Northwoods
by Daniel Mason
When a pair of young lovers abscond from a Puritan colony, little do they know that their humble cabin in the woods will become the home of an extraordinary succession of human and nonhuman characters alike.
The Idiot
by Elif Batuman
A coming-of-age story set in 1995 about Harvard freshman Selin, the daughter of Turkish immigrants, as she navigates her first year of college, a confusing email correspondence with an older Hungarian math student named Ivan, and a summer in Europe.
On Beauty
by Zadie Smith
The story follows the lives of a mixed-race British/American family living in the United States, addresses ethnic and cultural differences in both the USA and the UK, as well as the nature of beauty, and the clash between liberal and conservative academic values.
Truth Be Told
by Hank Phillipi Ryan
A middle-class family’s evicted from their suburban home. In digging up the facts on this story and on other foreclosures, reporter Jane Ryland soon learns the truth behind a big-bucks scheme and the surprising players who’ll stop at nothing, including murder, to keep their goal a secret.
Wild Game
by Adrienne Brodeur
A daughter’s tale of living in the thrall of her magnetic, complicated mother, and the chilling consequences of her complicity
The Scarlet Letter
by Nathanial Hawthorne
In 18th century Boston, a Puritan girl is condemned to wear the letter “A” for bearing an illegitimate daughter.
The Hotel Nantucket
by Elin Hilderbrand
Fresh off a bad breakup with a longtime boyfriend, Nantucket sweetheart Lizbet Keaton is desperately seeking a second act. When she’s named the new general manager of the Hotel Nantucket, a once Gilded Age gem turned abandoned eyesore, she hopes that her local expertise and charismatic staff can win the favor of their new London billionaire owner, Xavier Darling, as well as that of Shelly Carpenter, the wildly popular Instagram tastemaker who can help put them back on the map.
Summer
by Edith Wharton
A naive girl from a humble background meets an ambitious city boy, and a torrid romance ensues. Despite her pride, independence, and honesty, Charity Royall feels shadowed by her past–especially in her ardent relationship with the educated and refined Lucius Harney. Can passion overcome the effects of heredity and environment?