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Most Requested BooksJuly 2016
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The girls : a novel
by Emma Cline
Mesmerized by a band of girls in the park she perceives as enjoying a life of free and careless abandon, 1960s teen Evie Boyd becomes obsessed with gaining acceptance into their circle, only to find herself drawn into a cult and seduced by its charismatic leader. Reading-group guide available. A first novel.
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Before the fall : a novel
by Noah Hawley
The stories of 10 wealthy victims of a plane going down intertwine with those of a down-on-his-luck painter and a 4-year-old boy, the tragedy's only survivors. By the Emmy-, Golden Globe- and Peabody Award-winning writer of Fargo.
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The nest
by Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney
Gathering to confront an older sibling who has been recently released from rehab after a drunk driving accident, the Plum siblings watch as the trust fund left by their father rises and falls according to self-inflicted problems. A first novel.
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Sweetbitter
by Stephanie Danler
A year in the life of a beguiling young woman in the wild world of a famous downtown New York restaurant follows her burning effort to become someone of importance through a backwaiter job that enables her indulgences in culinary and intellectual interests.
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Barkskins : a novel
by Annie Proulx
Working as woodcutters under a feudal lord in 17th-century New France, two impoverished young Frenchmen follow separate journeys, one of extraordinary hardship, the other of wealth and craftiness, that shape their families throughout three centuries. By the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Shipping News and Brokeback Mountain.
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Everybody's fool
by Richard Russo
The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Empire Falls returns readers to the setting of Nobody's Fool and finds Sully confronting a daunting health prognosis, which he hides from his loved ones, including his longtime mistress, an increasingly distant best friend and an obsessive chief of police.
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The sympathizer
by Viet Thanh Nguyen
Follows a Viet Cong agent as he spies on a South Vietnamese army general and his compatriots as they start a new life on 1975 Los Angeles.
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Modern lovers
by Emma Straub
Three friends and former college bandmates struggle with the poignant midlife difficulties of managing the sexuality, independence and secrets of their young-adult children against painful memories of a friend who soared and fell without them. By the best-selling author of The Vacationers.
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LaRose
by Louise Erdrich
Horrified when he accidentally kills his best friend's 5-year-old son while hunting, Landreaux Iron gives away his own young son to his friend's family according to ancient tradition, a decision that helps both families reach a tenuous peace that is threatened by a vengeful adversary. By the National Book Award-winning author of The Round House.
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Homegoing
by Yaa Gyasi
Two half-sisters, unknown to each other, are born into different villages in 18th-century Ghana and experience profoundly different lives and legacies throughout subsequent generations marked by wealth, slavery, war, coal mining, the Great Migration and the realities of 20th-century Harlem.
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The gene : an intimate history
by Siddhartha Mukherjee
The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Emperor of All Maladies presents a history of gene science that examines current debates about gene resequencing, tracing the author's family experiences with mental illness and the contributions of key scientists and philosophers.
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The last painting of Sara de Vos
by Dominic Smith
Half a century after reluctantly painting a forgery of the only surviving landscape by a 17th-century female Dutch master, Sara curates an exhibit of women Dutch painters and risks exposure when both the original and her forgery arrive. By the award-winning author of The Beautiful Miscellaneous.
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