Check out some of Bob's favorite books below!
From award-winning, New York Times bestselling novelist Ben H. Winters comes a mind-bending novel set in a world governed by absolute truth, where lies are as dangerous as murder.
New York Times bestselling author Olen Steinhauer brings back Milo Weaver in The Last Tourist.
In Olen Steinhauer’s bestseller An American Spy, reluctant CIA agent Milo Weaver thought he had finally put “Tourists”—CIA-trained assassins—to bed.
From the ingenious author of Jennifer Government and Lexicon: a brilliant work of science fiction that tells the intimate tale of four people facing their most desperate hour--alone, together, at the edge of the universe.
A decadent rock star. A deeply religious radio host. A disgraced scientist. And a teenage girl who may be the world’s last hope. From the mind of Chuck Wendig comes “a magnum opus . . . a story about survival that’s not just about you and me, but all of us, together” (Kirkus Reviews, starred review).
WORLD FANTASY AWARD FINALIST • LOCUS AWARD FINALIST • NEBULA AWARD FINALIST
ONE OF NPR'S BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR
A novel of exuberance and ambition, spanning one thousand years of high-seas adventure, environmental and cultural catastrophe, and enduring love.
"Mr. Eternity will be sizzling in my brain for a long time." -Lauren Groff
At the end of Huckleberry Finn, on the eve of the Civil War, Huck and Tom Sawyer decide to escape "sivilization" and "light out for the Territory." In Robert Coover's vision of their Western adventures, Tom decides he'd rather own civilization than escape it, leaving Huck "dreadful lonely" in a country of bandits, war parties, and gold.
“Charming . . . What Kevin Kwan did for rich-people problems, Diksha Basu does for trying-to-be-rich-people problems.”—People
NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY ESQUIRE • A PEOPLE PICK • A TIME PICK
A struggling novelist travels the world to avoid an awkward wedding in this hilarious Pulitzer Prize-winning novel full of "arresting lyricism and beauty" (The New York Times Book Review).WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE
National Bestseller
A New York Times Notable Book of 2017
A time before you knew your innocence was on the line. Before you knew what was destined for you outside your front door, the future holds no bounds for the unfortunate when it comes to the struggle of livelihood, where it's hard to fit in or keep up, especially in a cold and abrupt world we seem to live in.
“[This] haunting tale weaves a mesmerizing web around fatherhood, racism, horrific anxieties and even To Kill a Mockingbird. And the backdrop for this rich phantasmagoria? The boroughs of New York.”—The New York Times
Kirkus' Best Fiction of 2017
From New York Times bestselling author Cory Doctorow, an epic tale of revolution, love, post-scarcity, and the end of death.
"Walkaway is now the best contemporary example I know of, its utopia glimpsed after fascinatingly-extrapolated revolutionary struggle." —William Gibson
A brilliantly inventive novel about three astronauts training for the first-ever mission to Mars, an experience that will push the boundary between real and unreal, test their relationships, and leave each of them—and their families—changed forever.
“Entertainingly mixes thrills and humor.”—Entertainment Weekly
“[An] amazing debut novel....Dazzling and complex....Fearlessly funny storytelling.”—The Washington Post
An intergalactic odyssey of love, ambition, and self-discovery.
Orphaned as a boy, raised in the Czech countryside by his doting grandparents, Jakub Prochv°zka has risen from small-time scientist to become the country's first astronaut.$16.00ISBN: 9780735212022Availability: On Our Shelves NowPublished: Blue Rider Press - February 13th, 2018A LA TIMES' BEST BOOK OF 2017 (FICTION)
“Gorgeous, compassionate, weird, unpredictable, alarmingly prescient . . . an answer to and sanctuary from the American Century to come."
—Fiona Maazel, New York Times Book Review
$16.00ISBN: 9780802127389Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 DaysPublished: Grove Press - November 7th, 2017Finalist for the Man Booker Award. Finalist for the PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize for Debut Fiction. Winner of the GLCA New Writers Award for Fiction.
$16.00ISBN: 9780802127648Availability: On Our Shelves NowPublished: Grove Press - March 20th, 2018A New York Times Editors' Choice
"The spirit of Eudora Welty broods over these adroitly crafted stories set in and around coastal Alabama, evoking a world coiled tight as a conch shell." --O Magazine
$17.00ISBN: 9781101970348Availability: On Our Shelves NowPublished: Vintage - May 2nd, 2017A New York Times 2016 Notable Book
Entertainment Weekly's #1 Book of the Year
A Washington Post 2016 Notable Book
A Slate Top Ten Book
“Nathan Hill is a maestro.” —John Irving$16.95ISBN: 9780804170154Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 DaysPublished: Vintage - March 3rd, 2015An Oprah.com "Must-Read" Book
$17.00ISBN: 9780452295292Availability: On Our Shelves NowPublished: Penguin Books - March 31st, 2009From the critically acclaimed author of The 25th Hour and When the Nines Roll Over and co-creator of the HBO series Game of Thrones, a captivating novel about war, courage, survival — and a remarkable friendship that ripples across a lifetime.
$17.00ISBN: 9780307950352Availability: On Our Shelves NowPublished: Vintage - January 10th, 2017Although Rebecca Wright has pieced her life back together after a major tragedy, she can’t shake a sense that the world around her feels off-kilter.
Not in stock.ISBN: 9781501126949Availability: Special OrderPublished: Gallery/Scout Press - March 21st, 2017NOW A NETFLIX ORIGINAL FILM DIRECTED BY CHARLIE KAUFMAN
AN NPR BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR 2016
“I’m Thinking of Ending Things is one of the best debut novels I’ve ever read.$17.00ISBN: 9781101885956Availability: On Our Shelves NowPublished: Del Rey - June 27th, 2017Bob loves the Winternight Trilogy! If you love this - definitely check out her other books. One of our staff member loves Ms. Arden's kid's books, as well!
$17.00ISBN: 9780802124944Availability: On Our Shelves NowPublished: Grove Press - April 12th, 2016The winner of the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, as well as seven other awards, The Sympathizer is the breakthrough novel of the year. With the pace and suspense of a thriller and prose that has been compared to Graham Greene and Saul Bellow, The Sympathizer is a sweeping epic of love and betrayal.
$16.00ISBN: 9781101906118Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 DaysPublished: Hogarth - August 23rd, 2016Winner of the 2016 Man Booker International Prize
$15.95ISBN: 9781616204778Availability: On Our Shelves NowPublished: Algonquin Books - December 1st, 2015“Read this astonishing novel . . . The magic of his prose equals the horror of Johnston’s story.” —The Washington Post
The Rocky Mountains have cast their spell over the Courtlands, who are taking a family vacation before their daughter leaves for college.$16.00ISBN: 9780679783480Availability: On Our Shelves NowPublished: Random House Trade Paperbacks - October 10th, 2006
“Dazzling . . . Modern thriller, Ramayan epic, courtroom drama, slapstick comedy, wartime adventure, political satire, village legend–they’re all blended here magnificently.”
–The Washington Post Book World$17.00ISBN: 9781101904244Availability: On Our Shelves NowPublished: Ballantine Books - May 2nd, 2017A mindbending, relentlessly surprising thriller from the author of the bestselling Wayward Pines trilogy.
“Are you happy with your life?”
Those are the last words Jason Dessen hears before the masked abductor knocks him unconscious.
Before he awakens to find himself strapped to a gurney, surrounded by strangers in hazmat suits.$16.00ISBN: 9781101911860Availability: On Our Shelves NowPublished: Vintage - April 4th, 2017INSTANT NATIONAL BESTSELLER
Now a series on Starz
"Brilliantly written. . . . Outstanding."—The New York Times Book ReviewNot in stock.ISBN: 9781101970836Availability: Special OrderPublished: Vintage - January 10th, 2017From the author of the international best seller An Instance of the Fingerpost, Arcadia is an astonishing work of imagination.
$17.99ISBN: 9781612195599Availability: On Our Shelves NowPublished: Melville House - April 11th, 2017A New York Times NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR
An NPR BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR
A Publishers Weekly BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR
A globetrotting, time-bending, wildly entertaining masterpiece hailed by the New York Times Book Review as "Audaciously well written … the book I was raving about to my friends before I'd even finished it."$16.99ISBN: 9780316323277Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 DaysPublished: Back Bay Books - November 29th, 2016The blazingly inventive fictional autobiography of Mark Leyner, one of America's "rare, true original voices" (Gary Shteyngart).
$14.00ISBN: 9780312429331Availability: On Our Shelves NowPublished: Picador - February 2nd, 2010Early one morning in New York City, Will Heller, a sixteen-year-old paranoid schizophrenic, gets on an uptown B train alone. Will is on a mission to save the world from global warming—to do it, though, he'll need to cool down his own body first. And for that he'll need one willing girl.