National Network for Equitable Library Service

Down an alleyway in the heart of Tokyo, there is an underground café that's been serving carefully brewed coffee for over a hundred years. Legend says that this coffeeshop offers its customers the chance to travel back in time. The rules, however, are not simple: you must sit in one particular seat at one particular time of day. You can't venture outside the café, nor can you change the present. And, most importantly, you have only the time it takes to drink a hot cup of coffee-or risk getting stuck forever.

Beck and Vivian never could stand each other, but they always tried their best for their mutual friend, Cassie. After Cassie's murder, Beck and Vivian finally find common ground: vengeance. They memorialize Cassie by painting murals of her around town. When their murals catch the attention of a podcaster covering Cassie's case, they become the catalyst for a debate that Bell Firearms can no longer ignore.

Myra is a portrait artist whose paintings alter people's bodies. It's a secret she's kept well hidden until the governor's wife discovers the truth and orders her to complete a portrait that resurrects her dead son.

The only things keeping Hunter Lee from running away are his little brother and the girl at his new high school. Luna Chang feels stifled with graduation and expectations, but a new boy in her class upends her life.

In the Long Island oceanfront community of Mattauk, three different women discover that midlife changes bring a whole new type of empowerment. When the body of a teenage girl is discovered abandoned on the beach, they take matters into their own hands.

Maren Walker tells herself she wouldn't need to sell pills for long. She dreams of walking through her door to leave it all behind. The doors have always appeared to the people of her town, though no one knows where they lead.

There are many watchers and they are always white. That's the first thing Echo notices at Dartmouth College. But it might be a portal to different dimensions, if Echo takes charge of her future by healing her past.

High school student Rintaro Natsuki is about to close the bookstore he inherited when a talking cat named Tiger recruits him to save books. Together, they journey into mazes to set books free.

In these twelve stories about the lives of Latin Americans in Europe, García Márquez conveys the peculiar amalgam of melancholy, tenacity, sorrow, and aspiration that is the émigré experience.

AN INDIE NEXT PICK! From the #1 bestselling author in Japan comes a celebration of books, cats, and the people who love them, infused with the heartwarming spirit of The Guest Cat and The Travelling Cat Chronicles. Bookish high school student Rintaro Natsuki is about to close the secondhand bookstore he inherited from his beloved bookworm grandfather. Then, a talking cat appears with an unusual request. The feline asks for-or rather, demands-the teenager's help in saving books with him.