From Cold War to Hot Peace: An American Ambassador in Putin's Russia
by Michael McFaul

A former ambassador to Russia during the Obama administration describes how the progress made between the two countries was destroyed when Vladimir Putin returned to power and recounts how the Kremlin actively sought to discredit and undermine him.

That Kind of Mother
by Rumaan Alam

It's 1985, and Rebecca Stone finds herself equally overwhelmed and overjoyed by her newborn son. Her husband is willing to abdicate child-rearing to her as he focuses on his career as a diplomat, so Rebecca is left on her own to juggle the demands of motherhood with her aspirations to be a poet. 

 

Beauty in the Broken Places: A Memoir of Love, Faith, and Resilience
by Allison Pataki

Recounts how the author's healthy thirty-year-old husband suffered a life-threatening stroke that placed everything they had worked for in jeopardy, a struggle she navigated by writing daily letters to her husband that helped her make sense of the challenges they faced.

 

The Hellfire Club
by Jake Tapper

Charlie Marder is an unlikely Congressman. Thrust into office by his family ties after his predecessor died mysteriously, Charlie is struggling to navigate the dangerous waters of 1950s Washington, DC, alongside his young wife Margaret, a zoologist with ambitions of her own. 

 

 

Square
by Mac Barnett

When his friend Circle asks him to do her portrait after praising him as a sculptor and genius, Square struggles to carve her likeness from a stone block.

 

The Favorite Sister
by Jessica Knoll

She'll have it all or die trying. Brett is dead and Kelly is not innocent. When two fiercely competitive sisters are cast on a reality TV series, one will benefit immensely; the other won't live through the taping.