Older Adults

Celebrate the wisdom and freedom that comes with age! Try one of these books about older-than-average people.

Updated May 18, 2026
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Brooke Shields is not allowed to get old : thoughts on aging as a woman
Shields, Brooke
Paper Book
INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER From generational icon Brooke Shields comes an intimate and empowering exploration of aging that flips the script on the idea of what it means for a woman to grow older Brooke Shields has spent a lifetime in the public eye....
Detective aunty : a novel
Jalaluddin, Uzma
Paper Book
Named a Best Fiction Book of the Year by Kirkus Reviews, The Washington Post, Library Journal, The Globe and Mail, and the Chicago Public Library "I'll read anything Uzma Jalaluddin writes."--New York Times bestselling author Kate Quinn<...
Excuse me while I disappear : tales of midlife mayhem
Notaro, Laurie
Paper Book
A laugh-out-loud spin on the realities, perks, opportunities, and inevitable courses of midlife. Laurie Notaro has proved everyone wrong: she didn't end up in rehab, prison, or cremated at a tender age. She just went gray. At past fifty, every hair's root is a symbol of knowledge...
A man called Ove : a novel [kit]
Backman, Fredrik
Paper Book
"You'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll feel new sympathy for the curmudgeons in your life." --People The #1 New York Times bestseller about the grumpy old man next door that's an uplifting exploration of the unreliability of first impressions and a reminder that life...
Mrs. Plansky's revenge
Quinn, Spencer
Paper Book
Mrs. Plansky's Revenge is bestselling author Spencer Quinn's first novel in a new series since the meteoric launch of Chet and Bernie--introducing the irresistible and unforgettable Mrs. Plansky, in a story perfect for book clubs and commercial fiction readers. Mrs....
Mrs. Pollifax unveiled
Gilman, Dorothy
Paper Book
NATIONAL BESTSELLER * "Mrs. Pollifax gives Agatha Christie's Miss Marple a rival to reckon with."--The Toronto Star After facing down hijackers on a flight to the Middle East and saving the lives of the passengers on board, a young American woman steps off the plane...
My grandfather, the master detective
Konishi, Masateru
Paper Book
There used to be a cafe called Mon Cheri at Nishi Waseda where members of the Waseda Mystery Club spent day after day frothing in excitement over the latest mystery novels, and now he and Kaede solve mysteries together . . .As a lover of classic crime stories, it's perhaps no surprise that...
Our souls at night [kit]
Haruf, Kent
Paper Book
NATIONAL BESTSELLER * A spare yet eloquent, bittersweet yet inspiring story of a man and a woman who, in advanced age, come together to wrestle with the events of their lives and their hopes for the imminent future. In the familiar setting of Holt, Colorado, home to...
Remarkably bright creatures : a novel
Van Pelt, Shelby
Paper Book
AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Now a Netflix Film A Read With Jenna Today Show Book Club Pick! NAMED A BEST BOOK OF SUMMER by: Chicago Tribune * The View * Southern Living * USA Today "Remarkably Bright Creatures [is] an...
Roctogenarians : late in life debuts, comebacks, and triumphs
Rocca, Mo
Paper Book
From beloved CBS Sunday Morning correspondent Mo Rocca, author of New York Times bestseller Mobituaries, comes an inspiring collection of stories that celebrates the triumphs of people who made their biggest marks late in life. Eighty has been the new sixty...
The sowing season : a novel
Powner, Katie
Paper Book
After he's forced to sell the family farm he's labored on his whole life, 63-year-old Gerrit Laninga doesn't know what to do with himself. He sacrificed everything for the land--his time, his health, his family--with nothing to show for it but bitterness, regret, and two grown children who want...
The Thursday murder club
Osman, Richard
Paper Book
Now a Netflix Film The first installment in the beloved and New York Times bestselling series from Richard Osman, also author of We Solve Murders Four septuagenarians with a few tricks up their sleeves A female cop with her first...
Two old women : an Alaska legend of betrayal, courage, and survival
Wallis, Velma.
Other
Based on an Athabascan Indian legend passed along for many generations from mothers to daughters of the upper Yukon River Valley in Alaska, this is the suspenseful, shocking, ultimately inspirational tale of two old women abandoned by their tribe during a brutal winter famine. Though these...

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