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  1. Once There Were Wolves : A Novel

    McConaghy, Charlotte
    Flatiron Books 2021

    INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "Blazing...Visceral" (Los Angeles Times) · "Exceptional" (Newsweek) · "Bold...Heartfelt" (New York Times Book Review) · "Thought-provoking and th...

  2. Rise to the Sun

    Johnson, Leah
    Scholastic Inc. 2021

    From the author of You Should See Me in a Crown, Leah Johnson delivers a stunning novel about being brave enough to be true to yourself, and learning to find joy even when times a...

  3. The Sweetness of Water (Oprah's Book Club) : A Novel

    Harris, Nathan
    Hachette Audio 2021 Unabridged

    An Instant New York Times bestseller / An Oprah's Book Club Pick In the spirit of The Known World and The Underground Railroad, an award-winning "miraculous debut" (Washington Post...

  4. Think Like a Feminist : The Philosophy Behind the Revolution

    Hay, Carol
    W. W. Norton & Company 2020

    An audacious and accessible guide to feminist philosophy—its origins, its key ideas, and its latest directions. Think Like a Feminist is an irreverent yet rigorous primer that unpa...

  5. Ruthie Fear : A Novel

    Loskutoff, Maxim
    W. W. Norton & Company 2020

    Winner of the 2021 High Plains Book Award in Fiction and the 2021 Montana Innovation Award In this haunting parable of the American West, a young woman faces the violent past of...

  6. Some Go Home : A Novel

    Lindsey, Odie
    W. W. Norton & Company 2020

    A searing debut novel that follows three generations—fractured by murder, seeking redemption—in fictional Pitchlynn, Mississippi. An Iraq war veteran turned small town homemaker, C...

  7. Blacktop Wasteland : A Novel

    Cosby, S. A.
    Flatiron Books 2020

    Los Angeles Times Book Prize Winner New York Times Notable Book NPR's Best Books of the Year BookPage's #1 Mystery and Suspense of the Year Sun Sentinel's #1 Best Mystery of th...

  8. The Stone Girl : A Novel

    Wittenborn, Dirk
    W. W. Norton & Company 2020

    The Stone Girl is a riveting tale of deception, vengeance, and power set against the haunting beauty of the Adirondack wilderness. Deep in the Adirondack Mountains lies a speck of...

  9. Hideaway : A Novel

    Roberts, Nora
    Macmillan Audio 2020 Unabridged

    A family ranch in Big Sur country and a legacy of Hollywood royalty set the stage for Nora Roberts' emotional new suspense novel, Hideaway. Caitlyn Sullivan had come from a long li...

  10. Shame

    Ernaux, Annie
    Seven Stories Press 2020

    WINNER OF THE 2022 NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE "My father tried to kill my mother one Sunday in June, in the early afternoon," begins Shame, the probing story of the twelve-year-old...

  11. The Beauty of Your Face : A Novel

    Mustafah, Sahar
    W. W. Norton & Company 2020

    One of the New York Times's 100 Notable Books of 2020 Longlisted for the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize, The Beauty of Your Face is "a story of outsiders coming together in...

  12. What Kind of Girl

    Sheinmel, Alyssa
    Sourcebooks 2020

    "Both timely and timeless, a powerful exploration of abuse in its many forms, as well as the strength it takes to rise up and speak your truth."—AMBER SMITH, New York Times bestsel...

  13. All of a Sudden and Forever : Help and Healing after the Oklahoma City Bombing

    Barton, Chris
    Lerner Publishing Group 2020

    A profoundly moving nonfiction picture book about tragedy, hope, and healing from award-winning author Chris Barton. Sometimes bad things happen, and you have to tell everyone. Som...

  14. The Toll

    Shusterman, Neal
    Walker Books 2019

    The explosive conclusion to the New York Times bestselling Arc of a Scythe series. It's been three years since Rowan and Citra disappeared; since Scythe Goddard came into power; si...

  15. I'm Not Dying with You Tonight

    Jones, Kimberly; Segal, Gilly
    Sourcebooks 2019

    The New York Times Bestseller!"An absolute page turner, I'm Not Dying with You Tonight is a compelling and powerful novel that is sure to make an impact. " —Angie Thomas, New York...

  16. No Visible Bruises : What We Don't Know About Domestic Violence Can Kill Us

    Snyder, Rachel Louise
    Bloomsbury Publishing 2019

    WINNER OF THE HILLMAN PRIZE FOR BOOK JOURNALISM, THE HELEN BERNSTEIN BOOK AWARD, AND THE LUKAS WORK-IN-PROGRESS AWARD * A NEW YORK TIMES TOP 10 BOOKS OF THE YEAR * NATIONAL BOOK CR...

  17. Escaping the Illusion

    Rubenstein, Brian
    Andrews UK 2022 3. edition

    A knife streaked with blood. A teenage gang held in jail. A dangerous man owed a load of money. A life-changing offer too good to refuse. Welcome to the world of fifteen-year-old E...

  18. An American Summer : Love and Death in Chicago

    Kotlowitz, Alex
    Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group 2019

    From the bestselling author of There Are No Children Here, a richly textured, heartrending portrait of love and death in Chicago's most turbulent neighborhoods. The numbers are sta...

  19. Exposing Hate : Prejudice, Hatred, and Violence in Action

    Miller, Michael
    Lerner Publishing Group 2019

    Experts have documented an explosive rise in the number of hate groups since the turn of the century, driven by anger over immigration and demographic projections showing that whit...

  20. No More Excuses : Dismantling Rape Culture

    Keyser, Amber J.
    Lerner Publishing Group 2019

    Soon after the sexual misconduct allegations against film producer Harvey Weinstein became public in late 2017, the #MeToo movement went viral, opening up an explosive conversation...