Hoopla allows unlimited simultaneous checkouts, which means no holds queue and no waiting to read popular books! Not all hoopla titles show up in the library catalog, so when you’re looking for a title, be sure to also search the hoopla app or website.
This list is updated every month to include popular fiction and nonfiction titles available immediately as an ebook and/or audiobook on hoopla. Check out up to 16 hoopla titles each month with your Bloomfield Township Public Library card. If you’re getting started with this platform, view our guide.
Fiction
Titles are listed alphabetically by author’s last name.
Before We Were Strangers / Renée Carlino
From the USA TODAY bestselling author of Sweet Thing and Nowhere But Here comes a love story about a Craigslist “missed connection” post that gives two people a second chance at love fifteen years after they were separated in New York City. Audiobook
Safe Enough / Lee Child
Meticulously plotted and packed with Child’s trademark action and suspense, a collection of 20 short stories shows the author’s mastery of the short form, and they’ve never been gathered before now. Audiobook
The Island / Elin Hilderbrand
A summertime story only Elin Hilderbrand can tell: a family in upheaval after a cancelled wedding fill an island summer with heartache, laughter, and surprises. Ebook
The House We Grew Up In / Lisa Jewell
When their picture-perfect Cotswold village family life with a perpetually young father and hippy mother is shattered by a tragic Easter weekend, four siblings pursue separate adult lives before a reunion reveals astonishing truths. Audiobook
The Friend Zone / Abby Jimenez
A slow burn, hilarious and heartwarming romantic comedy that author Tessa Bailey calls “a romance for the ages!” from the New York Times bestselling author of Yours Truly. Audiobook
Demon Copperhead / Barbara Kingsolver
Kingsolver’s contemporary take on Dickens’ David Copperfield is the story of a southern Appalachian boy born to a teenaged single mother in a single-wide trailer, with no assets beyond his dead father’s good looks and copper-colored hair, a caustic wit, and a fierce talent for survival. Ebook and audiobook
Want to Know a Secret? / Freida McFadden
Everyone has secrets. YouTube baking sensation April Masterson knows the secret to the perfect gooey brownies. Or how to make key lime squares that will melt in your mouth. But if you keep watching her offline, you may find out some other secrets about April. Secrets she’d rather you didn’t know. Audiobook
Remarkably Bright Creatures / Shelby Van Pelt
For fans of A Man Called Ove, a luminous debut novel about a widow’s unlikely friendship with a giant Pacific octopus reluctantly residing at the local aquarium—and the truths she finally uncovers about her son’s disappearance thirty years ago. Ebook and audiobook
Nonfiction
Titles are listed alphabetically by author’s last name.
America’s Deadliest Election / Dana Bash
The CNN chief political correspondent considers the election of 1872 and draws parallels to today’s politics. Audiobook
Paris 1944 / Patrick Bishop
A dramatic social history of the liberation of Paris in 1944, one of the most inspiring and momentous events of the twentieth century. This fresh new account, packed with revelation, tells the story of those heady days of suspense, danger, exhilaration—and vengeance—through the eyes of a range of participants, reflecting all sides of the conflict—American, French, and Germans; resisters and collaborators. Ebook
How Women Rise / Sally Helgesen, Dr. Marshall Goldsmith
Hegelsen and Goldsmith explain the 12 habits that hold women back as they seek to advance, showing them why what worked for them in the past might actually be sabotaging their future success. Essential reading for any woman who is ready to advance to the next level. Audiobook
The Happiest Man on Earth / Eddie Jaku
Eddie Jaku always considered himself a German first, a Jew second. That changed in November 1938, when he was beaten, arrested, and taken to a concentration camp. Over the next seven years, he faced unimaginable horrors every day. He lost family, friends, his country. As a survivor, he made the vow to smile every day and pay tribute to those who were lost by telling his story. Published as Jaku turned 100, this is a powerful, heartbreaking and ultimately hopeful memoir of how happiness can be found even in the darkest of times. Ebook and audiobook
Upworthy: Stories from the Best of Humanity / Gabe Reilich and Lucia Knell
An inspiring counterbalance to today’s daunting news cycle, this timely book is a go-to resource for comfort and joy. This beautifully illustrated book features 101 stories of human decency from Upworthy, the beloved social media brand that reaches more than 100 million people per month. Each chapter is anchored by long-form stories punctuated with lighthearted anecdotes and whimsical line drawings. Together, they provide a stirring testament to the complexity and resilience of the human spirit. Ebook
RN: 25 October 2024
