A secret agent is sent to infiltrate a commune of radical eco-activists. 

An interrogation on how and if we can separate the art from the artist. 

An exploration of desire, obsession, and the aftermath of WWII. 

A novel set in 1950s Paris revolving around a young man caught between his desires and conventions. 

A complex play about a Nigerian immigrant navigating life in America with her family. 

An exploration of what art is, what makes good art, and why humans need art. It's also very funny. 

A reflection of Thoreau's time living simply, surrounded by nature at Walden Pond. 

A decades long exploration of sexuality, abortion, friendship and love.  

A meditation on art, love, and femininty as we follow G, an artist who begins to paint upside down. 

A reconstruction of a mother's life and her battle with mental illness. 

A deeply moving novel about a Brooklyn poet seeking to understand what it means to live a life of purpose. 

Nora Ephron's classic transformation of pain into humorous art. 

A fictionalized biography exploring the relationship between madness and reason. 

Trust follows the Rasks, a secretive couple, and their rise to power during the Great Depression. 

The story of a young girl sent to live with foster parents on a farm in rural Ireland.

When X, a polarizing artist, drops dead in her office, her grieving wife sets out to uncover the truth of X. 

A novel narrated by a rebellious nine year old living with her lively grandmother and pregnant mother.

A mother seeking to understand her daughter's estrangement. 

A portrait of how grief and food converge in the wake of a mother's passing. 

Banned in Iran, this novel explores feminism, sexuality, and friendship with care, humor, and ingenuity. 

An anonymous postcard is delivered to the Berest's, including the names of relatives killed in Auschwitz. 

A wedding planner grappling with her absent mother, Puerto Rican roots, and the notion of the American dream. 

A closer look at how animals perceive the world within their own sensory bubbles.

A woman visits her boyfriend's family estate in the English countryside while grappling with her identity.

Janina sets out to investigate the dead bodies turning up around her. 

Imaginative stories, set against the backdrop of climate change and magical worlds. 

A telling of a woman's
torrid love affair and its  aftermath. 

Cassandra, a queer Berkeley grad student is intent on sabotaging her twin sister’s wedding. 

A touching story of two sisters who mother themselves out of a curse. 

A look at the complicated life of Jane Roe, the woman who enabled Americans to gain a right to abortion.

Ginzburg’s Dry Heart explores what drives the narrator to kill her husband.

Vladimir follows a married literature professor who becomes obsessed with an experimental writer. 

Harjo writes about the significance of our ancestors’ stories, and how art and justice intertwine. 

A story of Barnett's dedication towards advancing justice within America’s legal system.

Hooks explores the divisions that cause suffering and the ways in which we can heal a polarized society.

Benjamin Moser captures the complexities of Susan Sontag and the cultural legacy she left behind.

A story of human connection and the nature of living and dying. 

Exploring the entanglement of desire and artistry, a woman invites an artist to use her guesthouse. 

A woman navigating love and life as an interpreter at the International Court in The Hague. 

A collection of poems about the natural world and our collective human experience.

Three women in contemporary Japan fight for futures they can call their own. 

A searching examination of love, grief, and freedom in the wake of Levy’s divorce. 

A memoir about Daniel's transition, pop culture, and theology.

An interwoven tale of 12 people in Britain, spanning various generations and backgrounds.

A teenager grappling with her adolescence and family history. 

Lizzie, a college librarian, weathers a sense of doom and climate disaster amid her everyday life.

Influenced by her move to France, M.F.K. Fisher tells the story of her life through the lens of food.

Exploring what we can learn from nature and the fascinating lives of mosses.

Foer explores the central global dilemma of our time in an urgent new way.

A family’s road trip across America collides with an immigration crisis at the southwestern border.

The love story of Marianne and Connell, two people who try to stay apart but can’t.

Set on the coast of England, three men and three women grapple with the death of a beloved friend, Percival.

A collection of essays about delusion and self-deception amid the cultural context of our lives.

A love story between unlikely friends from completely different worlds, set in 1980s London.