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Book Club Picks Summer 2025

If you're in need of ideas for your next book club selection, we can help! Our quarterly lists are filled with engaging titles sure to spark discussion. Each title is available in various formats so you can read the way you want to; just click the author's name to see the full list of options. Happy reading!

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  • Accordion Eulogies

    a Memoir of Music, Migration, and Mexico

    Álvarez, Noé,
    "Searching, propulsive, and deeply spiritual, Accordion Eulogies is an odyssey to repair a severed family lineage, told through the surprising history of a musical instrument."
    Book, 2024New York : Catapult, 2024. — 305.8687 ALVAREZ 2024
  • "New York Times bestselling author Xochitl Gonzalez delivers a mesmerizing novel about a first-generation Ivy League student who uncovers the genius work of a female artist decades after her suspicious death."
    Book, 2024New York : Flatiron Books, 2024. — Gonzalez, Xochitl
  • "Capturing the paranoia of the McCarthy era and evoking the changing roles for women in postwar America, The Briar Club is an intimate and thrilling novel of secrets and loyalty put to the test."
    Book, 2024New York, NY : William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2024]. — QUINN 2024
  • Cultish

    the Language of Fanaticism

    Montell, Amanda,
    "The author of the widely praised Wordslut analyzes the social science of cult influence: how cultish groups from Jonestown and Scientology to SoulCycle and social media gurus use language as the ultimate form of power."
    Book, 2021New York, NY : Harper Wave, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2021]. — 306.44 MONTELL 2021
  • "If you were told you only had a certain amount of time left to live, would you do things differently? Would you try to dodge your destiny? (This) brilliantly constructed tale looks at free will and destiny, grief and love, and the endless struggle…
    Book, 2024New York : Crown, [2024]. — Moriarty, Liane
  • "An emotionally raw memoir about the crumbling of the American Dream and a daughter of refugees who searches for answers after her mother dies during plastic surgery."
    Book, 2024New York : Celadon Books, 2024. — B LIEU LIEU 2024
  • The Other Significant Others

    Reimagining Life With Friendship at the Center

    Cohen, Rhaina,
    "In her first book, The Other Significant Others, NPR editor and producer Rhaina Cohen presents an eye-opening exploration of the many ways friendship, in various forms, can enrich and empower lives for the better."
    Book, 2024New York, NY : St. Martin's Press, 2024. — 177.62 COHEN 2024
  • "For fans of Kazuo Ishiguro and Emily St. John Mandel, this 'mind-bending take on time travel' (The New York Times) is about an isolated town neighbored by its own past and future, and a young girl who spots two elderly visitors from across the…
    Book, 2024New York : Atria Books, 2024. — Howard, Scott Ale
  • "From the beloved author of We All Want Impossible Things, a moving, hilarious story of a family summer vacation full of secrets, lunch, and learning to let go."
    Book, 2024New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublisher, [2024]. — NEWMAN 2024
  • "In this 'espionage-laden family epic' (Vanity Fair), an ordinary housewife becomes an unlikely spy -- and her dark secrets will test even the most unbreakable ties."
    Book, 2024New York, NY : Marysue Rucci Books, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc., 2024. — Chan, Vanessa