Books By Category

So you’re in the mood for a good book, but you’re not sure what to pick?

Hall of Fame Faves

• Amp’d, by Ken Pisani
• The Art of Fielding, by Chad Harbach
• Beautiful Ruins, by Jess Walter
• The Book of Joy, by the Dalai Lama and Bishop Desmond Tutu
• Born to Run, by Christopher McDougall
• Catch and Kill, by Ronan Farrow
• The Great Believers, by Rebecca Makkai
• The Heart’s Invisible Furies, by John Boyne
• Less, by Andrew Sean Greer
• A Little Life, by Hanya Yanagihara
• Me Talk Pretty One Day, by David Sedaris
• The Night Circus, by Erin Morgenstern
• The Ocean at the End of the Lane, by Neil Gaiman
• The Snow Child, by Eowen Ivey
• The Most Fun We Ever Had, by Claire Lombardo
• Real Life, by Brandon Taylor
• Mouth to Mouth, by Antoine Wilson

Mama Drama

• American Dirt, by Jeanine Cummins
• Commonwealth, by Ann Patchett
• Today Will Be Different, by Maria Semple
• Where’d You Go, Bernadette? by Maria Semple
• Shuggie Bain, by Douglas Stuart

Daddy Drama

• Commonwealth, by Ann Patchett
• Claire of the Sea Light, by Edwidge Danticat
• The Dutch House, by Ann Patchett
• This Dark Road to Mercy, by Wiley Cash
• The Twelve Lives of Samuel Hawley, by Hannah Tinti

Families That Put the Fun in Dysfunctional

• Amp’d, by Ken Pisani
• Ask Again, Yes, by Mary Beth Keane
• The Ash Family, by Molly Dektar
• The Best Kind of People, by Zoe Whittall
• Big Little Lies, by Liane Moriarty
• The Burning Girl, by Claire Messud
• The Casual Vacancy, by JK Rowling
• Crossroads, by Jonathan Franzen
• The Dutch House, by Ann Patchett
• Educated, by Dr. Tara Westover
• The Family Fang, by Kevin Wilson
• The Favorite Sister, by Jessica Knoll
• The Girls, by Emma Cline
• The History of Wolves, by Emily Fridlund
• How to Build a Girl, by Caitlin Moran
• The Immortalists, by Chloe Benjamin
• In One Person, by John Irving
• Lake Success, by Gary Shteyngart
• The Leftovers, by Tom Perrotta
• Little Fires Everywhere, by Celeste Ng
• Mrs. Fletcher, by Tom Perrotta
• The Museum of Extraordinary Things, by Alice Hoffman
• The Most Fun We Ever Had, by Claire Lombardo
• Nothing to See Here, by Kevin Wilson
• The Nest, by Cynthia Sweeney
• Perfect Little World, by Kevin Wilson
• Spoonbenders, by Daryl Gregory

Apocalypse Now

• The Country of Ice Cream Star, by Sandra Newman
• The Leftovers, by Tom Perrotta
• The Lightest Object in the Universe, by Kimi Eisele
• Weather, by Jenny Offill

Memoirs Aren’t Just for Old Folks

• After Visiting Friends, by Michael Hainey
• All Over But the Shoutin’, by Rick Bragg
• As You Wish, by Cary Elwes
• Bad Feminist, by Roxane Gay
• Becoming, by Michelle Obama
• Believer, by David Axelrod
• Born to Run, by Christopher McDougall
• Bossypants, by Tina Fey
• Disrupted, by Dan Lyons
• Educated, by Dr. Tara Westover
• Inside Out, by Demi Moore
• I Want My MTV
• Love Life, by Rob Lowe
• Steve Jobs, by Walter Isaacson
• Theft by Finding, by David Sedaris
• VJ: The Unplugged Adventures of MTV’s First Wave
• Wild, by Cheryl Strayed

Political Bullshit

• Al Franken, Giant of the Senate
• Believer, by David Axelrod
• Fear, by Bob Woodward
• Fire and Fury, by Michael Wolff
• The Fifth Risk, by Michael Lewis
• The Presidents Club, by Nancy Gibbs and Michael Duffy
• Thanks, Obama, by David Litt
• The Threat, by Andrew McCabe
• A Very Stable Genius, by Carol Leonnig and Philip Rucker

Batshit Crazy Fiction

• The Actress, by Amy Sohn
• The Ash Family, by Molly Dektar
• Big Little Lies, by Liane Moriarty
• The Circle, by Dave Eggers
• The Evolution of Bruno Littlemore, by Benjamin Hale
• The Goldfinch, by Donna Tartt
• Motherland, by Amy Sohn
• My Dark Vanessa, by Kate Elizabeth Russell
• Ohio, by Stephen Markley
• Purity, by Jonathan Franzen
• Sharp Objects, by Gillian Flynn
• State of Wonder, by Ann Patchett

All About Love & Friendship

• Alice & Oliver, by Charles Bock
• Attachments, by Rainbow Rowell
• An American Marriage, by Tayari Jones
• Daisy Jones and the Six, by Taylor Jenkins Reid
• The Fault in Our Stars, by John Green
• Forever, Interrupted, by Taylor Jenkins Reid
• The Heart’s Invisible Furies, by John Boyne
• In Five Years, by Rebecca Serle
• Landline, by Rainbow Rowell
• The Light Between Oceans
• To Be Sung Underwater, by Tom McNeal

Whodunit Whydunit WTF He’s the Killer?

• American Dirt, by Jeanine Cummins
• Before I Go to Sleep, by S.J. Watson
• Cuckoo’s Calling, by Robert Galbraith
• Dante’s Poison, by Lynne Raimondo
• Finders Keepers, by Stephen King
• The Flight Attendant, by Chris Bohjalian
• The Girl on the Train, by Paula Hawkins
• I Am Pilgrim, by Terry Hayes
• The Institute, by Stephen King
• Mr. Mercedes, by Stephen King
• The Passenger, by Lisa Lutz
• Since We Fell, by Dennis Lehane

Truth

• The American Way of Eating
• Bad Blood, by John Carreyrou
• The Book of Honor by Ted Gup
• Catch and Kill, by Ronan Farrow
• Deep Down Dark, by Héctor Tobar
• Missoula, by Jon Krakauer
• So You Want to Talk About Race, by Ijeoma Oluo
• Unbroken, by Laura Hillenbrand
• Think Again, by Adam Grant
• Three Women, by Lisa Taddeo

But I Really Just Need to Laugh

• Bossypants, by Tina Fey
• Calypso, by David Sedaris
• Cool, Calm and Contentious, by Merrill Markoe
• Drop Dead Healthy, by A.J. Jacobs
• Let’s Explore Diabetes with Owls, by David Sedaris
• Let’s Pretend This Never Happened, by Jenny Lawson
• Living with a SEAL, by Jesse Itzler
• Me Talk Pretty One Day, by David Sedaris
• A Million Ways to Die in the West, by Seth McFarlane
• Southern Lady Code, by Helen Ellis

I Wanna Cry Ugly

• Mischling, by Affinity Konar
• The Nickel Boys, by Colson Whitehead
• The Fault in Our Stars, by John Green
• The Light Between Oceans
• The Great Believers, by Rebecca Makkai
• The Heart’s Invisible Furies, by John Boyne
• Less, by Andrew Sean Greer
• The Ocean at the End of the Lane, by Neil Gaiman
• To Be Sung Underwater, by Tom McNeal
• Detransition, Baby, by Torrey Peters