Wayward

WaywardBy: Dana Spiotta A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR A furious and addictive new novel (The New York Times) about mothers and daughters, and one woman's midlife reckoning as she flees her suburban life. Exhilarating reads like a burning fever dream. A virtuosic, singular and very funny portrait of a woman seeking sanity and purpose in a world gone mad. The New York Times Book Review Samantha Raymond's life has begun to come apart: her mother is

When the Communist Party recruits girls for a mysterious duty in the capital

when science replaced mysticism as a means of explaining the workings of the world

relaxed time of life

Her spirited determination to find joy and hope in even the most difficult circumstances imaginable will “break your heart and then put it back together again” (Jenna Bush Hager on The Today Show) even as Adunni shows us how one courageous young girl can inspire us all to reach for our dreams…and maybe even change the world

His ancestors had built a highly profitable

Quantum computers promise unprecedented gains in computing power

Examining the morally ambiguous

Shawn Harris creates a modern classic made for sharing—be it at bedtime or on a story time rug

author of American Lion and Thomas Jefferson

Dog Man is down on his luck

Join a group of smart and resourceful junior sleuths as they solve a series of page-turning puzzles and mysteries

a local lawman