During Nazi occupation of France, two sisters take different paths in WWII – one lives with a German captain to protect her family, while another joins the Resistance, risking everything. Soon to be a major motion picture.

Also fulfills: Read a book with siblings at the center.

Two half sisters, born in different villages are unaware of each other. One will marry an Englishman and lead a life of comfort while the other will be captured, imprisoned and sold into slavery. Winner of the National Book Critic’s Circle’s John Leonard Prize and the Pen/Heminway award for debut fiction.

Also fulfills: Read a book that won an award. Read a debut novel. Read a book with siblings at the center.

An aging Hollywood movie icon finally reveals the truth about her glamorous and scandalous life to an unknown magazine reporter.

Also fulfills: (maybe) Read a book with a protagonist older than you.

A privileged lawyer uncovers a dark history of stolen children and illegal adoptions when she meets an elderly woman, revealing a shocking scandal from Memphis’s past that connects two families.

A music professor uncovers evidence that a famous composer stole his work from a Black Jazz Age prodigy, risking everything to reveal the truth.

Also fulfills: Read a book about music or art.

In Depression-era 1938, a young Dust Bowl driver transports two hurricane-surviving giraffes across America to San Diego Zoo, encountering memorable characters and life-changing experiences during their twelve-day journey.

A Reese Witherspoon Book Club Pick, this story follows two women’s tales intertwined across time – a pregnant American socialite in 1947 searching for her missing cousin and a female spy in 1915 France working for “The Alice Network.”

A divorced woman and an arrogant bestselling author clash over completing her grandmother’s unfinished novel, while discovering its tragic World War II love story might mirror their own relationship.

Also fulfills: Read a romance.

Two women’s lives intersect across fifty years at Grand Central Terminal – Clara, a 1928 art teacher fighting for recognition, and Virginia, a 1974 divorcee uncovering an artistic mystery.

Also fulfills: Read a book about music or art.

A Pulitzer Prize finalist following two intertwining stories: Yale’s fight against AIDS in 1985 Chicago while pursuing an art collection, and Fiona’s search for her daughter in modern Paris.

A music professor uncovers evidence that a famous composer stole his work from a Black Jazz Age prodigy, risking everything to reveal the truth.

Also fulfills: Read a book about music or art.

Finalist for the 2024 Dayton Literary Peace Prize. The author of the award-winning The Mountains Sing returns with a suspenseful and moving saga of wartime love, family, loss, and redemption set in Việt Nam.

Also fulfills: Read a family saga.