REQUIRED READING

Pets of Park Avenue

Stefanie London (f iction, HQN Books) Scout Myers is desperate to prove herself at Paws in the City, the talent agency where she works. When the perfect pup is suddenly needed as a last-minute stand-in for a photo shoot, she knows the best dog for the job — it just happens to belong to her ex husband.

The World Almanac and Book of Facts 2023

Sarah Janssen (nonf iction, World Almanac) If facts are your jam, look no further than the latest edition of America’s most famous and bestselling reference book, with more than 83 million copies sold.

Stella Maris

Cormac McCarthy (fiction, Knopf) In 1972 in Black River Falls, Wisconsin, a woman named Alice admits herself to the hospital. A doctoral candidate in Mathematics at the University of Chicago, she has been diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia. Told entirely through transcripts of her psychiatry sessions.

A Hard Day for a Hangover

Darynda Jones (f iction, St. Martin’s) Sheriff Sunshine Vicram has her hands full these days, including drama with a man, a fab-yet-rebellious daughter — and a string of missing women, a situation she feels powerless to stop.

The Color Storm

Damian Dibben (f iction, Hanover Square Press) In Renaissance Venice, artist Zorzo has just won a big commission. He must paint the portrait of Sybille, the wife of the richest man in Venice. But while he attempts to curry favor with the merchant, he’s drawn into a world of drama, and he’s no longer sure if there’s anyone he can trust.

Elizabeth Taylor: The Grit and Glamour of an Icon

Kate Andersen Brower (nonf iction, Harper) The first-ever authorized biography of the Hollywood icon, told through Taylor’s unpublished letters, diary entries and off-the-record interview transcripts as well as extensive in

terviews with her friends and family.