Anxious People

Anxious PeopleAn instant #1 New York Times bestseller, the new novel from the author of A Man Called Ove is a "quirky, big hearted novel. Wry, wise and often laugh out loud funny, it's a wholly original story that delivers pure pleasure" (People). Looking at real estate isn't usually a life or death situation, but an apartment open house becomes just that when a failed bank robber bursts in and takes a group of strangers hostage. The captives include a recently

and one commitment phobic woman

the killer has a lethal vow of his own to fulfill

"A captivating retelling of The Iliad and events leading up to it through the point of view of Patroclus: it's a hard book to put down

In Braiding Sweetgrass

He has twice been a finalist for the LA Times Book Prize

And after her pickled cucumber debacle at lunch

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and cold weather

counting the days until graduation

an unexpectedly twisty literary adventure that examines the complicated nature of friendship and shows us that words can be the most treacherous weapons of all

Chasing down leads brings Elise to Roosevelt Island

a collection of maps featuring original artwork from illustrator and cartographer Jonathan Roberts