How to Read a Book is an unsparingly honest and profoundly hopeful story about letting go of guilt, seizing second chances, and the power of books to change our lives. Monica Wood illuminates the decisions that define a life and the kindnesses that make life worth living.

Kate Quinn’s “The Briar Club” is a haunting and powerful story of female friendships and secrets in a Washington, D.C. boardinghouse during the McCarthy era.