tongue-in-cheek humor, this cheeky novel should be enjoyed in one sitting (Publishers Weekly).”

By Deborah Schupack

“A mother can't understand why the young boy in her house no longer seems like her son—and with this unexpectedly impressive debut novel of psychological mystery, Schupack boldly announces her presence at the table of writers who deserve to be heard (Kirkus Reviews).”

By Michael Connelly
Recommended By Nancy Lowenstein, Library Page

“Connelly is firing on all cylinders in this epic page-turner. The intriguing story line, the chance to view Bosch from another perspective, and Haller's reappearance as a main character add up to a fantastic read. One of the best thrillers of the year (Library Journal).”

By Adriana Trigiani
Series Valentine Trilogy
Recommended By Amy B., Children's Librarian

When Valentine Roncalli discovers a long-lost shoe design, a family secret unravels that helps her take control of the company from a conniving relative, but first she seeks the counsel of her ex-fiancé, Bret Fitzpatrick, to help re-boot the business.

By Susan Elizabeth Phillips
Recommended By Lisa C., Library Clerk

“The familiar tricks of the trade are refreshingly revamped in this lively contemporary romance set in Tuscany… Phillips has created a very modern and textured tale: witty, moving, passionate and tender (Publishers Weekly).”

By Helen Fielding
Recommended By Megan Kass, Systems Manager

The daily chronicle of a 30-something single English woman who is convinced her life would be perfect if she could lose weight, stop smoking and develop "Inner Poise."

By Junot Diaz
Recommended By Sonia Grgas, Reference Librarian

Living with an old–world mother and rebellious sister, an urban New Jersey misfit dreams of becoming the next J.R.R. Tolkien and believes that a long–standing family curse is thwarting his efforts to find love and happiness.

By Edward J. Delaney
Recommended By Rosemarie Germaine, Senior Library Clerk

“A passionate, heartbreaking story of authority and revenge, alcoholism and futile redemption set in south Boston in the late 1990s (From the Publisher).”

By Joseph Finder
Series Nick Heller Novels
Recommended By John Shea, Library Page

“Hoping to set up his own spy operation in his Boston home town, Nick Heller is contacted by a desperate family friend to rescue his kidnapped daughter, whose terrifying incarceration in an underground crypt is being broadcast on the Internet (From the Publisher).”

By David Rosenfelt
Series Andy Carpenter Novels
Recommended By Nancy Lowenstein, Library Page

“Asked to help safeguard the innocence of a reporter who has been selected as the mouthpiece for a serial killer, defense attorney Andy Carpenter finds his job getting more difficult when the reporter is arrested for the murders (From the Publisher).”

By Jodi Della Femina

“Nobody knows the Hamptons like Jodi Della Femina, who captures the inside world of love, society, and scandal in this delicious summer page-turner (From the Publisher).”

By Susan Elizabeth Phillips
Recommended By Lisa C., Library Clerk

Ostracized for her role in halting best friend Lucy's wedding, Meg finds herself stranded.

By Sophie Kinsella

“When her plane en route from Glasgow to London experiences horrible turbulence, Emma Corrigan is convinced she is going to die. She babbles all of her most intimate thoughts and secrets to the handsome American man sitting next to her… When she enters the office on Monday and learns the CEO of the company is in for a visit, Emma is horrified to learn Jack is actually the man in whom she confided on the flight… (Booklist).”

By Margaret Dilloway
Recommended By Sonia Grgas, Reference Librarian

Thirty-six-year-old biology teacher Gal Garner's regimented life will never be the same after her estranged sister's teenage daughter Riley arrives one afternoon unannounced.

By Elin Hilderbrand
Recommended By Rosemarie Germaine, Senior Library Clerk

“Once again, Hilderbrand masterfully weaves an intense tale of love and loyalty set against the backdrop of endless summer island life (From the Publisher).”

By Diane Mott Davidson
Series Goldy Bear Mysteries
Recommended By Nancy Lowenstein, Library Page

“Meet the caterer who whipped up the multimillion-copy mystery series- as Goldy solves her first murder (From the Publisher).”

By Diane Mott Davidson
Recommended By Nancy Lowenstein, Library Page

“This delightfully wicked mystery features food expert Goldy Bear, 31, the divorced mother of a 12-year-old son and the owner of Goldilocks Catering in Aspen Meadow, Colorado (From Publishers Weekly).”

By Jodi Picoult
Recommended By Pam Strudler, Programming & Arts Librarian

“The acclaimed #1 New York Times bestselling author presents a spellbinding tale of a mother's tragic loss and one man's last chance at gaining salvation (From the Publisher).”