Books

Bodies are cool

By Feder, Tyler, author, illustrator.

Jessica's pick

Mexico City

By Mommalier, Thibaut, 1992- author.

Kim's pick

Heart the lover : a novel

By King, Lily, author.

Cherilyn's pick

Yōjinbō

Alex's pick

Monstress. Compendium one

By Liu, Marjorie M., author.

Danica's pick

Are prisons obsolete?

By Davis, Angela Y. (Angela Yvonne), 1944- author.

Danica's pick

This dog will change your life

By Friedman, Elias Weiss, author.

Bobbie's pick

Whisper of the Heart.

Keane's pick

None of this is true : a novel

By Jewell, Lisa, author.

Bobbie's pick

Catch and kill : lies, spies, and a conspiracy to protect predators

By Farrow, Ronan, 1987- author.

Elizabeth's pick

The King of Elfland's daughter

By Dunsany, Lord, 1878-1957, author.

Keane's pick

Add a zero : the step-by-step guide to financial freedom and getting to your first million

By Han, Rose.

Bobbie's pick

Rethinking rescue : Dog Lady and the story of America's forgotten people and pets

By Mithers, Carol Lynn, author.

Bobbie's pick

All good people here : a novel

By Flowers, Ashley, author.

Bobbie's pick

Happening

By Ernaux, Annie, 1940-

Lawrence's pick

Will my cat eat my eyeballs? : big questions from tiny mortals about death

By Doughty, Caitlin, author.

Kim's pick

The name of the rose

By Eco, Umberto.

Alex's pick

The long way to a small, angry planet

By Chambers, Becky, author.

Lawrence's pick

The keeper

By French, Tana, author.

"On a cold night in the remote Irish village of Arknakelty, a girl goes missing. Sweet, loving Rachel Holohan was about to be engaged to the son of the local big shot. Instead, she's dead in the river. In a close-knit small town, a death like this isn't simple. It comes wrapped in generations--old grudges and power struggles, and it splits the townland in two. Retired Chicago detective Cal Hooper has friends here now, and he owes them loyalty, but his fiancée Lena wants nothing to do with Ardnakelty's tangles. As the feud becomes more vicious, their settled peace starts to crack apart. And when they uncover a scheme that casts a new light on Rachel's death and threatens the whole village, they find themselves in the firing line"--

Brawler : stories

By Groff, Lauren, author.

"Ranging from the 1950s to the present day and moving across age, class, and region--from New England to Florida to California--these nine stories reflect and expand upon a shared theme: the ceaseless battle between humans' dark and light angels"--

Is this a cry for help?

By Austin, Emily (Emily R.), author

"Darcy's life turned out better than she could have ever imagined. She is a librarian at the local branch, while her wife Joy runs a book binding service. Between the two of them, there is no more room on their shelves with their ample book collections, various knickknacks and bobbles, and dried bouquets. Rounding out their ideal life is two cats and a sun-soaked house by the lake. But when Darcy receives the news that her ex-boyfriend, Ben, has passed away, she spirals into a pit of guilt and regret, resulting in a mental breakdown and medical leave from the library. When she returns to work, she is met by unrest in her community and protests surrounding intellectual freedom, resulting in a call for book bans and a second look at the branch's upcoming DEI programs. Through the support of her community, colleagues, and the personal growth that results from examining her previous relationships, Darcy comes into her own agency and the truest version of herself"--

Discipline : a novel

By Pham, Larissa, author.

This novel follows Christine, a writer touring for her debut book, which draws on a past relationship with a former professor. While traveling, she reflects on questions of artistic creation, ethics, and personal responsibility through conversations with acquaintances, former partners, and strangers. Christine's reflections are disrupted when the professor who inspired her novel contacts her after a long period of silence, initiating a renewed exchange. When he invites her to visit him on a remote island off the coast of Maine, Christine is forced to confront issues of power, authorship, and control over personal narratives. The novel explores the complexities of intimacy, memory, and the boundaries between lived experience and artistic representation.

The bookbinder's secret

By Bell, A. D. (Novelist), author.

Set in Oxford and London at the beginning of the 20th century, this novel follows Lilian Delaney, an apprentice bookbinder working in a traditionally male trade. While assisting with a private collection, she encounters a damaged book containing a concealed letter dating back fifty years that references a past relationship and a violent crime. As Lilian searches for additional books containing hidden documents, she uncovers a story of forbidden love and unresolved wrongdoing. Her investigation leads her through the worlds of antiquarian bookselling, private collectors, and archival records. As competing interests seek the same materials, the pursuit becomes increasingly dangerous, forcing Lilian to weigh the risks of continuing her search against her own safety.

Strange pictures

By Uketsu, author.

An exploration of the macabre, where the seemingly mundane takes on a terrifying significance. A pregnant woman's sketches on a seemingly innocuous blog conceal a chilling warning. A child's picture of his home contains a dark secret message. A sketch made by a murder victim in his final moments leads an amateur sleuth down a rabbithole that will reveal a horrifying reality. Structured around these nine childlike drawings, each holding a disturbing clue, Uketsu invites readers to piece together the mystery behind each and the over-arching backstory that connects them all. --

How to get away with murder : a novel

By Philipson, Rebecca, author.

" "If you picked up this book because you truly want to get away with murder, you will not be disappointed. Simply turn the page and we'll get started." This fresh debut thriller finds a Scotland Yard detective trying to find the author of a self-help book that promises quite literally to teach readers how to get away with murder, which seems to have inspired London's newest murderer. Detective Inspector Samantha Hansen has been on leave for six months, recovering from a breakdown she suffered at work, but when a fourteen-year-old girl is murdered in a local park, Sam jumps at the chance to return to the job and prove that she's still got what it takes to be the Yard's most successful homicide detective. One of the case's only leads is a copy of a self-help book found in the victim's backpack called How To Get Away With Murder by a man named Denver Brady. Brady claims to be the most successful serial killer of our time, which is why no one's ever heard of him. Chapter by chapter, he details his methodology and his past victims, and as Sam's investigation progresses and the details of the book go viral, Sam begins to suspect that there's more to the author than what he's revealed. But in order to find a killer and get justice for young Charlotte, Sam must learn to trust her instincts once again, before Denver Brady--or someone else--really does get away with murder"-- Provided by publisher.

You dreamed of empires

By Enrigue, Alvaro, 1969- author.

"From a visionary Mexican author, a hallucinatory, revelatory, colonial revenge story that reimagines the fall of Tenochtitlan. One morning in 1519, conquistador Hernán Cortés entered the city of Tenochtitlan--today's Mexico City. Later that day, he would meet the emperor Moctezuma in a collision of two worlds, two empires, two languages, two possible futures. Cortés was accompanied by his nine captains, his troops, and his two translators: Aguilar, a taciturn friar, and Malinalli, an enslaved, strategic Nahua princess. Greeted at a ceremonial welcome meal by the steely princess Atotoxli, sister and wife of Moctezuma, the Spanish nearly bungle their entrance to the city. As they await their meeting with Moctezuma--who is at a political, spiritual, and physical crossroads, and relies on hallucinogens to get himself through the day and in quest for any kind of answer from the gods--the Spanish are ensconced in the labyrinthine palace. Soon, one of Cortés's captains, Jazmín Caldera, overwhelmed by the grandeur of the city, begins to question the ease with which they were welcomed into the city, and wonders at the risks of getting out alive, much less conquering the empire. 'You dreamed of empires' brings to life Tenochtitlan at its height, and reimagines its destiny. The incomparably original Álvaro Enrigue sets afire the moment of conquest and turns it into a moment of revolution, a restitutive, fantastical counter-attack, in a novel so electric and so unique that it feels like a dream."--

The proposal

By Guillory, Jasmine, author.

"When someone asks you to spend your life with him, it shouldn't come as a surprise--or happen in front of 45,000 people. When freelance writer Nikole Paterson goes to a Dodgers game with her actor boyfriend, his man bun, and his bros, the last thing she expects is a scoreboard proposal. Saying no isn't the hard part--they've only been dating for five months, and he can't even spell her name correctly. The hard part is having to face a stadium full of disappointed fans... At the game with his sister, Carlos Ibarra comes to Nik's rescue and rushes her away from a camera crew. He's even there for her when the video goes viral and Nik's social media blows up--in a bad way. Nik knows that in the wilds of LA, a handsome doctor like Carlos can't be looking for anything serious, so she embarks on an epic rebound with him, filled with food, fun, and fantastic sex. But when their glorified hookups start breaking the rules, one of them has to be smart enough to put on the brakes.."--

Hell's heart

By Hall, Alexis J., author.

"Gideon the Ninth meets Moby-Dick in USA Today bestselling author Alexis Hall's thrilling SF debut, Hell's Heart! They are monsters, legends, gods. They are our prey. Earth is dead. Which leaves us stuck living in atmospheric domes on planets that will kill us if we blink wrong, or run out of fuel. And by "fuel" I mean "the cerebrospinal fluid of gargantuan, quasi-psychic space monsters". I joined the hunt hoping to get paid and maybe laid, but mostly paid. Instead, I followed a captain chasing abominations in the skies of Jupiter. We battled the Möbius Beast itself, there in the red eye of the world. Spoiler: we lost"--

Leviathan falls

By Corey, James S. A., author.

"The Laconian Empire has fallen, setting the thirteen hundred solar systems free from the rule of Winston Duarte. But the ancient enemy that killed the gate builders is awake, and the war against our universe has begun again. In the dead system of Adro, Elvi Okoye leads a desperate scientific mission to understand what the gate builders were and what destroyed them, even if it means compromising herself and the half-alien children who bear the weight of her investigation. Through the wide-flung systems of humanity, Colonel Aliana Tanaka hunts for Duarte's missing daughter. . . and the shattered emperor himself. And on the Rocinante, James Holden and his crew struggle to build a future for humanity out of the shards and ruins of all that has come before. As nearly unimaginable forces prepare to annihilate all human life, Holden and a group of unlikely allies discover a last, desperate chance to unite all of humanity, with the promise of a vast galactic civilization free from wars, factions, lies, and secrets if they win. But the price of victory may be worse than the cost of defeat"--

The blade itself

By Abercrombie, Joe, author.

Inquisitor Glokta, a crippled and increasingly bitter relic of the last war, former fencing champion turned torturer extraordinaire, is trapped in a twisted and broken body - not that he allows it to distract him from his daily routine of torturing smugglers. Nob

The Astral Library : a novel

By Quinn, Kate, author.

Tokyo Express : a novel

By Matsumoto, Seichō, 1909-1992, author.

The school of night

By Knausgård, Karl Ove, 1968- author.

Kin : a novel

By Jones, Tayari, author.

Vigil : a novel

By Saunders, George, 1958- author.

Assassin's apprentice

By Hobb, Robin, author.

This is not about us : fiction

By Goodman, Allegra, author.

Heated rivalry

By Reid, Rachel, author.

Departure(s) : a novel

By Barnes, Julian, author.

Immaculate conception : a novel

By Huang, Ling Ling, 1989- author.

The rest of our lives : a novel

By Markovits, Benjamin, author.

Lost lambs : a novel

By Cash, Madeline, author.

Call me Ishmaelle

By Guo, Xiaolu, 1973- author.

Murder in Constantinople

By Goldin, A. E., author.

The viper

By Meltzer, Brad author aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n96091726

Automatic noodle

By Newitz, Annalee, 1969- author.

The best American short stories, 2025 : selected from U.S. and Canadian magazines

Solenoid

By Cărtărescu, Mircea, author.

Bog queen : a novel

By North, Anna, author.

No one would do what the Lamberts have done : a novel

By Hannah, Sophie, 1971- author.

Game changer

By Reid, Rachel, author.

Nash falls

By Baldacci, David, author.

We'll prescribe you a cat

By Ishida, Syou, 1975- author.

Helm

By Hall, Sarah, 1974- author.

Return of the spider

By Patterson, James, 1947- author.

House of day, house of night

By Tokarczuk, Olga, 1962- author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut

Queen of swords

By Barrera Velázquez, Jazmina, 1988- author.

One of us : a novel

By Chaon, Dan, author.

The silver book : a novel

By Laing, Olivia, author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut

Bookish : how reading shapes our lives

By Mangan, Lucy, author.

As a child, Lucy Mangan was reading all the time, using books to navigate the challenges and complexities of this world and many others. As an adult, she uses her new relationship with literature to seize upon the most important question: (how) do books prepare us for life? 'Bookish' picks up where 'Bookworm' left off: at the cusp of teenage, when everything - including the way we read - undergoes a not-so-subtle transformation. Revisiting the books of all genres, that ferried her through each important stage of life, 'Bookish' is a coming-of-age in books. It's an ode to our favourite bookish spaces - from the smallest secondhand bookstalls to libraries, glorious big bookshops and our very own book rooms - and a love story to how books not only shelter our souls through hard times and help us find ourselves when we feel lost, but also help us connect with the people we love through shared stories.

No icon

By Gordon, Kim, 1953- author.

As cofounder of legendary rock band Sonic Youth, best-selling author, and celebrated artist, Kim Gordon is one of the most singular and influential figures of the modern era. This personally curated scrapbook is an edgy and evocative portrait of Gordon s life, art, and style. Spanning from her childhood on Californian surf beaches in the 60s and 70s to New York s downtown art and music scene in the 80s and 90s where Sonic Youth was born. Through unpublished personal photographs, magazine and newspaper clippings, fashion editorials, and advertising campaigns, interspersed with Gordon s song lyrics, writings, artworks, private objects, and ephemera, this book demonstrates how Kim Gordon has been a role model for generations of women and men.

Wine simple perfect pairings : an ingenious guide to enjoying wine with food

By Sohm, Aldo, author.

"From the world-renowned sommelier Aldo Sohm, a dynamic, essential wine guide for a new generation. Aldo Sohm is one of the most respected and widely lauded sommeliers in the world. He's worked with celebrated chef Eric Ripert as wine director of three-Michelin-starred Le Bernardin for over a decade, yet his philosophy and approach to wine is much more casual. Imbued with Aldo's insatiable passion and eagerness to teach others, Wine Simple: perfect pairings is accessible, deeply educational, and lively and fun, both in voice and visuals. This essential guide begins with the fundamentals of wine in easy-to-absorb hits of information and pragmatic, everyday tips -- key varietals and winemaking regions, how to taste, when to save and when to splurge, and how to set up a wine tasting at home. Aldo then teaches you how to take your wine knowledge to the next level and evolve your palate, including techniques on building a "flavor library," a cheat sheet to good (and great) vintages (and why you shouldn't put everything on the line for them), tips on troubleshooting tricky wines (corked? mousy?), and, for the daring, even how to saber a bottle of champagne. This visual, user-friendly approach will inspire readers to have the confidence, curiosity, and enthusiasm to taste smarter, drink boldly, and dive headfirst fearlessly into the exciting world of wine"-- Provided by publisher.

Alchemy : an illustrated history of elixirs, experiments, and the birth of modern science

By Ball, Philip, 1962- author.

"The craft of alchemy has intrigued and mystified people since antiquity. Many early cultures are known to have experimented with chemical transformations: from dyes, glazes, and cosmetics in Bronze Age Egypt to life-extending elixirs pursued by scholars in ancient China and India. Many have also attempted to transform lead, mercury, and other metals into gold-and some claim to have succeeded. In this visually stunning volume, Philip Ball sets alchemy within the context of the history of science and culture, showing that it was not simply an esoteric fantasy but an important phase in the development of experimental science and natural philosophy. Rich illustrations complement a narrative history of the methods and techniques developed in alchemical workshops, the search for the philosopher's stone and "elixirs of life" that extended across diverse cultures, and the controversies surrounding the practices of making alchemical gold and alchemical medicine. Ball explores the rise of alchemy from its inception in Hellenistic culture, through the golden age of Islamic natural philosophy in the eighth to the eleventh centuries, to the emergence of the tradition of natural magic in the Renaissance, and to the roles of alchemical thought and practice in the beginnings of early modern science in the seventeenth century. He traces the persistence of alchemical ideas through the occult revival of the late nineteenth century and the fascination of the topic for modern artists and writers. This engaging and accessible book will provide readers of all backgrounds with a nuanced understanding of alchemy and its history"--

Every day I read : 53 ways to get closer to books

By Hwang, Po-rŭm, author.

"Why do we read? What is it that we hope to take away from the intimate, personal experience of reading for pleasure? How often do we ask these profound, expansive questions of ourselves and of our relationship to the joy of reading? In each of the essays in 'Every day I read,' Hwang Bo-reum contemplates what living a life immersed in reading means. She goes beyond the usual questions of what to read and how often, exploring the relationship between reading and writing, when to turn to a bestseller vs. browse the corners of a bookstore, the value of reading outside of your favorite genre, falling in love with book characters, and more. 'Every day I read' provides many quiet moments for introspection and reflection, encouraging booklovers to explore what reading means to each of us. While this is a book about books, at its heart is an attitude to life, one outside capitalism and climbing the corporate ladder. Lifelong and new readers will take inspiration from it, including a treasure trove of book recommendations blended seamlessly within"--

Chinese furniture : a guide for collectors

By Mazurkewich, Karen, author.

The international market for antique Chinese furniture is booming, and masterpieces from the Ming and Qing dynasties are now selling for hundreds of thousands of dollars. Chinese Furniture is a survey of these collectibles--from the very best museum-quality hardwood pieces to standard softwood specimens still available at reasonable prices on the international market. Carpenters from this era were artisans. They elevated furniture from the functional to the realm of the philosophical. By artfully aligning wood grain patterns, experimenting with spatial dimensions, and innovating new forms of joinery, simple tables and chairs came to represent something higher--the harmony and union of man and nature. With its detailed historical overview and regional coverage, this book highlights the great diversity of antique Chinese furniture and serves as an indispensable guide to collectors, new and old.

Muni is my ride : portraits of Muni in words and images

By Smith, Lia, author.

"Illustrations of passengers and bus stops, plus interviews and portraits of bus and train operators will make one want to abandon the isolation of the automobile and jump on public transportation, be it Muni in San Francisco or whatever your hometown provides. Colored pencil portraits of Muni operators, drawings of bus passengers, and B&W line drawings of bus stops by San Francisco artist Keith Ferris, accompanied by writer Lia Smith's in-depth interviews of Muni operators, who detail their day-to-day realities transporting passengers throughout the City and explain what drew them to the profession"--

Strangers : a memoir of marriage

By Burden, Belle, author.

"It was a great love story, one for the ages. The speed of our beginning and the speed of our ending felt like matching bookends. They both came out of nowhere. He wanted it, he wanted me. And then he didn't. In March 2020, Belle Burden was safe and secure with her family at their house on Martha's Vineyard, navigating the early days of the pandemic together--building fires in the late afternoons, drinking whiskey sours, making roast chicken. Then, with no warning or explanation, her husband of twenty years announced that he was leaving her. Overnight, her caring, steady partner became a man she hardly recognized. He exited his life with her like an actor shrugging off a costume. In Strangers, Burden revisits her marriage, searching for clues that her husband was not who she always thought he was. As she examines her relationship through a new lens, she reckons with her own family history and the lessons she intuited about how a woman is expected to behave in the face of betrayal. Through all of it, she is transformed. The discreet, compliant woman she once was--someone nicknamed 'Belle the Good'--gives way to someone braver, someone determined to use her voice. With unflinching honesty and profound grace, Burden charts a path through heartbreak to show the power of a woman who refuses to give up on love. Strangers is a stunning, deeply moving, compulsively readable memoir heralding the arrival of a thrilling new literary talent"--

Why we drink too much : the impact of alcohol on our bodies and culture

By Knowles, Charles, Dr., author.

"An exploration of our relationship with alcohol regardless of the severity of the problem or prior knowledge or experience"-- Provided by publisher.

Tricks, traps, and tips in the chess opening : practical lessons for ambitious improvers

By Ippolito, Dean, author.

A good start is half the battle. Experienced American chess coach Dean Ippolito has trained thousands beginners and adult improvers and knows exactly how you should build your opening knowledge. Each chapter focuses on a concrete tactical theme. Those will allow you to set traps, an play tricks, but will also develop your general understanding of opening play with concepts as development and the importance of the center.

Forest euphoria : the abounding queerness of nature

By Kaishian, Patricia Ononiwu, author.

"Growing up, Patricia Ononiwu Kaishian felt most at home in the swamps and culverts near her house in the Hudson Valley. A child who frequently felt out of place, too much of one thing or not enough of another, she found acceptance in these settings, among other amphibious beings. In snakes, snails, and, above all, fungi, she saw her own developing identities as a queer, neurodivergent person reflected back at her -- and in them, too, she found a personal path to a life of science. In Forest Euphoria, Kaishian shows us this making of a scientist and introduces readers to the queerness of all the life around us. Fungal species, we learn, commonly encompass more than two biological sexes -- and

A world appears : a journey into consciousness

By Pollan, Michael author

Heartland masala : an Indian cookbook from an American kitchen

By Mukharji, Jyoti, author.

Language as liberation : reflections on the American canon

By Morrison, Toni, 1931-2019, author.

The mattering instinct : how our deepest longing drives us and divides us

By Goldstein, Rebecca, 1950- author.

Fear and fury : the Reagan eighties, the Bernie Goetz shootings, and the rebirth of white rage

By Thompson, Heather Ann, 1963- author.

Artificial intelligence : a guide for thinking humans ; with a new preface

By Mitchell, Melanie (Computer scientist), author.

How to write one song

By Tweedy, Jeff, 1967- author.

Two women living together

By Kim, Hana, 1976- author.

Young man in a hurry : a memoir of discovery

By Newsom, Gavin, 1967- author.

One Aladdin two lamps

By Winterson, Jeanette, 1959- author.

Hated by all the right people : Tucker Carlson and the unraveling of the conservative mind

By Zengerle, Jason, author.

Travels with a writing brush : classical Japanese travel writing from the Manyōshū to Bashō

Against landlords : how to solve the housing crisis

By Bano, Nick, author.

Injustice : how politics and fear vanquished America's Justice Department

By Leonnig, Carol, author.

The uncool : a memoir

By Crowe, Cameron, 1957- author.

Enshittification : why everything suddenly got worse and what to do about it

By Doctorow, Cory, author.

Luigi : the making and the meaning

By Richardson, John H. (John Hammond), 1954- author.

Black ivy : a revolt in style

By Jules, Jason, author.

Economica : a global history of women, wealth, and power

By Bateman, Victoria N. (Victoria Naomi), 1979- author.

Dead and alive : essays

By Smith, Zadie, author.

The land trap : a new history of the world's oldest asset

By Bird, Mike, author.

The Romans : A 2,000-year history

By Watts, Edward J., 1975- author.

Paul Hollywood's British baking

By Hollywood, Paul, author.

How to make the best coffee at home

By Hoffmann, James, author.

Artificial intelligence all-in-one

By Minnick, Chris, author.

Unmasking AI : my mission to protect what is human in a world of machines

By Buolamwini, Joy, author.

Enshittification : why everything suddenly got worse and what to do about it

By Doctorow, Cory, author.

Something between us : the everyday walls of American life, and how to take them down

By Pandian, Anand, author. aut