Rewriting the Record (DDL Summer 2026)

Updated June 13, 2026
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Call Me Ishmaelle
Guo, Xiaolu
Paper Book
A New York Times Book Review Editors' Pick "Well worth your time . . . By adding in new characters while adhering to the original story, the author creates something new, strange and thrilling."--Los Angeles Times "An astonishingly ambitious...
Cinder house
Marske, Freya
Paper Book
Sparks fly and lovers dance in this gorgeous, yearning Cinderella retelling from bestselling author Freya Marske--a queer Gothic romance perfect for fans of Naomi Novik and T. Kingfisher. An instant USA Today bestseller! Ella is a haunting.
Circe : a novel
Miller, Madeline
Paper Book
This #1 New York Times bestseller is a "bold and subversive retelling of the goddess's story" that brilliantly reimagines the life of Circe, formidable sorceress of The Odyssey (Alexandra Alter, TheNew York Times). In the house of Helios,...
Cleopatra
El-Arifi, Saara
Paper Book
Cleopatra tells her own story in this evocative and sensuous historical epic from the bestselling and award-winning author of Faebound and The Final Strife. "Enchanting, smart, and subversive--this is El-Arifi's masterpiece."--R.F. Kuang, #1 New York Times...
Fear and Fury: The Reagan Eighties, the Bernie Goetz Shootings, and the Rebirth of White Rage
Thompson, Heather Ann
Paper Book
A NEW YORK TIMES BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR SO FAR * A NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW EDITORS' CHOICE * In this masterful, groundbreaking work, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Heather Ann Thompson shines surprising new light on an infamous 1984 New York subway shooting that...
The Foursome
Kline, Christina Baker
Paper Book
NATIONAL BESTSELLER From #1 New York Times bestselling author Christina Baker Kline comes a boldly original reimagining of the astonishing true story of two sisters in nineteenth-century North Carolina -- Kline's own distant relatives -- who married world-famous conjoined...
Hamnet : a novel of the plague
O'Farrell, Maggie
Paper Book
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD WINNER * Now a major motion picture starring ACADEMY AWARD® winner Jessie Buckley, Paul Mescal, Emily Watson, and Joe Alwyn, directed by Chloé Zhao. The acclaimed author of the Reese's Book Club pick The...
A Hymn to Life: Shame Has to Change Sides
Pelicot, Gisele
Paper Book
THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * Named a Best Book of 2026 So Far by The New Yorker "A rousing feminist manifesto." - The New York Times Book Review "Staggering . . . a lyrical book about monstrous events, a compelling exploration of what it...
I, Medusa : a novel
Gray, Ayana
Paper Book
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * A "captivating villain origin story" (People Book of the Week) reimagining one of the most iconic monsters in Greek mythology as a provocative and powerful young heroine This hardcover edition features a premium dust jacket with foil and a...
It Girl
Pataki, Allison
Paper Book
NATIONAL BESTSELLER . A sweeping, sensational novel of America's first "It Girl," whose dramatic journey to center stage echoes through the decades-from the New York Times bestselling author of The Magnificent Lives of Marjorie Post "As stunning as the...
James : a novel
Everett, Percival
Paper Book
PULITZER PRIZE WINNER * #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER * A brilliant, action-packed reimagining of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, both harrowing and darkly humorous, told from the enslaved Jim's point of view * In development as a feature film to be...
Lady Macbeth : a novel
Reid, Ava
Paper Book
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * From #1 New York Times bestselling author Ava Reid comes a "masterful reimagining" (Publishers Weekly) of Lady Macbeth, Shakespeare's most famous villainess, giving her a voice, a past, and a power that transforms the story men have written for her...
Lady Tremaine
Hochhauser, Rachel
Paper Book
Instant New York Times Bestseller * REESE'S BOOK CLUB PICK * IndieNext Pick * LibraryReads Pick "With transporting prose and a galloping plot, this wholly original take on Cinderella recasts the wicked stepmother...a riveting, complex paean to women's strength." --...
A people's history of the United States
Zinn, Howard
Paper Book
THE CLASSIC NATIONAL BESTSELLER "A wonderful, splendid book--a book that should be read by every American, student or otherwise, who wants to understand his country, its true history, and its hope for the future." -Howard Fast Historian Howard Zinn's A People's...
The Red Winter
Sullivan, Cameron
Paper Book
AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES, USA TODAY AND INDIE BESTSELLER! DELUXE EDITION--the hardcover edition of The Red Winter features beautiful red sprayed edges! A LibraryReads Pick! An Indie Next Pick! A devastating love...
Son of Nobody
Martel, Yann
Paper Book
The Psoad is an Ancient Greek epic in free verse that follows a goatherd's son, Psoas of Midea, who leaves his wife and family to fight with the Greeks at Troy. This commoner's story was lost to time--until Harlow Donne, a Canadian academic who has left his own wife and daughter behind to study...
A spindle splintered
Harrow, Alix E.
Paper Book
USA Today bestselling author Alix E. Harrow's A Spindle Splintered brings her patented charm to a new version of a classic story. Featuring Arthur Rackham's original illustrations for The Sleeping Beauty, fractured and reimagined. "A vivid, subversive and...
This motherless land
May, Nikki
Paper Book
Shortlisted for the Nigeria Prize for Literature READ WITH JENNA BOOK CLUB PICK AS FEATURED ON TODAY * NPR BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR "A vibrant coming-of-age story." -- Charmaine Wilkerson "I was completely immersed." -- Nita Prose From the acclaimed author of...
This Vast Enterprise: A New History of Lewis & Clark
Fehrman, Craig
Paper Book
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * A major revisionist history of the Lewis and Clark expedition: For the first time in a generation, This Vast Enterprise offers a fresh and more accurate account of one of the most important episodes in American history, humanizing forgotten figures and...
The Westerners: Mythmaking and Belonging on the American Frontier
Nelson, Megan Kate
Paper Book
"A uniquely compelling look at the dynamism and conflict that defined the West" (Booklist), shattering the traditional frontier myth that has dominated popular American culture. "A richly layered portrait of the nineteenth-century frontier" (Publishers Weekly,...
Wicked : the life and times of the wicked witch of the West : a novel
Maguire, Gregory
Paper Book
The #1 New York Times bestseller and basis for the Tony-winning hit musical, and smash hit movie series starring Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande With millions of copies in print around the world, Gregory Maguire's Wicked is established not only as a commentary...
You never forget your first : a biography of George Washington
Coe, Alexis
Paper Book
AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER AN NPR CONCIERGE BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR "In her form-shattering and myth-crushing book....Coe examines myths with mirth, and writes history with humor... [You Never Forget Your First] is an accessible look at a president who...

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