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A Day With Marie Antoinette by Hélène Delalexgenre: history I saw this book online somewhere and knew I’d prefer to read something like this rather than an extensive biography of...
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The Vaster Wilds by Lauren Groffgenre: historical fiction For the servant girl, when she decides that she'd rather face the wilds of the forest than starve to death...
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Chain Gang All-Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah (audiobook)genre: dystopian science fiction In a not totally unlikely future, convicted criminals have a chance to fight their way to freedom...
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The Secret Service of Tea and Treason by India Holtongenre: fantasy romance Alice is a fearsome secret agent for A.U.N.T., the secret government organization dedicated to protecting the land...
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The Only Street in Paris: Life on the Rue des Martyrs by Elaim SciolinoGenre: nonfiction, history This nonfiction book reads like a comfy introduction to one kind of modern life in Paris as an expat as well...
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Mad Honey by Jodi Picoult and Jennifer Finney Boylangenre: contemporary suspense For Lily, moving to New Hampshire was supposed to be a new beginning, a fresh start. Starting a...
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A Brilliant Night of Stars and Ice by Rebecca Connolly (audiobook)genre: historical fiction The night the Titanic sank, in the midst of the terror and confusion, a distress call was sent out. ...
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The Mad Women's Ball by Victoria Masgenre: historical fiction/paranormal In 1885, if you are sent to the Salpêtrière Asylum, you can be certain that you will never come...
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House of Eve by Sadeqa Johnsongenre: historical fiction Ruby and Eleanor, two young women living on the East Coast in the 1950s, both who have been dreams. ...
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Still Life by Louise Pennygenre: mystery When chief inspector Armand Gamache arrives in Three Pines, Quebec, all he knows is that a murder has shattered the...
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Two Lives: Gertrude and Alice by Janet Malcolmgenre: biography, history Gertrude Stein: American expat in Paris and larger-than-life author whose relationship with Alice Toklas...
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Lunch in Paris by Elizabeth Bardgenre: memoir, recipes Elizabeth's spent much of her young life abroad, enjoying the adventure and uniqueness of travel and different...
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Black Cake by Charmaine Wilkerson (audiobook)genre: adult fiction Benny and Byron aren't speaking. There are a lot of good reasons for two siblings being estranged but it...
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Paris by Edward Rutherfurdgenre: historical fiction If you know of the author, Edward Rutherford, then you probably would guess that this was a...
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The Tiffany Girls by Shelley Noblegenre: historical fiction At the turn of the century, Emilie has grown up in a world of art but it has not been a happy upbringing....
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Tom Lake by Ann Patchett (audiobook)genre: historical fiction, literary fiction In the Spring of 2020, when everything in the world seems to be collapsing, Laura finds...
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The Ghost of Eternal Polygamy: Haunting the Hearts and Heaven of Mormon Women and Men by Carol Lynn Pearsongenre: nonfiction, religion, Mormonism Having been raised myself in the Mormon faith, polygamy has just always BEEN THERE, as a...
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The Perfect Nanny by Leila Slimanigenre: psychological thriller Myriam and Paul need help. When Myriam decides to go back to work, someone needs to be in...
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Flirting with French: How a Language Charmed Me, Seduced Me and Nearly Broke My Heart by William Alexandergenre: memoir During the pandemic nearly 2.5 years ago, I started studying French again using an app on my phone. I'd taken it...
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River Sing Me Home by Eleanor Shaerer (audiobook)genre: historical fiction When the plantation owner on Barbados where Rachel is enslaved announces that Great Britain has legally...
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The Second Ending by Michelle Hoffmangenre: contemporary fiction Prudence feels broken. Her children are off to college, she has no direction and her past won't...
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Yellowface by R. F. Kuang (audiobook)genre: contemporary fiction June Hayward's dream, her passion, it is be a best selling author. It's not like she hasn't been...
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The Colony: Faith and Blood in a Promised Land by Sally Dentongenre: nonfiction When three women and their children are massacred on the side of the road in Mexico, it was such big news that even I out in...
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The World's Strongest Librarian: A Book Lover's Adventures by Josh Hanagarne (audiobook)genre: memoir The first thing we learn about Josh is that he is a librarian, more specifically, a librarian in the Salt Lake City...
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Is It Just Me? By Miranda Hart (audiobook)genre: non-fiction, celebrity memoir I fell in love with Miranda Hart in her role as Chummy in Call the Midwife. I had no idea she'd...
