Drama, romance, aspirational tales. That kind of thing. In The Confession Club by Elizabeth Berg, friends in a small-town supper club get more than they bargained for when conversation turns from recipes to more private matters. The Giver of Stars by Jojo Moyes is about five women from rural Kentucky who go on the road with Eleanor Roosevelt’s new traveling library. In Olive, Again by Elizabetth Strout, an aging Olive Kittridge takes stock of her life. Spy by Danielle Steel is a drama about British deb who gets recruited by the secret service.