★★☆☆☆ Mostly character study plus social commentary, it follows a fictional female journalist in Japan as she interviews a convicted serial killer.

★★★★☆ As a major storm approaches, a woman living alone in the woods finds a girl hiding in her toolshed, covered in blood and clutching a knife.

★★★★★ The daughter of a convicted serial killer has kept her identity a secret for 20 years, but someone has found out and is determined to expose her.

★★★☆☆ A modern take on Lord of the Flies, centered around a reality TV show, where winning depends on who can be the most self-absorbed and materialistic.

★★★★★ A young woman with special powers infiltrates a training program for the military while working undercover for a resistance organization.

★★★★★ Decades of missteps and immorality by J & J are laid bare as they repeat a pattern of placing profits over people's health and lives.

★★★★☆ A speculative historical novel that imagines what might have happened if Japan gained possession of an atomic bomb near the end of World War II.

★★★★☆ A mysterious and private man appears one day in a small Georgia town and begins to have a profoundly positive impact on several residents.

★★★☆☆ A woman returns to her hometown in South Carolina, only to be confronted with clues that help her unravel her sister's disappearance twenty years prior.

★★★★☆ A generational character study centered on the intertwined lives of two families in a small Ohio town, focused mostly on identity and the impact of war.

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★★★★☆ Author Mary Roach is back with her signature blend of wit as she examines the human body and all of the potential ways we attempt to modify it.

★★★★☆ Two lives unexpectedly intertwine as a Senator's daughter connects with an elderly woman who might be secretly connected to the young woman's family.

★★★★☆ A no-holds-barred account by a former high-ranking employee that lays bare secrets about Facebook and its executives that are shocking to see in print.

★★★☆☆ A strange and polarizing story, focused mostly on a New Hampshire family and their youngest grandson as he searches for identity and belonging.

★★★☆☆ Robert Langdon is back for another romp through an international city—this time, Prague—and a secret about human consciousness that could rock the world.

★★★★★ A woman returns to the elite boarding school she attended after 20+ years to search for answers about the murder of her roommate senior year.

★★★★☆ When a lawyer starts to dig into the murder of his best friend, all signs seem to point to conspiracies involving his own law firm.

★★★★★ Another gritty offering from Mottley, who this time explores teen pregnancy and a small group of teen moms who help each other through it.

★★★★☆ Teddy Roosevelt's sons embark on a quest in 1929 to obtain a specimen of a giant panda, an animal rarely seen and wholly unknown at the time.