Mr. Lynch’s Holiday by Catherine O’Flynn A sophisticated and touching nov-

el of a father and son recon-

necting in a foreign place. Mr

Lynch's Holiday is about how fami-

lies fracture and heal themselves

and explores how living 'abroad'

can feel less like a holiday and

more like a life sentence.

Belong To Me by Marisa De Los Santos ornelia Brown surprised herself

when she was gripped by the

sudden, inescapable desire to

move with her husband to the

suburbs. Her mettle is quickly

tested by her impeccably

dressed, overly judgmental

neighbor Piper Truitt, as she

forms an instant bond with an-

other recent arrival, a warm yet

elusive woman and her percep-

tive, brilliant young son, Dev. But there are shocking

secrets and unexpected surprises lurking beneath

the peaceful veneer of suburban life—and nothing

is quite what it seems.

P.S. I Love You by Cecelia

Ahern Everyone needs a guardian angel!

Some people wait their whole

lives to find their soul mates. But

not Holly and Gerry. Childhood

sweethearts, they could finish

each other's sentences and even when they fought,

they laughed. No one could imagine Holly and Gerry

without each other. Until the unthinkable happens.

World Without You by Joshua Henkin

The Frankel family is descending

upon their beloved summer home

in the Berkshires. They have gath-

ered to memorialize Leo, the young-

est of the four siblings and an in-

trepid journalist killed in Iraq. Here

this family’s story unfolds, as, over

the course of three days, the

Frankels contend with sibling rivalries and marital

feuds, with volatile women and silent men -- and, ulti-

mately, with the true meaning of family.

An Offer You Can’t Refuse by

Jill Mansel

Nothing could tear Lola and Dougie

apart, except his mother… Ten

years later, though, when Lola

meets Dougie again, her feelings

for him are as strong as ever. But

she broke Dougie’s heart and he’s

about to discover that she was

paid to do it. She can never tell him the truth, so can

she get him back?

We Are Water by Wally Lamb

In middle age, Annie Oh—wife,

mother, and outsider artist—has

shaken her family to its core. After

twenty-seven years of marriage and

three children, Annie has fallen in

love with Viveca, the wealthy, cul-

tured, confident Manhattan art

dealer who orchestrated her professional success.

Me Before You Readalikes

Revised Fundamentals of Caregiving

by Jonathan Evision

After a great loss, a teenager with

muscular dystrophy and his caregiver

venture out in a hair-raising road trip

across the American West, in this

lively, soulful novel that ponders

life's terrible surprises and the

heart's ability to heal.

Get Lucky by Katherine Center

Nothing worthwhile is ever easy.

After a decade away, Sarah is

forced to confront one ghost from

her past after another: the father

she’s lost touch with, the memo-

ries of her mother, the sweet guy

she dumped horribly in high

school. Soon everything that

matters is on the line—and Sarah

can only hope that by changing her life she has changed

her luck, too

Storyteller by Jodi Picoult

Sage Singer becomes friends with an

old man who's particularly beloved in

her community after they strike up a

conversation at the bakery where

she works. Josef Weber is everyone's

favorite retired teacher and Little

League coach. One day he asks Sage

for a favor: to kill him. Shocked, Sage

refuses, but then he tells her he de-

serves to die. Once he reveals his secret, Sage wonders

if he's right.

Out of Warranty

by Haywood Smith

Wanting to remarry when her

health-care costs eat up all of her

money, widow Cassie Jones en-

lists the grudging help of reclusive

fellow patient Jack and devises a

pragmatic but unconventional so-

lution when dating proves unsuc-

cessful.

Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery

Renée Michel is the 54-year-old con-

cierge of a Paris apartment building.

Paloma Josse is a 12-year-old genius

who behaves as everyone expects

her to behave, but she plans to kill

herself on her thirteenth birthday.

Both Renée and Paloma hide their

true talents and finest qualities from

the people around them, until a

wealthy Japanese gentleman moves into building. Only

he sees through them, perceiving the secret that

haunts Renée, winning Paloma's trust, and helping the

two discover their kindred souls.

Rosie Project

by Graeme Simson

A socially awkward genetics profes-

sor who has never been on a second

date sets out to find the perfect

wife, but instead finds Rosie Jarman,

a fiercely independent barmaid who

is on a quest to find her biological

father.

Someone Else’s Love Story

by Joshilyn Jackson

Shandi Pierce is juggling finishing

college, raising her delightful three-

year-old genius son Nathan, and

keeping the peace between her

eternally warring, long-divorced

parents. She's got enough compli-

cations without getting caught in the middle of a stick-

up and falling in love with William Ashe, who willingly

steps between the robber and her son.

Love Letters by Katie Fforde

Laura volunteers to help organize

a literary festival, only to find that

the festival committee thinks she's

a friend of hermit-like author Der-

mot Flynn and dispatches her to

Ireland to get him to the event.

Turns out he's -really crabby...but

cute.

We Never Asked for Wings

by Vanessa Diffenbaugh

How far would you go for your

children? Let someone else

mother them if you thought they

would do a better job? As a single

parent, Letty does everything for

her two children - apart from

raise them. Being a mother terri-

fies her more than she can admit, and so she's always

let her mother take that role. When Maria Elena ups

and leaves, however, Letty has to confront her fears

and become the parent she doesn't think she can be.