REQUIRED READING

I Found My Tribe Ruth Fitzmaurice (memoir, Bloomsbury USA)

Ruth has two “tribes” in her life: One is her children and her husband, Simon, who had ALS and could communicate only with his eyes. The other tribe jokingly called itself the Tragic Wives Swimming Club andd would regu-regularly meet at an Irish cove and throw themselves into freezing cold water. Through swimming and her bonds with these women, she navigates the challenges life throws her way.

The T Hunger Alma Al Katsu (f iction, GP G Putnam’s Sons)

A reimagining of the ill-fated Donner Party but with an eerie supernatural twist. As the Donner family and others in their wagon train make their way through terrain, something is out there that’s determined to stop them in their tracks.

Girls Gi Burn Brighter Br Shobha Sh Rao (f iction, tio Flatiron Books) Bo

Poornima Po and Savitha Sa are two poor po girls who become be friends in their th small Indian village. Through their friendship, the world becomes bigger and alive with possibility, until a horrible crime tears them apart.

Laura L & Emma Kate Greathead (f iction, Simon & Schuster)

The Upper East Side of the 1980s9 is the setting for this charming debut novel about a single mother from an old-money family and her daughter, Emma.

The Climbers Jim Herrington (photography, Mountaineers Books)

For the past two decades, professional photographer Jim Herrington hass been working on this collection of portraits of influential rock and mountain climbers from the 1930s to 1970s, a period now known as the “golden age” of climbing.

Fade F to Black David D Rosenfelt (f iction, Minotaur)

In this sequel to “Blackout,” o policeman Doug Brock is rebuilding his life after having been shot s in the line of duty. When a fellow member of his amnesia support groupoup ap-approaches him for help after finding the scrapbook of a murder victim in his attic, Doug convinces his captain to open the cold case.