Literature & Fiction

In The Archer we meet Tetsuya, a man once famous for his prodigious gift with a bow and arrow but who has since retired from public life, and the boy who comes searching for him. The boy has many questions, and in answering them Tetsuya illustrates the way of the bow and the tenets of a meaningful life...

Where the Crawdads Sing is at once an exquisite ode to the natural world, a heartbreaking coming-of-age story, and a surprising tale of possible murder. Owens reminds us that we are forever shaped by the children we once were, and that we are all subject to the beautiful and violent secrets that nature keeps.

The Life Impossible is a story of contrasts. Grace travels from her bleak bungalow in Lincoln to solve a crime on the most vibrant island in the world. As her unlikely friendship with Alberto progresses, her mathematical mind embraces the improbable, and she is released from anhedonia – going from feeling nothing at all to feeling everything.

The Radleys is a moving, thrilling, and radiant domestic novel that explores with daring the lengths a parent will go to protect a child, what it costs you to deny your identity, the undeniable appeal of sin, and the everlasting, iridescent bonds of family love. Read it and ask what we grow into when we grow up, and what we gain—and lose—when we deny our appetites.

The Humans is a thought-provoking, hilarious, and heartwarming novel written by Matt Haig. Published in 2013, this book explores the essence of what it means to be human through the eyes of an alien being who has taken on the form of a prominent mathematics professor.

How to Stop Time tells a love story across the ages—and for the ages—about a man lost in time, the woman who could save him, and the lifetimes it can take to learn how to live. It is a bighearted, wildly original novel about losing and finding yourself, the inevitability of change, and how with enough time to learn, we just might find happiness.

In Comfort & Joy, she offers a modern-day fairy tale—the story of a woman who gets a miraculous chance at happiness. Joy Candellaro once loved Christmas more than any other time of the year. Now, as the holiday approaches, she is at a crossroads in her life; recently divorced and alone, she can’t summon the old enthusiasm for celebrating.

On Mystic Lake is a novel written by Kristin Hannah and published in 1999. Set in the serene and picturesque town of Avalon, Washington, the book delves into themes of self-discovery, love, forgiveness, and the power of healing.

Home Again is the story of two people who met while teenagers in a romance that was destined to break apart one way or another. Angel DeMarco was from the wrong side of the tracks when he ran into Madeline Hilyard. That didn’t stop them from having a romance that ended when she discovered she was pregnant. Despite all the promises in the dark, Angel took the money Maddy’s well-to-do father handed him, bought a motorcycle, and was never seen again. Well, not quite true. He was seen again, on the big screen when an impromptu acting career took off making him one of Hollywood’s notorious bad boys.

The Things We Do for Love focuses on two women, both in relationships burdened by an overwhelming problem.Why does Conlan and Angie’s relationship weather the storm whereas Lauren and David’s relationship does not?