Category Archives: Popular Reading Collection

In this nonfiction title, Goetz takes readers behind the scenes of a marvelous tale of hubris and ambition involving two of history’s greatest men. In 1890, Dr. Robert Koch announced his cure in Berlin for century’s deadliest disease: tuberculosis.  Among … Continue reading →

It may seem like we have all the choices in the world here in the United States, particularly when it comes to the food we purchase and eat.  Christopher Leonard’s new book, however, exposes this consumer choice for what it … Continue reading →

You may recognize that name from the credits of NBC’s hit series The Office.  Novak played Ryan Howard on the show while also serving as a staff writer and producer.  In this collection of stories, Novak reflects on an impressive … Continue reading →

The End was born from Anders Nilsen’s sketchbooks over the course of the year following the death of his fiancée in 2005.  A unique collection of strips about loss, paralysis, coping, and transformation, The End reflects Nilsen’s great struggle to … Continue reading →

For Cath, being a Simon Snow fan is the meaning of life-and she’s rather good at it.  She and her twin sister Wren spent their childhood reading and rereading the series, attending Simon Snow forums, and writing fan fiction; but … Continue reading →

From the Bestselling author of Practical Magic, The Museum of Extraordinary Things, By Alice Hoffman It’s a story about an exhilarating love between two extremely different people in New York during the first decades of the twentieth century.  Coralie Sardie … Continue reading →

In an America plagued by ruthless Internet scam artists, obsessive Florida trivia buff and reluctant serial killer Serge Storms is forced to intervene when a digital plot results in innocent death and a missing young woman.  He embarks on a … Continue reading →

Just in TODAY: The Good Luck of Right Now by Matthew Quick, bestselling author of The Silver Linings Playbook. Bartholomew Neil has lived with his mother for over thirty years.  When she passes away, the sheltered man must learn to … Continue reading →

Featured on the “Books of the Times,” Robert Harris’ An Officer and a Spy is available in the Popular Reading Collection. The novel centers on the infamous Dreyfus Affair-Paris 1895.  Alfred Dreyfus, a young Jewish officer has been convicted of … Continue reading →

From one of the most respected authors and writers of our time, Carthage, by Joyce Carol Oates, examines the human capacity for violence, forgiveness, and love.  After Zeno Mayfield’s daughter goes missing in the wilds of the Adirondacks, an unlikely … Continue reading →