Lauded nature writer Delia Owens penned this beautiful first foray into fiction. There’s a little bit of everything — it’s a survival story, and a mystery, and a romance — and altogether, it makes a powerful package. Reese Witherspoon selected it for her book club and is set to produce a movie adaptation.

Not just for the fantasy lover, realists will also relate to this dark and otherworldly criticism of American idolatry and deeply emotional tale of love lost.

This memoir from the most admired woman in America is touching, surprisingly intimate, and empowering. It’s a beguiling portrait of a uniquely American story: from an upbringing on Chicago’s Southside to life in the White House, she seems to have lived the epitome of the American Dream. But as she reveals, it hasn’t always been a fairytale. This audiobook version, read by Obama herself, is nominated for the Best Spoken Word Grammy.

Readings and conversation with Kurt Andersen, Libba Bray, Stephen Colbert, Oskar Eustis, Mary McDonagh Murphy, Jayne Anne Phillips, and Isaiah Sheffer, a discussion with the audience. Authors and actors including Stephen Colbert, Libba Bray (award winning young-adult novelist Going Bovine, winner of 2010 Printz Award), Oskar Eustis (Artistic Director at The Public Theater)

An inspirational story that provides shocking, poignant insight into the value of education from someone who never went to school until she was 17 years old. Tara Westover reveals how agonizing it is to try to bridge the gap between two vastly different personal identities.

Like “Gone Girl,” this well-written, wildly addicting thriller will make you question how perspective shapes our actions, and how there’s always much more to a person than meets the eye.

When The Great Gatsby was published, commercially it was a failure but critically it was a success. It is still the most admired and well read of all Scott Fitzgerald’s novels and it is considered a handbook of the 'Jazz Age'. Scott Fitzgerald put much of himself and his life into the book. He created the character of Jay Gatsby to illustrate his own experiences of the il

This biography of the Founding Father without a father inspired the hottest musical currently running on Broadway. Chernow maps how young, scrappy, and hungry Hamilton became an integral part of American politics.