REQUIRED READING

Auntie Poldi and the Sicilian Lions

Mario Giordano (f iction, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt) Sixtysomething Auntie Poldi doesn’t quite get the calm retirement she was anticipating in Sicily; when her handsome handyman goes missing and is later found murdered, she starts asking questions,, morphing from sassy retiree to amateur sleuth.

Panorama

Steve Kistulentz (f iction, Little, Brown) On New Year’s Day, an airplane has crashed in Dallas, killing everyone on board. Cable-news pundit Richard MacMurray learns that his sister Mary Beth was on board, leaving behind her 6-year-old son. Richard is the boy’s only living relative, and he travels across the country to bring him home and start a new and unexpected chapter of life.

Moving Walls: The Barracks of America’s Concentration Camps

Sharon Yamato; photographs by Stan Honda (nonfiction, S. Yamato) A newly updated book with photographs from thehe acclaimed photogra-photographer Stan Honda, who took some of the most famous photos of the 9/11 attacks. This book focuses on the barracks of the Heart Mountain Relocation Center in Wyoming, where 14,000 Japanese-Americans were incarcerated during WWII. After the war, the government sold the flimsy barracks for $1 a piece to homesteaders, some of whom still live there.

Speak No Evil

Uzodinma Iweala (f iction, Harper) Niru attends a fancy private school in DC and is Harvard-bound in the fall. But he is gay — which is unforgivable to his strict Nigerian parents. The only one who understands him is his best friend Meredith. As the two try to finish the school year without incident, a tragedy occurs.

The Terminal List

Jack Carr (f iction, Atria) A Navy SEAL discovers the US government was behind the deaths of his entire team when they stumbled into an ambush. On the day of his homecoming, his family members are murdered. Now he’s got one mission: to avenge the deaths of his team and his family.

Brain Food: The Surprising Science of Eating for Cognitive Power

Lisa Mosconi (nonfiction, Avery) If you’ve ever suspected you could be giving your brain better food for thought, this is the book to pick up. With detailed lists of foods to eat (and what to avoid) to boost cognitive function, banish “brain fog” and improve memory.