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Adult Services Staff Picks May 2025 |
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Between Two Moons
by Aisha Abdel Gawad
Recommended by: Laura M.
Twin sisters living in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn prepare to celebrate their first summer after graduating high school, but their teenage revelry is disrupted by their older brother's return from prison and an act of violence in the local Arab community.
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Conclave
by Robert Harris
Recommended by: Lori
Following the sudden death of the Pope, cardinals from around the world gather in the Vatican to cast their votes for the new pontiff, but factions quickly form in what develops into a contentious convention.
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The Float Test
by Lynn Steger Strong
Recommended by: Laura S.
The Kenner siblings are at odds. Jenn is a harried mom struggling under the weight of family obligations. Fred is a novelist who can’t write, maybe because she’s lost faith in storytelling itself. Jude is a recovering corporate lawyer with her own story to tell, and a grudge against her former favorite sister, Fred. George, the baby, is estranged from his wife and harboring both a secret about his former employer and an ill-advised crush on one of his sisters’ friends. Gathered after a major loss, each sibling needs the others more than ever—if only they could trust each other. Over the course of a sweltering Florida summer, the Kenner siblings will revisit what it means to be a family.
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Miss Austen
by Gill Hornby
Recommended by: Sarah V.
Cassandra Austen hunts down a trove of letters written by her deceased sister, Jane, and confronts the buried secrets they hold, secrets not only about Jane but also about Cassandra herself.
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Playworld
by Adam Ross
Recommended by: Anna Jayne
Fourteen-year-old Griffin Hurt is overwhelmed by playing Peter Proton on the hit TV show The Nuclear Family and by Boyd Prep, but rather than vent to his family's shrink, he confesses everything to his parents' friend Naomi Shah, who falls in love with him.
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The Pull of the Stars
by Emma Donoghue
Recommended by: Joanna
A novel set in 1918 Dublin offers a three-day look at a maternity ward during the height of the Great Flu pandemic.
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Wild Dark Shore
by Charlotte McConaghy
Recommended by: Brandee
On a remote island near Antarctica, the Salt family's fragile existence is upended by the arrival of Rowan, a mysterious woman who washes ashore during a storm, forcing them to confront rising dangers and the hope of rebuilding trust amidst isolation and loss.
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Careless People: A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism
by Sarah Wynn-Williams
Recommended by: Sarah R.
An insider account charting one woman's career at the heart of one of the most influential companies on the planet, Careless People gives you a front-row seat to Facebook, the decisions that have shaped world events in recent decades, and the people who made them.
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The House of My Mother: A Daughter's Quest for Freedom
by Shari Franke
Recommended by: Grace
Exposes the hidden abuse the author endured from her mother, Ruby Franke, behind the scenes of the popular 8 Passengers YouTube channel, detailing Ruby's strict control, influence from relationship coach Jodi Hildebrandt, and Shari's path to healing after her mother's 2023 arrest for child abuse.
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