The Stranger in the Woods by Michael Finkel

The Stranger in the Woods by Michael Finkel

The Stranger in the Woods The Extraordinary Story of the Last True Hermit by Michael Finkel Finkel’s mesmerizing account of Christopher Knight, who disappeared into the Maine woods to live alone for 27 years, dissects the impact of solitude on the search for greater meaning. Check it out!

Bull by David Elliott

Bull a novel by David Elliott

Bull by David Elliott The myth of the Minotaur gets a contemporary verse reworking told from varied perspectives in a bunch of poetic forms. Searing, woeful, and debauched. Check it out!

Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders

Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders

Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders Grief is the logical ending of love. This bold work of supernatural historical fiction imagines the aftermath of the death of Lincoln’s son and the all-encompassing grief enveloping the President. Check it out!

Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates

Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates

Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi CoatesWith searing frankness, Coates lays bare his experience as a black man in America through an open letter to his son, challenging readers to confront slavery’s legacy in present day. Check it out!

An Unnecessary Woman by Rabih Alamaddine

An Unnecessary Woman by Rabih Alamaddine

An Unnecessary Woman by Rabih Alamaddine As a translator, books have been Aaliya’s life. Now elderly, having lived through the Lebanese Civil War, she is left pondering her life’s meaning as she tentatively reaches out for companionship.  Check it out!

The Immortalists by Chloe Benjamin

The Immortalists by Chloe Benjamin

The Immortalists by Chloe Benjamin As children, four siblings learn the exact date of their deaths. While that knowledge binds them to one another, it also shapes each of their lives in dramatically different ways.  Check it out!