Voices in the Park

Anthony Browne

(picture book) fiction

Sometimes seeing the world from another person’s point of view can be difficult. Voices in the Park enlightens adults and children alike on how to see life from another person’s perspective and how to look beyond our own prejudice.

Frankenstein

Rick Walton, illustrated by Nathan Hale

(picture book) fiction

Walton’s parody of Ludwig Bemelmans’s Madeline features a not-so-scary Frankenstein encompassing the fun spirit of Halloween.

Lights Out!

John Himmelman

(picture book) fiction

Himmelman’s book is for moms, dads and sisters who have always wanted to know what really goes on at Boy Scout Camp, or for Boy Scouts who want to remember the silly stuff that makes camp so memorable.

Still Alice

Lisa Genova

Fiction

Still Alice is a compelling debut novel about a 50-year-old woman's sudden descent into early onset Alzheimer's disease.

The Swan Thieves

Elizabeth Kostova

Fiction

Kostova's masterful new novel travels from American cities to the coast of Normandy, from the late 19th century to the late 20th, from young love to last love. The Swan Thieves is a story of obsession, history's losses, and the power of art to preserve human hope.

The Bell Jar

Sylvia Plath

Fiction

The Bell Jar details the life of Esther Greenwood, a college student who dreams of becoming a poet. She is selected for a month-long summer internship as a guest editor of Ladies' Day magazine, but her time in New York City is unfulfilling as she struggles with issues of identity and societal norms.

Mrs Dalloway

Virginia Woolf

Fiction

This novel examines one day in the life of Clarissa Dalloway, an upper-class Londoner married to a member of Parliament. Mrs. Dalloway is essentially plotless; what action there is takes place mainly in the characters' consciousness

A Beautiful Mind

Sylvia Nasar

Biography

The life of a Nobel-Prize winning mathematician and how schizophrenia affected his work and personal life.

The Collected Schizophrenias: Essays

Esme Weijun Wang

Biography, Autobiography

The Happiness Trap

Russ Harris

Self-help book

My Year of Rest and Relaxation

Ottessa Moshfegh

Non-Fiction

This novel is set in New York City in 2000 and 2001 and follows an unnamed protagonist as she gradually escalates her use of prescription medications in an attempt to sleep for an entire year.

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

Ken Kesey

Non-Fiction

Set in an Oregon psychiatric hospital, the narrative serves as a study of institutional processes and the human mind; including a critique of psychiatry, and a tribute to individualistic principles.