Upcoming Books

The Secret Book of Flora Lea by Patti Calahan Henry

The Paris Novel by Ruth Reichl

Long Island by Colm Toibin

God of the Woods by Liz Moore

James by Percival Everett

A Woman of No Importance by Sonia Purnell

North Woods by Daniel Mason

The Whalebone Theatre by Joanna Quinn

Up Home: One Girl's Journey by Ruth J. Simmons

A Memory of Violets by Hazel Gaynor

Song of a Captive Bird  by Jasmin Darznik

The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store by James McBride

Fellowship Point by Alice Elliott Dark

Lady Tan's Circle of Women by Lisa See

Hello, Beautiful by Ann Napolitano
The Mountains Sing by Nguyen Phan Que Ma

Facing the Mountain: A True Story of Japanese American Heroes in World War II by Daniel James Brown
Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner
The Space Between Us by Thrity Umrigar
Mad Honey by Jennifer Boylen
The Bohemians: A Novel by Jasmin Darznik
Lightning Strike: A Novel by William Krueger

Jack by Marilynne Robinson
How Lucky by Will Leitch
The Girl with the Louding Voice by Abi Dare

The Chancellor: The Remarkable Odessey of Angela Merkel by Kati Marton

Oh William! by Elizabeth Strout

The Last Green Valley by Mark Sullivan

About Becoming Madam Secretary
by Stephanie Dray

Raised on tales of her revolutionary ancestors, Frances Perkins arrives in New York City at the turn of the century, armed with her trusty parasol and an unyielding determination to make a difference.

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When she's not working with children in the crowded tenements in Hell's Kitchen, Frances throws herself into the social scene in Greenwich Village, befriending an eclectic group of politicians, artists, and activists, including the millionaire socialite Mary Harriman Rumsey, the flirtatious budding author Sinclair Lewis, and the brilliant but troubled reformer Paul Wilson, with whom she falls deeply in love.

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But when Frances meets a young lawyer named Franklin Delano Roosevelt at a tea dance, sparks fly in all the wrong directions. She thinks he's a rich, arrogant dilettante who gets by on a handsome face and a famous name. He thinks she's a priggish bluestocking and insufferable do-gooder. Neither knows it yet, but over the next twenty years, they will form a historic partnership that will carry them both to the White House.

Frances is destined to rise in a political world dominated by men, facing down the Great Depression as FDR's most trusted lieutenant--even as she struggles to balance the demands of a public career with marriage and motherhood. And when vicious political attacks mount and personal tragedies threaten to derail her ambitions, she must decide what she's willing to do--and what she's willing to sacrifice--to save a nation.