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One of our recommended books for 2019 is On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong

ON EARTH WE’RE BRIEFLY GORGEOUS

Ocean Vuong

Poet Ocean Vuong’s debut novel is a shattering portrait of a family, a first love, and the redemptive power of storytelling. On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous is a letter from…

One of our recommended books for 2019 is Body Leaping Backward by Maureen Stanton

BODY LEAPING BACKWARD

Maureen Stanton

For Maureen Stanton’s proper Catholic mother, the town’s maximum security prison was a way to keep her seven children in line (“If you don’t behave, I’ll put you in Walpole…

One of our recommended books for 2019 is Because You're Mine by Rea Frey

BECAUSE YOU’RE MINE

Rea Frey

Single mother Lee has the daily routine down to a science: shower in six minutes. Cut food into perfect squares. Never leave her on-the-spectrum son Mason in someone else’s care….

One of our recommended books is The Girl He Used to Know by Tracey Garvis Graves

THE GIRL HE USED TO KNOW

Tracey Garvis Graves

New York Times bestselling author of On the Island, Tracey Garvis Graves, presents the compelling, hopelessly romantic novel of unconditional love. Annika Rose is an English major at the University…

One of our recommended books for 2020 is The Yellow Bird Sings by Jennifer Rosner

THE YELLOW BIRD SINGS

Jennifer Rosner

In Poland, as World War II rages, a mother hides with her young daughter, a musical prodigy whose slightest sound may cost them their lives. As Nazi soldiers round up…

One of our recommended books for 2020 is The Mountains Sing by Que Mai Phan Nguyen

THE MOUNTAINS SING

Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai

With the epic sweep of Min Jin Lee’s Pachinko or Yaa Gyasi’s Homegoing and the lyrical beauty of Vaddey Ratner’s In the Shadow of the Banyan, The Mountains Sing tells…