Girls! Get inspired and read about 29 wildly different ladies throughout history and across the globe who raised their voices and changed the world. Pénélope’s beautiful drawings and hilarious storytelling will leave you invigorated to follow your dreams and eager to rise while lifting others.

Recommended by Charlotte

George Takei gives a firsthand account of his four year old self as he finds his own birth country is at war with his parent’s. When his entire family is forced from their homes into an uncertain future, what can one person do? This graphic memoir reveals important lessons about the WWII Japanese American Incarceration that still can be learned today.

Recommended by Charlotte

The Signature of All Things is a hard science fiction that beautifully captures the life of Alma Whittaker, a brilliant botanist born in the Age of Enlightenment. This story is filled with twists and turns and well written characters from sea captains to eccentric missionaries. Reading this book opens your mind to the beauty of science from bioluminescent plankton swirling in the ocean to the slow creep of moss in your own backyard.

Recommended by Charlotte

This fast-paced thriller flies by as it describes the high-pressure game of white elephant played at a flailing real estate agency, with plenty of twists and turns and flashbacks to keep you guessing right up until the end. Told from the points of view of the husband and wife head agents and a visiting young pop star who is being shown a house and unwittingly walks into this holiday game which has turned deadly. Snack on this book while the cookies bake.

Recommended by Pam.

The Witch Boy is an exciting and beautiful drawn graphic novel about Aster and his family of witches and shapeshifters. Aster deals with being different from all the other boys in his family and finds out they have been keeping a secret about someone that was just like him…different. This graphic novel is a fast read but will leave you grabbing the next book in its series.

Reviewed by Charlotte

This epic story filled with the Greek myths and legends we all know is about the transformation and growth of Circe, the witch of the Aeaea. Attacked on all sides by humans and immortals alike, find out how her cleverness and determination help her to overcome her banishment. Readers will be taken on an inspiring adventure that will be sure to make them feel invigorated and powerful.

-Reviewed by Charlotte

Engaging characters set off to follow the mysterious clues of the will of an elderly, wealthy eccentric for a chance at winning the grand prize. Young grief and loss, family guilt, secrets, and hilarity are featured throughout. Plus: ghosts!

This one is like a Westing Game for adults or a Ready Player One for our times, and set in the greater Boston area, there’s sure to be some sights and places that you recognize.

Recommended by Pam.

This is the newest thriller from a writer who knows how to write a good thriller. Rowan Caine responds to an ad for a nanny, and what looks like an ideal job (good pay, nice family, beautiful house) turns out to be anything but. This psychological thriller is compulsively readable and keeps the reader guessing until the end.

Recommended by Terri.

Before Rainbow Rowell was a renowned Teen Fiction phenom, she published this debut romance that will not disappoint her many adult fans.

This delightful book is told from the emails of two female friends and coworkers, which are flagged by the IT’s system and reviewed by an IT worker who soon learns more than he should and develops feelings for the single one of the two. Alternating between our IT worker’s point of view and the hilarious email exchanges of our workplace besties, this book is so much fun, while not shying away from some more serious complications.

We’ve been passing this one around amongst ourselves, and thought we shouldn’t wait too long to share it with you. This book now comes recommended by Pam, Bri, Erica, and Anna. So far.

This novel centers around two neighboring families in a suburban town and how their relationship changes with one act of violence that destroys lives and reverberates over many years, Francis Gleason and Brian Stanhope are two rookie cops who happen to live next door to each other. Although they trained together,they don’t really bond as neighbors, as each family has hidden problems. This novel explores the intimacies of marriage and the power of forgiveness. 

ASK AGAIN,YES is a great book club pick!

Recommended by Terri.