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Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt

This nominee for Best Fiction 2022 follows the story of a widow and an octopus and explores friendship, family, and hope.

The Marriage Portrait by Maggie O’Farrell

Maggie O’Farrell follows a young bride to Renaissance Italy in a true portrait of a resilient woman’s battle for her very survival.

Good Material by Dolly Alderton

“In this sharply funny and exquisitely relatable story of romantic disaster and friendship, Dolly Alderton offers up a love story with two endings, demonstrating once again why she is one of the most exciting writers today, and the true voice of a generation.”

Hidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterly

Read the book behind the blockbuster film of the same name which highlights the African American women that played a crucial role at NASA and their race to the moon.

Young Queens by Leah Redmond Chang

“The boldly original, dramatic intertwined story of Catherine de’ Medici, Elisabeth de Valois, and Mary, Queen of Scots – three queens exercising power in a world dominated by men.”

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot

Skloot highlights the history of experimentation on African Americans and the legal and cultural conflicts over bioethics and whether we control the stuff we are made of with the story of Henrietta Lacks, whose cells were scientifically crucial but were taken without her permission.