Blum, Jenna. Stormchasers.

FICTION, LARGE PRINT

A 20-year-old secret resurfaces between twin siblings as a storm of chaos tears through their lives.

Carney, Scott. The Red Market: On the Trail of the World's Organ Donors, Bone Thieves, Blood Farmers, and Child Traffickers.

NONFICTION 364.15 Carney

There's quite a market for illegal organs and body parts around the world—but not all the “donors” are willing!

Chang, Leslie. Factory Girls: From Village to City in a Changing China.

NONFICTION 331.409 Chang

From rural village to teeming city, Chinese girls travel to take low-paying factory jobs that —amazingly—offer a better life.

Cleave, Chris. Little Bee.

FICTION, BOOK ON CD, E-AUDIOBOOK

An act of horrific violence on an African beach haunts a British couple in this story of grief and globalization.

Dee, Jonathan. The Privileges.

FICTION, BOOK ON CD, E-BOOK

A wealthy, entitled family battles its own ethical shortcomings and the numbness that can come through enormous privilege.

Fallada, Hans. Every Man Dies Alone.

FICTION, BOOK ON CD

One couple mounts a courageous resistance against the Nazi regime, despite the futility of their solitary struggle .  

Gavron, Assaf. Almost Dead.

FICTION

As a young Israeli man who survives three terrorist attacks is made into a national symbol, a Palestinian man plots his revenge.

Hobbett, Anastasia. Small Kingdoms.

FICTION

In Kuwait between the two Gulf Wars, five people navigate their differences as they help a young girl.

Kostova, Elizabeth. Swan Thieves.

FICTION, CD BOOK, E-BOOK

A psychiatrist must delve into a troubled artist's past to uncover the hidden depths of his madness.

LaPlante, Alice. Turn of Mind.
FICTION

An incredibly intelligent woman, battling dementia, must also face the unhappy knowledge that she may have killed her best friend—and cannot remember.

Larson, Erik. In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin.

BIOGRAPHY, E-BOOK

An American family witnesses the dangerous rise of Hitler's Third Reich in Berlin.

Leavitt, Caroline. Pictures of You.

FICTION

Two women, one car crash—one survives, and finds herself drawn to the dead woman's widower and son.

Mitchell, David. The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet

FICTION, BOOK ON CD, E-BOOK

A Dutch merchant and a Japanese midwife fall in love, despite insurmountable odds and cultural differences.

Moore, Wes. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates.

NONFICTION 975.2 MOORE

Two boys with the same name grow up in the same neighborhood, but their lives could not be more different. What can explain such divergent lives?

Niffenegger, Audrey. Her Fearful Symmetry.

FICTION, LARGE PRINT, CD BOOK

Life and death twist together with obsession as two sisters struggle with a suffocating emotional bond.

Orenstein, Peggy. Cinderella Ate My Daughter: Dispatches from the Frontlines of the New Girlie-Girl Culture.

NONFICTION 305.23 ORENSTEIN

Examine the “pink” culture of femininity which goes after our daughters at an early age—and might be destroying their sense of worth.

Robbins, Alexandra. The Geeks Shall Inherit the Earth: Popularity, Quirk Theory, and Why Outsiders Thrive After High School.

NONFICTION 303.3 ROBBINS, E-BOOK

In the “real world”, there is a place for those who felt they would never survive the cruelty of a clique. Geek culture comes into its own!

Rock, Peter. My Abandonment.

FICTION

A father balks at the restrictions of modern society and takes his daughter to live “off the grid”—but does father know best?

Shriver, Lionel. So Much for That.

FICTION

A couple on the cusp of retirement learns just how costly life and death can be.

Simonson, Helen. Major Pettigrew's Last Stand.

FICTION, LARGE PRINT, CD BOOK, E-BOOK

A mutual love of literature brings together a retired Major and a Pakistani widow, to the surprise of their traditional British village.

Skyhorse, Brandon. The Madonnas of Echo Park.

FICTION

The tragic death of one Mexican girl ties together the lives of several people, struggling to form their American identity.

Steinberg, Avi. Running the Books: The Adventures of an Accidental Prison Librarian.

BIOGRAPHY, E-AUDIOBOOK

Libraries and prisons—an interesting mix, and one that gives an unexpected chance at redemption.

Verghese, Abraham. Cutting for Stone.

FICTION, CD BOOK, E-AUDIOBOOK, E-BOOK

From India to Ethiopia and finally New York, twin brothers struggle with their linked destinies.

Watson, S.J. Before I Go To Sleep.

FICTION, E-BOOK

“Don't trust Ben.” This is the note an amnesiac woman has written to herself about her husband...But with her amnesia, can she be trusted?

Wickenden, Dorothy. Nothing Daunted: The Unexpected Education of Two Society Girls in the West.

NONFICTION 920.009 WICKENDE

Teaching grade school is no easy task in 1917 Colorado, as two genteel ladies soon find out.

Wilkerson, Isabel. The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration.

NONFICTION 304.809 WILKERSO, CD BOOK, E-BOOK

Examine the “Great Migration” of African Americans who flee the terror of Jim Crow in the South during the first half of the 20th century.

Wilson, Daniel. Robopocalypse.

FICTION, E-BOOK

In an utterly-believable not-too-distant future, robots have made life much easier, at least until they decide to wipe out the human race.