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Fiction A to Z September 2026 |
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Our 2026 On The Same Page selection is Happy Land by Dolen Perkins-Valdez. From Sept. 21-Oct. 18 all Forsyth County Public Library branches will host discussions, events, and activities highlighting the book and its themes. Review the full schedule of On The Same Page events, information about the book, and more on forsythlibrary.org. |
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Under the Falls by Richard RussoWhen Tyler Sinclair left Stone Mountain at eighteen, he had no plans of returning. With only a duffel bag full of clothes, a few bucks stolen from his father's dresser, and a guitar, his most prized possession, Tyler disappeared without so much as a goodbye. Eighteen years later, Tyler, now the frontman of a famous band aptly named Stone Mountain, finds himself returning to his hometown -- but he quickly learns that, for many people on Stone Mountain, the past does not feel like so long ago, and not everyone has been eagerly awaiting his return. |
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Travis is Death in the modern world. His job is to offer people comfort in their final hours of life. Each death he witnesses is meaningful to him; he respects the cycle. Then he meets Dalia, a midwife, and her boisterous eight-year-old daughter Layla, who live across the hall. As Dalia and Layla come to embrace Travis, he finds it more and more difficult to maintain the detachment that's allowed him to function for so long. Their time together teaches him what's truly important in life--and what might be irrevocably lost in death. |
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Fabulous Bodies by Chuck TinglePoppy Stringer was born to be a star. An aspiring fashion influencer by day, Poppy moonlights as a grave robber to make ends meet, wheeling and dealing dead bodies across Palm Springs. When her hero, the flamboyant, piano-slamming rockstar Eddie Michaels, unexpectedly dies, Poppy gets a call to retrieve his body from the medical examiner's office for a lucrative sum. It could be the last job she'll ever need--if everything goes to plan. But the night's delivery quickly veers off course when Eddie wakes up. Now Poppy must fight for her life if she hopes to survive this blood-soaked joyride of carnage and extravagant entertainment. |
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The Great Wherever by Shannon SandersUnderpaid 32-year-old Aubrey Lamb is still mourning her father when her boyfriend breaks up with her. Learning that she's inherited her dad's stake in a large Tennessee farm, she leaves D.C. to meet her three cousin co-owners, who explain their relative was one of the state's first Black landowners. Meanwhile, their ghostly ancestors watch, gossip, and discuss it all in this sweeping, witty, and moving debut. Read-alikes: Honorée Fanonne Jeffers's The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois; John Vercher's Devil Is Fine.
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| A Tender Age by Chang-Rae LeeGrowing up in 1970s New York State, Korean American Jeon-Gi and the other kids around his apartment complex are left to their own devices. His working-class immigrant parents dote on him, but an encounter with bullies finds him in trouble when he's ten. Sent to a Christian summer camp, he must adapt once again. As an adult looking back, Jeon-Gi ponders identity, choices, and childhood in this pensive, thought-provoking novel. Try this next: Edward Burns' A Kid from Marlboro Road. |
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The Birthing Tree by Amanda PetersRaised by her grandmother Kiju in a Mi’kmaq community in Nova Scotia, Aliet grows up surrounded by traditional healing practices and the legacy of the sacred tree where her mother died giving birth to her. But love, loss, and tragedy eventually lead Aliet toward modern medicine and away from home. When Kiju dies, she returns to find both the family house and the community she remembers transformed. Spanning decades, The Birthing Tree is a tender novel about grief, identity, inheritance, and the enduring ties among family, land, and healing. |
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After taking shelter from gunfire at a Miami mall, Haitian American real estate agent Magnolia returns home physically safe but profoundly changed. Keeping the trauma secret, she begins reassessing her closest relationships and her complicated family history. As Magnolia confronts the losses of that day and those her family has endured in Haiti, she must consider what home truly means, and whether it is defined by where we begin, where we end, or the people we carry with us. |
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| Should the Waters Take Us by Stephanie SoileauThis evocative debut novel traces a family across generations, but centers on a contemporary Louisiana bayou group. Struggling Boy Broussard raises the 12-year-old daughter he never knew after her mom takes an offshore oil job. His dying aunt wants to leave him land, but her retired oilman husband may thwart her. Meanwhile, a new priest from the Niger Delta adjusts to the insular community even as an offshore oil explosion and a hurricane threaten them all. For fans of: Jesmyn Ward. |
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The Intrigue by Silvia Moreno-GarciaHandsome con artist Ulises has long charmed lonely women via letters to steal their money. Ulises knows his looks won't last forever, and he's desperate to get his hands on a real fortune. He thinks he's found it when he captivates his newest correspondent, Perla, the owner of a small-town boardinghouse in picturesque Veracruz. When her niece, Inés, discovers Ulises' true intentions, she wants in on the scheme. But Perla is not the desperate, silly spinster Ulises imagines. And although Ulises does not believe in true romance, Inés is more alluring than he bargained on. Suddenly, a simple plan may become perilously complicated.
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Three years after impulsively marrying charming landscaper Luca, Emery Finch has let her top-secret research consume their life together. When a tragic accident takes Luca from her, she breaks every rule to bring him back. Her experiment succeeds, but Luca remembers nothing of Emery or the love they shared. Given one extraordinary second chance, Emery must rebuild their relationship from the beginning and prove that true love may be worth reviving. |
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Contact your librarian for more great books!
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Forsyth County Public Library
660 W. Fifth St., Winston-Salem, NC 27101
336-703-2665forsythlibrary.org |
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