REQUIRED READING
Apeirogon
Colum McCann (f iction, Random House)
From the bestselling author of “Let the Great World Spin” comes this novel about two fathers: one Palestinian, one Israeli. When both of their daughters are killed — one by a rubber bullet, the other in a suicide bombing — the fathers come together in their shared grief.
The Antidote for Everything
Kimmery Martin (f iction, Berkley)
Georgia Brown is a urologist, her friend Jonah a family medicine doctor at the same hospital. When the hospital orders its doctors to stop treating transgender patients, Jonah makes a stand and is fired — and Georgia decides to fight alongside him.
Oona Out of Order
Margarita Montimore (f iction, Flatiron)
On New Year’s Eve 1982, Oona is just about to turn 19, her whole life ahead of her. But then she wakes up and she’s . . . 51 and wondering what the hell just happened. As she grapples with this strange new world, she discovers it’s going to happen every New Year’s Eve: She’ll be transported to a different year in her life.
Apartment
Teddy Wayne (f iction, Bloomsbury)
In mid-90s New York, the narrator of “Apartment” is attending an MFA program and subletting a rent-stabilized apartment. He offers the spare bedroom to a classmate from the Midwest who’s struggling just to get by. The two men come from very different backgrounds, but a close friendship forms.
One Minute Out (Gray Man Book 9)
Mark Greaney (f iction, Berkley)
A high-stakes thriller about a human-trafficking ring that stretches from the Balkans all the way to Hollywood. When Court Gentry tries to shut it down, his CIA handlers have other plans: The criminal ringleader has information about a terrorist attack on American soil, and nothing will happen until the CIA has that intel.
Anna K: A Love Story
Jenny Lee (f iction, Flatiron Books)
The 17-year-old Anna K. is at the top of the Manhattan privateschool pecking order. While her friends struggle through the ordinary teenage pitfalls, she always seems above it. That is, until she meets Alexia “Count” Vronsky one fateful night at Grand Central. A fresh, fun spin on the Leo Tolstoy classic “Anna Karenina.”