Favorite Monthly Lists & Picks for 2015
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Favorite Monthly Lists & Picks for 2015
DECEMBER 2015
Indie Next
THE SELECTED POEMS OF DONALD HALL by Donald Hall
A DICTIONARY OF MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING by Jackie Copleton
A WILD SWAN: And Other Tales by Michael Cunningham, illus. by Yuko Shimizu
BOYS IN THE TREES: A Memoir by Carly Simon
THE MAGIC STRINGS OF FRANKIE PRESTO by Mitch Albom
YEAR OF THE GOOSE by Carly J. Hallman
TIME OF DEPARTURE by Douglas Schofield
WHAT SHE KNEW by Gilly Macmillan
OH THE MOON: Stories From the Tortured Mind of Charlyne Yi by Charlyne Yi
TIGHTROPE by Simon Mawer
PARADISE CITY by Elizabeth Day
HIS RIGHT HAND by Mette Ivie Harrison
LIKE FAMILY by Paolo Giordano, trans. by Anne Milano Appel
FOX TOOTH HEART: Stories by John McManus
THE BOYS by Toni Sala, trans. by Mara Faye Lethem
POSTMARK BAYOU CHENE by Gwen Roland
THE COMEDIANS: Drunks, Thieves, Scoundrels, and the History of American Comedy by Kliph Nesteroff
FIRST BITE: How We Learn to Eat by Bee Wilson
NUMERO ZERO by Umberto Eco, trans. by Richard Dixon
MADE TO KILL by Adam Christopher
LibraryReads
[Favorites of 2015]
THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN by Paula Hawkins
DEAD WAKE: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania by Erik Larson
THE ROSIE EFFECT by Graeme Simsion
THE NATURE OF THE BEAST: A Chief Inspector Gamache Novel by Louise Penny
A SPOOL OF BLUE THREAD by Anne Tyler
CIRCLING THE SUN by Paula McLain
FURIOUSLY HAPPY: A Funny Book About Horrible Things by Jenny Lawson
THE LITTLE PARIS BOOKSHOP by Nina George
KITCHENS OF THE GREAT MIDWEST by J. Ryan Stradal
A GOD IN RUINS by Kate Atkinson
Target Book Club
N/A
Pennie's Pick (Costco)
PRECIOUS GIFTS by Danielle Steel
NOVEMBER 2015
Indie Next
THE MURALIST by B.A. Shapiro
WELCOME TO NIGHT VALE by Joseph Fink and Jeffrey Cranor
SLADE HOUSE by David Mitchell
AN OLD-FASHIONED CHRISTMAS: Sweet Traditions for Hearth and Home by Ellen Stimson
DEAR MR. YOU by Mary-Louise Parker
THE MARE by Mary Gaitskill
THE IMPROBABILITY OF LOVE by Hannah Rothschild
CARRYING ALBERT HOME: The Somewhat True Story of a Man, His Wife, and Her Alligator by Homer Hickam
HOME IS BURNING: A Memoir by Dan Marshall
AFTER ALICE by Gregory Maguire
THE JAPANESE LOVER by Isabel Allende
ALONG THE INFINITE SEA by Beatriz Williams
AVENUE OF MYSTERIES by John Irving
THE LAKE HOUSE by Kate Morton
HUNGER MAKES ME A MODERN GIRL: A Memoir by Carrie Brownstein
CORRUPTED: A Rosato & DiNunzio Novel by Lisa Scottoline
SPEED KINGS: The 1932 Winter Olympics and the Fastest Men in the World by Andy Bull
AND WEST IS WEST by Ron Childress
TRACE: Memory, HIstory, Race, and the American Landscape by Lauret Savoy
AMERICAN COPPER by Shann Ray
LibraryReads
THE JAPANESE LOVER by Isabel Allende
THE IMPROBABILITY OF LOVE by Hannah Rothschild
LITTLE VICTORIES: Perfect Rules for Imperfect Living by Jason Gay
CRIMSON SHORE by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child
THE MURALIST by B.A. Shapiro
THE GIRL WITH GHOST EYES by M.H. Boroson
ALONG THE INFINITE SEA by Beatriz Williams
A LIKELY STORY: A Library Lover's Mystery by Jenn McKinlay
DEAR MR. YOU by Mary-Louise Parker
A WILD SWAN: And Other Tales by Michael Cunningham, illus. by Yuko Shimizu
Target Book Club
THE GIRL FROM THE TRAIN by Irma Joubert
Pennie's Pick (Costco)
THE WITCHES: Salem 1692 by Stacy Schiff
OCTOBER 2015
Indie Next
FATES AND FURIES by Lauren Groff
CITY ON FIRE by Garth Risk Hallberg
DON'T SUCK, DON'T DIE: Giving Up Vic Chesnutt by Kristin Hersh
GOD'S KINGDOM by Howard Frank Mosher
THE SECRET CHORD by Geraldine Brooks
GOLD FAME CITRUS by Claire Vaye Watkins
QUICKSAND by Steve Toltz
BATS OF THE REPUBLIC: An Illuminated Novel by Zachary Thomas Dodson
BIG MAGIC: Creative Living Beyond Fear by Elizabeth Gilbert
THE ART OF MEMOIR by Mary Karr
UNDERMAJORDOMO MINOR by Patrick deWitt
FURIOUSLY HAPPY: A Funny Book About Horrible Things by Jenny Lawson
PRETTY GIRLS by Karin Slaughter
A LINE OF BLOOD by Ben McPherson
ME, MY HAIR, AND I: Twenty-Seven Women Untangle and Obsession, edited by Elizabeth Benedict
TWAIN'S END by Lynn Cullen
THE TSAR OF LOVE AND TECHNO: Stories by Anthony Marra
MOTHERS, TELL YOUR DAUGHTERS: Stories by Bonnie Jo Campbell
A SLANTING OF THE SUN by Donal Ryan
THE GILDED LIFE OF MATILDA DUPLAINE by Alex Brunkhorst
LibraryReads
CITY ON FIRE by Garth Risk Hallberg
AFTER YOU by Jojo Moyes
A BANQUET OF CONSEQUENCES: A Lynley Novel by Elizabeth George
SLADE HOUSE by David Mitchell
THE HEART GOES LAST by Margaret Atwood
THE SECRET CHORD by Geraldine Brooks
WELCOME TO NIGHT VALE by Joseph Fink and Jeffrey Cranor
IN BITTER CHILL by Sarah Ward
THEN COMES MARRIAGE: United States v. Windsor and the Defeat of DOMA by Roberta Kaplan, Edie Windsor and Lisa Dickey
WE WERE BROTHERS: A Memoir by Barry Moser
Target Book Club
N/A
Pennie's Pick (Costco)
THE WIND IS NOT A RIVER by Brian Payton
SEPTEMBER 2015
Indie Next
DID YOU EVER HAVE A FAMILY by Bill Clegg
SWEET CARESS by William Boyd
IN A DARK, DARK WOOD by Ruth Ware
EVERYBODY RISE by Stephanie Clifford
GIRL WAITS WITH GUN by Amy Stewart
JADE DRAGON MOUNTAIN by Elsa Hart
THIS IS YOUR LIFE, HARRIET CHANCE! by Jonathan Evison
THE RACE FOR PARIS by Meg Waite Clayton
IN THE DARK PLACES: An Inspector Banks Novel by Peter Robinson
HOUSE OF THIEVES by Charles Belfoure
THE HUMMINGBIRD by Stephen P. Kiernan
A WINDOW OPENS by Elisabeth Egan
THE NATURE OF THE BEAST: A Chief Inspector Gamache Novel by Louise Penny
BETWEEN THE WORLD AND ME by Ta-Nehisi Coates
THE GIRL FROM THE GARDEN by Parnaz Foroutan
BLACK MAN IN A WHITE COAT: A Doctor's Reflection on Race and Medicine by Damon Tweedy, M.D.
THE GATES OF EVANGELINE by Hester Young
EILEEN by Ottessa Moshfegh
GOOD NIGHT, MR. WODEHOUSE by Faith Sullivan
BEST BOY by Eli Gottlieb
LibraryReads
THE ART OF CRASH LANDING by Melissa DeCarlo
MAKE ME: A Jack Reacher Novel by Lee Child
HOUSE OF THIEVES by Charles Belfoure
FATES AND FURIES by Lauren Groff
DID YOU EVER HAVE A FAMILY by Bill Clegg
THE GATES OF EVANGELINE by Hester Young
FURIOUSLY HAPPY: A Funny Book About Horrible Things by Jenny Lawson
THIS IS YOUR LIFE, HARRIET CHANCE! by Jonathan Evison
GIRL WAITS WITH GUN by Amy Stewart
THE SCRIBE by Matthew Guinn
Target Book Club
THE SAME SKY by Amanda Eyre Ward
Pennie's Pick (Costco)
ME BEFORE YOU by Jojo Moyes
AUGUST 2015
Indie Next
CIRCLING THE SUN by Paula McClain
KITCHENS OF THE GREAT MIDWEST by J. Ryan Stradal
FISHBOWL by Bradley Somer
ARMADA by Ernest Cline
THE GIRL WHO SLEPT WITH GOD by Val Brelinski
YOU'RE NEVER WEIRD ON THE INTERNET (ALMOST) by Felicia Day
BAREFOOT TO AVALON: A Brother's Story by David Payne
DRAGONFISH by Vu Tran
ORPHAN #8 by Kim van Aldemade
MRS. SINCLAIR'S SUITCASE by Louise Waters
DANCING WITH THE DEVIL IN THE CITY OF GOD: Rio de Janeiro on the Brink by Juliana Barbassa
THE MARRIAGE OF OPPOSITES by Alice Hoffman
BARBARA THE SLUT AND OTHER PEOPLE by Lauren Holmes
LET ME EXPLAIN TO YOU by Annie Liontas
THE WATCHMAKER OF FILIGREE STREET by Natasha Pulley
MULTIPLY/DIVIDE: On the American Real and Surreal by Wendy S. Walters
ALL THAT FOLLOWED by Gabriel Urza
AVENUE OF SPIES: A True Story of Terror, Espionage, and One American Family's Heroic Resistance in Nazi-Occupied Paris by Alex Kershaw
THE POPE'S DAUGHTER by Dario Fo
BLACK CHALK by Christopher J. Yates
LibraryReads
BEST BOY: A Novel by Eli Gottlieb
THE NATURE OF THE BEAST: A Chief Inspector Gamache Novel by Louise Penny
A WINDOW OPENS by Elisabeth Egan
THE MARRIAGE OF OPPOSITES by Alice Hoffman
EVERYBODY RISE by Stephanie Clifford
THE FALL OF PRINCES by Robert Goolrick
IN A DARK, DARK WOOD by Ruth Ware
BLACK EYED SUSANS by Julia Heaberlin
LORD OF THE WINGS: A Meg Langslow Mystery by Donna Andrews
BROWSINGS: A Year of Reading, Collecting, and Living with Books by Michael Dirda
Target Book Club
ORPHAN #8 by Kim van Aldemade
Pennie's Pick (Costco)
CIRCLING THE SUN by Paula McLain
JULY 2015
Indie Next
THE OREGON TRAIL: A New American Journey by Rinker Buck
THE BOOK OF SPECULATION by Erika Swyler
THE LITTLE PARIS BOOKSHOP by Nina George
THE TRUTH AND OTHER LIES by Sascha Arango
THE LIBRARY AT MOUNT CHAR by Scott Hawkins
BULL MOUNTAIN by Brian Panowich
LANGUAGE ARTS by Stephanie Kallos
MY GRANDMOTHER ASKED ME TO TELL YOU SHE'S SORRY by Fredrik Backman
LOVE MAY FAIL by Matthew Quick
SPEAK by Louisa Hall
PIRATE HUNTERS: Treasure, Obsession, and the Search for a Legendary Pirate Ship by Robert Kurson
AS NIGHT FALLS by Jenny Milchman
MISS EMILY by Nuala O'Connor
THE HAND THAT FEEDS YOU by A. J. Rich
BELL WEATHER by Dennis Mahoney
DOWN AMONG THE DEAD MEN: A Detective Peter Diamond Mystery by Peter Lovesey
THE LAST PILOT by Benjamin Johncock
THE STAR SIDE OF BIRD HILL by Naomi Jackson
THE GIRL WHO WROTE IN SILK by Kelli Estes
DEATH AND MR. PICKWICK by Stephen Jarvis
LibraryReads
KITCHENS OF THE GREAT MIDWEST by J. Ryan Stradal
CIRCLING THE SUN by Paula McLain
KISS ME by Susan Mallery
SECOND CHANCE SUMMER by Jill Shalvis
SPEAKING IN BONES by Kathy Reichs
THOSE GIRLS by Chevy Stevens
MAYBE IN ANOTHER LIFE by Taylor Jenkins Reid
CROOKED HEART by Lissa Evans
LOVE LIES BENEATH by Ellen Hopkins
GOOD AND CHEAP: Eat Well on $4/Day by Leanne Brown
Target Book Club
THE ICE CREAM QUEEN OF ORCHARD STREET by Susan Jane Gilman
Pennie's Pick (Costco)
THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN by Paula Hawkins
JUNE 2015
Indie Next
OUR SOULS AT NIGHT by Kent Haruf
UPROOTED by Naomi Novik
THE SUNLIT NIGHT by Rebecca Dinerstein
THE INVASION OF THE TEARLING by Erika Johansen
SEVENEVES by Neal Stephenson
THE TRUTH ACCORDING TO US by Annie Barrows
A HEAD FULL OF GHOSTS by Paul Tremblay
THE TRAVELS OF DANIEL ASCHER by Déborah Lévy-Bertherat
MEDICINE WALK by Richard Wagamese
DIETLAND by Sarai Walker
THE MEURSAULT INVESTIGATION by Kamel Daoud
THANK YOU, GOODNIGHT by Andy Abramowitz
ENCHANTED AUGUST by Brenda Bowen
HOLD STILL: A Memoir With Photographs by Sally Mann
MISLAID by Nell Zink
DINNER WITH BUDDHA by Roland Merullo
PALACE OF TREASON by Jason Matthews
THE ROCKS by Peter Nichols
EMPIRE OF DECEPTION: The Incredible Story of a Master Swindler Who Seduced a City and Captivated the Nation by Dean Jobb
LibraryReads
EIGHT HUNDRED GRAPES by Laura Dave
THE TRUTH ACCORDING TO US by Annie Barrows
THE BOOK OF SPECULATION by Erica Swyler
THE LITTLE PARIS BOOKSHOP by Nina George
THE INVASION OF THE TEARLING by Erika Johansen
IN THE UNLIKELY EVENT by Judy Blume
THE RUMOR by Elin Hilderbrand
THE PRECIPICE by Paul Doiron
MY GRANDMOTHER ASKED ME TO TELL YOU SHE'S SORRY by Fredrik Backman
PIRATE HUNTERS: Treasure, Obsession, and the Search for a Legendary Pirate Ship by Robert Kurson
Target Book Club
EENY MEENY by M. J. Arlidge
Pennie's Pick (Costco)
A LAND MORE KIND THAN HOME by Wiley Cash
MAY 2015
Indie Next
THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD: A Memoir by Elizabeth Alexander
PIECES OF MY MOTHER: A Memoir by Melissa Cistaro
THE GIVEN WORLD by Marian Palaia
THE WORLD IS ON FIRE: Scrap, Treasure, and Songs of the Apocalypse by Joni Tevis
THE DAYLIGHT MARRIAGE by Heidi Pitlor
WHISPERING SHADOWS by Jan-Philipp Sendker
THE BOOK OF ARON by Jim Shepard
CHURCH OF MARVELS by Leslie Parry
GIRL AT WAR by Sara Noviฤ
THE BONE TREE by Greg Iles
WHERE THEY FOUND HER by Kimberly McCreight
HOW TO START A FIRE by Lisa Lutz
THE RED NOTEBOOK by Antoine Laurain
THE TURNER HOUSE by Angela Flournoy
LUCKIEST GIRL ALIVE by Jessica Knoll
THE WONDER GARDEN by Lauren Acampora
THE GREEN ROAD by Anne Enright
EVERY FIFTEEN MINUTES by Lisa Scottoline
THE MEMORY PAINTER by Gwendolyn Womack
THE LAST BOOKANEER by Matthew Pearl
LibraryReads
UPROOTED by Naomi Novik
A COURT OF THORNS AND ROSES by Sarah J. Maas
A GOD IN RUINS by Kate Atkinson
THE WATER KNIFE by Paolo Bacigalupi
THE KNOCKOFF by Lucy Sykes and Jo Piazza
EARLY WARNING by Jane Smiley
SEVENEVES by Neal Stephenson
THE GHOST FIELDS by Elly Griffiths
OUR SOULS AT NIGHT by Kent Haruf
LITTLE BLACK LIES by Sharon Bolton
Target Book Club
THE SECRET LIFE OF VIOLET GRANT by Beatriz Williams
Pennie's Pick (Costco)
ORPHAN TRAIN by Christina Baker Kline
APRIL 2015
Indie Next
ORHAN'S INHERITANCE by Aline Ohanesian
THE WITCH OF PAINTED SORROWS by M.J. Rose
AT THE WATER'S EDGE by Sara Gruen
WORLD GONE BY by Dennis Lehane
WHAT COMES NEXT AND HOW TO LIKE IT by Abigail Thomas
BETWEEN YOU & ME: Confessions of a Comma Queen by Mary Norris
HAUSFRAU by Jill Alexander Essbaum
INSIDE THE O'BRIENS by Lisa Genova
A DESPERATE FORTUNE by Susanna Kearsley
AFTER BIRTH by Elisa Albert
THE CHILDREN'S CRUSADE by Ann Packer
THE PRECIOUS ONE by Marisa de los Santos
THE SYMPATHIZER by Viet Thanh Nguyen
THE HARDER THEY COME by T.C. Boyle
A REUNION OF GHOSTS by Judith Claire Mitchell
HAMMER HEAD: The Making of a Carpenter by Nina McLaughlin
OUR ENDLESS NUMBERED DAYS by Claire Fuller
SO YOU'VE BEEN PUBLICLY SHAMED by Jon Ronson
THE LAST DAYS OF VIDEO by Jeremy Hawkins
WHISPER HOLLOW by Chris Cander
LibraryReads
AT THE WATER'S EDGE by Sara Gruen
THE ROYAL WE by Heather Cocks and Jessica Morgan
A DESPERATE FORTUNE by Susanna Kearsley
THE DREAM LOVER by Elizabeth Berg
STILL THE ONE by Jill Shalvis
INSIDE THE O'BRIENS by Lisa Genova
HOUSE OF ECHOES by Brendan Duffy
THE PRECIOUS ONE by Marisa de los Santos
THE BONE TREE by Greg Iles
WHERE THEY FOUND HER by Kimberly McCreight
Target Book Club
WHISKEY AND CHARLIE by Annabel Smith
Pennie's Pick (Costco)
THE GOLDFINCH by Donna Tartt
MARCH 2015
Indie Next
THE FIFTH GOSPEL by Ian Caldwell
THE BURIED GIANT by Kazuo Ishiguro
WHERE THE DEAD PAUSE, AND THE JAPANESE SAY GOODBYE: A Journey by Marie Mutsuki Mockett
SOIL by Jamie Kornegay
DEAD WAKE: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania by Erik Larson
WELCOME TO BRAGGSVILLE by T. Geronimo Johnson
LEAVING BERLIN by Joseph Kanon
BAREFOOT DOGS: Stories by Antonio Ruiz-Camacho
A LITTLE LIFE by Hanya Yanagihara
AN EXAGGERATED MURDER by Josh Cook
EPITAPH: A Novel of the O.K. Corral by Mary Doria Russell
AQUARIUM by David Vann
THE ROOM by Jonas Karlsson
THE VALLEY by John Renehan
YOUNG SKINS by Colin Barrett
ONGOINGNESS: The End of a Diary by Sarah Manguso
H IS FOR HAWK by Helen Macdonald
I AM RADAR by Reif Larsen
CAT OUT OF HELL by Lynne Truss
THE BOOKSELLER by Cynthia Swanson
LibraryReads
THE LOVE SONG OF MISS QUEENIE HENNESSY by Rachel Joyce
DEAD WAKE: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania by Erik Larson
PRUDENCE by Gail Carriger
THE WITCH OF PAINTED SORROWS by M. J. Rose
CAT OUT OF HELL by Lynne Truss
VANISHING GIRLS by Lauren Oliver
DELICIOUS FOODS by James Hannaham
THE FIFTH GOSPEL by Ian Caldwell
THE POCKET WIFE by Susan Crawford
WHERE ALL LIGHT TENDS TO GO by David Joy
Target Book Club
THE BOOK OF UNKNOWN AMERICANS by Cristina Hernandez
Pennie's Pick (Costco)
DEAD WAKE: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania by Erik Larson
FEBRUARY 2015
Indie Next
THE NIGHTINGALE by Kristin Hannah
ETTA AND OTTO AND RUSSELL AND JAMES by Emma Hooper
A SPOOL OF BLUE THREAD by Anne Tyler
OF THINGS GONE ASTRAY by Janina Matthewson
GET IN TROUBLE: Stories by Kelly Link
SWEETLAND by Michael Crummey
LEAVING BEFORE THE RAINS COME by Alexandra Fuller
BLACK RIVER by S. M. Hulse
THE JAGUAR'S CHILDREN by John Vaillant
FIRST FROST by Sarah Addison Allen
WOLF WINTER by Cecilia Ekback
THE SWIMMER by Joakim Zander
MORT(E) by Robert Repino
MIGRATORY ANIMALS by Mary Helen Specht
THE COUNTRY OF ICE CREAM STAR by Sandra Newman
UNBECOMING by Rebecca Scherm
MY SUNSHINE AWAY by M.O. Walsh
WE ARE PIRATES by Daniel Handler
THE UPSTAIRS WIFE: An Intimate History of Pakistan by Rafia Zakaria
SINGLE, CAREFREE, MELLOW: Stories by Katherine Heiny
LibraryReads
A SPOOL OF BLUE THREAD by Anne Tyler
A TOUCH OF STARDUST by Kate Alcott
MY SUNSHINE AWAY by M.O. Walsh
THE SECRETS OF SIR RICHARD KENWORTHY by Julia Quinn
HALF THE WORLD by Joe Abercrombie
FINDING JAKE by Bryan Reardon
A DARKER SHADE OF MAGIC by V. E. Schwab
A MURDER OF MAGPIES by Judith Flanders
THE SIEGE WINTER by Ariana Franklin and Samantha Norman
DREAMING SPIES: A Novel of Suspense Featuring Mary Russell and Sherlock and Holmes by Laurie R. King
Target Book Club
SHOTGUN LOVESONGS by Nickolas Butler
Pennie's Pick (Costco)
THE NIGHTINGALE by Kristin Hannah
JANUARY 2015
Indie Next
THE SECRET WISDOM OF THE EARTH by Christopher Scotton
DESCENT by Tim Johnston
THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN by Paula Hawkins
THE MAGICIAN'S LIE by Greer Macallister
VANESSA AND HER SISTER by Priya Parmar
THE ROSIE EFFECT by Graeme Simsion
THE BISHOP'S WIFE by Mette Ivie Harrison
ALMOST FAMOUS WOMEN: Stories by Megan Mayhew Bergman
THE SHOCK OF THE FALL by Nathan Filer
THE FIRST BAD MAN by Miranda July
EVERLASTING LANE by Andrew Lovett
AFTER THE WAR IS OVER by Jennifer Robson
WEST OF SUNSET by Steward O'Nan
WILDALONE by Krassi Zourkova
THE UNQUIET DEAD by Ausma Zehanat Khan
BEFORE I GO by Colleen Oakley
DOING THE DEVIL'S WORK by Bill Loehfelm
VIKING BAY: A Kay Hamilton Novel by M.A. Lawson
THE INTERNET IS NOT THE ANSWER by Andrew Keen
THE SOUL OF DISCRETION: A Chief Superintendent Simon Serrailler Mystery by Susan Hill
LibraryReads
AS CHIMNEY SWEEPERS COME TO DUST by Alan Bradley
THE ROSIE EFFECT by Graeme Simsion
THE MAGICIAN'S LIE by Greer Macallister
THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN by Paula Hawkins
GOLDEN SON by Pierce Brown
THE DRESS SHOP OF DREAMS by Menna van Praag
THE BISHOP'S WIFE by Mette Ivie Harrison
VANESSA AND HER SISTER by Priya Parmar
FIRST FROST by Sarah Addison Allen
FULL THROTTLE by Julie Ann Walker
Target Book Club
THE SHOCK OF THE FALL by Nathan Filer
Penny's Pick (Costco)
THE BOSTON GIRL by Anita Diamant