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Eleanor Roosevelt : The War Years and After: 1939-1962
by Blanche Wiesen Cook
A concluding volume to the definitive portrait of Eleanor Roosevelt traces her post-World War II years, covering subjects ranging from FDR's death and the founding of the UN through her efforts to promote key initiatives in spite of limited support and her death in 1962.
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The stranger in the woods : the extraordinary story of the last true hermit
by Michael Finkel
Documents the true story of a man who endured a hardscrabble, isolated existence in a tent in the Maine woods, never speaking with others and surviving by stealing supplies from nearby cabins, for 27 years, in a portrait that illuminates the survival means he developed and the reasons behind his solitary life.
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The long way to a small, angry planet
by Becky Chambers
Joining the crew of the aging Wayfarer, a patched-up ship that has seen better days, loner Rosemary Harper must unexpectedly risk her life when they are offered the job of a lifetime, which teaches her valuable lessons about love and trust, and that having a family isn't the worst thing in the universe.
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Fear nothing
by Lisa Gardner
Seriously injured after stumbling into a crime scene she cannot remember, Boston Detective D. D. Warren learns about a second murder with the same characteristics, only to discover that she is being personally targeted by the killer. By the #1 best-selling author of The Neighbor.
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Blackbird House
by Alice Hoffman
An evocative, episodic novel by the author of Practical Magic presents a series of interlinking stories that capture the lives and fortunes of the various occupants of an old Massachusetts house over the course of two centuries.
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Slade house : a novel
by David Mitchell
Follows the narrative of five different people who disappear through a mysterious door in an unassuming alleyway to visit the titular house and also vanish completely from the outside world. By the author of Cloud Atlas and The Bone Clocks.
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The secret keeper : a novel
by Kate Morton
Withdrawing from a family party to the solitude of her tree house, 16-year-old Laurel Nicolson witnesses a shocking murder that throughout a subsequent half century shapes her beliefs, her acting career and the lives of three strangers from vastly different cultures. By the best-selling author of The Distant Hours.
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The ghost bride
by Yangsze Choo
When she agrees to become a ghost bride for the wealthy Lim family's son, who recently died under mysterious circumstances, Li Lan must dive into a shadowy parallel world of the Chinese afterlife to find the truth and, once there, must decide if she wants to return to the world of the living.
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The library at Mount Char
by Scott Hawkins
After she and a dozen other children found them being raised by "Father," a cruel man with mysterious powers, Carolyn and her "siblings" begin to think he might be God; so when he dies, they square off against each other to determine who will inherit his library, which they believe holds the power to all Creation.
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Midnight Riot
by Ben Aaronovitch
When his ability to speak with the lingering dead brings him to the attention of Detective Chief Inspector Thomas Nightingale, who investigates paranormal crimes, Probationary Constable Peter Grant is drawn into a world where an ancient evil is making a comeback on a rising tide of murder and dark magic.
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Idol
by Kristen Callihan
After finding him passed out on her front lawn, Libby must decide whether to trust Rock Star Killian James with her heart, or let him leave her behind. Is their love greater than the sum of her fears?
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The lost girls of Rome
by Donato Carrisi
A forensic analyst in Rome investigates the supposedly accidental death of her own husband and uncovers a series of disappearances that may have connections to an ancient, secret society in this new novel from the author of The Whisperer.
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