REQUIRED READING

Got Warrants? Dispatches from the Dooryard

Timothy Cotton (Humor, Downeast Books) You don’t necessarily think of comedy when you think of police departments, but the Bangor, Maine, PD has become famous on social media for their regular dispatches, bringing levity to the everyday police log.

The Least of Us: True Tales of America and Hope in the Time of Fentanyl and Meth

Sam Quinones (nonf iction, Bloomsbury Publishing) From the bestselling author of “Dreamland,” an expose of the opioid epidemic, this wellresearched follow-up traces the next stage of the epidemic, with synthetic drugs and the next generation of kingpins. There is plenty of heartache, yes, but there is also hope in its exploration of communities trying to repair themselves.

Not All Diamonds and Rosé: The Inside Story of the Real Housewives from the People Who Lived It Dave Quinn (nonf iction, Andy Cohen Books) If you’re a “Real Housewives” fan, then this is the book for you. From its unlikely beginning in Orange County, Calif., to what it’s really like to be a housewife, show insiders, producers and network executives dish the dirt.

Capote’s Women

Laurence Leamer (nonf iction, GP Putnam’s Sons) They were the swans: A group of wealthy NYC women who were the toast of the town, and writer Truman Capote was proud to call them friends. But when he published thinly disguised accounts of their exploits in a fictionalized serial for Esquire, the reaction was swift — and the swans cut him out of their lives forever.