REESE’S BOOK CLUB PICK • “[A] richly textured and deeply moving debut” (The New York Times Book Review, Editors’ Choice) about one unforgettable Southern Black family and its youngest daughter’s coming of age in the 1990s.
“A triumph . . . Redwood Court is storytelling at its best: tender, vivid, and richly complicated.”—Jacqueline Woodson, New York Times...

Last night I dreamt I went to Malibu again… The once-rising literary star Olivia Fitzgerald is down on her luck. Her most recent novel-a retelling of Daphne du Maurier's Rebecca-was a flop, her boyfriend of nine years just dumped her and she's battling a bad case of writer's block. So when her agent calls her with a high-paying ghostwriting opportunity, Olivia is all too willing to sign the NDA. At first, the write-for-hire job seems too good...

With sympathy, humor, and truth, Cathleen Schine explores the intrusion of old age into a large and loving family. They May Not Mean To, But They Do is a tender, sometimes hilarious, and radiantly compassionate look at three generations, all coming of age together.

A locked room mystery that goes from stolen books to stolen lives and the hunt for a phantom stalker with a penchant for pouring acid to make his point give Nameless and his partner Jake more than enough work to earn their fees--as long as neither turns his back at the wrong moment.

"Ruthless and supremely powerful, the Great Library is now a presence in every major city, governing the flow of knowledge to the masses. Alchemy allows the Library to deliver the content of the greatest works of history instantly, but the personal ownership of books is expressly forbidden ... When his friend inadvertently commits heresy by creating a device that could change the world, Jess discovers that those who control the Great Library believe...

August 2011. Tropical Storm Irene wreaked havoc on Vermont, flooding rivers and destroying homes. New Orleans bartender Vale receives a call and is told that her mother, Bonnie, has disappeared. Beginning her search in the hometown she left eight years earlier, Vale finds herself falling back into the lives of the family she thought she'd left behind-- and careening toward a family origin secret more stunning than she ever imagined.

"On the 1880s Kansas prairie, Silas and Kate both harbor resentment over their previous failed mail-order engagements, but when a young boy loses his mother and needs their help, they must attempt to move beyond past hurts and find healing together"--

"Sunyi Dean's The Book Eaters is a contemporary fantasy debut. It's a story of motherhood, sacrifice, and hope; of queer identity and learning to accept who you are; of gilded lies and the danger of believing the narratives others create for you. Out on the Yorkshire Moors lives a secret line of people for whom books are food, and who retain all of a book's content after eating it. To them, spy novels are a peppery snack; romance novels are sweet...

While Gizmo continues his quest to take over the world, Wedgie and his best friend, a micro-pig who lives next door, team up to stop him.

Johnson's characters traverse Virginia's landscapes, still stained by some of America's most heinous acts, in pursuit of a place to call home. In each story, she reveals intimate moments within the nation's multitudes, featuring unforgettable characters who struggle beneath burdened inheritances yet manage to persist and love. -- adapted from jacket