Book Recommendations

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Personal Transformation
Atomic Habits

Atomic Habits by James Clear

No matter your goals, Atomic Habits offers a proven framework for improving–every day. James Clear reveals practical strategies that will teach you…

Historical Fiction

The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah

France, 1939 – In the quiet village of Carriveau, Vianne Mauriac says goodbye to her husband, Antoine,…

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Leadership & Motivation
The Motivation Code

The Motivation Code by Todd Henry

What drives us to unleash our best work? And how do we tap into that drive to get superior results with our managers, coworkers, and direct reports? As Todd Henry reveals…

Young Adult
We Were Liars

We Were Liars by E. Lockhart

A beautiful and distinguished family.
A brilliant, damaged girl; a passionate, political boy…
A group of four friends whose friendship turns destructive…

Psychological Thriller
Verity

Verity by Colleen Hoover

Lowen Ashleigh is a struggling writer on the brink of financial ruin when she accepts the job offer of a lifetime.


Psychology

Personality Isn’t Permanent by Benjamin Hardy, PhD

In Personality Isn’t Permanent, Dr. Benjamin Hardy draws on psychological research to demolish the popular misconception that personality…

British Fiction

40 Love by Madeleine Wickham

Everyone wins this game of literary tennis, a comedy of manners about envy in which Wickham skewers the nouveau riche. At their country estate, Patrick Chance…

Literature
Vinegar Girl

Vinegar Girl by Anne Tyler

Kate Battista feels stuck. How did she end up running house and home for her eccentric scientist father and uppity, pretty younger sister Bunny?


Social Media Marketing

Jab, Jab, Jab, Right Hook by Gary Vaynerchuk

New York Times bestselling author and social media expert Gary Vaynerchuk shares hard-won advice on how to connect with customers and beat the competition…

Productivity

Getting Things Done by David Allen

Since it was first published almost fifteen years ago, David Allen’s Getting Things Done has become one of the most influential business books of its era, and…

Memoir

Educated by Tara Westover

Born to survivalists in the mountains of Idaho, Tara Westover was seventeen the first time she set foot in a classroom. Her family was so isolated from mainstream society…

Decision Making

Upstream by Dan Heath

So often in life, we get stuck in a cycle of response. We put out fires. We deal with emergencies. We stay downstream, handling one problem after another, but…

Rom Com

My Not So Perfect Life by Sophie Kinsella

Everywhere Katie Brenner looks, someone else is living the life she longs for, particularly her boss, Demeter Farlowe. Demeter is brilliant and creative, lives with…

Parenting

The Happiest Baby on the Block by Harvey Karp, M.D.

Thousands of parents, from regular moms and dads to Hollywood superstars, have come to baby expert Dr. Harvey Karp to learn his remarkable techniques for…

Women’s Fiction

What Alice Forgot by Liane Moriarty

Alice Love is twenty-nine, crazy about her husband, and pregnant with her first child. So imagine Alice’s surprise when she comes to on the floor…

Suspense

Keep Quiet by Lisa Scottoline

Jake Buckman’s relationship with his sixteen-year-old son Ryan is not an easy one, so at the urging of his loving wife, Pam, Jake goes alone…

Psychological Fiction

Digging to America by Anne Tyler

Two families, who would otherwise never have come together, meet by chance at the Baltimore airport—the Donaldsons,…

YA Fiction

Finding Audrey by Sophie Kinsella

Audrey wears dark glasses all the time, even in the house. She almost never goes out, doesn’t talk to new people, and finds making eye contact…

Contemporary Fiction

Small Great Things by Jodi Picoult

Ruth Jefferson is a labor and delivery nurse at a Connecticut hospital with more than twenty years’ experience. During her shift, Ruth…

Thriller

The Wife by Alafair Burke

When Angela met Jason Powell while catering a dinner party in East Hampton, she assumed their romance would be a short-lived fling, like so many…

Women’s Fiction

See Me by Nicholas Sparks

Colin Hancock is giving his second chance his best shot. With a history of violence and bad decisions behind him and the threat of prison

Women’s Fiction

Leaving Time by Jodi Picoult

Throughout her blockbuster career, Jodi Picoult has seamlessly blended nuanced characters, riveting plots, and rich prose,…

Political Fiction

The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood

In Margaret Atwood’s dystopian future, environmental disasters and declining birthrates have led to a Second American Civil War. The result is the rise of…

Leadership

How to Lead When You’re Not in Charge by Clay Scroggins

Are you letting your lack of authority paralyze you? One of the greatest myths of leadership is that you must be in charge in order to lead…

Literary Fiction

Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng

In Shaker Heights, a placid, progressive suburb of Cleveland, everything is planned—from the layout of the winding roads, to…

Customer Relations

Hug Your Haters by Jay Baer

Eighty percent of companies say they deliver out­standing customer service, but only 8 percent of their customers agree. This book will help you…

Business

The Great Game of Business by Jack Stack

The revised and updated edition of The Great Game of Business lays out an entirely different way of running a company…

Psychology

Drive by Daniel Pink

Most people believe that the best way to motivate is with rewards like money—the carrot-and-stick approach…

Career Development

Born For This by Chris Guillebeau

To the outside observer, it seems like they’ve won the career lottery—that by some stroke of luck or circumstance…