By Julia Claiborne Johnson

Hired to assist a famed reclusive writer trying to recapture her lost fortunes by completing a new manuscript, Alice Whitley becomes obsessed with identifying the paternity of her employer's precocious young son.

By Lisa Scottoline

From the New York Times – Bestselling writing team comes a hilarious new collection of essays that observe life from a mother/daughter perspective.

By Jenny Colgan
Recommended By Stacey Mencher, Technology and Applications Manager

A “literary matchmaker” who takes joy in pairing readers with perfect books moves from the city to a sleepy village where she becomes a bookmobile driver and rediscovers her sense of adventure while searching for a happy ending of her own.

By Trevor Noah
Recommended By Stacey Mencher, Technology and Applications Manager, Sonia Grgas, Reference Librarian

The host of The Daily Show With Trevor Noah traces his wild coming of age during the twilight of apartheid in South Africa and the tumultuous days of freedom that followed, offering insight into the farcical aspects of the political and social systems of today's world.

By David Sedaris
Recommended By Sonia Grgas, Reference Librarian

A latest collection of personal essays by the best-selling author of Let's Explore Diabetes With Owls and Me Talk Pretty One Day shares even more revealing and intimate memories from his upbringing and family life.

By Roz Chast
Recommended By Sue Ann R., Head of Children's Services
With Stacey Mencher, Readers' Services Librarian

Monday, September 28, 2015. 7 PM.

2014 National Book Critics Circle Award Winner

A graphic memoir by a long-time New Yorker cartoonist celebrates the final years of her aging parents' lives through four– color cartoons, family photos and documents that reflect the artist's struggles with caregiver challenges.

By Bunmi Laditan
Recommended By Jackie, Head of Readers' Services

After leaving her career to become a stay-at-home-mom, Ashley Keller tries to improve her parenting skills by joining a boot camp called "Motherhood Better" run by her idol, the head of a Pinterest-perfect mommy blog empire, to hilariously awkward results.

By Jeffrey Brown

In this comic reimagining, Darth Vader is a dad like any other – except with all the baggage of being the Dark Lord of the Sith.

By Saralee Rosenberg

In Mindy's yoga-obsessed, thirty-is-the-new-wife neighborhood, every day is a battle between Dunkin' Donuts, her jaws-of-life jeans, and Beth Diamond, the self-absorbed sancti-mommy next door who looks sixteen from the back.

By Gail Honeyman
Recommended By Meghan F., Children's Services Librarian , Sue Ann R., Head of Children's Services, Jackie, Head of Readers' Services, Evelyn Hershkowitz, Readers' Services Librarian
With Jackie Ranaldo, Head of Readers' Services

Tuesday, July 10, 2018. 7:30 PM.

A socially awkward, routine–oriented loner teams up with a bumbling IT guy from her office to assist an elderly accident victim, forging a friendship that saves all three from lives of isolation and secret unhappiness.

By Linda Holmes
Recommended By Evelyn Hershkowitz, Readers' Services Librarian

Young widow Evvie Drake and major league pitcher Dean Tenney, who has lost his game and needs a chance to reset his life, form an unlikely relationship when Dean moves into an apartment at the back of Evvie's house.

By Robert Dugoni
Recommended By Evelyn Hershkowitz, Readers' Services Librarian, Lisa H., Readers' Services Librarian, Isabel Zinman, Readers' Services Librarian

Born with ocular albinism, small-town eye doctor Sam Hill, who was called “Devil Boy” in his youth, must finally face a past tragedy that caused him to turn his back on his friends, his hometown and the life he’d always known—a journey that makes him realize what truly matters.

By Mary Kay Andrews

Reluctantly accepting help to refurbish a recently inherited Georgia family home after losing her public relations job, Dempsey Jo Killebrew is quickly overwhelmed by the enormity of the task, which is further hampered by a cantankerous squatter.

By Jenny Lawson

The popular blogger presents a humorous and candid memoir about her lifelong battle with severe depression and anxiety, discussing how embracing both the flawed and the beautiful parts of life have enabled her to find joy in outrageous ways.

By Dave Nasser

The funny and heartwarming story of one couple's unexpected life with the 'runt of the litter' puppy who grew to be the largest dog in the world...in fact ever.

By Roz Chast

An uproarious graphic–novel tribute to Manhattan that reflects on the culture clash between her rural–raised children and herself, sharing zany and occasionally practical advice on subjects ranging from sidewalk gum wads to navigating honeycombed grids.

By Mary Ann Shaffer

As London is emerging from the shadow of World War II, writer Juliet Ashton discovers her next subject in a book club on Guernsey - a club born as a spur-of-the-moment alibi after its members are discovered breaking curfew by the Germans occupying their island.

By Katherine Center
With Evelyn Hershkowitz, Readers' Services Librarian

Tuesday, June 25, 2019. 1:30 PM.

When an accident on what was supposed to be the happiest day of her life lands her in the hospital with a very uncertain future, Margaret struggles to come to terms with family secrets, heartbreak, and starting over before discovering love in an unexpected place.

By Brandon Stanton
Recommended By Stacey Mencher, Technology and Applications Manager

In this photographic census of New York City, which is inspired by the blog of the same name, the author showcases 400 color photos, including exclusive portraits and all–new stories that capture the outsized personalities of New York and pay tribute to the human side of a great city.

By Sophie Kinsella
Recommended By Donna Burger, Readers' Services Librarian

Struggling to hold her late father's business together in spite of her less-motivated siblings, Fixie Farr cashes in an IOU from a handsome stranger to find employment for her childhood crush.

By Anthony Youn
Recommended By Jackie, Head of Readers' Services

The celebrity cosmetic surgery blogger describes his misfit youth as a nerdy Korean-American student with a misshapen jaw whose life–changing surgery led him to become a successful plastic surgeon.

By Mindy Kaling
Recommended By Amy B., Children's Librarian

“Kaling shares her observations, fears, and opinions about a wide-ranging list of the topics she thinks about the most. From her favorite types of guys to life in the "The Office" writers' room, her book is full of personal stories and laugh-out-loud philosophies (From the Publisher).”

By Jenny Lawson
Recommended By Jessikah Chautin, Community Engagement Specialist

In an illustrated memoir, the creator of the Bloggess blog shares humorous stories from her life.

By Fredrik Backman
Recommended By Lisa H., Readers' Services Librarian, Audrey Honigman, Library Clerk
With Lisa Jones, Readers' Services Librarian

Tuesday, November 24, 2015. 1:30 PM.

A curmudgeon hides a terrible personal loss beneath a cranky and short-tempered exterior while clashing with new neighbors, a boisterous family whose chattiness and habits lead to unexpected friendship.

By John Grogan
Recommended By Amy B., Children's Librarian

Follows the life story of an exuberant Labrador retriever who gets into perpetual trouble and experiences a range of inspiring adventures, from shutting down an entire beach to guarding a seventeen–year–old neighbor after a stabbing attack.

By Lisa Scottoline

Presents a collection of essays about womanhood and the bonds between female relatives, discussing such topics as the proper technique for packing dishes, the importance of bringing a coat in the summertime, and the dos and don'ts of dating.

By Elizabeth Strout
Recommended By Jean Buchholtz, Library Clerk

A collection of thirteen linked short stories recounting the experiences of Olive Kitteridge, a retired schoolteacher who witnesses the changes in her town and the world at large.

By Elizabeth Strout
Recommended By Pam Martin, Assistant Library Director

A sequel to Olive Kitteridge finds Olive struggling to understand herself while bonding with a teen suffering from loss, a woman who gives birth unexpectedly, a nurse harboring a longtime crush and a lawyer who resists an unwanted inheritance.

By Katarina Bivald
Recommended By Brenda Cherry, Reference Librarian, Rosemarie Germaine, Senior Library Clerk, Stacey Mencher, Technology and Applications Manager, Sonia Grgas, Reference Librarian

A Swedish tourist opens a bookstore in Broken Wheel, Iowa, to honor her deceased pen pal and makes some unconventional choices that threaten to bring long-hidden secrets to light as she attempts to share her love of reading with the locals.

By Janet Evanovich

Stephanie Plum isn't the best bounty hunter in New Jersey, but she always gets her man. With more luck than talent, her life is full of bail–jumping criminals, car chases, missing persons, and trying to find a decent guy. This humorous, action– packed series is full of high-stakes suspense.

By Gabrielle Zevin
Recommended By Pam Martin, Assistant Library Director, Ed Goldberg, Head of Reference, Jackie, Head of Readers' Services
With Evelyn Hershkowitz, Readers' Services Librarian

Tuesday, January 20, 2015. 1:30 PM.

When his most prized possession, a rare collection of Poe poems, is stolen, bookstore owner A. J. Fikry begins isolating himself from his friends, family and associates before receiving a mysterious package that compels him to remake his life.

By Elizabeth Berg

Making daily visits to the grave of his beloved late wife, Arthur forges unexpected relationships with a nosy neighbor and a troubled teen who dubs him "Truluv" before the trio discovers healing and family together.

By Joshua Ferris
With Ralph Guiteau, Readers' Services Librarian

The remaining employees at an office affected by a business downturn spend their time enjoying secret romances, elaborate pranks, and frequent coffee breaks, while trying to make sense of their only remaining "work," a mysterious pro-bono ad campaign.

By Jonathan Tropper
Recommended By Evelyn Hershkowitz, Readers' Services Librarian, Audrey Honigman, Library Clerk, Amy B., Children's Librarian

Judd Foxman is thrown together with his dysfunctional family when his father dies, while at the same time coping with his wife's infidelity and the end of his marriage.

By Rachel Joyce
Recommended By Audrey Honigman, Library Clerk
With Lisa Caputo, Assistant Library Director

Tuesday, March 19, 2013. 1:30 PM.

Harold Fry is convinced that he must deliver a letter to an old love in order to save her, meeting various characters along the way and reminiscing about the events of his past and people he has known, as he tries to find peace and acceptance.

By Jeffrey Brown

In this irresistibly funny follow-up to the breakout bestseller Darth Vader and Son, Vader–Sith Lord and leader of the Galactic Empire–now faces the trials, joys, and mood swings of raising his daughter Leia as she grows from a sweet little girl into a rebellious teenager.

By Colin Jost
Recommended By Lisa H., Readers' Services Librarian

In a collection of humorous essays, the Saturday Night Live head writer and Weekend Update co–anchor tells the story of his life so far.

By Mindy Kaling
Recommended By Amy B., Children's Librarian

The star of The Mindy Project presents a collection of personal essays, observations, fears, and advice on everything from prisoner fan mail to celebrity interactions.

By Patricia Marx
Recommended By Evelyn Hershkowitz, Readers' Services Librarian

A New Yorker writer presents humorous illustrated tips and rejects time-worn clichés for handling conflict between partners.