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June New Releases

  • Banyan Moon: A Novel By Thao Thai Cover Image
  • Lady Tan's Circle of Women: A Novel By Lisa See Cover Image
  • All the Sinners Bleed: A Novel By S. A. Cosby Cover Image
  • The Puzzle Master: A Novel By Danielle Trussoni Cover Image
  • Loot: A novel By Tania James Cover Image
  • The First Ladies By Marie Benedict, Victoria Christopher Murray Cover Image
  • The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession By Michael Finkel Cover Image
  • Lucky Red: A Novel By Claudia Cravens Cover Image

Next Events

Sunday, June 4, 2023 - 3:00pm
T. J. Newman — Drowning: The Rescue of Flight 1421 — at Conn Ave
Sunday, June 4, 2023 - 5:00pm
Elizabeth Benedict — Rewriting Illness - with Deborah Tannen — at Conn Ave
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Bestselling Nonfiction

  • The Book of Charlie: Wisdom from the Remarkable American Life of a 109-Year-Old Man By David Von Drehle Cover Image
  • King: A Life By Jonathan Eig Cover Image
  • The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder By David Grann Cover Image
  • Break the Wheel: Ending the Cycle of Police Violence By Keith Ellison, Philonise Floyd (Foreword by) Cover Image
  • The Shadow Docket: How the Supreme Court Uses Stealth Rulings to Amass Power and Undermine the Republic By Stephen Vladeck Cover Image
  • Poverty, by America By Matthew Desmond Cover Image
  • Walking with Sam: A Father, a Son, and Five Hundred Miles Across Spain By Andrew McCarthy Cover Image
  • The Story of Art Without Men By Katy Hessel Cover Image
  • Nine Black Robes: Inside the Supreme Court's Drive to the Right and Its Historic Consequences By Joan Biskupic Cover Image

Bestselling Fiction

  • The Covenant of Water (Oprah's Book Club) By Abraham Verghese Cover Image
  • Demon Copperhead: A Pulitzer Prize Winner By Barbara Kingsolver Cover Image
  • Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow: A novel By Gabrielle Zevin Cover Image
  • Yellowface: A Novel By R. F. Kuang Cover Image
  • Lessons in Chemistry: A Novel By Bonnie Garmus Cover Image
  • The Guest: A Novel By Emma Cline Cover Image
  • Small Things Like These By Claire Keegan Cover Image
  • Romantic Comedy (Reese's Book Club): A Novel By Curtis Sittenfeld Cover Image
  • The Postcard By Anne Berest, Tina Kover (Translator) Cover Image
  • Rogue Justice: A Thriller (Avery Keene #2) By Stacey Abrams Cover Image

Children and Teens

  • Saints of the Household By Ari Tison Cover Image
  • Miles Morales Suspended: A Spider-Man Novel By Jason Reynolds, Zeke Peña (Illustrator) Cover Image
  • Pardalita By Joana Estrela, Lyn Miller-Lachmann (Translated by) Cover Image
  • Jumper: A Day in the Life of a Backyard Jumping Spider By Jessica Lanan, Jessica Lanan (Illustrator) Cover Image
  • Daddy & Me, Side by Side By Pierce Freelon, Nadia Fisher (Illustrator) Cover Image
  • Walter Finds His Voice: The Story of a Shy Crocodile By Ann Kim Ha Cover Image
  • Cool Green: Amazing, Remarkable Trees By Lulu Delacre, Lulu Delacre (Illustrator) Cover Image
  • Big By Vashti Harrison Cover Image
  • The Courage of the Little Hummingbird: A Tale Told Around the World By Leah Henderson, Magaly Morales (Illustrator) Cover Image
  • Maribel’s Year By Michelle Sterling, Sarah Gonzales (Illustrator) Cover Image

Diverse Voices

  • Build Your House Around My Body: A Novel By Violet Kupersmith Cover Image
  • Burnt Sugar: A Novel By Avni Doshi Cover Image
  • The Family Chao: A Novel By Lan Samantha Chang Cover Image
  • Kaikeyi: A Novel By Vaishnavi Patel Cover Image
  • Chronicles from the Land of the Happiest People on Earth: A Novel By Wole Soyinka Cover Image
  • L.A. Weather: A Novel By María Amparo Escandón Cover Image
  • On Girlhood: 15 Stories from the Well-Read Black Girl Library By Glory Edim (Editor) Cover Image
  • The Trees: A Novel By Percival Everett Cover Image
  • On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous: A Novel By Ocean Vuong Cover Image
  • Radiant Fugitives: A Novel By Nawaaz Ahmed Cover Image

Staff Picks

  • Pineapple Street: A Novel By Jenny Jackson Cover Image
  • Althea: The Life of Tennis Champion Althea Gibson By Sally H. Jacobs Cover Image
  • Did You Hear About Kitty Karr?: A Novel By Crystal Smith Paul Cover Image
  • Anansi's Gold: The Man Who Looted the West, Outfoxed Washington, and Swindled the World By Yepoka Yeebo Cover Image
  • How to Love Your Daughter: A Novel By Hila Blum, Daniella Zamir (Translated by) Cover Image
  • March Comes in Like a Lion, Volume 1 By Chica Umino Cover Image
  • Shuna's Journey By Hayao Miyazaki, Alex Dudok de Wit (Translated by) Cover Image
  • Comedy Bang! Bang! The Podcast: The Book By Scott Aukerman, Patton Oswalt (Foreword by), Bob Odenkirk (Foreword by), Jack Quaid (Preface by), Tatiana Maslany (Preface by), Lin-Manuel Miranda (Introduction by), “Weird Al” Yankovic (Introduction by) Cover Image
  • The Gull Yettin By Joe Kessler Cover Image
  • Where the Light Falls: Selected Stories By Nancy Hale, Lauren Groff (Editor) Cover Image

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