The Light Between Worlds by Laura E. Weymouth

"A facsimile retelling of The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, this novel gives us a glimpse of how the Pevensies must have struggled once they resumed their mundane lives. It's a lyrical exploration of one's true place - in the people we love, in ourselves, or in woodland realms beyond our ken - and the lengths we take to chase it." 

- Destenie

Freshwater by Akwaeke Emezi

"An incredible debut rich with Nigerian folklore... We're introduced to Ada, a girl born with the children of gods in her. Told from the perspective of these fractured pieces of Ada, Emezi deftly melds Igbo-Nigerian folklore with contemporary literary fiction and the result is breathtaking." -  Elisa

Good and Mad by Rebecca Traister

"Traister covers a wide scope of social and political change in U.S. history, and how angry women were the catalyst for nearly every movement - abolition, suffrage, workers' rights, civil rights, LGBTQ rights, et cetera. Good and Mad is an intersectional tribute to angry women. As with Traister's other works, I left feeling like I wasn't alone or crazy. Instead, I felt validated, empowered, and fired up!" - Karen

An Absolutely Remarkable Thing by Hank Green

"Such a fantastic debut novel... With the potential threat of extraterrestrials, the world is sent into shock, with few to look to for answers - and April is the first one to document it. It's current and reflective of today's social media while instilling hope for a better future, one that embraces technology rather than condemns it, which I find refreshing." - Mikayla

Sci-Fi & Fantasy Book Club: Ka by John Crowley

Dar Oakley - the first Crow in all of history with a name of his own - was born two thousand years ago. When a man learns his language, Dar finally gets the chance to tell his story. "Ka is a beautiful, often dreamlike late masterpiece." - Los Angeles Times

Memoir & Bio Book Club: Reading with Patrick by Michelle Kuo

"This book is special and could not be more right on time. It's an absorbing, tender, and surprisingly honest examination of race and privilege in America that helps articulate what is often lost, seemingly intentionally, in national debates over criminal justice and education: the inner life and imagination of a young person." - Wes Moore, author of The Other Wes Moore

Agatha Christie Book Club: Dumb Witness

Everyone blamed Emily Arundell's accident on a rubber ball left on the stairs by her frisky terrier. But the more she thought about her fall, the more convinced she became that one of her relatives was trying to kill her... On April 17th she wrote her suspicions in a letter to Hercule Poirot. Mysteriously, he didn't receive the letter until June 28th, by which time Emily was already dead.

Black Lit Book Club: Salvage the Bones by Jesmyn Ward

"Ward writes with a power and depth of feeling that is both rare and exhilarating. Her novel is about 12 days in the life of a poor black family living on the Mississippi coast as a hurricane gathers in the gulf displays the gifts of a writer with exceptional skill and no fear. The characters seem almost to claw their way off the pages, so vividly has Jesmyn Ward created them. This is a novel of flesh and blood, heart and soul, dreams and terrors that I will not soon forget." - Stan Hynds, Northshire Bookstore, Manchester Center, VT

Speculative Fiction Book Club: The Changeling by Victor LaValle

When Apollo Kagwa's father disappeared, he left his son a box of books and strange recurring dreams. Now Apollo is a father himself, and his old dreams return before his wife commits a horrific act and vanishes. "A dark fairy tale of New York, full of magic and loss, myth and mystery, love and madness. The Changeling is a mesmerizing, monumental work." - Marlon James, author of A Brief History of Seven Killings

LGBTQ Book Club: The Persian Boy by Mary Renault

The Persian Boy traces the last years of Alexander the Great's life through the eyes of his lover, Bagoas. Their relationship sustains Alexander as he weathers assassination plots, the demands of two foreign wives, a sometimes-mutinous army, and his own ferocious temper. "It takes skill to depict, as Renault has done, this half-man, half-Courtesan who is so deeply in love with the warrior." - The Atlantic Monthly

Not Your Father's Teen Lit Book Club: Blood Water Paint by Joy McCullough

"Baroque artist Artemisia Gentileschi's true story is made visceral, her voice clear in the poetry of her narration. Taken for granted by her father, ignored by her brothers, and abandoned by her maid, Artemisia struggles as a woman, finding solace and identity in her art. But when even her art is attacked, when her male tutor takes advantage of his situation as men in power (even now) are wont to do, her world is shattered. It takes the biblical Susanna and Judith, re-imagined and empowered in her mother's old stories, to give Artemisia the strength to face her attacker against insurmountable odds." - Destenie

Current Affairs Book Club: Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson

"Don't be fooled by the pleasant cover. You are about to enter a hell that is even more terrifying because you are complicit in its continuation. The stories of the poor, the black, the disabled, and the minors, who have been caught up in a seriously flawed judicial system that still, unlike most of the world, allows capital punishment will break you. Stevenson asks us to 'embrace our broken natures' so that we can express our humanness and compassion, and he does so in beautiful, powerful language. This is one of the best, most painful books I have ever read." - Linda 

Graphic Novel Book Club: Saga by Brian K Vaughan, Fiona Staples (ill.)

"For so long, friends have been demanding that I read the graphic novel phenomenon that is Saga, and I'm pleased to report that it holds up to the hype. A quirky (but not obnoxiously so) and perfect blend of science-fiction and fantasy, a kickass romantic duo, and an exquisitely expressive art style made me fall instantly in love with the world. So not it's my turn to demand that if you haven't picked this up for yourself yet, don't pass on it - read it!" - Destenie