Did you manage to get lost in any good books this past year?

One expects blatant ageism, in TV and movies, but must the publishing industry follow suit?

Luckily, mystery author Richard Osman breaks the mold.

Woman reading book at beach

Plus, if you read it now, you’ll have bragging rights when the inevitable movie comes out!

Readers and reviewers can’t stop gushing about this book.

This coming-of-age tale of a fresh-faced Midwestern church organist gone astray made for prime beach reading over the summer.

Harlem Shuffle by Colson Whitehead

Sounds like a pretty tame follow-up?

(No hockey masks or machetes figure in the narrative.

The Man Who Died Twice by Richard Osman

Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir

Code Talker by Chester Nez

The Final Revival of Opal and Nev by Dawnie Walton

Shoulder Season by Christina Clancy

Flash Fire by T.J. Klune

The Box in the Woods by Maureen Johnson