Culpability by Bruce Holsinger ($30)

Set at a summer rental on the Chesapeake Bay, this is a riveting family drama about moral responsibility in the age of artificial intelligence. It explores a world newly shaped by chatbots, autonomous cars, drones, and other nonhuman forces in ways that are thrilling, challenging, and unimaginably provocative.

The Homemade God by Rachel Joyce ($28)

There is a heatwave across Europe, and four siblings have gathered at their family’s lake house to seek answers about their father, a famous artist, who recently remarried a much younger woman and decamped to Italy to finish his long-awaited masterpiece. Now he is dead. And there is no sign of his final painting.

Finding Grace by Loretta Rothschild ($29)

Honor seems to have everything: She adores her bright and beautiful daughter, Chloe, and her charming, handsome husband, Tom, even if he works 100 hours a week. Yet Honor’s longing for another baby threatens to eclipse all of it―until a shocking event changes their lives forever.

2024: How Trump Retook the White House and the Democrats Lost America by Josh Dawsey, Tyler Pager, and Isaac Arnsdorf ($32)

Here is the explosive account of how Trump and his advisers overcame a dozen primary challengers, four indictments, two assassination attempts, and his own past mistakes to defeat the Democrats, and pave the way for a second term that would be far more aggressive and ruthless than the first. Drawing on extraordinary access to the Trump, Biden, and Harris teams, it takes readers beyond the speeches, rallies, and debates to reveal the innermost workings of the Republican and Democratic presidential campaigns. 

Trope Chicago: The Loop and Beyond by Sam Landers, editor ($60)

Come join Sam Landers and four Trope photographers at the store next Wednesday, July 16 they celebrate the city of Chicago. See above.

A Marriage at Sea: A True Story of Love, Obsession, and Shipwreck by Sophie Elmhirst ($28)

in June 1972, Maurice and Maralyn set sail. For nearly a year all went well, until deep in the Pacific, a breaching whale knocked a hole in their boat and it sank beneath the waves. Alone together for months in a tiny rubber raft, starving and exhausted, Maurice and Maralyn have to find not only ways to stay alive but ways to get along.

Dinner with King Tut: How Rogue Archaeologists Are Re-Creating the Sights, Sounds, and Smells of Lost Civilizations by Sam Kean ($32.50)

"Popular science writer Kean, who most recently delved into the exploits of sinister scientists in The Icepick Surgeon (2021), turns his sharp eye to experimental archaeology in this blend of lively factual chronicles that revive the past and fictional interludes depicting how our ancestors hunted, battled, and lived….Kean makes a powerful case for how vital the experimental archaeologists' work is in giving us a better understanding of the past."—Booklist

On Her Game: Caitlin Clark and the Revolution in Women's Sports by Christine Brennan ($29.99)

A news-making portrait of sports phenomenon Clark, whose dramatic ascendance in college basketball and now in the WNBA has captured the attention of media and fans unlike any other female team-sport athlete in history

Seven Skies All at Once by Ted Kooser, illustrated by Matt Myers ($18.99)

What emerges here is a sky like a great green laundry basket with a rainbow for a handle. Full of wit and brilliant linguistic surprises, this poetic romp by former United States Poet Laureate Kooser is as playfully theatrical as it is evocative. Myers’s dynamic artwork stages the weather with aplomb. Ages 4 - 8

Sabrena Swept Away by Karuna Riazi ($18.99)

This is a reimagining of the classic characters from The One Thousand and One Nights. Sabrena’s family has always claimed they are descended from the legendary sailor Sinbad. But when the sea calls Sabrena to a whole new world, she’ll have to fight for her own story. Ages 8 - 12

Into the Bewilderness by Gus Gordon ($15.99 in paperback)

"Gordon’s jellybean-shaped figures, expressive linework, and soft colors amplify the cartoonish interactions and the bucolic setting in equal measure. It’s a simply delightful, seamless blend of disparate parts that come together into an enchanting whole that will charm middle-graders with offbeat senses of humor." — Booklist (starred review) Ages 8 - 12

The Dog Who Made It Better by Katherin Nolte ($17.99)

Dr. Blob may not be a doctor but he is a dog with a very important job...it might even include saving a life or two. An uplifting tale of hope, healing, and the power of family to overcome grief. Ages 8 - 12

The Thread of Destiny by Aimee Lim ($17.99)

Full of grotesque monsters and revenge, Evie Mei's journey to confront her mother's killer comes to an end in this sequel to Lim's The Spindle of Fate.  Ages 8. - 12