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Fiction
Titles are listed alphabetically by author’s last name.
The Cheat Sheet / Sarah Adams
Bree Camden is helplessly in love with her longtime best friend—and extremely hot NFL legend—Nathan Donelson. The only problem is that she can’t admit her true feelings, because he clearly sees her as a best friend with no romantic potential, and the last thing Bree wants is to ruin their relationship. Will a publicity-driven dating stunt change their status? Audiobook
Ninth House / Leigh Bardugo
Galaxy “Alex” Stern is the most unlikely member of Yale’s freshman class. Raised in the Los Angeles hinterlands by a hippie mom, she dropped out of school and into a world of shady drug-dealer boyfriends, dead-end jobs, and much worse. At age twenty, she is the sole survivor of a horrific, unsolved multiple homicide. At her hospital bed, Alex is offered a chance to attend one of the world’s most prestigious universities on a full ride. But what’s the catch, and why her? She arrives in New Haven tasked by her mysterious benefactors with monitoring the activities of Yale’s secret societies. Their eight windowless “tombs” are the well-known haunts of the rich and powerful. But their occult activities are more sinister than any paranoid imagination might conceive. They tamper with forbidden magic. They raise the dead. And, sometimes, they prey on the living. Audiobook
The Measure / Nikki Erlick
It seems like any other day. You wake up, pour a cup of coffee, and head out. But today, when you open your front door, waiting for you is a small wooden box. This box holds your fate inside: the answer to the exact number of years you will live. From suburban doorsteps to desert tents, every person on every continent receives the same box. In an instant, the world is thrust into a collective frenzy. Where did these boxes come from? What do they mean? As society comes together and pulls apart, everyone faces the same shocking choice: Do they wish to know how long they’ll live? And, if so, what will they do with that knowledge? Ebook
My Brilliant Friend / Elena Ferrante
Beginning in the 1950s in a poor but vibrant neighborhood on the outskirts of Naples, Elena Ferrante’s four-volume story spans almost sixty years, as its main characters, the fiery and unforgettable Lila and the bookish narrator, Elena, become women, wives, mothers, and leaders, all the while maintaining a complex and at times conflicted friendship. This first novel in the series follows Lila and Elena from their fateful meeting as ten-year-olds through their school years and adolescence. Through the lives of these two women, Ferrante tells the story of a neighborhood, a city, and a country as it is transformed in ways that, in turn, also transform the relationship between two women. Ebook
Weyward / Emilia Hart
Weaving together the stories of three extraordinary women across five centuries, this is an enthralling novel of female resilience and the transformative power of the natural world—all centering around Weyward, a ramshackle cottage in the English countryside. Audiobook
Slow Horses / Mick Herron
Slough House is a dumping ground for British intelligence agents who’ve screwed up a case in any number of ways—by leaving a secret file on a train or blowing a surveillance. River Cartwright, one such “slow horse,” is bitter about his failure and about his tedious assignment transcribing cell phone conversations. When a young man is abducted and his kidnappers threaten to broadcast his beheading live on the Internet, River sees an opportunity to redeem himself. Is the victim who he first appears to be? And what’s the kidnappers’ connection with a disgraced journalist? As the clock ticks on the execution, River finds that everyone has his own agenda. Audiobook
Local Woman Missing / Mary Kubica
Shelby Tebow is the first to go missing. Not long after, Meredith Dickey and her six-year-old daughter, Delilah, vanish just blocks away from where Shelby was last seen, striking fear into their once-peaceful community. Are these incidents connected? After an elusive search that yields more questions than answers, the case eventually goes cold. Eleven years later, Delilah shockingly returns. Everyone wants to know what happened to her, but no one is prepared for what they’ll find…. Ebook and audiobook
The Grace Year / Kim Liggett
No one speaks of the grace year. It’s forbidden. In Garner County, girls are told they have the power to lure grown men from their beds, to drive women mad with jealousy. They believe their skin emits a powerful aphrodisiac, the potent essence of youth, of a girl on the edge of womanhood. That’s why they’re banished for their sixteenth year, to release their magic into the wild so they can return purified and ready for marriage. But not all of them will make it back alive. This speculative thriller in the vein of The Handmaid’s Tale is in production as a major motion picture. Audiobook
The Days I Loved You Most / Amy Neff
Joseph and Evelyn’s families’ New England beach homes have been side by side for generations. In the summer of 1941, these two childhood friends fell in love. Now, more than sixty years later, Joseph and Evelyn gather their three grown children to share the staggering news: she has received a tragic diagnosis, and he cannot live without her. An unforgettable and deeply romantic debut, “The Days I Loved You Most” is a moving tribute to the enduring power of love, a celebration of a lifetime spent together and a reminder that even in the darkest moments, there is always hope and beauty to be found. Audiobook
Bel Canto / Ann Patchett
Somewhere in South America, at the home of the country’s vice president, a lavish birthday party is being held in honor of the powerful businessman Mr. Hosokawa. Roxanne Coss, opera’s most revered soprano, has mesmerized the international guests with her singing. It is a perfect evening-until a band of gun-wielding terrorists takes the entire party hostage. But what begins as a panicked, life-threatening scenario slowly evolves into something quite different, a moment of great beauty, as terrorists and hostages forge unexpected bonds and people from different continents become compatriots, intimate friends, and lovers. Ebook and audiobook
The Way of Kings / Brandon Sanderson
Book 1 of The Stormlight Archive introduces the world of Roshar through the experiences of a war-weary royal compelled by visions, a highborn youth condemned to military slavery, and a woman who strives to save her impoverished house. 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
The Butcher Game / Alaina Urquhart
From the New York Times bestselling author and cohost of chart-topping true crime podcast Morbid comes the thrilling book two in her national bestselling series, told from the dueling perspectives of a notorious serial killer and a medical examiner seeking justice. Audiobook
The Covenant of Water / Abraham Verghese
This stunning and magisterial epic, set in Kerala, South India, spans the years 1900 to 1977 to follow three generations of a family that suffers a peculiar affliction in every generation—at least one person dies by drowning, and in Kerala, water is everywhere. At the turn of the century, a twelve-year-old girl from Kerala’s Christian community, grieving the death of her father, is sent by boat to her wedding, where she will meet her forty-year-old husband for the first time. From this unforgettable beginning, the young girl—and future matriarch, “Big Ammachi”—will witness unthinkable changes over the span of her life. Full of joy and triumph as well as hardship and loss, her faith and love are the only constants. Audiobook
We Begin at the End / Chris Whitaker
By the author of All the Colors of the Dark, this is a literary novel with a mystery at its core, examining how the choices we make can nudge us into the dangerous ground between good and evil. Thirty years ago, a teenage Vincent King was sent to prison. Now, he’s served his sentence and is returning to his hometown. His childhood best friend, Walk, is the chief of police. His childhood sweetheart, Star Radley, still lives there. The same Star Radley whose sister he killed and whose 13-year-old daughter is a self-proclaimed outlaw. Audiobook
Coal River / Ellen Marie Wiseman
A deft and honest portrait of resilience in the face of hardship, and of the simple acts of courage that can change everything. Emma Malloy left isolated Coal River, Pennsylvania, vowing never to return. Orphaned and penniless at nineteen, she travels back to the rough-hewn community. Treated like a servant by her relatives, she works for free in the company store. There, miners and their impoverished families must pay inflated prices for food, clothing, and tools, while those who owe money are turned away. Most heartrending of all are the breaker boys—young children who toil all day sorting coal amid treacherous machinery. Their soot-stained faces remind Emma of the little brother she lost long ago, and she begins leaving stolen food on families’ doorsteps, and marking the miners’ bills as paid. As the lines blur between what is legal and what is just, Emma must risk everything to follow her conscience. Ebook and audiobook
Great and Precious Things / Rebecca Yarros
Six years ago, when Camden Daniels came back from war without his younger brother, no one in the small town of Alba, Colorado, would forgive him—especially his father. He left town, swearing never to return. But a desperate message from his father brings it all back—the betrayal, the pain, and the need to go home again. But home is where the one person he still loves is waiting, the one woman he can never have. There are secrets buried in Alba that are best left in the dark. Audiobook
Nonfiction
Titles are listed alphabetically by author’s last name.
Want / Gillian Anderson
A collection of fantasies and confessions submitted anonymously by women from around the world, this is a revelatory, sensational and game-changing exploration of women’s sexuality that asks (and answers): How do women feel about sex when they have the freedom to be totally anonymous? Ebook
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
Catherine, the Princess of Wales / Robert Jobson
A biography of Kate Middleton by the royal editor of the London Evening Standard. Ebook
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
The Comfort of Crows / Margaret Renkl
A contributing Opinion writer for The New York Times communes with the creatures and plants in her backyard. Audiobook
Hillbilly Elegy | J.D. Vance
The Yale Law School graduate and 2024 Republican vice presidential nominee looks at the struggles of the white working class through the story of his own childhood. Ebook
RN: 27 September 2024
