Early Bird Books Reading Recommendations

Stuart Turton's debut novel puts readers at the center of a murder mystery...with a twist.

Learn more about this political leader in Antonia Felix’s new book, Elizabeth Warren: Her Fight. Her Work. Her Life. 

Read an excerpt from this music legend’s biography. 

The 1967 piece on San Francisco hippies is included in the critically-acclaimed collection of the same name.

A book published by the Anne Frank House profiles the Secret Annex—the Frank family's two-year hideout—and the famous diarist's life inside.

In The English Teacher, a dark secret drives a wedge between Vida Avery and her new family.

After entering a marriage she doesn't exactly want, Vida Avery becomes increasingly haunted by her past. 

On May 22, 2018, author Philip Roth died at age 85. Read an enlightening conversation between Roth and writer Milan Kundera in Roth's collection of essays and interviews, Shop Talk. 

The so-called "American Agatha Christie" revolutionized the mystery genre with her 1908 novel, The Circular Staircase.

Joyce Maynard's 1972 essay captured life in 1960s America—and the attention of one of the world's most enigmatic icons.

While en route to Pennsylvania, a penniless teenager meets the man who will change his life forever.

The boxer won the Light Heavyweight gold medal at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome when he was just 18 years old.

Rhiannon Navin’s powerful debut novel, “Only Child,” tells the story of a fictional school shooting, and the lasting impact it has on 6-year-old Zach.

The titular story in Julia Slavin's collection, "The Woman Who Cut Off Her Leg at the Maidstone Club," is a wacky satire of elitism.

In the titular story of his collection, Gordon Haber examines identity with a sense of humor.

The author candidly writes about the death of his partner, Roger Horwitz.

In "Case Closed," award-winning journalist Gerald Posner recounts what truly happened on that fateful day in November 1963.

An excerpt from the memoir by Gerald Durrell that inspired the PBS hit, "The Durrells in Corfu."

In the finale of Richard Bard’s Brainrush series, Jake Bronson and his family face their greatest threat yet.

In “Outrageous Acts and Everyday Rebellions” the journalist shares lessons from her brief stint as a Playboy bunny.