Books by Title M – Z

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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• Macbeth by Jo Nesbø – A retelling of the Shakespearean tragedy, set in a small European town as a police drama.

• Machinehood by S.B. Divya – A science-fiction story about the way legal drugs, artificial intelligence, an- s d big corporations can inherit the future.

• Maggie’s Wars by Phil Pisani – A novel about Mag­gie Hogan is a strong woman, an ace report who just wants to be treated fairly. She fights, and sleeps, her way through the bat­tle­fields, the Nurem­burg tri­als and the after­math of the World War II, includ­ing the cold war.

• Magnificent Desolation by Buzz Aldrin – An autobiog­ra­phy of the famous astronaut.

• Malinalli of the Fifth Sun by Helen Gordon Heightsman – A his­tor­i­cal fic­tion novel tak­ing place in South Amer­ica dur­ing Hernán Cortés’ time focusing on native woman Mali­nalli who was an impor­tant per­son in Cortés’ entourage who have been vil­i­fied through­out the ages.

• The Man in the High Castle by Philip K. Dick – A historical fiction which imagines the axis winning World War II.

• Man At a Machine by Stef Wertheimer – An autobiog­ra­phy of the Israeli indus­tri­al­ist and statesman.

• A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman – A feel good story about an unlikeable Swedish man, a bit formulaic, but still cute and a good read.

• The Man I Knew: The Amazing Story of George H. W. Bush’s Post-Presidency by Jean Becker – The author’s memoir about the decades she spent working for the 41^st President.

• The Man in the Picture by Susan Hill (Guest Review) – A Gothic tale of a tragic tale of unruly pas­sions, of loss and of the power of sug­ges­tion.

• The Man with the Golden Gun by Ian Fleming – This is a mildly entertaining novel, an escape to the Bond universe if you desire, or for the completists who want to read them all.

• The Man Who Came and Went by Joe Stillman – A magical realism novel taking place in a small town when a new cook, Bill Bill, a drifter with the ability to read minds, starts working at the local diner.

• The Man Who Lived Twice by David Taylor – A historical fiction novel about a British Colonel fighting for the Confederacy in the American Civil War. Colonel George St. Leger Grenfell Grenfell meets extraordinary people, and lives long enough to see himself become the villain.

• The Man Who Loved Books Too Much by Allison Hoover Bartlett – A non-fiction story about a rare book thief. If you like books about books – this one is for you.

• Manhunters: How We Took Down Pablo Escobar, the World’s Most Wanted Criminal by Steve Murphy and Javier F. Peña – A memoir of the two Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) agents who spent decades hunting drug traffickers.

• A Matter of Interpretation by Elizabeth Mac Donald – A historical fiction book, taking place in the 13^th Century following Michael Scot, a scholar and translator working for Emperor Frederick II.

• March Violets by Philip Kerr – The first in a series of noir nov­els about Bernie Gun­ther, an ex-policeman who turned pri­vate inves­ti­ga­tor. March vio­lets refers to Ger­mans who went along with the Nazi vio­lence mindlessly.

• The Marching Season by Daniel Silva – The fictional sequel to “The Mark of the Assassin”. The phrase “Marching Season” comes from the parades held in Northern Ireland every year.

• The Mark of the Assassin by Daniel Silva – A fast paced fictional mystery about CIA agent Michael Osbourne. The story takes place mainly in the United States & England and involves several contemporary themes.

• The Marriage Bureau: The True Story of How Two Matchmakers Arranged Love in Wartime London by Penrose Halson – a non-fiction book detaling the start of this match making business during World War II.

• The Martian by Andy Weir – A science fiction novel taking place mostly on Mars and concentrates on trying to save a stranded astronaut.

• The Marvels by Brian Selznick – A fictional book in the same style as his previous books, merging pictures and words to complement one another and tell a complete story of the lone survivor of a ship wreck in 1776, Billy Marvel, finds himself working in a London theater and is the patriarch of a long line of distinguished actors.

• The Marvelous Land of Oz by L. Frank Baum– Set in the fic­tional land of Oz, the book how­ever is not about Dorothy but about a boy named Tip.

• Masaryk Station by David Downing– John Rus­sell is an Amer­i­can jour­nal­ist/spy liv­ing in Berlin after World War II, is plan­ning one final job which will cement the finan­cial secu­rity and well being of his fam­ily before he retires.

• The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov- A Russian novel, published in the 1940s and is considered a classic of satire Russian literature, telling of the time Satan came to Moscow, and a retelling of the story of Jesus.

• The Mastermind by David Unger – A novel about corruption and its toll on Guatemala. Mr. Unger, Guatemalan, writes in English but was still awarded Guatemala’s Miguel Ángel Asturias National Prize in Literature for lifetime achievement in 2014.

• May Bird and the Ever After by Jodi Lynn Anderson– A young adult (YA) novel about a lonely teen named May Bird who falls into the lake and finds her­self in the after world with ghouls, ghosts and mon­sters.

• Maya’s Notebook by Isabel Allende– A fic­tional novel and a com­ing of age story, told in the form of a journal by a young woman sent to an island off the coast of Chile to hid from the FBI, Interpol, Las Vegas PD and gangsters.

• Me, You by Erri De Luca – A fic­tional com­ing of age story of a boy at the end of World War II. The book was pre­vi­ously released as Sea of Mem­ory.

• The Memorist by M.J. Rose – The second in “The Rein­car­na­tion­ist” series dealing with a magic flute which helps people remember past lives.

• Memory of Flames by Armand Cabasson – The novel cen­ters on Mar­gont being a dou­ble agent sent by Joseph to infil­trate a group try­ing to restore the monar­chy to France. The dou­ble agent sce­nario allows the author to show more of the dis­ar­ray which Paris is in fol­low­ing its occu­pa­tion and allows the author to travel around the town at night, help­ing the con­spir­acy story-line.

• The Memory Police by Yōko Ogawa (translated by Stephen Snyder) – A dystopian novel taking place on an island where the government has the power to make things disappear, and people forget about them

• The Memory of Things by Gae Polisner – A fictional book about two teenagers and their experience on September 11, 2001 and days afterwards.

• The Mercies by Kiran Millwood Hargrave – A novel based on real occurrences during a freak storm and a witch hunt in a small Norwegian village of Vardø in the early 1600s.

• The Mes­senger by Daniel Silva -The Sixth book in the Gabriel Allon series which takes our hero across the globe foiling al Qaeda plans to destroy the Vatican.

• The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka – This is the story of Gre­gor Samsa who wakes up one morn­ing and dis­cov­ered he has turned into a giant bug. A short, classic story but deep with many themes con­de­scend in a short space and between the lines.

• Metropolis by Philip Kerr – A novel following The Weimar Republic is dying and young detective, Bernie Gunther, is investigating the murder of four prostitutes that have been scalped, a low profile case until the daughter of Berlin’s primary criminal is also murdered.

• Mexico: Stories by Josh Barkan – A collection of fictional short stories, all taking place in Mexico. The collection was awarded runner up for the Juniper Prize for Fiction, 2014, and runner up for the Grace Paley Prize for Short Fiction, 2014.

• Michael Dou­glas by Marc Eliot – One of the few second-generation kids to grow up and become a movie star, Michael Dou­glas has man­aged to emerge from the long shadow of his father. The strug­gle to become his own man in an unfor­giv­ing envi­ron­ment is only a part of this biography.

• The Middleman by Olen Steinhauer – A novel set in 2017 when four hundred people simply disappeared leaving behind their old lives and technology, they simply disappear. FBI Special Agent Rachel Proulx is in charge of finding what’s going on.

• Midnight Blue by Simone van der Vlugt – Part historical fiction part art history the story follows Catrin working in Delft create Delft Blue literature. Appearances by masters such as Rembrandt

• The Midnight Library by Matt Haig – A novel following Nora Seed whot wants to die, but instead she finds herself in a library where she could live alternate versions of her life.

• Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs– A fic­tional YA book set in two time­lines pep­pered with vin­tage pho­tographs which help it achieve a chill­ing effect.

• The Millionaire Next Door by Thomas J. Stanley and William D. Danko – A non-fiction book in which the authors debunk the idea of what an “American Millionaire” is. The authors did studies for corporations about targeting millionaires and they came up with some fascinating finds.

• The Missing File by D.A. Mishani– A mys­tery novel tak­ing place in Holon, Israel. The book has been trans­lated from Hebrew and is one of the few police mys­ter­ies / pro­ce­dural writ­ten in Israel.

• Mission Command in the Israel Defense Forces edited by Brig. General (Ret.) Gideon Avidor– A collection of essays written by IDF officers

• Mission to Mach 2 by Earl Haney and Lee Courtnage – Mr. Haney’s mem­oir about his mil­i­tary career which focuses on Haney’s fas­ci­nat­ing Air-Force career.

• Miraflores: Memories of a Young Spy by Keith Yocum – A historical fiction book about a young man who joins the CIA to fight communism on assignment in Panama.

• The Mirrored World by Debra Dean – A fictional account of the Russian St. Xenia told through the eyes of her cousin during the late 18th – early 19th Century in St. Petersburg.

• Mjolnir by Brian James – A fictional book telling about the old Norse gods, now living on Earth trying to make ends meet.

• Moon Rush: The New Space Race by Leonard David – Talks about the history of man getting to the moon and suggests a path forward to the satellite which we, for all intents and purposes, abandoned.

• Moonwalking with Einstein by Joshua Foer – A memoir of the author’s attempt to win the U.S. memory championship.

• Monticello : A Daughter and Her Father by Sally Cabot Gunning – A novel about Martha Jefferson Randolph, daughter of one of America’s founding fathers and its third president Thomas Jefferson.

• Monticello: The Official Guide to Thomas Jefferson’s World by Charley Miller & Peter Miller – A guide which tells the reader about the famous home of Thomas Jefferson, America’s 3^rd President.

• Monstress Volume 1: Awakening by Marjorie M. Liu (author) and Sana Takeda (Illustrator) – A graphic novel of an original fantasy epic. Maika Halfwolf, an Arcanic, is the survivor of a violent war between humans and Arcanics. Maika seeks out to find more about her mother, but as her power grows she feels that she is being destroyed from the inside.

• More After the Break: A Reporter Returns to Ten Unforgettable News Stories by Jen Maxfield – A memoir in which the author, a TV reporter, goes back to find out what happened to some of the people she covered over the years.

• More Noble Than War: A Soccer History of Israel-Palestine by Nicholas Blincoe – Traces the history of soccer in this small region of the world.

• More Than a Soldier: One Army Ranger’s Daring Escape From the Nazis by D.M. Annechino – a biography of Angelo J. DiMarco, a US Army Ranger during World War II. This is a personal book, one written by the family to capture the history of their father for future generations.

• A More Perfect Heaven by Dava Sobel– Part fiction, part non-fiction about Nico­laus Coper­ni­cus and his student German math­e­mati­cian Georg Joachim Rheti­cus.

• Morgan Kane: Without Mercy by Louis Masterson– The first book in this Western series which introduces the reader to Morgan Kane, Texas Ranger, an old world cowboy with the ethics and morality of a new world superhero.

• Morningside Heights by Joshua Henkin – Tells of a family whose patriarch has been struck with Alzheimer’s.

• Moscow Rules by Daniel Silva -The eighth book in the Gabriel Allon series. Allon and his new wife, Chiara, are on their hon­ey­moon in Umbria, Italy. But Gabriel never stops work­ing and is restor­ing a paint­ing for the Vat­i­can. A Russ­ian news­pa­per reporter con­tacts the Israeli embassy in Rome request­ing a meet­ing with Allon who reluc­tantly agrees.

• The Mossad: Great Operations by Michael Bar-Zohar and Nissim Mishal -A non-fiction book by Israeli jour­nal­ists recounting some of the great suc­cesses and fail­ures of the secret Israeli agency.

• The Mother Tongue by Bill Bryson – A non-fiction book for any person who ever had to learn to idiosyncrasies of the language, this book will provide a fascinating overview of the strange rules and nuances of English.

• The Most Dangerous Place: Pakistan’s Lawless Frontier by Imtiaz Gul – Short but packed non-fiction book about delicate political situation in Pakistan.

• Mr. Jefferson’s Hammer: William Henry Harrison and the Origins of American Indian Policy by Robert M. Owens – A biography of the 9th President of the United States, concentrating on his time in the Indiana territory.

• Mr. Churchill’s Secretary by Susan Elia MacNeal – A his­tor­i­cal fic­tion book tak­ing place in the early days of World War II about an American woman, a brilliant mathematician, of British origin in London working at 10 Downing Street.

• Ms. Marvel Volume 1: No Normal by G. Willow Wilson (writer) and Adrian Alphona (artist)– A graphic novel which brings a new Ms. Marvel to the Marvel Universe

• Ms. Marvel, Vol. 2: Generation Why by G. Willow Wilson, art by Adrian Alphona and Jacob Wyatt – a graphic novel featuring the new Ms. Marvel.

• The Music of James Bond by Jon Burlingame – A non-fiction book about the sound­tracks of one of the most suc­cess­ful film fran­chises in the world.

• My Ántonia by Willa Cather – A 1918 novel which is con­sid­ered the last in the “Prairie Tril­ogy” fol­low­ing O Pio­neers! and The Song of the Lark. This book is con­sid­ered one of the great­est nov­els writ­ten by an American.

• My Brother Job by Shemi Zarhin – An Israeli novel following Job as an eight year old boy and a thief. He doesn’t know why he steals, but he does. One day he steals the belongings of important ministers in the Israeli government who come to visit his school, and sets the country on fire.

• My Father’s Smokehouse: Stories and Recipes from Fishcamp by Vivian Faith Prescott – A memoir by the author of her life in Alaska, including favorite family recipes

• My Life in Politics by Jacques Chirac – A political biography of the famed French politician and leader.

• My Monticello by Jocelyn Nicole Johnson – A collection of stories, one in particular follows a young woman, descendant of Thomas Jefferson, driven from her Virginia neighborhood by a white militia.

• My Mother’s Secret : Based on a True Holo­caust Story by J.L. Wit­t­er­ick – A fic­tion­al­ized account of an actual woman who hid 15 Jews (and a Ger­man sol­dier) in her small house, located in a small Pol­ish town, dur­ing the Nazi inva­sion of World War II.

• My Pearl Har­bor Scrap­book 1941 by Bess Taub­man & Ernest Arroyo – A non-fiction book which has the look and feel of a post WWII scrap­book and tells the story of the attack on Pearl Har­bor and its aftermath.

• Mystery Girl by David Gordon – A men’s novel full of self doubt, awk­ward­ness, porn, manly movie talk and Jackie Chan. Sam Korn­berg lives in L.A., his mar­riage is falling apart and it looks like he’ll never be the nov­el­ist he dreamed of being. Look­ing for any job he might be qual­ify for , Sam gets a job as an assis­tant (he spe­cial­izes in being an “assis­tant”) detec­tive to Solar Lonsky.

• Mystery Train by Greil Marcus (Guest Review) – The essential study of the quintessential American art form. First published in 1975, Greil Marcus’ Mystery Train remains a benchmark study of rock ‘n’ roll and a classic in the field of music criticism.

• The Mystics of Mile End by Sigal Samuel – A novel taking place in a Jewish community in Montreal, Canada.

• Munich: The Man Who Said No! by David Laws – A historical fiction story which tells two connected stories, that of a man in Europe during World War II, and that of his granddaughter, a historian in 2015.

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• The Names Heard Long Ago: How the Golden Age of Hungarian Soccer Shaped the Modern Game by Jonathan Wilson – Recounts how the Hungary’s changed soccer and became a powerhouse exporting players and coaches to the world.

• The National Parks: America’s Best Idea by Dayton Duncan and Ken Burns – A coffee table book which is supposed to be a supplementary to the TV documentary, but certainly stands on its own.

• Native Believer by Ali Eteraz – A novel about a secular Muslim living in today’s America

• Napoleon: A Life by Andrew Roberts– An inter­est­ing and thought pro­vok­ing biog­ra­phy of this unique man. Mr. Roberts has got­ten a hold of more than 33,000 pri­vate let­ters which were recently released and, as any fresh mate­r­ial does, caused his­to­ri­ans to ana­lyze and reflect upon the subject.

• The Nazi Hunters by Andrew Nagorski – a non-fiction book which tells of the people who took it upon themselves to bring former to Nazis to justice.

• The Nazi and the Psy­chi­a­trist: Her­mann Göring, Dr. Dou­glas M. Kel­ley, and a Fatal Meet­ing of Minds at the End of WWII by Jack El-Hai – A non-fiction book about the doc­tor and his inter­ac­tion with the war criminals during the Nurem­berg trials and his life afterwards.

• The Nearest Exit by Olen Steinhauer – The second book featuring ex-CIA assassin/family man Milo Weaver, with an unbelievable plot involving the CIA, Germany’s secret service as well as a guest appearances by the Ukrainians and Chinese.

• Nemesis by Jo Nesbø– Inspec­tor Harry Hole wakes up from a drunken stu­por after vis­it­ing an old flame with a huge mem­ory gap. Harry comes to find out that his girl­friend is dead, but he is busy inves­ti­gat­ing a vio­lent bank rob­bery which turned into a homicide.

• Never by Ken Follett -A political fiction book spanning the globe from intelligence agents fighting terrorism in the Sahara, and the implication they have up the chain to Presidents and generals

• Never Give Up: A Life of Adventure by Bear Grylls – The author shares anecdotes from his life, business, TV shows, as well as family adventures.

• Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman – A fantasy book taking place underneath London, in a city of monsters, saints, murderers, and rats.

• The New Frugality: How to Consume Less, Save More, and Live Better by Chris Farrell – A non-fiction book about personal finance.

• A New Genesis by Shimon Peres – A 2008 book by the Israeli diplomat. Mr. Peres has a long history of writing and dealing with a futuristic vision for the world at large, and specifically Israel and its surrounding vision.

• The New Republic by Lionel Shriver– A novel about the nature of jour­nal­ism where journalists manipulate the news to gain headlines.

• The New Sotheby’s Wine Encyclopedia by Tom Stevenson – A wonderful coffee table book with writings about the most recent trends in the world of wine.

• The Newlyweds by Nell Freudenberger– A fic­tional book which deals with online mar­riages of US cit­i­zens to mail order brides from Bangladesh.

• News of the World by Paulette Jiles – A novel taking place in Texas around 1870. This book is a finalist for the 2016 National Book Award in Fiction.

• The Next Everest: Surviving the Mountain’s Deadliest Day and Finding the Resilience to Climb Again by Jim Davidson – A memoir of the author’s experience being trapped on the mountain during a 7.8 magnitude earthquake, and going back.

• Next to Love by Ellen Feldman – A fic­tional book which fol­lows three child­hood friends before, dur­ing and after World War II.

• Never Let Me Go by Kazou Ishiguro – A dystopian book about a young woman, realizing she’s being bread for “parts”.

• Night Rain, Tokyo by John W. Feist – An international thriller taking place in the United States and Japan. Brad Oaks, an executive of Elgar Steel and close family friend of the Elgar family has managed to come up with a way to get the company and bureaucrats on board for the Wishbone Pipeline, a project which will save the company.

• The Night Ranger by Alex Berenson– The seventh book in the fictional series satrring John Welles. This time Welles trav­els to East Africa, as a personal favor, to track four kidnaped Amer­i­cans.

• Nightwing Vol. 1: Better Than Batman (Rebirth) by Tim Seeley (illustrated by Javier Fernandez, colored by Chris Sotomayor) – A graphic novel featuring the grown up Dick Greyson / Robin who has resurfaced after finishing his assignment as a super-spy and steps back into his role as Nightwing, protector of the city of Blüdhaven. Batman, the former boss, insists on Nightwing working solo, not as part of the new Batman team.

• Nightwing Vol. 2: Back to Blüdhaven (Rebirth) by Tim Seeley (illustrated by Marcus To, colored by Chris Sotomayor) – A graphic novel which continues the adventures of Dick Grayson, former Robin and now Nightwing.

• Nightwing Vol. 3: Nightwing Must Die by Tim Seeley (illustrated by Christian Duce, Minkyu Jung, & Javier Fernandez) – A graphic novel which finds the original Robin with a new set of challenges including ex-villain girlfriend (who is pregnant), a low paying job, a child on the way, and the new Robin coming to visit for his own selfish reasons

• The Ninja, The Secret History of Ninjutsu: Ancient Shadow Warriors of Japan by Kacem Zoughari Ph.D. – A very serious, meticulous and well researched book about these warriors.

• Nine Tenth of the Law by Claudia Hagadus Long– Follows two sisters, reformed Jews, hunting down an artifact stolen by the Nazis during World War II. Ms.

• The Ninth Metal by Benjamin Percy – A Science-fiction novel which talks about a small Minnesota town where a meteor shower brought new wealth, powers and all that comes with it.

• Nitt Witt Hill by Sebastian Gibson– A polit­i­cal satire which brings for­ward the absur­di­ties of today’s pol­i­tics.

• No Easy Day: The First­hand Account of the Mis­sion That Killed Osama Bin Laden by Mark Owen– A non­fic­tion account from one of the man in the Navy SEALs unit who were tasked with raid­ing the com­pound in which it was thought that Usama Bin Laden is hiding.

• No hesitation by Kirk Russell – The third book in a series featuring FBI agent, and wounded sapper, Paul Grale who is investigating the disappearance of two computer programmers responsible for a breakthrough in artificial intelligence.

• No Heroes: A Memoir of Coming Home by Danny O. Coulson – a memoir of the author about his experience in the FBI as the founder of the FBI’s Hostage Rescue Team (HRT).

• No Less Than Victory: A Novel of World War II by Jeff Shaara– The third book in the trilogy. The book begins after the Nor­mandy inva­sion. The allied gen­er­als are con­fi­dent that the war will be over in a few weeks, but Hitler is not so sure.

• None of the Above: The Untold Story of the Atlanta Public Schools Cheating Scandal, Corporate Greed, and the Criminalization of Educators by Shani Robinson and Anna Simonton – A non-fiction book about the experiences of Mrs. Robinson who has been involved in this humiliating and undignified event

• No One is Here Except All of Us by Ramona Ausubel — A fictional book tak­ing place dur­ing World War II following a small group of Jew­ish vil­lagers who lives in a town on a river bank.

• Nothing but a Circus: Misadventures among the Powerful by Daniel Levin – A memoir of the author, a lawyer, who met influential people during his life

• Normandy: A Graphic History of D-Day by Wayne Vansant– The graphic novel con­nects to the reader more than a mere his­tory book. The excel­lent art draws atten­tion to his­tor­i­cal details in vivid details and colors.

• Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman – A retelling of the stories which captivated many over centuries.

• Northern Wrath by Thilde Kold Holdt – A Norse mythology story, taking place in this world and the worlds between, part one of the Hanged God Trilogy.

• Not Famous Anymore by Michael Loyd Gray – A a fic­tional book which addresses the price of fame following a famous action her on his journey back to his hometown and out of the spotlight.

• Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami — A fictional 1987 novel set in 1960s Tokyo, Japan where a man reminisces about his college days, love lost and life.

• Number One Observatory Circle: The Home of the Vice President of the United States by Charles Denyer – A beautiful coffee table book which is not only eye candy, but informative as well.

• Number the Stars by Lois Lowry – An award-winning historical fiction book taking place in Denmark during World War II. Throughout the book, the kids watch how Danish resistance managed to rescue over 99% of Denmark’s Jews from the Nazis

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• O Pioneers! by Willa Cather – Writ­ten in 1913 and is con­sid­ered the first novel of the Great Plains tril­ogy. Following the Bergsons who immi­grated from Switzer­land to Hanover, Nebraska at the turn of the 20th Cen­tury.

• The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman – A man returns to his child­hood home in Sus­sex, Eng­land. The man finds him­self in a farm which is down the road from where he lived. As the man sits by the pond, he starts remem­ber­ing events of bygone years, a sui­cide, a stolen car and dark­ness unleashed.

• Odd and the Frost Giants by Neil Gaiman – an award win­ning fic­tional YA book inspired by Norse Mythol­ogy.

• Octopussy and The Living Daylights by Ian Fleming – The last published work ofIan Fleming featuring four short stories on James Bond, 007.

• On China by Henry Kissinger – A non-fiction book in which the famous states­man recounts and advises on the future of Chi­nese diplo­macy with the west.

• On Her Majesty’s Secret Service by Ian Fleming – A top notch James Bond thriller is the sec­ond of what has become the “Blofeld Tril­ogy”, pre­ceded by Thun­der­ball and con­cluded with You Only Live Twice (The Spy Who Loved Me was writ­ten in between but is not included in the trilogy).

• On the Sickle’s Edge by Neville D. Frankel – A novel following generations of Russian Jews and their struggle with their religion, society and economic system.

• The Old Lion: A Novel of Theodore Roosevelt by Jeff Shaara – A historical fictional biography of America’s 26^th President.

• One Giant Leap: The Impossible Mission That Flew Us to the Moon by Charles Fishman – The story of the Americans who fought tooth and nail to accomplish the task of sending me to the moon, and bringing them safely back to Earth.

• The One: The Life and Music of James Brown by RJ Smith – A biog­ra­phy of the God­fa­ther of Soul from his childhood in Augusta, GA to his death.

• The One-Cent Magenta: Inside the Quest to Own the Most Valuable Stamp in the World by James Barron – A non-fiction book which takes a look at the world most valuable stamp and the obsessive world of stamp collecting.

• One Man Against the World: The Tragedy of Richard Nixon by Tim Weiner – A non-fiction book about the presidency of the 37th President. Mr. Weiner is a Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award winner.

• One Night in Winter by Simon Sebag Montefiore – A a grip­ping, intel­li­gent novel about a bunch of upper class kids in Stalin’s Russia after World War II who were arrested for treason.

• One Step Ahead: Private Equity and Hedge Funds After the Global Financial Crisis by Timothy Spangler – A non-fiction book focusing on the mysteries of finance which seem to evade the layman.

• Only One Life by Sara Blædel – An intelligent mys­tery set in Den­mark which brings up questions, such as honor killing, using murder as a device. This is the sec­ond book trans­lated into Eng­lish in the series fea­tur­ing Detec­tive Louise Rick.

• One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Márquez (Guest Review) -The novel fol­lows the his­tory of Jose Arca­dio Buen­dia, his wife Ursula, and their prog­eny over the course of about a hun­dred years in Macondo, Colum­bia.

• OOF: An Online Outrage Fiesta for the Ages by Strobe Witherspoon– A satire of the online outrage machine so prevalent in today’s world.

• Open Source Intelligence Techniques: Resources for Searching and Analyzing Online Information 7th Edition by Michael Bazzell – Shows the reader how to take control of open source tools to investigate online activities.

• Operation Columba – The Secret Pigeon Service: The Untold Store of World War II Resistance in Europe by Gordon Corera – A non-fiction account of the British “Pigeon Warfare” effort.

• The Orchardist by Amanda Chopin – A novel tak­ing place in Wash­ing­ton State at the early part of the 20th Cen­tury about an orchardist who takes in two pregnant and abused teenagers.

• An Orchestra of Minorities by Chigozie Obioma – A fictional book following a Nigerian poultry farmer who is trying to better himself so he could marry a woman he loves.He sells his farm, flies to Turkey to go to school… and finds out he was scammed. Then things start going downhill.

• Orphan Train by Christina Baker Kline – a novel of a friendship between a 91 year old woman and a teenager, both of them with a spotted past.

• The Osterman Weekend by Robert Ludlum – The host of an inves­tiga­tive news show, John Tan­ner, is told by an agent of the CIA and his friends who are invited to a week­end in the coun­try are plot­ting a con­spir­acy to threaten national secu­rity. The plan is called Omega.

• Otto Skorzeny: The Devil’s Disciple by Stuart Smith – A biography of “Hitler’s favorite commando”, a man who became a legend in his lifetime, but almost forgotten these days.

• Our Bodies, Our Data: How Companies Make Billions Selling Our Medical Data by Adam Tanner – a non-fiction book talking about how companies use big medical data.

• The Outcasts of Time by Ian Mortimer – A fantasy novel following two brothers, born in the mid-1300s, who jump forward 99 years for every day that passes

• Out of the Class­room Lessons in Suc­cess: How to Pros­per With­out Being at the Top of The Class by Cyn­thia Kocial­ski – A non-fiction busi­ness book in which the author talks gives some advice and obser­va­tions about suc­cess. This is a short book, writ­ten in per­sonal and infor­mal style.

• Out­wit­ting His­tory: The Amaz­ing Adven­tures of a Man Who Res­cued a Mil­lion Yid­dish Books by Aaron Lansky – A non-fiction book which tells the story of a grad­u­ate stu­dent try­ing to res­cue Yid­dish books from elim­i­na­tion, and all the char­ac­ters he meets along the way.

• Ordinary Thunderstorms by William Boyd – A fic­tional book with many themes taking place in Lon­don and fol­lows a man whose life turned upside down.

• Outlaw Platoon by Sean Parnell & John Bruning – A non-fiction book about Mr. Parnell’s expe­ri­ence as a pla­toon leader (nick­named Out­law Pla­toon) for the U.S. Army Air­borne Ranger in Afghanistan.

• Ozma of Oz by L. Frank Baum – The third story in the Oz series, finds Dorothy and her friends trying to save the royal family of the Land of Ev.

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• P.S. from Paris by Marc Levy – a cute, short book which was a quick read with a simple, elegant and well told story.

• Pachinko by Min Jin Lee – An award winning generational epic taking place in Korea and Japan, following Koreans living in diaspora .

• Pain, Parties, Work: Sylvia Plath in New York, Summer 1953 by Elizabeth Winder – A non-fiction book which paints a por­trait of Ms. Plath dur­ing a stress­ful, event­ful and per­sonal emo­tional sum­mer of her life.

• The Painted Darkness by Brian James Freeman – A very imaginative story about a child with overactive imagination.

• Pandora’s Grave by Steven England – a fic­tional counter-terrorism book set mostly in the US and Mid­dle East, a fast thrill ride.

• Panopticon by David Bajo – Three journalists go on a last assignment, discovering that they are unknowingly starring in a movie taken from hidden security cameras.

• Patton’s Payback: The Battle of El Guettar and General Patton’s Rise to Glory by Stephen L. Moore – Tells of the way Lieutenant General George S. Patton shaped, and beat, Erwin Rommel’s German troops in North Africa

• The Patron Saint of Second Chances by Christine Simon – A whimsical novel about a mayor trying to save his small Italian village by making a movie.

• The Paris Library by Janet Skeslien Charles – A novel following a young librarian working in the American Library in Paris during World War II.

• The Patriots: Alexander Hamilton, Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, and the Making of America by Winston Groom – A history book focusing on the relationships, personal and professional, between the three American founding fathers mentioned in the title.

• The Passion According to Carmela by Marcos Aguinis (translated by Carolina De Robertis) – A novel which takes place during the Cuban Revolution and follows an an idealistic divorcee who gets caught up in the excitement of the Cuban Revolution, and run away from her wealthy parents to join Fidel Castro and his rebels.

• A Passion for Leadership: Lessons on Change and Reform from Fifty Years of Public Service by Robert M. Gates – A non-fiction book in which Mr. Gates talks about transforming large organizations from the inside. Mr. Gates has previously been Directory of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), president of Texas A & M University, as well as Secretary of Defense.

• The Patient Assassin: A True Tale of Massacre, Revenge, and India’s Quest for Independence by Anita Anand – The true story of Udham Singh, a Sikh orphan, setting out on a decades long scheme to murder an English diplomat.

• Peace in the Making edited by Harry Hurwitz and Yisrael Medad – The com­plete cor­re­spon­dence between the Israeli prime min­is­ter Men­achem Begin and the Egypt­ian pres­i­dent Anwar Sadat dur­ing the his­toric peace mak­ing efforts.

• Pearl in the Sand by Tessa Afshar – Biblical fiction story of Rahab, one of the most famous and controversial figures in the Jewish bible.

• Pega­sus Falling : Cypress Branches tril­ogy (Vol­ume 1) by William E. Thomas – A semi-autobiographical novel of the author who served as a British para­trooper in World War II. The book centers around a British Captain who was a POW in a concentration camp and upon liberation served in Palestine.

• Pepper: A History of the World’s Most Influential Spice by Marjorie Shaffer – A non-fiction book trac­ing his­tory through the trade of black pep­per.

• The Perfect Nazi by Martin Davidson – A non-fiction book which fol­lows the authors research about his grand­fa­ther, an SS offi­cer.

• Perfume: The Story of a Murderer by Patrick Süskind – Takes place in France, telling of a serial murderer with an extraordinary sense of smell, who is motivated by scents

• Perla by Carolina de Robertis – A his­tor­i­cal fic­tion book about Argentina’s Dirty War..

• The Personal History of Rachel DuPree by Ann Weisgarber – An award-winning fic­tional book tak­ing place in the Bad­lands of South Dakota, following an African-American pioneer.

• Petrograd by Philip Gelatt (art by Tyler Crook)– A graphic novel about an inter­na­tional con­spir­acy behind the mur­der of Gre­gorii Rasputin.

• Phasers on Stun!: How the Making (and Remaking) of Star Trek Changed the World by Ryan Britt – Traces the reincarnation of the famous franchise from the original show, to today’s spinoffs

• PhDeath: The Puzzler Murders by James P. Carse – A fictional mystery taking place at a university in New York. Mr. Carse is a university professor himself.

• Photo Ark Wonders: Celebrating Diversity in the Animal Kingdom by Joel Sartore – A National Geographic coffee table book highlighting animals, and nature.

• The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde – The classic book in which Dorian Gray is a young man who is hand­some and inno­cent. When an artist paints a por­trait of Gray, Dorian makes a wish to always look like the portrait.

• A Piece of the World by Christina Baker Kline – A novel which tells the story behind one of Andrew Wyeth’s iconic painting Christina’s World.

• Pilgrim Days: From Vietnam to the SAS by Alastair MacKenzie – A memoir of the author who served in the special forces of several countries over his life, documenting his life from serving in the New Zealand Army in Vietnam, to the SAS, South Africa, Oman, and finally as a private security agent.

• The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follet – A novel set in Kings­bridge, Eng­land and mainly tells about the build­ing of the cathe­dral in town. The novel was pub­lished in 1989 to excel­lent reviews and has become widely read despite its length, listed on the BBC’s Big Read (#33) and selected for the Oprah Book Club.

• Playing For Pizza by John Grisham – A fictional book mostly set in Italy. This fish-out-of-water story is perfect for the reader/sport lover and could be read in one sitting.

• The Plot by Jean Hanff Korelitz – Follows a failed writer that found himself with a bestseller on his hands, a mysterious person, however, keeps claiming it is plagiarized

• The Plot Against America by Philip Roth – An alter­na­tive his­tory novel which asks an ques­tion: what if Amer­ica had elected a fas­cist gov­ern­ment before World War II?

• The Plotters by Un-su Kim (translated by Sora Kim-Russell) – A novel about a South Korean assassin determined to find out who are the “plotters” – those that give the orders to kill.

• Plunder: Napoleon’s Theft of Veronese’s Feast by Cynthia Saltzman – A historical account of the way Napoleon Bonaparte plundered art during his conquests for the Louvre, focusing on the painting The Wedding Feast at Cana.

• Polk: The Man Who Transformed the Presidency and America by Walter R. Borneman – A biography of the 11^th President of the United States. Mr. Borneman is a well-known American historian and lawyer.

• The Polski Affair by Leon H. Gildin– The award winning book about a very weird and bizarre historical occurrence during World War II.

• Pont Neuf by Max Byrd – A historical fiction story following two female reports during World War II. Annie March arrives in France, 1944 after D-Day, her mentor is Martha Gellhorn, an ace reporter, editor, who is in a troubled marriage to writer Ernest Hemingway. Annie gets to know several soldiers and takes on photography to tell her story.

• The Porpoise by Mark Haddon – A novel following three stories in different time periods, all with a common narrative.

• Portrait of an Unknown Woman by Daniel Silva – The 22nd book in the series featuring Israeli spymaster Gabriel Allon. In this book, the retired spy is attempting to break an international art forgery ring.

• The Power Couple by Alex Berenson – A novel following an FBI agent and her husband, an NSA hacker whose daughter was kidnapped on a European vacation.

• Power, Faith and Fantasy: America in the Middle East, 1776 to the Present by Michael B. Oren – A study of the relationship the United States had towards the Middle East since its inception. Mr. Oren is an Israeli born author and historian who severed as an amabassodor to the United States from 2009 to 2013.

• Pox: An American History by Michael Willrich – A non-fiction book which traces how the small­pox vac­cine was dis­trib­uted dur­ing major out­breaks. Some of the vac­cines were forced onto peo­ple which caused an out­rage and the ques­tion made it all the way to the Supreme Court.

• Prague Fatale by Philip Kerr – A fic­tional novel mostly set in Prague where Berlin detective Gunther is asked to solve a locked-room murder in a castle full of Nazis. The book is 8th novel star­ring Bernie Gun­ther.

• Prague Winter: : A Per­sonal Story of Remem­brance and War, 1937–1948 by Madeleine Albright – A mem­oir by the famed Sec­re­tary of State about her child­hood and a first-class les­son in his­tory before, dur­ing and after World War II from per­spec­tive seen thor­ough Czecho­slo­va­kian eyes.

• The President and the Frog by Carolina De Robertis – A political fiction story examining justice, leadership, and how we remember things.

• The Presidents Club: Inside the World’s Most Exclusive Fraternity by Nancy Gibbs and Michael Duffy – A non-fiction book about the relationships ex-US Presidents have with the one which currently holds office.

• Primacy by J.E. Fishman – A fic­tional book which tries to ask questions about animal testing and what would happen if a chimp decided to start talking. Not what you expect.

• Prince of Fire by Daniel Silva -The fifth book in the Gabriel Allon series. Unlike the pre­vi­ous books, this one takes place mostly in Israel as oppose to Europe.

• The Prince of the Skies by Antonio Iturbe (translated by Lilit Thwaites) – A fictional biography of aviation pioneers Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (author of The Little Prince), Jean Mermoz, Henri Guillaumet.

• Princess Floralinda and the Forty-Flight Tower by Tamsyn Muir – An adult fairytale retelling a version of Rapunzel, but with a twist.

• Princess Elizabeth’s Spy by Susan Elia MacNeal – The sec­ond book in the author’s fic­tional series about Mag­gie Hope, this time Maggie is tasked with keeping an eye on the young Princess Elizabeth during World War II.

• A Princess of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs – An imaginative scene-ficiton talepub­lished in 1912. This is Bur­roughs first pub­lished book and stars John Carter.

• Princesses Behav­ing Badly: Real Sto­ries from His­tory With­out the Fairy-Tale End­ings by Linda Rodriguez McRob­bie – A series of non-fiction mini –biogra­phies of famous and infa­mous women of roy­alty.

• The Prisoner of Heaven by Carlos Ruiz Zafón– The third book in the For­got­ten Books series. The first two books, The Shadow of the Wind and The Angel’s Game have been inter­na­tional best sell­ers..

• Private Empire by Steve Coll– A non-fiction book about the influ­ence Exxon­Mo­bil yields over world econ­omy and pol­i­tics.

• The Private Life of Victoria: Queen, Empress, Mother of the Nation by Alexander MacDonald – A non-fiction book, about the Queen’s personal relationships before, and during her reign

• Profane Fire at the Altar of the Lord by Dennis W. Maley – A historical fictional story taking place in Europe during the 1600s involving a dwarf Jew who cons European Jewry into thinking he’s the Messiah, an Italian actor and European royalty.

• The Profession by Steven Pressfield – A fic­tional book about the project future of Amer­ica seeing through the eyes of a mercenary soldier.

• Professor at Large: The Cornell Years by John Cleese – A non-fiction book consisting of seven parts, from lectures, to conversations, to transcripts of seminars. Each one intellectually stimulating, intelligent, and thoughtful.

• Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir – A science-fiction story and scientific mystery following Dr. Ryland Grace woke up on a space-ship with generally no idea why he’s there, his crew-mates are dead and the spaceship is millions of miles from home.

• Promote Yourself: The New Rules for Career Success by Dan Schawbel – Shows people how others perceive you at work, and how knowing that information and manipulate it can help you succeed.

• The Psychology of Time Travel by Kate Mascarenhas – A novel which imagines the world if time travel was invented in the late 1960s by four female scientist, and a murder being investigated across time.

• Pumpkinflowers: A Soldier’s Story of a Forgotten War by Matti Friedman – a memoir of his time holding a small structure on a hill in Lebanon during his time in the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF).

• The Pun Also Rises by John Pollack – A non-fiction book, in which the author tells history of puns.

• Purge by Sofi Oksanen – Wonderful historical fiction about two women and they horrifying events in their lives which take Estonia, in general, and their rural village specifically through WWII, soviet rule and independence.

• The Purples by W.K. Berger – A (mostly) fictional story told through the eyes of real life Jewish mobster Joe Bernstein. Joe is the head of the “Purple Gang” who ran booze across the Detroit River from Canada during the Prohibition era.

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• QB VII by Leon Uris – A novel taking place in the Queen’s Bench Courtroom Number Seven, a trial of a doctor in a concentration camp.

• A Quiet Madness: A biographical novel of Edgar Allan Poe by John Isaac Jones – A fictional biography of the famous poet.

• Quotes Every Man Should Know edited by Nick Mamatas – A lit­tle book which, when read in con­text, can be help­ful and funny when needed.

• The Queen of the Cicadas by V. Castro – A novel combining Mexican folklore, legends, and supernatural to tell a compelling story.

• The Queens of Animation: The Untold Story of the Women Who Transformed the World of Disney and Made Cinematic History by Nathalia Holt – tells of several influential women who worked at Disney Studios in the early part of the 20^th Century and later on, fighting the male dominated culture and making significant impact on the company.

• Queenmaker: A Novel of King David’s Queen by India Edghill – The story of King David’s wife Michal and her dealing with the famous monarch.

• Quest Holders by Angela Miller (Guest Review) – A young woman finds out that life has more to offer her after the loss of her par­ents.

• Quichotte by Salman Rushdie – A novel that takes Miguel de Cervantes’ story The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha and updates it to the modern age.

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• The Rabbit Hutch by Tess Gunty – A novel about residents of low-income housing in a fictional Indiana town. This is Ms. Gunty’s debut novel.

• Rally ‘Round the Corpse by Hy Conrad – A mystery novel about a murder/mystery game which Soon after it begun, the eccen­tric cre­ator mys­te­ri­ously dies. The game becomes real when one of the guests die and the tour guide real­izes that the mys­tery is actu­ally based on a real-life unsolved crime.

• Radio Shangri-La by Lisa Napoli – A memoir starting in 2007. The author volunteered to go to Bhutan and help launch their first radio station.

• Randy Bachman’s Vinyl Tap Stories – A non-fiction book by the famous rocker writing anecdotes about his career and the peo­ple he met.

• The Ranger by Ace Atkins – The first book in a new series introducing Army Range Quinn Colson coming home to investigate the murder of his uncle, the sheriff.

• Rebecca of Salerno by Esther Erman – The story of Ivanhoe’s Rebecca of York, who left England to Italy and became a medical doctor.

• The Rebel Nun by Marj Charlier – A historical fiction story, centered on Clotild who led nuns in a rebellion against the patriarchy of the church.

• Red Lanterns Vol. 1: Blood and Rage by Peter Milligan (illustrated by Ed Benes) – A graphic novel following Atrocitus is the founder of the Red Lantern Corps, beings who get their power from hatred and anger.

• Red Lanterns, Vol. 2: The Death of the Red Lanterns by Peter Milligan (art by Miguel Sepúlveda and Ed Benes) – A graphic novel continuing the story of the Red Lanterns, fueled by anger and rage.

• Red Lanterns Vol. 3: The Second Prophecy by Peter Milligan (illustrated Miguel Sepulveda) – A graphic which continues the story of the brutal civil war the Red Lanterns fighting, and follows three arcs: an origin story of Atrocitus, Rankorr coming to terms with losing his humanity in favor of being a Red Lantern (Bleez acting as his conscious), and the rest of the Red Lanterns looking after the battery.

• Redshirts by John Scalzi – A science-fiction story which parodies the Star Trek TV show in which stock characters, often wearing red shirts, dies soon after being introduced.

• The Redeemers by Ace Atkins – The fifth book in The Ranger series, when Quinn Colson has lost the re-election for Sheriff to Rusty Wise, a local insurance salesman. At the time, a local businessman’s home has been robbed and the safe where he supposedly keeps a lot of cash in has been literally ripped out and stolen.

• The Reincarnationist by M. J. Rose – A fic­tional story involv­ing past lives and reli­gious myth. It is the first of a series,

• A Reliable Wife by Robert Goolrick – A fictional story about a 58 year old widower and his mail order bride. The story takes place in the frozen tundra of Wisconsin, as well as in the heated, burning desire of the characters’ hearts.

• Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt– A charming novel telling of a friendship between an elderly widow and a giant Pacific octopus.

• Replenishing the Sea of Galilee: A Family Saga across Ethnicity, Place, and Religion by Wagih Abu-Rish – A novel taking place in Palestine and the United States over several generation

• The Resistance Girl by Mandy Robotham – Follows Norwegian citizens during World War II, discovering that the Nazis are impregnating local women to enhance Aryan genes

• The Return of Tarzan by Edgar Rice Burroughs – The ape man is recov­er­ing from his sac­ri­fice at mar­riage to Jane Porter and goes to visit Paul d’Arnot in France. On the ship Tarzan becomes involved in the affairs of Count­ess Olga de Coude and her hus­band, Count Raoul de Coude while two peo­ple try to prey on them.

• Return to the Reich: A Holocaust Refugee’s Secret Mission to Defeat the Nazis by Eric Lichtblau – The true story of Fred Mayer, a Jew born in Germany and returns as an American agent behind enemy lines.

• The Returned by Jason Mott – The novel asks sev­eral very inter­est­ing ques­tions: what would you do if loved ones came back from the dead? Are they your loved ones or are they “copies”? How would the world react? What would the world do with all the over pop­u­la­tion?

• Returning by Yael Shahar – A novel in which a former Jewish Sonderkommando (a person who worked in the gas chambers and crematoriums) in Auschwitz tells about his experiences to a rabbi, asking if he could be forgiven.

• Reunion of the Good Weather Suicide Cult by Kyle McCord – Tells of a man who survived a mass suicide of cult he belonged to, only to be vilified by a documentary maker as the murder.

• Revelators by Ace Atkins – The tenth crime novel in The Ranger series, featuring ex-Army Ranger Queen Colson who was shot up and left for dead, but he’s not that easy to kill. Together with his wife, Maggie, and a stubborn personality Queen makes a slow, painful recovery and sets out to find who tried to kill him.

• Revenge of the Whale: The True Story of the Whaleship Essex, Adapted for Young People from In the Heart of the Sea by Nathaniel Philbrick – tells the story of the Essex, a Nantucket whaleship,on a trip that was plagued by disasters when a huge sperm whale did the unheard of, and sunk them.

• Rhapsody by Mitchell James Kaplan – Kathrine Swift is a talented pianist who married the competent banker James Warburg meets and falls in love with composer George Gershwin

• Rhino Ranch by Larry McMurtry – A fictional book set in Texas following famil­iar char­ac­ters from pre­vi­ous McMurtry Books.

• The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt by Edmund Morris – A biography of the 26th President of the United States. This is the first book of a trilogy.

• The Rising Tide: A Novel of World War II by Jeff Shaara – The first book in a historical series about World War II, this one starts at the African campaign and ends before the invasion into France.

• The Risk Agent by Ridley Pearson – a fic­tional mystery/thriller tak­ing place in China. The book is the first of a new series.

• The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt’s Dark­est Jour­ney by Can­dice Mil­lard – A non-fiction book telling of the extra­or­di­nary expe­di­tion led by Cân­dido Mar­i­ano da Silva Ron­don and his co-commander, ex-President Theodore Roo­sevelt, down the unex­plored trib­u­taries of the Ama­zon in 1914.

• Road to Reckoning by Robert Lautner– At age 12 Thomas Walker to go out west and sell Samuel Colt’s rev­o­lu­tion­ary “Improved Revolv­ing Gun”. Not long after their trav­els start, Thomas’ father is killed by rob­bers, and the young orphan tries to make it back home with his few pos­ses­sions, includ­ing a wooden model of the gun, and no money, rely­ing on the kind­ness of strangers.

• The Road Trip Survival Guide: Tips and Tricks for Planning Routes, Packing Up, and Preparing for Any Unexpected Encounter Along the Way by Rob Taylor – Tips and tricks to make the most out of a family road trip.

• Rocamora by Donald Michael Platt – A his­tor­i­cal fic­tion book tak­ing place in 17^th Cen­tury Spain based on the life of Vicente de Rocamora a poet, fighter and Domini­can priest who was thrust into the schem­ing court of King Philip IV. This book was the 2012 final­ist in the Inter­na­tional Book Awards for His­tor­i­cal Fiction.

• Rock­ing the Wall: Bruce Spring­steen: The Berlin Con­cert that Changed the World by Eric Kirschbaum – A a well researched, inter­est­ing book about a fas­ci­nat­ing slice of his­tory. The author tries to say that Spring­steen had a part in the rev­o­lu­tion that took place later on to take down the Berlin Wall, whether he did or did not we’ll never know – but we’d like to think he might have.

• Rogue Heroes: The History of the SAS, Britain’s Secret Special Forces Unit That Sabotaged the Nazis and Changed the Nature of War by Ben Macintyre – A non-fiction book about the founding and early years of the British Special Air Service (SAS).

• Rogue Lawyer by John Grisham – A legal thriller starring a street lawyer who’s not afraid to fight authority and bend the law when necessary.

• Rogue Protocol (The Murderbot Diaries #3) by Martha Wells -A science-fiction book following an sarcastic self-aware cyborg that goes off the a deserted terraforming facility called Milu to investigate GrayCris, which is illegally collecting valuable remnants of alien civilizations

• Rouge Street: Three Novellas by Shuang Xuetao (translated by Jeremy Tiang) – Consists of three short stories all taken place on Yanfen(Rouge) Street, in small industrial town in China.

• Room by Emma Donoghue – A fictional award winning book with a disturbing premise. The book tells of Ma, who has been kidnapped and locked in a room for seven years by “Old Nick”. Ma and Old Nick have a son, Jack who is also lives in the room without being able to leave.

• Roma by Steven Saylor – A his­tor­i­cal fic­tion book which attempts to tell 1,000 years of his­tory in 600 pages.

• The Ruins of Us by Keija Parssinen – A fic­tional book set in Saudi Ara­bia, a char­ac­ter study of mar­riage in the midst of a cul­ture clash.

• Russian Winter by Daphne Kalotay – A fic­tional book which fol­lows the com­plex life of a Russ­ian prima bal­le­rina who defected to the US.

• The Ruthless Lady’s Guide to Wizardry by C.M. Waggoner – Describes itself as historical fantasy taking place in the fictional city of Leiscourt, following a poor fire-witch/con artist hired to protect a noblewoman.

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• Sadness is a White Bird by Moriel Rothman-Zecher – A novel examining the Israeli-Palestinian issue from both sides. Jonathan is an American Jew who decided to serve in the Israeli Defense Forces, only to find himself in jail. Jonathan is friends with two Palestinians

• The Saint of Wolves and Butchers by Alex Grecian – A novel which follows a man and his dog hunting Nazis in Kansas.

• The Sandman: Preludes & Nocturnes by Neil Gaiman – A graphic novel which encompasses the collected issues of Sandman #1-8. This is the story of Morpheus, an eternal being responsible for sleep and rules over The Dreaming – the place where humans go when they are in an unconscious state.

• Samurai Castles by Jennifer Mitchelhill (photography by David Green) – A non0fiction book featuring these fantastic Japanese castles.

• Samurai Swords – A Collector’s Guide: A Comprehensive Introduction to History, Collecting and Preservation of the Japanese Sword by Clive Sinclaire – An all-encompassing guide to this wonderful (and expensive) hobby.

• Sarah’s Key by Tatiana de Rosnay – The novel revolves around the French roundup of Jews dur­ing WWII. A lit­tle girl, named Sarah, which escaped death and the search for her lit­tle brother whom she locked in a cup­board before the French police took their fam­ily away.

• Sashenka by Simon Sebag Montefiore – A novel taking place in Russia before and after the Communist revolution where sixteen year old Sashenka Zeitlin feels that she is making history. Daughter of a rich, Jewish merchant, beautiful and stubborn Sashenka plays a dangerous game with the Tsar’s secret police in 1916

• Scandalous Women by Elizabeth Kerri Mahon – A non-fiction book ded­i­cated to… scan­dalous women. Each woman is fea­tured in a short bio­graph­i­cal chap­ter.

• The Scarlatti Inheritance by Robert Ludlum – Ludlum’s first book about a rich boy who is about to bankrupt his family and help Hitler’s Third Reich.

• The Scarlet Pimpernel By Baroness Emmuska Orczy – A fictional adventure taking place during the French Revolution where a group of Englishman rescues French nobles from Madame Guil­lo­tine.

• The Scent of Rain and Lightning by Nancy Pickard – Can a community be responsible for wrongfully sending an innocent man to prison? This tale of murder in a small Kansas town touches the subject.

• Schoolgirl by Osamu Dazai – A short fic­tional story which started the authors career. A Japanese classic.

• Schoolhouse Burning: Public Education and the Assault on American Democracy by Derek W. Black – Takes a look on the assault on public schools through an analysis of what that means to our democracy from a moral and legal perspective.

• The Sea Beach Line by Ben Nadler – A novel about Izzy Edel who gets kicked out of college for selling drugs, while at home with his mother in New Mexico he receives word that his father died mysteriously in New York City. Izzy goes to NYC not believing that his father is dead.

• SEAL Team Six: Memoirs of an Élite Navy Sniper by Howard E. Wasdin & Stephen Templin – A mem­oir of Mr. Was­din time as a Navy SEAL which walks the reader through Wasdin’s child­hood, Navy SEAL train­ing and sev­eral mis­sions.

• Searching for John Hughes: Or Everything I Thought I Needed to Know about Life I Learned from Watching ’80s Movies by Jason Diamond – A memoir of the author.

• The Second World War Illustrated: The First Year by Jack Holroyd – A non-fiction book which covers the beginning of World War II.

• The Secret Gate: A True Story of Courage and Sacrifice During the Collapse of Afghanistan by Mitchell Zuckoff – The story of a prominent female Afghan writer, and a young American diplomat helping her evacuat.

• The Secret History of the Mongol Queens by Jack Weatherford – A gripping story of lost history and the role the female heirs of Genghis Khan played in his Empire.

• The Secret History of Star Wars by Michael Kaminski – A non-fiction book chron­i­cling the cre­ative process behind the six Star Wars movies. A well researched, well writ­ten and inter­est­ing book not only for the Star Wars fans, but any­one who is inter­ested in the cre­ative process.

• The Secret Servant by Daniel Silva -The seventh book in the Gabriel Allon who is on his way to Amsterdam to look through the archives of an Israeli asset that has been murdered. A routine assignment perhaps, but Allon soon discovers that the Islamic underground plots to commits acts of terror in England.

• The Secrets of Mary Bowser by Lois Leveen – A historical fiction story about a free slave who went back into Virginia to spy for the Union during the American Civil War.

• Secrets to the Grave by Tami Hoag – A fictional mystery featuring the recurring characters we met in “Deeper than the Dead”. The novel takes place in the same town of Oak Knoll, CA and is set in the mid 1980’s.

• The Secret Lives of Baba Segi’s Wives by Lola Shoneyin – The novel examines the complex relationships between the wives, their children and a new wife who is brought into the house.

• The Secret Lives of Customers: A Detective Story About Solving the Mystery of Customer Behavior by David S Duncan – A business book with a unique way of thinking about tailoring your business to its customers and not the other way around.

• The Secret Speech by Tom Rob Smith -In this followup to “Child 44” we continue to follow the tortured life of MGB agent turned homicide detective Leo Demidov.

• Seduction by M.J. Rose -The fifth book in the Rein­car­na­tion­ist series, this one involving French author Victor Hugo and takes place mostly on the Isle of Jersey .

• The Sentry by Robert Crais -A fictional story involving tough-guy mercenary Joe Pike and his friend private investigator Elvis Cole. Part of a series.

• A Sense of Direction by Gideon Lewis-Kraus– A mem­oir of the author walk­ing famous pil­grim­age trail while work­ing on his own issues.

• A September to Remember: Searching for Culinary Pleasures at the Italian Table by Carole Bumpus – A travelogue of the author and her husband’s month-long journey throughout Italy.

• The Serpent and the Eagle by Edward Rickford – The first book in the Tenochtitlan Trilogy, taking place during Hernán Cortés’ 1519 military campaign in the New World. This book won the 2018 Chaucer Book Awards.

• The Seven Wonders: A Novel of the Ancient World by Steven Saylor – A collection of short stories starring the youthful, wise cracking Gordianus.

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  The Sewing Girl’s Tale: A Story of Crime and Consequences in Revolutionary America by John Wood Sweet – Dramatizes the first published rape trial after the American Revolution, 1793

• Shackled Fates by Thilde Kold Holdt – The second novel in the North Mythology Loki breaks loose from his prison to bring about Ragnarock. All the while, Ragnar who let him loose, is willing to do anything to save his gods.

• The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón – A worldwide best seller. The book follows a young boy named Daniel and has possibly one of the best literary inventions of the decade the “Cemetery of Forgotten Books”.

• Shadow on the Mountain by Margi Preus – A well researched, historical fiction YA novel taking place in Norway during World War II.

• Shadows Walking by Douglas R. Skopp -A historical fiction novel following a Nazi doctor from WWI to after WWII. A tough to read novel, but well researched and hard to put down.

• The Shamless by Ace Atkins – A novel in featuring Sheriff Quinn Colson, a former Army Ranger who has came back home to Tibbehah County, Mississippi and is now opening a 20 year old murder case.

• Shazam! The New Beginning #1 by Roy Thomas & Dann Thomas (art by Tom Mandrake) – A graphic novel which retells the origins of Shazam.

• The Shoemaker and the Tea Party by Alfred Fabian Young– Tells the story of some major events from the Amer­i­can Rev­o­lu­tion through the eyes of a com­moner, George Robert Twelves Hewes.

• Shoo Fly Pie by Tedd Arnold (Kid’s Review) – A short story about a boy and his pet fly.

• Shorefall by Robert Jackson Bennett – The second book in the Founders fantasy series following Sancia, an ex –slave and thief, who can “talk” to scrived objects as an experimental scrived human. Orso, an genius scriver who worked for a big merchant house, and Gregor, a soldier who is about to learn his destiny

• A Short History of a Tall Jew by Dennis Danziger – A not-so-short fic­tional book fol­low­ing a man search­ing for his sec­ond wife. A very funny book with a heart.

• A Shot in the Moonlight: How a Freed Slave and a Confederate Soldier Fought for Justice in the Jim Crow South by Ben Montgomery – Tells the true story of George Dinning, a freed slave in the American South and the way he made history.

• Showdown at Centerpoint by Roger MacBride Allen (Star Wars – The Corellian Trilogy III – Guest Review) – Events in the Corel­lian sys­tem have turned into a race against time, as our heroes strug­gle to dis­cern the truth behind the murky maneu­ver­ings of the Human League and other splin­ter groups.

• Siberian Prison by E.V. Enzmann – A non fic­tion eyewitness account of the author’s expe­ri­ence in the Aus­trian Army and as a Russ­ian pris­oner of war.

• Sikander by M. Salahuddin Kahn – A fic­tional book which chron­i­cles the life of a Pak­istani man and how it changed after 9/11.

• Silence in the Desert by David Longridge – A historical fiction story taking place around World War II, following four friends, on opposite sides serving different masters during the war.

• The Silent Oligarch by Chris Morgan Jones – A fic­tional book about those in the shad­ows which hold the strings of power.

• Silver: Return to Treasure Island by Andrew Motion – A novel which con­tin­ues the adven­tures of the son Jim Hawkins, pro­tag­o­nist of Robert Louis Stevenson’s Trea­sure Island.

• The Silver Music Box by Mina Baites (translated by Alison Layland) – A historical fiction novel which takes place during World War II, following an artifact passed down to the family.

• A Single Swallow by Ling Zhang (translated by Shelly Bryant) – An award-winning Chinese novel taking place during the Japanese occupation of China during World War II.

• Sip­ping from the Nile: My Exo­dus from Egypt by Jean Nag­gar– A mem­oir of a bygone era, an ele­gantly writ­ten mem­oir of a close knit Egypt­ian Jew­ish fam­ily and the tur­moil they encounter dur­ing the tur­bu­lent 1950s.

• The Sisters of Auschwitz: The True Story of Two Jewish Sisters’ Resistance in the Heart of Nazi Territory by Roxane van Iperen -Tells of Janny and Lien Brilleslijper, two sisters in the Dutch Resistance during World War II, who were ultimatly captured.

• Six Days of War: June 1967 and the Making of the Modern Middle East by Michael B. Oren – An account on the Six Days war, a concise, well-written history book.

• The Six Wives of Henry VIII by Alison Weir – A non-fiction book which tries to navigate through the maze which is known as the “Tudor History“. Ms. Weir tells the collective story of the six wives of Henry VIII – and no, he didn’t had them all executed.

• Skeleton Women by Mingmei Yip– A novel about Camilla is an orphan girl in Shanghai who is plucked out of the orphan­age by a Chi­nese crim­i­nal gang and gets trained in the arts of seduc­tion and assas­si­na­tion. Camilla is then planted as a spy in the midst of a rival gang and uses her cun­ning and skill to become the mis­tress of the elderly leader, Mast Lung.

• Slaughtered Gods by Thilde Kold Holdt – The final book in the Hanged God Viking mythology trilogy. Ragnarök is upon the nine worlds.

• The Snyderverse Saga: The Culture-Shattering Phenomena Behind Zack Snyder’s DC Film Universe by Daryn Kirscht – Follows the controversy .and the impact the fandom had on fighting for Mr. Snyder’s vision.

• Soccernomics: Why England Loses, Why Spain, Germany, and Brazil Win, and Why the U.S, Japan, Australia, and Even Iraq Are Destined to Become the Kings of the World’s Most Popular Sport by Simon Kuper and Stefan Szymanski – A non-fiction book analyzing the economics of soccer around the world, but mainly in the English leagues.

• Solo by Jack Higgins– A fast, exciting read which is a lot of fun, lots of action and an interesting simple plot.

• Solovyov and Larionov by Eugene Vodolazkin (translated by Lisa C. Hayden) – A novel, translated from Russian, which is part military history, part academic satire.

• Some Good News by Cynthia Rylant (A kid’s review)– The Cobble Street Cousins decided to start their own newspaper.

• Somewhere in the Mediterranean by Mark Tiro – A science fiction book taking place during an unspecified time, dealing with a ship of refugees from World War II.

• so much for that by Lionel Shriver – A fictional book about serious matters. The book deals with the frustration and the unfairness of dealing with the US healthcare industry.

• Snow: The Dou­ble Life of a World War II Spy by Nigel West and Madoc Roberts – A non-fiction about a dou­ble agent for Eng­land and Ger­many during World War II.

• Son of Hamas by Mosab Hassan Yousef and Ron Brackin – A fascinating memoir by a son of a high ranking Hamas official who became a born again Christian and an Israeli informer.

• Some Kind of Hero: The Remarkable Story of the James Bond Films by Matthew Field and Ajay Chowdhury – Tells the story of the making of the 007 movies

• The Son of Tarzanby Edgar Rice Burroughs – Even though Niko­las Rokoff, Tarzan’s enemy from pre­vi­ous books, died, his hench­man Alexis Paul­vitch is very much alive and wants to even the score. Rokoff lures the son of Tarzan & Jane, Jack, away from Lon­don but the resource­ful young man escapes with the help of Akut the ape.

• The Soprano State: New Jersey’s Culture of Corruption by Bob Ingle and Sandy McClure – A non-fiction book which examines New Jersey‘s love / hate relationship with the corrupt political class.

• Spaceman: An Astronaut’s Unlikely Journey to Unlock the Secrets of the Universe by Mike Massimino – An autobiography of Mr. Massimino. Mr. Massimino was an astronaut, worked on the Hubble Telescope, robotics and NASA’s PR team.

• Spaceships: An Illustrated History of the Real and the Imagined by Ron Miller – An illustrated history book of space travel. The author touches on real, as well as fictional spaceships.

• The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz by Erik Larson – A nonfiction book, taking place between May 10, 1940 through May 10, 1941 following Churchill and his political brinkmanship during London’s darkest hour.

• A Spy in Exile by Jonathan De Shalit – A novel about an Israeli intelligence squad working in Europe.

• Spy Schools: How the CIA, FBI, and Foreign Intelligence Secretly Exploit America’s Universities by Daniel Golden – A non-fiction book which reveals how academia has become the front-line for spy games among nations

• The Spy Who Loved Me by Ian Fleming – The tenth novel featuring English spy James Bond, 007. The book was released in 1962 even though it was written earlier and is told from the point of view of Vivienne Michel, a French-Canadian woman who comes back home after five years in London and has a dangerous encounter with mobsters in a lone motel.

• Spymistress: The True Story of the Greatest Female Secret Agent of World War II by William Stevenson – Tells of Vera Atkins, a legendary English spy during World War II

• State of Fail­ure: Yasser Arafat, Mah­moud Abbas, and the Unmak­ing of the Pales­tin­ian State by Jonathan Schanzer – A non-fiction book which exam­ines if the Pales­tin­ian peo­ple have cre­ated the infra­struc­ture for an inde­pen­dent state.

• The Stairway to Heaven by Therese Zrihen-Dvir – A short fictional story told from the view point of two women after they had witnessed the Beit-Lid massacre in Israel.

• Stalina by Emily Rubin – A fictional story of a Russian immigrant to the United States.

• Stan Lee: A Life in Comics by Liel Leibovitz – A short biography of one of the icons of American mythology

• State of Wonder by Ann Patchett – A fictional fic­tional book tak­ing place, mostly, in Brazil’s Ama­zon region, Brazil when a pharmaceutical researcher from Minnesota goes looking for a missing colleague and her mentor.

• Startup From the Ground Up by Cynthia Kocialski – A non-fiction book for entre­pre­neurs consisting of short sec­tions giv­ing sage advice.

• The Steel Wave: A Novel of World War II by Jeff Shaara – The book starts off where its pre­de­ces­sor (The Rising Tide) left off Jan­u­ary 1944, five months before D-Day, the story pro­gresses through the inva­sion end­ing in Octo­ber 1944.

• Steven Spielberg: A Life in Films (Jewish Lives) by Molly Haskell – a biography of the prolific director.

• Stone Fox by John Reynolds Gardiner – A fic­tional story for children, based on a Rocky Moun­tain leg­end.

• Stoner by John Williams – A novel written in 1965 and is considered a forgotten classic about the son of a poor farmer who fell in love with English literature and became a scholar.

• The Stonecutter by Camilla Läckberg – The the third novel in the Fjall­backa mys­tery series featuring police­man Patrik Hed­strom taking on the murder or a neighbor’s child.

• Stories Behind the Best-Loved Songs of Christmas by Ace Collins – A short book, divided into sections, each corresponding to a beloved Christmas song. The book is arranged alphabetically and includes the history as well as the lyrics to most of the songs.

• The Storm at the Door by Stefan Merill Block– A fic­tional book inspired by the author’s grand­par­ents. Mr. Block, while research­ing his grand­par­ents, imag­ined a world around them.

• A Storm of Swords (A Song of Ice and Fire, Book 3) by George R. R. Martin – The third novel in this fantasy series.

• The Storm over Paris by William Ian Grubman – A historical fiction novel taking place in Paris, 1942, and follows an art dealer trying to save art from the hands of the Nazis.

• The Stowaway: A Young Man’s Extraordinary Adventure to Antarctica by Laurie Gwen Shapiro – The story of an American boy, of Polish origins, who stowed away on a ship planning to join Admiral Robert Byrd’s Antarctica expedition in the late 1920s.

• The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson– The 1886 Goth classic dealing with split personality.

• The Stranger by Albert Camus– A short novel about a man pondering, and finding, the value of life.

• The Street Sweeper by Elliot Perlman – A fic­tional book which deals with the Amer­i­can strug­gle for civil rights and the Holo­caust.

• A Study in Scarlet by Arthur Conan Doyle – The first novel fea­tur­ing Eng­lish detec­tive Sher­lock Holmes and his friend Dr. Wat­son, writ­ten in 1886 and pub­lished in 1887 and marks the first appear­ance of the famous sleuth.

• Suddenly in the Depths of the Forest by Amos Oz – Award winning Israeli author Amos Oz writes a short novel which you can read to your kids

• Sundays at Tiffany’s by James Patterson and Gabrielle Charbonnet – A romance about a poor little rich girl has an imaginary friend as a young girl and later gets reunited with him.

• Supergirl Vol. 5: Red Daughter of Krypton by Michael Alan Nelson (illustrated by Chad Hardin, Diogenes Neves, Various, and Paulo Siqueira) – A graphic novel featuring it’s title heroine who joined the Red Lantern Corps.

• Super Sons (Rebirth) Vol. 1: When I Grow Up by Peter J. Tomasi & Chris Burnham (Illustrated by Jorge Jimenez & Alejandro Sanchez, colored by Dennis Culver & Alejandro Sanchez) – A graphic novel which tells about the partnership between Damian Wayne, a gung-ho Robin, and the straight laced Jonathan Samuel “Jon” Kent, Superboy.

• Super Sons Vol. 2: Planet of the Capes (Rebirth) by Peter J. Tomasi (illustrated by Jorge Jimenez, Carmine Di Giandomenico, and Jose Luis) – Continues the story when a training mission for Damian Wayne (Robin) and Jon Kent (Superboy), turns out to be an adventure in another dimension. This time the two team up with the Teen Titans.

• Super­man: The High-Flying His­tory of America’s Most Endur­ing Hero by Larry Tye – The story of the his­tory behind the world’s most beloved and endur­ing hero.

• Super­man: Sunday Classics 1939–1943 by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster – A col­lec­tion of the comic strips which were pub­lished in papers across the coun­try between the four years men­tioned.

• Superman: The Unauthorized Biography by Glen Weldon – A non-fiction book chron­i­cling the fic­tional his­tory of the Man of Steel in comic books, radio, TV, the­ater, music and movies.

• Superman: Red Son by Mark Millar – a classic graphic novel asking what would happen if the Man of Steel’s rocket

• Superman vol. 1: Son of Superman by Peter J. Tomasi and Patrick Gleason (illustrated by Patrick Gleason and Doug Mahnke) is a graphic novel which introduces the world to the “new” Superman…. Kind of.

• Superman, Volume 2: Trial of the Super Sons by Peter J. Tomasi and Patrick Gleason (illustrated by Patrick Gleason,Doug Mahnke & Jorge Jimenez, inked by Jaime Mendoza, Trevor Scott, Mick Gray, Christian Alamy & Mark Morales, colored by Alejandro Sanchez, Wil Quintana, & John Kalisz, lettered by Rob Leigh) – A graphic novel telling of Jon Kent, Superman and Lois’s son, who is becoming more powerful and gets on the radar screen of his father’s powerful foes.

• Superman Vol. 3: Multiplicity by Peter J. Tomasi and Patrick Gleason (art by Patrick Gleason, Jorge Jimenez, Ivan Reis, Ryan Sook, Tony S. Daniel, & Sebastián Fiumara) – A graphic novel featuring alternate version of Superman that have been disappearing.

• Superman Vol. 1: The Unity Saga: Phantom Earth by Brian Michael Bendis (illustrated by Ivan Reis) – A graphic novel in which STAR Labs were screwing around and caused a mess by beaming the Earth into The Phantom Zone.

• Superman: Year One by Frank Miller (illustrated by John Romita Jr.) – A graphic novel retelling / re-imaging of Superman’s origin story. From the collapse of Krypton, to the Kent farm in Kansas, from the military, to the depths of the ocean, and becoming a superhero in Metropolis

• Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story by Bono – A semoir by the front man of the Irish rock band U2, 40 chapters each one somewhat relates to a U2 song.

• A Survival Guide for Life by Bear Grylls – A series of short nar­ra­tives (75 in all), many telling anec­dotes from the life of the authors tai­lored and/or manip­u­lated to accom­mo­date the bul­let point the nar­ra­tive tries to make.

• Swastika Nation: Fritz Kuhn and the Rise and Fall of the German-American Bund by Arnie Bernstein– A non-ficiton book detailing the rise and fall of the American Nazi movement before World War II.

• Sweet Sweet Revenge, Ltd. By Jonas Jonasson (translated by Rachel Willson-Broyles) – A thought-provoking dark comedy from this Swedish autho , following wronged ex-wife, a forlorn son, and a Masai warrior.

• The Sweetest Fruits by Monique Truong – The imagined story of three women who were all attached to Greek-Irish writer Patrick Lafcadio Hearn.

• The Swimmer by Joakim Zander– Even though this novel is a fast read, it requires some atten­tion from the reader. Mr. Zan­der casts many stones at the polit­i­cal estab­lish­ments of the US, Swe­den and other Euro­pean countries..

• Swoon: Great Seducers and Why Women Love Them by Betsy Prioleau– A non-fiction book which tries to ana­lyze what makes a ladies’ man. The book makes an inter­est­ing read and I only wish I would have read it when I was sin­gle and still look­ing for a mate for life.

• The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen – A Pulitzer Prize winning historical fiction book taking place in 197, Viet Nam of a man who, after finishing college in the US, goes back to Vietnam to fight the communists.

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• Take the Bai Road by Erika Mitchell – a novel which continues the adventures of CIA case officer Bai Hsu, a Chinese-American spy – this time taking on the Mexicans cartels.

• Take My Hand by Dolen Perkins-Valdez – The story of a young African-American nurse who finds herself administering trial sterilization shots to young, poor, African-American girls

• The Taking of Jemima Boone: The True Story of the Kidnap and Rescue That Shaped America by Matthew Pearl – Tells of how the kidnapping of Jemima Boone, dauther of Daniel Boone, by Native Americans, started a cycle of violence and revenge.

• A Tale of Love and Darkness by Amos Oz – An autobiography about the author’s childhood in Jerusalem and his teenage years in Kibbutz Hulda.

• The Talmud: A Biography by Harry Freedman – A non­fic­tion book cov­er­ing the his­tory of the com­plex text of Rab­binic Judaism.

• Tangled Webs: How False Statements are Undermining America by James B. Stewart – A a non­fic­tion book about the com­fort of our soci­ety with lying. The book exam­ines this phe­nom­e­non through the cases of Martha Stew­art, I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby, Barry Bonds and Bernard Mad­off.

• Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar by Edgar Rice Burroughs – Tarzan returns to Opar to enrich him­self from their stock­piles. But Tarzan isn’t the only greedy human in the jun­gle, Albert Wer­per, a Bel­gian army offi­cer is also there, secretly fol­low­ing Tarzan.

• Tarzan of the Apes by Edgar Rice Burroughs – The classic story which began it all, a stranded boy of an English lord in Africa is raised by mighty apes.

• Tarzan The Centennial Celebration by Scott Tracy Griffin – A lavish cof­fee table book cel­e­brat­ing 100 years of the famous lord of the jun­gle in books, TV, movies, comics and more. Mr. Grif­fin is the lead­ing author­ity on Edgar Rice Bur­roughs and on his 1912 cre­ation of which this book is about.

• Tarzan — In The City of Gold (Vol. 1): The Com­plete Burne Hog­a­rth Sun­days and Dailies Library by Don Gar­den – A 3 year col­lec­tion of all Hogarth’s news­pa­per strips. This is the first of four volumes.

• Tarzan the Untamed by Edgar Rice Bur­roughs – The sev­enth novel in the series, this one takes place during World War I, while Tarzan is away from his plan­ta­tion it is destroyed by invad­ing Ger­man troops. When he returns to the plan­ta­tion (in British East Africa), Tarzan dis­cov­ers many bod­ies one of whom belongs to his wife.

• Tasting Italy: A Culinary Journey by America’s Test Kitchen, Eugenia Bone and Julia Della Croce – A cookbook which has recipes from certain regions of Italy, loaded with great pictures and the “why”, not just the “how”.

• The Technologists by Matthew Pearl – A fic­tional book about the early days of the Mass­a­chu­setts Insti­tute of Tech­nol­ogy (MIT) in the years after the Amer­i­can Civil War dur­ing a very frag­ile time in our history.

• Teen Titans Vol. 1: Damian Knows Best (Rebirth) by Benjamin Percy (illustrated by Jonboy Meyers) – A graphic novel where the title team find themselves helping Damian in a war against his grandfather, Ra’s al Ghul and the entire League of Assassins.

• Teen Titans Vol. 2: The Rise of Aqualad (Rebirth) by Benjamin Percy (illustrated by Khoi Pham) – A graphic novel which tells of the origins of Aqualad and how he joins the Teen Titans.

• Telegraph Avenue by Michael Chabon – This literary fiction book about a record store in Oakland is filled with pop-culture references, blackspoltation and kung fu.

• The Teller of Secrets by Bisi Adjapon – A coming of age novel about a Nigerian-Ghanian girl in the late 1960s, discovering feminism, patriarchy, and double standards towards women.

• The Temporary Gentleman by Sebastian Barry – the lit­er­ary mus­ings of an ordi­nary Irishman and his demons, a gam­bler and in the habits of mak­ing bad deci­sions when it comes to his fam­ily and finance.

• Temptation by Douglas Kennedy – A fic­tional book which takes the reader on a ride from the height of suc­cess to the lows in life. What hap­pens when a gilded door opens to a man who sud­denly has ample oppor­tu­ni­ties and Hol­ly­wood clout?

• The Templar Salvation by Raymond Khoury – This the long awaited fictional sequel to “The Last Templar” follows the adventures of Archeologist Tess Chaykin & FBI agent Sean Reilly as they are being forced on a quest for a Templar treasure.

• Temptress of Fates: A Legends of Tivara Story by J.C. Kang The fourth installment in the Scions of the Black Lotus series, following a clan of Chinese assassins masquerading as high-class courtesans, led by a half-elf.

• Ten Days in a Mad-House by Nellie Bly – A first person account of the author who put herself in an insane asylum as part of her investigation for a newspaper.

• The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alex E. Harrow – A novel where secret doors lead to different worlds, and the girl that can open them.

• The Tenth Witness by Leonard Rosen – A fic­tional book in which Engi­neer Henri Poincaré works hard to try and bring up the a sunk frigate with mil­lions worth of gold in its belly. Henri gets to know Liesel Kraus who is a direc­tor at Kraus Steel and is still haunted by a violent Nazi history and corrupting wealth.

• Terry Pratchett: A Life with Footnotes by Rob Wilkins – The famous author’s official biography. Mr. Wilkins was Pratchett’s personal assistant and friend for almost two decades.

• Tess of the d’Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy – Pub­lished in 1891 , the book fol­lows Tess through her tri­als and tribu­la­tions in Vic­to­rian Eng­land.

• The Testament of Jessie Lamb by Jane Rogers – An an award win­ning science-fiction book tak­ing place in the near future where a virus is wiping out pregnant women. An idealistic 16 year old girl wants to volunteer to have a baby.

• Thank You For Your Servitude: Donald Trump’s Washington and the Price of Submission by Mark Leibovich – Chronicles the campaign and presidency of the 45th President

• The Thief of Auschwitz by Jon Clinch – A fic­tional book telling of a family’s strug­gle to sur­vive during World War II in the infamous concentration camp.T

• This is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone – Rivaling time travelling spies, Red and Blue, correspondence through space and time, taunting each other until they fall in love.

• This Book Is Overdue by Marilyn Johnson – A non-fiction account of the author’s research and pontifications of how librarians will guide our culture into technological literacy.

• This Side of Paradise by F. Scott Fitzgerald – A coming of age novel by the young Fitzgerald.

• Thomas Jefferson’s Crème Brûlée by Thomas J. Craughwell – A non-fiction book which cov­ers the time Jef­fer­son spent as an ambas­sador in Europe from a culi­nary point of view.

• Thomas Paine and the Promise of America by Harvey J. Kaye – A biography about the famous English-American political activist during the American revolution.

• Thorn of the Night Blossoms: A Legends of Tivara Story (Scions of the Black Lotus #1) by J.C. Kang – A novel about assassins, posting as prostitutes in China, with fantasy elements mixed in.

• Those of Us About to Die by Michael Woodhead – A historical fantasy following four young women gladiators in Rome.

• The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet by David Mitchell – In 18^th Century in feudal Japan Dutch merchants onlly allowed on a small island. Jacob allows honor and decorum triumph over corruption and wickedness.

• Three Ordinary Girls: The Remarkable Story of Three Dutch Teenagers Who Became Spies, Saboteurs, Nazi Assassins–and WWII Heroes by Tim Brady – Tells the story of fierce women fighting in the Dutch Resistance during World War II.

• A Thousand Splendid Sons by Khaled Hosseini – Another impres­sive book about life in Afghanistan but this time about the plight of women under the rule of the Tal­iban.

• Three Lives of Tomomi Ishikawa by Benjamin Constable – Tomomi “But­ter­fly” Ishikawa com­mit­ted sui­cide but left her best friend, Ben­jamin Con­sta­ble, a trail of clues which lead him from Paris to New York and back – the cities she called “home”.

• The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas– France, 1625 – a young poor noble­man named d’Artagnan leaves his Gas­cony home to the bright lights of Paris with inten­tions of becom­ing Mus­ke­teer of the Guard.

• Three Seconds by Anders Roslund and Borge Hellström – Winner of the prestigious Best Swedish Crime Novel of the Year in 2009. This crime fiction novel focuses on the prison drug trade, Swedish prisons and justice system.

• Three Souls by Janie Chang – A novel taking place inn China, 1935, Leiyin watches her own funeral and wanders why she has not been permitted to the afterlife, soon she discovers that she is not alone; three souls are there to guide her along the way until she make amends. But first she has to find out what she has to make amends for.

• Through the Glass Ceiling to the Stars: The Story of the First American Woman to Command a Space Mission by Eileen M. Collins and Jonathan H. Ward – A biography of this pioneer pilot and astronaut.

• Thunderball by Ian Fleming – the ninth James Bond novel, is the first of the “Blofeld Tril­ogy” follows the secret agent to a health clinic due to poor health where he discovers a sinister plot to hijack two nuclear bombs.

• The Time in Between by María Dueñas– A novel following the life of a Spanish woman’s journey from her humble beginnings as a poor seamstress, to an English spy during World War II.

• Time Loopers: Four Tales from a Time War by David Hambling, Byron Craft, Matt Davenport, and John Delaughter – A science fiction book of five interconnecting short stories

• Titans Vol. 3: A Judas Among Us by Dan Abnett (illustrated by Brett Booth) – A graphic novel seeing the team trying to infiltrate H.I.V.E.

• Titans of History: The Giants Who made Our World by Simon Sebag Montefiore – A non-fiction book of extremely short biographies of those people the author deemed as changing the world they lived in.

• To the Greatest Heights: Facing Danger, Finding Humility, and Climbing a Mountain of Truth by Vanessa O’Brien – A memoir of Ms. O’Brien, the first American woman and British woman (dual citizenship) to climb K2, and climbed the highest peak in every continent in 295 days, a world record.

• Tobacco Wars By Paul Seesequasis – A fictional book which tra­verses two dimen­sions. One dimen­sion is the faux his­tory of Poc­a­hon­tas in rela­tion to the famous crop, the sec­ond dimen­sion is told through Indian fairytales.

• Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow By Gabrielle Zevin – A novel about two friends, video game designers, who find success, joy, and sorrow.

• Top Secret Files: World War II: Spies, Secret Mis­sions, and Hid­den Facts from World War II (Top Secret Files of His­tory) by Stephanie Bearce – Part of a new series, aimed at middle school children, focus­ing on quick sto­ries and sim­ple facts of major wars..

• Total Recall: My Unbe­liev­ably True Life Story by Arnold Schwarzeneg­ger – An auto­bi­og­ra­phy of the famous actor, politi­cian and cham­pion body builder, great for fans but far from a “tell all” insightful book.

• The Tourist by Olen Steinhauer – An espionage novel set in the early 2000s, involving the fictional “tourism” department of the CIA and it is the first book in the Milo Weaver series.

• The Tower of Fools by Andrzej Sapkowski (translated by David French) – A historical fantasy story taking place in the early 1500s, Poland. This novel is the first one in the Hussite Trilogy #1, and the first one translated to English, 20 years after initial publication.

• The Tragedies of King David by Israel Drazin – A look at the life of King David focusing on texts from Jewish Bible.

• The Trick by Emanuel Bergmann – A novel, originally published in German, which brings together a Holocaust survivor and an American Jewish kid.

• Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson – The 1883 fictional adventurous and classic pirate story. I read it once as a naïve child, this time as a naïve adult.

• A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith– Historical fiction classic pub­lished in 1943 describing life life in turn-of-the-century Brook­lyn

• The Trinity Six by Charles Cumming -A fictional spy thriller focusing on the theory that the Cambridge Five (a ring of English Trinity College students who were spies for Russia) had a sixth member.

• True Believer: The Rise and Fall of Stan Lee by Abraham Riesman – A biography of the famous writer and editor, mainly concentrating on debunking many of his claims over the past decades.

• The True Story of the Great Escape: Stalag Luft III, March 1944 by Jonathan F. Vance – The historical account of the largest prison break during World War II.

• Turn Right at Machu Picchu by Mark Adams – non-fiction travelogue/history/investigate report in which the author fol­lows the foot­steps of Hiram Bing­ham III.

• The Tunnels: Escapes Under the Berlin Wall-and the Historic Films the JFK White House Tried to Kill by Greg Mitchell – A non-fiction book about the infamous Berlin Wall and the tunnels being dug during the Cold War. Mr. Mitchell has wrote many non-fiction books on US politics and history.

• Twenty Years After by Alexandre Dumas– The son of “Milady”, the two-faced Mazarin smug­gle the young king and his mother from Paris which is becom­ing hos­tile to the crown.

• Two Storm Wood by Philip Gray – A thriller/mystery set on the battlefields of the Somme, a few months after the Armistice of World War I.

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• Ultimate Conditioning for Martial Arts by Loren Landow – A guide for professional and amateur martial artists covering many subjects from power to speed to agility and even nutrition. There are many exercises and diagrams for the reader to follow.

• Ultimate Journeys for Two: Extraordinary Destinations on Every Continent by Mike Howard and Anne Howard – A book consisting of short entries to places around the globe, focusing on couple activities.

• Unbelievable Adventures of a WW II German War Bride by Ingeborg M. Johnston – A memoir in which the author shares her expe­ri­ences as WW II Ger­man nurse, a beauty queen, model, pilot, wife, mother and grand­mother.

• Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand – An amazing non-fiction story of Loius Zamperini and American athlete, World War II Air Corp bombardier who survived a crash and interment in a Japanese POW camp.

• Uncle Misha’s Partisans by Yuri Suhl – A fic­tional book fol­low­ing the adven­tures of a Ukrain­ian boy dur­ing World War II. The boy’s family was murdered and he joined a group of partisans.

• Under the Wide and Starry Sky by Nancy Horan – A fic­tion­al­ized account of the rela­tion­ship of famed author Robert Louis Steven­son and his wife Fanny Van de Grift Osbourne.

• Underwater: How Our American Dream of Homeownership Became a Nightmare by Ryan Dezember – A non-fiction book that the author wrote after making it through the 2008 housing crisis.

• The Unexpected Spy: From the CIA to the FBI, My Secret Life Taking Down Some of the World’s Most Notorious Terrorists by Tracy Walder and Jessica Anya Blau – An account of Ms. Walder who went straight from being a college sorority girl to the CIA. After her stint at the CIA and FBI.

• The Unfamiliar Garden by Benjamin Percy – The second book in The Comet Cycle series, taking place on Earth after a comet fell and changed nature itself

• The Unlikely Spy by Daniel Silva – A fictional fast paced page turner, set mostly in days preceding the Normandy invasion in WWII.

• The Undercover Nazi Hunter: Exposing Subterfuge and Unmasking Evil in Post-War Germany by Wolfe Frank (edited by Paul Hooley) – A non-fiction book composed of articles the author wrote while he researched post-war Germany’s attitude through street level investigations.

• The Unexpected President: The Life and Times of Chester A. Arthur by Scott S. Greenberger – A biography recounting the life of America’s 21^st President.

• Us Against You by Fredrik Backman – The second novel which takes place in the fictional hockey township of Beartown

• Unspeakable by Dilys Rose – The story of Thomas Aikenhead, the last person to be executed for blasphemy in 17th Scotland.

• The Unspeakable Crimes of Dr. Petiot by Thomas Maeder – A non-fiction crime book taking place in France during World War II, the killer’s defense was that he only killed Nazi sympathizers, but was he?

• Untamed: The Psychology of Marvel’s Wolverine by Suzana E. Flores – A non-fiction analysis and exploration of the titled fictional anti-hero.

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• James Bond: Vargr by Warren Ellis and Jason Masters – A graphic novel about the famous MI6 agent who returns to London from a vengeance mission in Helsinki and resumes the boring duties of the 00 section. Soon enough he gets a new mission, this time in Berlin to break a drug trafficking cartel.

• Vlad by Carlos Fuentes – Count Dracula, Vlad, has decided to immigrate toMexico after the mayhem inEastern Europe and countless wars have shortened his blood supplies. A short novel by one of Mexico’s greatest writers.

• Victory City by Salman Rushdie – A retelling of jayaparājayam, about an Indian woman, a poet, who has been granted the power of a goddess

• The Ventriloquists by E.R. Ramzipoor – A historical fiction book inspired by true events of Belgian resistance fighters scheming to put out a satire newspaper under the Nazis’ noses.

• Very Recent His­tory: An Entirely Fac­tual Account of a Year (c. AD 2009) in a Large City by Choire Sicha – A his­tory book about 2009 writ­ten from a future per­spec­tive about young gay man in a big city after the Wall Street crush.

• The View from the Cheap seats: Selected Nonfiction by Neil Gaiman is a compilation of essays on many subjects the author composed.

• Violeta by Isabel Allende – Tells the story of a woman’s turbulent life, through letters she’s writing her grandson

• Vil­lage of Secrets: Defy­ing the Nazis in Vichy France by Caroline Moorehead– A non-fiction book which tells the story of the small vil­lage and its sur­round­ing area which were respon­si­ble for sav­ing thou­sands of peo­ple dur­ing World War II who were on the Gestapo’s wanted list.

• The Vineyard by María Dueñas – A fictional book set in the mid 18^th Century in Mexico, Cuba, and Spain about a man who lost everything and has one last shot at getting his fortune back.

• A Visit to Moscow by Anna Olswanger (illustrated by Yevgenia Nayberg) – A graphic novel, telling of an American Rabbi visiting Russia, going to see a brother of a parishioner

• A Voice Called. Stories of Jewish Heroism by Yossi Katz – Short biographies & stories about the author’s personal heroes. Some famous, some not so much.

• The Volunteer by Salvatore Scibona – A generational saga, spanning about 100 years in which the effects of the Vietnam War are felt.

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• Waking Up On the Appalachian Trail: A Story of War, Brotherhood, and the Pursuit of Truth by N. B. Hankes – A non-fiction account of the author’s hike on this national scenic landmark, along with his brother.
  

• Walking With Ghosts by Gabriel Byrne – A wonderful, and unique memoir by the famous Irish actor

• The Wangs vs. The World by Jade Chang – A novel about a family road trip across the United States.

• Wanted: Gen­tle­man Bank Rob­ber: The True Story of Leslie Ibsen Rogge, One of the FBI’s Most Elu­sive Crim­i­nals by Dane Batty – A true-crime book about the crim­i­nal career of the man on top of the FBI’s most wanted.

• War Reporting for Cowards by Chris Ayres – Honest and humorous look at the author’s experience as an embedded journalist.

• War’s Edge: No Heroes by Ryan Aslesen – A science-fiction / military fiction novel about a future Marine recruits being sent to far off lands, and realizing the true cost of war, as well as the ugly truths behind them.

• The Wars of the Green Berets: Amazing Stories from Vietnam to Present Day by Michael Lennon and Robin Moore– Brings forth fictionalized accounts of Green Beret operations from the 1950s to the first Gulf War.

• War of Shadows: Codebreakers, Spies, and the Secret Struggle to Drive the Nazis from the Middle East by Gershom Gorenberg – A history book recounting the Nazi army’s march through Africa and Egypt.

• Washington: A Life by Ron Chernow – This marvelous Pulitzer winner book breaks the wooden image of Washington and brings out the character of the man we all learned about with all his charm and personality.

• The Watchmakers: A Story of Brotherhood, Survival, and Hope Amid the Holocaust by Harry Lenga, as told to Scott Lenga – A memoir of the author. His amazing survival through World War II, in concentration camps, and in death marches

• War & Peace by Leo Tolstoy – Taking place during Napoleon’s invasion of Russia, the owrk revolves around three families. The work is regarded as one of the most impor­tant works of world lit­er­a­ture .

• The Watchman of Ephraim by Gerard de Marigny– A fic­tional book tak­ing place a decade after 9/11 when a multi-billionaire whose wife died in the Twin Towers opens a private security firm.

• Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen– A fictional boy-meets-girl story/boy-and-his-elephant set against turn of the century circus scene.

• Water Memory by Daniel Pyne – A thriller following Aubrey Sentro, a black ops specialist, with brain damage, trying to survive a pirate attack on a ship, while contemplating her life, motherhood, and career.

• We Germans by Alexander Starritt – A novella which follows a long letter a German grandfather written his grandson about his thoughts on fighting on the wrong side of the war in World War II against the Russians.

• We Had A Job To Do: World War II Through The Eyes of Those Who Served by Theresa Anzaldua – A non-fiction book about World War II. . The book is geared towards kids ages 10-14.

• We, The Drowned by Carsten Jensen – A spellbinding, award winning (Danske Banks Litteraturpris) fictional book which spans 100 years in the lives of the inhabitants of the small Danish coastal town Marstal. Jensen’s debut novel is hailed as an instant classic and rightfully so.

• Weathered: Finding Strength on the John Muir Trail by Christy Teglo -A memoir of the author, hiking this difficult trail which changed her life.

• Wench by Dolen Perkins-Valdes – A fictional story which takes place examines the relationship between white masters and their concubines slaves. The story mostly takes place in the early 1850s at an Ohio vacation resort called Tawawa House

• What To Do About The Solomons by Bethany Ball – A fictional book taking place in a kibbutz in Israel

• The What to Eat When Cookbook: 135+ Deliciously Timed Recipes by Dr. Michael F. Roizen, Dr. Michael Crupain, and Jim Perko – Offers recipes created and/or collected by two doctors and a chef for a healthier lifestyle

• When General Grant Expelled the Jews by Jonathan D. Sarna – A non-fiction book about Grant’s infa­mous “Gen­eral Order No. 11”. Yes, this a non-fiction book – who would have thought?

• When Heroes Fly (בשבילה גיבורים עפים) by Amir Gutfreund – A novel taking place over three decades in Israel, starting in the 1960s after the Six Days War.

• When the Tiger Came Down the Mountain by Nghi Vo – Chih, a cleric, and her companions who are captured by hungry tigers. Chih weaves an intricate tale to pass time until morning, when the company can be rescued.

• While the Music Played: A Remarkable Story of Courage and Friendship in WWII by Nathaniel Lande – A historical fiction book following a young German musician throughout World War II.

• White Sheep of the Family: A Legends of Tivara Story (Scions of the Black Lotus #2) by J.C. Kang – Continues the saga of Jie, the half-elf working for the Chinese criminal organization

• Who Is Maud Dixon? by Alexandra Andrews – A novel following a small-town girl who got the chance to intern for one of the most famous authors in the world.

• Who Was Bruce Lee? by Jim Gigliotti – The book tells about Lee’s influ­ence in mar­tial arts and pop cul­ture, as well as touch on how Lee intro­duce Chi­nese cul­ture to main­stream Amer­i­can and his influ­ence in that arena.

• Why the Jews?: The Need to Scapegoat by Marek Halter (translated by Grace McQuillan) – A collection of short essays examining the titled question.

• Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West by Gregory Maguire – A re-imagining of the famous Wizard of Oz stories by L. Frank Baum, this time however, it is from the point of view of the Wicked Witch of the West.

• Wild Seas by Thomas Peschak – A photography book of underwater worlds and marine life.

• A Wilder­ness of Error : The Tri­als of Jef­frey Mac­Don­ald by Errol Mor­ris – A true-crime non-fiction book about the trial of Jef­frey Mac­Don­ald, for­mer Cap­tain in the Green Berets, a med­ical doc­tor, Prince­ton grad­u­ate, father and hus­band was con­victed of mur­der­ing his fam­ily in 1970.

• Wildflowers of Terezin by Robert Elmer – A his­tor­i­cal fic­tion book tak­ing place in Den­mark dur­ing World War II. The book is well researched and an enthralling read.

• Will by Will Smith and Mark Hanson – A memoir of the famous actor, musician, producer, family man, and all-around nice guy

• William Shakespeare’s Star Wars by Ian Doescher – A fun book with plenty of homages to both Star Wars fans and Shakespeare’s fans. A fast and easy read of a famil­iar story (with a few twists) and a wink and a nod.

• William Shakespeare’s the Empire Striketh Back by Ian Doescher – The sec­ond install­ment where Mr. Doescher takes on the Star Was uni­verse through the words of the famous bard.

• The Wind Knows My Name by Isabel Allende – A novel spanning decades about the plight of refugees.

• Wine to Water by Doc Hendley – A non-fiction mem­oir of the author start­ing the Wine to Water non-profit. The char­ity brings clean water to many parts of the world.

• Wings: A Novel of World War II Fly­girls by Karl Friedrich – A his­tor­i­cal fic­tion book about the Women Air­force Ser­vice Pilot or WASP, women pilots for the US Army during World War II.

• The Winners by Fredrik Backman – The the third novel in the Beartown trilogy. The novels take place in a small Swedish hockey town.

• Winter in Wartime by Jan Terlouw – A fic­tional book set in World War II. The book is a Dutch clas­sic orig­i­nally called Oor­logswin­ter.

• The Wisdom of Frugality: Why Less Is More – More or Less by Emrys Westacott – A book containing essays by the author on the pros and cons of being frugal. Mr. Westacott is a writer, author and a professor of philosophy at Alfred University in Alfred, New York.

• The Witch Doctor’s Wife by Tamar Myers – A novel about Amanda Brown, a young missionary from South Carolina, travels to the Belgian Congo in 1958 in order to oversee a missionary guest house in the town of Belle Vue. Belle Vue is a diamond mining town in which the race by the Belgian occupiers to get as many riches as they can before the forces of independence takes over is a major concern.

• The Witch of Lime Street: Séance, Seduction, and Houdini in the Spirit World by David Jaher – A non-fiction book which takes a look at the popularization of spiritualism in the western world during the 1920s.

• What Really Matters by Haim Shapira– This non-fiction book which asks many philo­soph­i­cal ques­tions and some­times even answers them.

• Wolf by Herbert J. Stern and Alan A. Winter – A historical fiction book about a fictional man who, during World War 1 befriended Adolf Hitler and ties his fortunes with him.

• Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel – A historical fiction book about the life of Thomas Cromwell. The novel won the 2009 Man Booker Prize.

• Wolverine: Old Man Logan by Mark Millar (illustrated by Steve McNiven) – A graphic novel featuring this X-Men favorite. The comic series was the basis for the movie Logan.

• Wolverine Vol. 2: Killable by Paul Cornell (illustrated by Alan Davis and Mirco Pierfederici) – A graphic novel which finds our anti-hero powerless.

• Wolf Hunt by Armand Cabasson – A historical fiction mystery takeing place dur­ing the Napoleonic wars while the Aus­tri­ans and the French bat­tle over some small vil­lages by the Danube. The mys­tery takes sec­ond place to the author’s impres­sive research of the time, whether it would be bat­tle­field tac­tics or a Vien­nese ball.

• The Wolf and the Watchman by Niklas Natt och Dag – An award winning historical-fiction book taking place in Stockholm, Sweden during the 18^th Century involving a mystery of a body with no arms, legs, eyes, tongue, and teeth and an dark/noir story.

• The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins – Published as a newspaper serial in 1859. In 1860 a collected edition of the chapters was published in book form. Even though this is a Victorian novel, it is still gripping, engaging and a page turner

• Wonder Woman, Volume 1: The Lies by Greg Rucka (art by Liam Sharp, lettered by Jodi Wynne, penciled by Matthew Clark, inked by Sean Parsons, colored by Laura Martin & Jeremy Colwell) – A graphic novel which attempts to reintroduced Wonder Woman who has lost her memory and is trying to find out who she really is by going back to her home, only that the place no longer exist.

• Wonder Woman Vol. 2: Year One by Greg Rucka (illustrated by Nicola Scott) – A graphic novel which retells the origins of Wonder Woman, and her first year as a protector.

• Wonder Woman Vol. 3: The Truth by Greg Rucka (illustrated by Liam Sharp) – A graphic novel which continues the story of Diana of Themyscira search for the truth about herself

• Wonder Woman, Volume 4: Godwatch by Greg Rucka (illustrated by Bilquis Evely, Mirka Andolfo, Nicola Scott, Scott Hanna, Mark Morales, Andrew Hennessy, Raúl Fernandez) continues the story-line which bridges the Year One narrative to current date.

• The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum – Dorothy and her companions journey to find what they always have. Darker, more exciting and better than the movie.

• Wonders All Around: The Incredible True Story of Astronaut Bruce McCandless II and the First Untethered Flight in Space by Bruce McCandless III – A memoir / biography of the author’s father

• Wonderstruck by Brian Selznick – an award winning fictional book which merges words and pictures to build a coherent, simple story.

• The World of the End by Ofir Touché Gafla – Ben Mendelssohn wants to be reunited with his belated wife, he will do any­thing to be with her again and on his birth­day he puts a bul­let in his head to accom­plish the task. When Ben enters the Other World he dis­cov­ers that find­ing a per­son among the mil­lions who occupy the realm is not an easy task.

• World of Trouble by Ben H. Winters – Detec­tive Hank Palace leaves the com­fort­able nest he shared with his friends in New Eng­land, wait­ing for an aster­oid to hit Earth, to find his sis­ter Nico. Nico has joined a group of rev­o­lu­tion­ar­ies who intend on free­ing sci­en­tists out of jail so they can save the world.

• The Wounded Giant by Michael O’Hanlon – A non-fiction eBook in which the author lays out his ideas for mil­i­tary bud­get cuts.

• Wretches of the Trench: A Legends of Tivara Story (Scions of the Black Lotus #3) by J.C. Kang – Continues the story, and adds mystery to the fantasy series.

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– Y –

• The Yanks Are Starving: A Novel of the Bonus Army by Glen Craney – A historical fiction book telling the long forgotten story of the Bonus Army of World War 1 vets and how they were treated.

• The Yiddish Policemen’s Union by Michael Chabon – An award winning fic­tional alter­nate his­tory book. Israel lost the 1948 war, the Jews were dri­ven into the sea and Roosevelt’s pro­posal of estab­lish­ing a Jew­ish state in Alaska passed.

• Yitzhak Rabin: Soldier, Leader, Statesman by Itamar Rabinovich – a biography of the famous Israeli politician. Mr. Rabinovich is a political operative who worked with Mr. Rabin.

• You Can Retire Sooner Than You Think: The 5 Money Secrets of the Happiest Retirees by Wes Moss – A finance book from the perspective that you need to be happy as well, not just well off.

• You Can’t Eat Your Chicken Pox Amber Brown by Paula Danziger (Kid’s Review) – Amber Brown is going to visit her father in Paris, France – but will she make it while being sick?

• You Have to Be Prepared to Die Before You Can Begin to Live: Ten Weeks in Birmingham That Changed America by Paul Kix – A history book chronicling the ten-week civil rights campaign in Birmingham, AL (1963)

• You Only Live Twice by Ian Fleming – The 11^th novel featuring the famous British agent James Bond, 007 as a broken man, let his life and work slide but gets a last-chance to redeem his downward spiraling career by being assigned a diplomatic task.

• Youth by Isaac Asimov (Guest Review)– A science fiction story about two young boys on a farm who find and cap­ture strange ani­mals.

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• The Zhivago Affair: The Kremlin, the CIA, and the Battle over a Forbidden Book by Peter Finn and Petra Couvee – A non-fiction book covering the history of the famous novel Dr. Zhivago by Boris Pasternak and how it was used by the CIA for propaganda purposes. Mostly telling of a brilliant, and brave writer, a system that tried to destroy him and a system that tried to use him to win a very small victory in the Cold War.

• Zorro by Isabel Allende– A novel which retells the story of the leg­endary hero.

• Zuleikha by Guzel Yakhina (translated by Lisa Hayden) – A novel about a Tartar widow who has been exiled to Siberia in the 1930s. This book was the winner of the Yasnaya Polyana Literary Award and the Russia Big Book literary prize, as well as being short listed for the Russian Booker Prize.