Happy new year, book nerds, and what a month itâs been. In the last week alone, the Vice President of the United States refused the Presidentâs request to overturn the election, resulting in an insurrection at the Capitol. Meanwhile, Dick Cheneyâs daughter is on television, leading a call to impeach Donald Trump, for the second time. Aimee Molloy STEPHANIE ZOLLSHAN â THE BERKSHIRE EAGLE Oh my gosh â the twists! If like me, youâre having a hard time looking away from reality long enough to pick up a book, Iâm here for you. I was planning on spending this time â 10 months now, of staying home â with stories set in an array of interesting, far-away locales. But given the state of the world, I want to offer something else: books gripping enough to pull in even the most distracted readers, during these most distracting of times.