Several of the Three Pines titles are on sale right now, including the first three in the series. The first installment in Penny’s Inspector Gamache mysteries, Still Life introduces Chief Inspector Armand Gamache as he investigates a murder in the small town of Three Pines, Quebec. Three Pines is the kind of place where people don’t even lock their doors. Serene small town life is disrupted when a beloved local woman is found in the woods with an arrow shot through her heart. The locals believe it must be a hunting accident, but the police inspector senses something is off. The story is constructed as a classic whodunit but it feels like anything but, with its deliberate pacing, dry wit, and lyrical writing. I love this series in any format, but the audiobooks are especially entertaining. Whispersync narration available. More info →

I loved this book and still implement a few of my big takeaways on a daily basis. Cuddy is best known for her advocation of "power posing": her belief that our posture literally changes who we are. In this longer treatment she unpacks what it means to be truly present in life, and how we can all achieve greater presence in our own lives. More info →

This was a blast! I'm so glad our What Should I Read Next patreon community gave me the push I needed to finally read this. As You Wish is very much a celebration of The Princess Bride, as I expected. But even more than that, it’s a celebration of the creative process, and what that process specifically looked like in the making of this one particular film. In the particular is found the universal; the universal themes that grabbed me in this story were the challenge to pull off something that many said could never be done (in this case, to adapt William Goldman’s novel to the screen), the timeless struggle of the creator to make something great, and the joy that comes with the stars exactly aligning to bring the right people to the right place at the right time to make something special. Of course now I need to watch the movie again. More info →

Like so many readers, this was my first Emily Giffin novel. It's a good place to start. From Booklist: "Chick lit is already a crowded genre, but Giffin's compelling debut truly stands out. It is as much about the meaning and value of friendship as it is about love, and it takes some risky chances that pay off." More info →

Ari and Dante are both loners when they meet at a swimming pool and Dante offers to teach Ari how to swim. From there, a tentative friendship begins. When a friend recommended this YA novel about an unlikely friendship between two Mexican-American teenage boys, I thought about adding it to my To Be Read stack. But when I found out Lin-Manuel Miranda narrates, I downloaded the audiobook immediately. Whispersync narration available. More info →

For those of you who like to know my husband Will's reading recs: this one's for you. McConaghy's U.S. debut is set in the near future, when most wildlife has become extinct. Franny Stone arrives in Greenland to follow the last Arctic terns on their likely final migration to Antarctica. She finagles a spot on a fishing boat and develops a found family with the oddball crew. As they set sail, Franny learns there’s no hiding from her past—including a love affair and a crime. The story alternates between her quest and her history, exploring climate change, redemption, and the persistence of hope. More info →

An address book provides a window to the past in this touching novel. Doris is a 96-year-old woman still living on her own in her Stockholm apartment. Aside from her caregivers, her primary source of socialization is her weekly Skype calls with her grandniece Jenny. With the help of the address book where she’s faithfully documented memories of her loved ones over the years, Doris reminisces about her time working as a maid in Sweden, modeling in Paris, and moving to the US before WWII. Translated from the Swedish by Alice Menzies. More info →

Dominic Salt and his three children live on Shearwater Island, not far from Antarctica. He tends to the world's largest seabank, which used to teem with researchers. Now only the Salts remain despite the rising sea levels. When a woman almost drowns while trying to reach the island by boat, Dominic's teenage daughter rescues her and drags her ashore. As the woman gets to know the family and gains insight into the secrets they’re keeping, she’s hiding a secret mission of her own. A brooding, character-driven, page-turning read. More info →

From the publisher: "Annis, sold south by the white enslaver who fathered her, is the reader's guide. As she struggles through the miles-long march, Annis turns inward, seeking comfort from memories of her mother and stories of her African warrior grandmother. Throughout, she opens herself to a world beyond this world, one teeming with spirits: of earth and water, of myth and history; spirits who nurture and give, and those who manipulate and take. While Annis leads readers through the descent, hers is ultimately a story of rebirth and reclamation." More info →

From the publisher: "Tilda Finch is a successful businesswoman, a mother to two wonderful adult daughters, and besides an unexpected divorce, she’s living a relatively happy life. Until she wakes up one morning and her finger seems to have disappeared. She thinks back to the kombucha she drank the night before—perhaps it was spiked? Studying herself in the mirror, she discovers one of her ears has also disappeared! She rushes to the doctor, who after a multitude of tests says she's sorry to inform her that she has invisibility, a disorder that affects millions of women worldwide, mostly after the age of forty—she is disappearing, and there is no cure. Tilda isn't overly surprised. She's felt invisible for years. But after attending a support group for women like her and seeing how resigned they are to simply fading away, she thinks there must be a better way. Hesitant, she seeks out a controversial therapist who compels her to realize that she can't expect the world to see her if she can’t first see herself. And the new man she meets, who she thinks is blind to her faults, might just see her more clearly than anyone has ever before. Because if we can get the voices in our heads to stop being so critical and be more compassionate, we might realize how wonderful we truly are." More info →