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Adult Art
The New Artist's Guide to Drawing: Learn How to Draw People, Animals, Landscapes and More the Easy Way - Mark Liam Smith
Adult Fiction
The Wren, the Wren - Anne Enright
A Grandmother Begins the Story - Michelle Porter
Demon Copperhead - Barbara Kingsolver
Adult Reference
The 2025 Old Farmer's Almanac Trade Edition - Old Farmer's Almanac
Arts & Entertainment
I Heard There Was a Secret Chord: Music as Medicine - Daniel J. Levitin
Board Books
Little Witch Cat: Finger Puppet Book - Emily Dove
You're the Pumpkin in My Pie - Laura Gehl
Meet Bluey's Family: A Tabbed Board Book - Penguin Young Readers
Business
Going Infinite: The Rise and Fall of a New Tycoon - Michael Lewis
Cookbooks
The Weekday Vegetarians Get Simple: Strategies and So-Good Recipes to Suit Every Craving and Mood: A Cookbook - Jenny Rosenstrach
Current Events & Politics
Where Tyranny Begins: The Justice Department, the Fbi, and the War on Democracy - David Rohde
At War with Ourselves: My Tour of Duty in the Trump White House - H.R. McMaster
Graphic Novels
Garfield Donut Disturb: His 76th Book - Jim Davis
History
The Russo-Ukrainian War: The Return of History - Serhii Plokhy
Ghosts of Honolulu: A Japanese Spy, a Japanese American Spy Hunter, and the Untold Story of Pearl Harbor - Mark Harmon
Horror
The Edge of Sleep - Jake Emanuel, Willie Block, Jason Gurley
Manga & Adult Graphic Novels
My Neighbor Totoro Film Comic: All-In-One Edition (My Neighbor Totoro: All-In-One Edition - Hayao Miyazaki
Dark Souls: Redemption, Vol. 1 (Manga): Humanity Lost - Julien Blondel
Avengers: Twilight - Chip Zdarsky, Daniel Acuna, Alex Ross
Batman Vol. 1: I Am Gotham (2024 Edition) - Tom King, Ivan Reis, David Finch, Mikel Janin
Middle Readers
A Horse Named Sky - Rosanne Parry
My First Readers
Biscuit Visits the Firehouse (My First I Can Read) - Alyssa Satin Capucilli, Pat Schories
Nothing Scares a Dinosaur: Ready-To-Read Level 1 (Ready-To-Read) - Jonathan Fenske
Mystery & Thriller
12 Months to Live: Jane Smith Has a Year to Live, Unless They Kill Her First (A Jane Smith Thriller #1) - James Patterson, Mike Lupica
Picture Books
Little Fir Tree: Finger Puppet Book - Yu-Hsuan Huang
The Next Scientist: The Unexpected Beginnings and Unwritten Future of the World's Great Scientists - Kate Messner, Julia Kuo
Gingerbread Dreidels - Jane Breskin Zalben, Thai Phuong
Romance
Daydream - Hannah Grace
Truly Madly Magically - Hazel Beck
Long Live Evil - Sarah Rees Brennan
Confounding Oaths - Alexis Hall
Hers for the Weekend - Helena Greer
Haunting Adeline - H.D. Carlton
Science & Nature
Our World in Numbers Dinosaurs & Other Prehistoric Life: An Encyclopedia of Fantastic Facts - DK
Science Fiction & Fantasy
After the Forest - Kell Woods
Social Sciences
The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test - Tom Wolfe, Geoff Dyer
That Librarian: The Fight Against Book Banning in America - Amanda Jones
Young Adult
Sync - Ellen Hopkins
Sunderworld, Vol. I: The Extraordinary Disappointments of Leopold Berry - Ransom Riggs
Overview (Our Top 5 Picks)
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The Old Farmer's Almanac has been making every day special since 1792, and, with the 2025 edition, it continues this tradition in its inimitable fashion. Trusted by generations from all walks of life for its honesty and accuracy, the Almanac delivers fun facts, predictions, feature articles, and advice across many interest areas to readers who actually live--or aspire to live--the country lifestyle, with the intent of helping them to make better decisions. As a calendar of the heavens, it provides detailed daily astronomical data (Sun/Moon rise/set times, length of day), tide times, and planet/star sightings for every sky watcher, from novice to expert. As a calendar of the year, it presents annual and seasonal events, holidays, anniversaries, and timely trivia; astrological "Best Days" and cycles; and much more for the curious and the conscientious. As a time capsule of the year, it contains cultural trends; weather forecasts and conditions; articles on interesting topics such as gardening, home arts and remedies, amusements and contests, history, husbandry, nature, cooking and recipes, folklore, pets, and sports; and more--all in a way that is "useful, with a pleasant degree of humor."
Long recognized as North America's most beloved and best-selling annual, this handy "little yellow book" is often imitated but never equaled. It is an American icon that instills in readers a feeling of being connected to the history of North America and its people.
This paperback classic edition of the 2025 Almanac is distinguished by the hole in the upper left corner so that it can be conveniently hung on a hook or nail in the kitchen, greenhouse, barn--or wherever this indispensable guide will be needed!
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"Amanda Jones started getting death threats, all for standing up for our right to read . . . but she's not stopped fighting against book bans, or stopped advocating for access to diverse stories."-Oprah Winfrey, in a speech at the 2023 National Book Awards
"Amanda Jones clearly outlines how we got here, who's leading this false charge against qualified educators, media specialists, and authors-and most importantly, explores the steps we all must take to make the voice of truth and reason louder than their caterwauling."-Jodi Picoult, #1 New York Times bestselling author
Part memoir, part manifesto, the inspiring story of a Louisiana librarian advocating for inclusivity on the front lines of our vicious culture wars.
One of the things small town librarian Amanda Jones values most about books is how they can affirm a young person's sense of self. So in 2022, when she caught wind of a local public hearing that would discuss "book content," she knew what was at stake. Schools and libraries nationwide have been bombarded by demands for books with LGTBQ+ references, discussions of racism, and more to be purged from the shelves. Amanda would be damned if her community were to ban stories representing minority groups. She spoke out that night at the meeting. Days later, she woke up to a nightmare that is still ongoing.
Amanda Jones has been called a groomer, a pedo, and a porn-pusher; she has faced death threats and attacks from strangers and friends alike. Her decision to support a collection of books with diverse perspectives made her a target for extremists using book banning campaigns-funded by dark money organizations and advanced by hard right politicians-in a crusade to make America more white, straight, and "Christian." But Amanda Jones wouldn't give up without a fight: she sued her harassers for defamation and urged others to join her in the resistance.
Mapping the book banning crisis occurring all across the nation, That Librarian draws the battle lines in the war against equity and inclusion, calling book lovers everywhere to rise in defense of our readers.
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VIRAL BOOKTOK SENSATION AND USA TODAY BESTSELLING AUTHOR!
The Manipulator
I can manipulate the emotions of anyone who lets me.
I will make you hurt, make you cry, make you laugh and sigh.
But my words don't affect him. Especially not when I plead for him to leave.
He's always there, watching and waiting.
And I can never look away.
Not when I want him to come closer.The Shadow
I didn't mean to fall in love.
But now that I have, I can't stay away.
I'm mesmerized by her smile, by her eyes, and the way she moves.
The way she undresses...
I'll keep watching and waiting. Until I can make her mine.
And once she is, I'll never let her go.
Not even when she begs me to.While not required, it is highly suggested to read the novella, Satan's Affair, first.
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WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE - WINNER OF THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION
New York Times Readers' Pick: Top 100 Books of the 21st Century - An Oprah's Book Club Selection - An Instant New York Times Bestseller - An Instant Wall Street Journal Bestseller - A #1 Washington Post Bestseller - A New York Times "Ten Best Books of the Year"
"Demon is a voice for the ages--akin to Huck Finn or Holden Caulfield--only even more resilient." --Beth Macy, author of Dopesick
"May be the best novel of [the year]. . . . Equal parts hilarious and heartbreaking, this is the story of an irrepressible boy nobody wants, but readers will love." --Ron Charles, Washington Post
From the acclaimed author of The Poisonwood Bible and The Bean Trees, a brilliant novel that enthralls, compels, and captures the heart as it evokes a young hero's unforgettable journey to maturity
Set in the mountains of southern Appalachia, Demon Copperhead is the story of a boy born to a teenaged single mother in a single-wide trailer, with no assets beyond his dead father's good looks and copper-colored hair, a caustic wit, and a fierce talent for survival. Relayed in his own unsparing voice, Demon braves the modern perils of foster care, child labor, derelict schools, athletic success, addiction, disastrous loves, and crushing losses. Through all of it, he reckons with his own invisibility in a popular culture where even the superheroes have abandoned rural people in favor of cities.
Many generations ago, Charles Dickens wrote David Copperfield from his experience as a survivor of institutional poverty and its damages to children in his society. Those problems have yet to be solved in ours. Dickens is not a prerequisite for readers of this novel, but he provided its inspiration. In transposing a Victorian epic novel to the contemporary American South, Barbara Kingsolver enlists Dickens' anger and compassion, and above all, his faith in the transformative powers of a good story. Demon Copperhead speaks for a new generation of lost boys, and all those born into beautiful, cursed places they can't imagine leaving behind.
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"Patterson and Lupica make a great team" (Carl Hiaasen) who get "deep into the lives of strong women" (Louise Penny) and Jane Smith is their greatest creation--a badass lawyer with a year to live.
"Jane Smith is the best character we've ever created. Bar none."
--James Patterson and Mike LupicaTough-as-nails criminal defense attorney Jane Smith is hip-deep in the murder trial of the century.
Actually, her charmless client might've committed several murders.
She's also fallen in love with a wonderful guy. And an equally wonderful dog, a mutt.
But Jane doesn't have much time. She's just received a terminal diagnosis giving her twelve months.
Unless she's murdered before her expiration date.
