REQUIRED READING
The Missing Hours
Julia Dahl (f iction, Minotaur Books) NYU freshman Claudia Castro has a trust fund, a famous family, and thousands of Instagram followers. It all looks good on the surface, but underneath, things are not what they seem. When school resumes after spring break and Claudia is missing, her friends, family and followers try to piece together what happened.
The Shaadi Set-up
Lillie Vale (f iction, GP Putnam’s Sons) Rita Chitniss and Milan Rao were high school sweethearts, the perfect couple — that is, until he broke her heart. Six years later, Rita has moved on and has a happy life and a new boyfriend, Neil. When Milan reenters her life — this time, seeking her professional expertise — Rita is dead set she’s made the right choice with Neil. Or has she?
Apples Never Fall
Liane Moriarty (f iction, Henry Holt) Joy Delaney has gone missing — and her husband Stan seems like the most likely suspect. Two of their grown children think he’s probably guilty, two think he’s innocent, and everyone seems to be squaring off against each other in this delicious family drama.
Mellencamp
Paul Rees (nonf iction, Atria Books) The definitive biography of American rock legend John Mellencamp and a look at what shaped him and his music over the past few decades. The tome includes exclusive interviews with friends, family and colleagues.
Historic Houses of Queens
Rob MacKay (nonf iction, Arcadia Publishing) Queens has a rich (if not always well publicized) history. This book contains more than 200 photographs of the borough’s most notable houses, past and present, from large Astoria villas to family farms in Jamaica. If you’re an NYC history buff who loves to ponder what our teeming metropolis looked like before high-rises, this is the book for you.
The Night She Disappeared Lisa Jewell (f iction, Atria Books) One summer night, a young woman and her boyfriend go to a party at a large English estate — and are never seen again. A year later, a woman moves into a cottage at the edge of some nearby woods and is shocked to find a note one day that says, “DIG HERE.”
The Baseball 100
Joe Posnanski (nonf iction, Avid Reader Press) A journey through baseball via the best 100 players of the game, told by an award-winning sportswriter. This one will become an instant classic and a great gift for the sports fan.
Noble Ambitions
Adrian Tinniswood (nonf iction, Basic Books) If you’re still mourning the end of “Downton Abbey,” this book, charting the rise and fall of the English country house, is most definitely the book for you. A lively history of postWorld War II England as told through its grandest estates and ancestral seats.
Cloud Cuckoo Land
Anthony Doerr (f iction, Scribner) This much-anticipated novel from the bestselling author of “All the Light We Cannot See” is an epic, imaginative tale that stretches from 15th century Constantinople to present day Idaho and a spaceship in the future.
A Calling For Charlie Barnes
Joshua Ferris (f iction, Little, Brown) Life isn’t going well for Charlie Barnes. Divorced and walloped by both the Great Recession and a recent cancer scare, nothing is going as he had planned. But suddenly Charlie is granted a second act, with help from his son — and his narrative takes a turn for the better.