Adult High Demand

These High Demand books are new to our shelves in the last 30 days (most recent on top).

You may also be interested in what we have On Order in this category.


List

The old lion : a novel of Theodore Roosevelt / Jeff Shaara.
"From the mid-nineteenth century to the early twentieth century, from the waning days of the rugged frontier of a young country to the emergence of a modern, industrial nation exerting its power on the world stage, Theodore Roosevelt embodied both the myt…
The yards between us : a memoir of life, love, and football / R.K. Russell.
"In 2019, R.K. Russell broke the mold when he came out as bisexual in an essay for ESPN that ignited the sports world. Now, in his powerful memoir...he shares his story and explores his love of football, men and women, walking the devastating tightrope of…
Undaunted : how women changed American journalism / Brooke Kroeger.
"Undaunted is a representative history of the American women who surmounted every impediment put in their way to do journalism’s most valued work. From Margaret Fuller’s improbable success to the highly paid reporters of the mid-nineteenth century to the …
Summer reading / Jenn McKinlay.
"For Samantha Gale, a summer on Martha’s Vineyard at her family’s tiny cottage was supposed to be about resurrecting her career as a chef, until she’s tasked with chaperoning her half-brother, Tyler. The teenage brainiac is spending his summer at the loca…
Size : how it explains the world / Vaclay Smil.
"To answer the most important questions of our age, we must understand size. Neither bacteria nor empires are immune to its laws. Measuring it is challenging, especially where complex systems like economies are concerned, yet mastering it offers rich rewa…
The road to surrender : three men and the countdown to the end of World War II / by Evan Thomas.
"At 9:20 a.m. on the morning of May 30, General Groves receives a message to report to the office of the secretary of war 'at once.' Stimson is waiting for him. He wants to know: has Groves selected the targets yet? So begins this suspenseful, impeccably …
The last secret of the secret annex : the untold story of Anne Frank, her silent protector, and a family betrayal / Joop Van Wijk-Voskuijl and Jeroen de Bruyn.
"Anne Frank’s life has been studied by many scholars, but the story of Bep Voskuijl has remained untold, until now. As the youngest of the five Dutch people who hid the Frank family, Bep was Anne’s closest confidante during the 761 excruciating days she s…
The guest : a novel / Emma Cline.
"A misstep at a dinner party, and the older man she’s been staying with dismisses her with a ride to the train station and a ticket back to the city. With few resources and a waterlogged phone, but gifted with an ability to navigate the desires of others,…
Killing me / Michelle Gagnon.
"Amber Jamison can’t believe she’s about to become the latest victim of a serial killer. She’s savvy and street smart, so when she gets pushed into, of all things, a white windowless van, she is more angry than afraid. Things get even weirder when she’s m…
Quietly hostile : essays / Samantha Irby.
"Samantha Irby’s career has taken her to new heights. She dodges calls from Hollywood and flop sweats on the red carpet at premieres (well, one premiere). But nothing is ever as it seems online, where she can crop out all the ugly parts. Irby got a lot of…
Identity / Nora Roberts.
"Former Army brat Morgan Albright has finally planted roots in a friendly neighborhood near Baltimore. Her friend and roommate Nina helps her make the mortgage payments, as does Morgan's job as a bartender. But after she and Nina host their first dinner p…
Edison's ghosts : the untold weirdness of history's greatest geniuses / Katie Spalding.
"'As Albert Einstein almost certainly never said, everyone is a genius--but if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.' So begins Katie Spalding’s spunky takedown of the Western canon, and …
The three of us : a novel / Ore Agbaje-Williams.
"The wife has it all. A big house in a nice neighborhood, a ride-or-die snarky best friend, Temi, with whom to laugh about facile men, and a devoted husband who loves her above all else—even his distaste for Temi. On a seemingly normal day, Temi comes ove…
The lost journals of Sacajewea : a novel / Debra Magpie Earling.
"'In my seventh winter, when my head only reached my Appe’s rib, a White Man came into camp. Bare trees scratched sky. Cold was endless. He moved through trees like strikes of sunlight. My Bia said he came with bad intentions, like a Water Baby’s cry.' Am…
Fractal noise / Christopher Paolini.
"July 25th, 2234: The crew of the Adamura discovers the Anomaly. On the seemingly uninhabited planet Talos VII: a circular pit, 50 kilometers wide. Its curve not of nature, but design. Now, a small team must land and journey on foot across the surface to …
Dances : a novel / Nicole Cuffy.
"At twenty-two years old, Cece Cordell reaches the pinnacle of her career as a ballet dancer when she's promoted to principal at the New York City Ballet. She's instantly catapulted into celebrity, heralded for her 'inspirational' role as the first Black …
Glassworks : a novel / Olivia Wolfgang-Smith
"In 1910, Agnes Carter makes the wrong choice in marriage. After years as an independent woman of fortune, influential with the board of a prominent university because of her financial donations, she is now subject to the whims of an abusive, spendthrift …
The true love experiment / Christina Lauren.
"Felicity 'Fizzy' Chen is lost. Sure, she’s got an incredible career as a beloved romance novelist with a slew of bestsellers under her belt, but when she’s asked to give a commencement address, it hits her: she hasn’t been practicing what she’s preached.…
Building : a carpenter's notes on life & the art of good work / by Mark Ellison.
"For forty years, Mark Ellison has worked in the most beautiful homes you’ve never seen, specializing in rarefied, lavish, and challenging projects for the most demanding of clients. He built a staircase that the architect Santiago Calatrava called a mast…
The East Indian : a novel / Brinda Charry.
Meet Tony: insatiably curious, deeply compassionate, with a unique perspective on every scene he encounters. Kidnapped and transported to the New World after traveling from the British East India Company’s outpost on the Coromandel Coast to the teeming st…
The healthy back kitchen : move easier, cook simpler : how to enjoy great food while managing back pain / Griffin R. Baum, M.D..
"More than 225 recipes that enable a simpler way of moving about the kitchen, and rethink techniques to avoid prolonged standing and minimize exertion. Working in concert with Dr. Griffin Baum–a neurosurgeon focused on back surgery as well as a passionate…
You shouldn't have come here / Jeneva Rose.
"Grace Evans, an overworked New Yorker looking for a total escape from her busy life, books an Airbnb on a ranch in the middle of Wyoming. When she arrives at the idyllic getaway, she's pleased to find that the owner is a handsome man by the name of Calvi…
The making of another major motion picture masterpiece / Tom Hanks ; comic book illustrations by R. Sikoryak.
"Part One of this story takes place in 1947. A troubled soldier, returning from the war, meets his talented five-year-old nephew, leaves an indelible impression, and then disappears for twenty-three years. Cut to 1970: The nephew, now drawing underground…
American breakdown : our ailing nation, my body's revolt, and the nineteenth-century woman who brought me back to life / Jennifer Lunden.
"When Jennifer Lunden became chronically ill after moving from Canada to Maine, her case was a medical mystery. Just 21, unable to hold a book or stand for a shower, she lost her job and consigned herself to her bed. The doctor she went to for help told h…
No one needs to know : a novel / Lindsay Cameron.
"When an anonymous neighborhood forum gets hacked, the darkest secrets of New York's wealthiest residents come to light--including some worth killing for--in this gripping suspense novel from the author of Just One Look. It was all confidential. Right up …
Orphan bachelors : a memoir : on being a confession baby, Chinatown daughter, baa-bai sister, caretaker of exotics, literary balloon peddler, and grand historian of a doomed American family / Fae Myenne Ng.
"From the bestselling, award-winning author of novels Bone and Steer Toward Rock, Fae Myenne Ng's Orphan Bachelors is a singular memoir of her beloved San Francisco's Chinatown and of a family building a life in a country bent on their exclusion. Beloved …
Independence square : Arkady Renko in Ukraine / Martin Cruz Smith.
"Detective Arkaday Renko risks his life when he heads to Ukraine shortly before the Russian invasion to find an anti-Putin activist who has mysteriously disappeared. It's June 2021, and Arkady knows that Russia is preparing to invade and subsequently anne…
Pieces of blue / Holly Goldberg Sloan.
"What good was thinking the future only held cloudy skies? Wasn’t the reality that pieces of blue were always there, waiting to break through? When Paul Hill drowns in a surfing accident, his broken-hearted wife, Lindsey, and their three children are lef…
Murder on mustang beach / Alicia Bessette.
"Cattail Island in the Outer Banks is a popular destination for honeymooners and nature lovers alike. So it is a huge blow when the murder of a newlywed grinds the pre-summer season to a screeching halt. Bookseller Callie Padget launches her own investiga…
The private life of spies ; and The exquisite art of getting even : stories / Alexander McCall Smith.
"From the beloved author of the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series comes a new short story collection: half spy stories, half tales of revenge, all highlight the kinder, funnier, and gentler side of espionage and retribution. In this dual collection of…
How to read a tree : clues and patterns from bark to leaves: learn to navigate by branches, locate water with a leaf, and unlock other secrets in trees / Tristan Gooley ; illustrated by Neil Gower.
"An eye-opening adventure into the secret language of trees, unveiling clues hidden in branches, roots, leaves, and more"--Provided by publisher.
Uncle of the year : & other debatable triumphs / Andrew Rannells.
"In Uncle of the Year, Andrew Rannells wonders: If he, now in his forties, has everything he’s supposed to need to be an adult—a career, property, a well-tailored suit—why does he still feel like an anxious twenty-year-old climbing his way toward solid gr…
Talk of champions : stories of the people who made me : a memoir / Kenny Smith.
"Kenny Smith was a star at the University of North Carolina before his storied NBA run, in which he won two championships with the Houston Rockets. His popularity skyrocketed when he joined TNT’s new show, Inside the NBA, which has thrived for twenty-four…
Queen Elizabeth II : an oral history / Deborah Hart Strober & Gerald Strober.
"There seems an unquenchable fascination with the British royal family on both sides of the Atlantic, borne out by the popularity of The Crown on Netflix, the spotlight on the Sussexes and Cambridges, and the media attention on the death of Prince Philip.…
The late Mrs. Willoughby / Claudia Gray.
"Catherine and Henry Tilney of Northanger Abbey are not entirely pleased to be sending their eligible young daughter Juliet out into the world again: the last house party she attended, at the home of the Knightleys, involved a murder—which Juliet helped s…
The mother : a novel / B.L. Blanchard.
"Disown the rules of society--and run. What if Europe had never colonized the world? It is a world that never had overseas empires, the transatlantic slave trade, or the Protestant Reformation. There is, however, in an obscure island nation called England…
The little flower shop : a novel / Lori Foster.
"Since her divorce, Emily Lucretia—affectionately known as the flower lady to the people of Cemetery, Indiana—has been focused on her flower shop and taking care of her aging aunt and uncle. Her love life is hardly the centerpiece of her busy days. Saul C…
The enchanted hacienda / J.C. Cervantes.
Harlow Estrada returns to the enchanted Hacienda Estrada, a family farm in Mexico where her mother, sisters, aunt and cousins harness the magic of charmed flowers, but when she's chosen to watch over the farm, she panics since she, herself, is magic-less,…
The collected regrets of clover / Mikki Brammer.
"What’s the point of giving someone a beautiful death if you can’t give yourself a beautiful life? From the day she watched her kindergarten teacher drop dead during a dramatic telling of Peter Rabbit, Clover Brooks has felt a stronger connection with th…
The cat's meow : how cats evolved from the Savanna to your sofa / Jonathan B. Losos ; illustrations by David J. Tuss.
"The domestic cat—your cat—has, from its evolutionary origins in Africa, been transformed in comparatively little time into one of the most successful and diverse species on the planet. Jonathan Losos, writing as both a scientist and a cat lover, explores…
Tom Clancy : flash point / Don Bentley.
"Jack Ryan, Jr., is in a world of trouble. When a benign surveillance operation takes a deadly turn, Jack finds himself locked in a struggle with an unseen enemy bent on destroying The Campus. The chase leads Jack to the South China Sea, where a midair co…
Soil : the story of a Black mother's garden / Camille T. Dungy.
"In Soil: The Story of a Black Mother’s Garden, poet and scholar Camille T. Dungy recounts the seven-year odyssey to diversify her garden in the predominately white community of Fort Collins, Colorado. When she moved there in 2013, with her husband and da…
The lie maker : a novel / Linwood Barclay.
In this twisty, fast-paced thriller from the New York Times bestselling author of Find You First and Take Your Breath Away, a man desperately tries to track down his father--who was taken into witness protection years ago--before his enemies can get to hi…
Even if everything ends / Jens Liljestrand ; translated by Alice Menzies.
"Even when the climate crisis escalates beyond our worst nightmares and people become refugees, the world keeps turning and life carries on as usual: teenaged love stories, marital collapses, identity crises, and revolts against hopeless parents continue …
Atalanta / Jennifer Saint.
"When Princess Atalanta is born, a daughter rather than the son her parents hoped for, she is left on a mountainside to die. But even then, she is a survivor. Raised by a mother bear under the protective eye of the goddess Artemis, Atalanta grows up wild …
The late Americans / Brandon Taylor.
"In the shared and private spaces of Iowa City, a social circle of lovers and friends navigate tangled webs of connection as they try to figure out what they want, and who they are"--Provided by publisher.
The time has come : a novel / Will Leitch.
"Lindbergh's Pharmacy is an Athens, Georgia institution--the type of beloved mom and pop shop that once dotted every American town but has mostly disappeared. But Lindbergh's has recently become the object of attention of a local fourth grade teacher Tina…
The god of good looks : a novel / Breanne Mc Ivor.
"Bianca Bridge has always dreamed of becoming a writer. But Trididadian society can be unforgiving, and having an affair with a married government official is a surefire way to ruin your prospects. So when Obadiah Cortland, a notoriously tyrannical entrep…
Clytemnestra : a novel / Costanza Casati.
"You were born to a king, but you marry a tyrant. You stand by helplessly as he sacrifices your child to placate the gods. You watch him wage war on a foreign shore, and you comfort yourself with violent thoughts of your own. Because this was not the firs…
The Russo-Ukrainian war : the return of history / Serhii Plokhy.
"Despite repeated warnings from the White House, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 shocked the world. Why did Putin start the war—and why has it unfolded in previously unimaginable ways? Ukrainians have resisted a superior military; the West h…
Dressed to drill / Kate Carlisle.
"While Shannon Hammer is thrilled to attend the premiere of the movie based on her boyfriend Mac’s latest book, she can’t wait to trade her killer heels for work boots and start her next renovation project in Lighthouse Cove: a quaint Victorian church tha…
Blue skies : a novel / T. Coraghessan Boyle.
"Denied a dog, a baby, and even a faithful fiancé, Cat suddenly craves a snake: a glistening, writhing creature that can be worn like 'jewelry, living jewelry' to match her black jeans. But when the budding social media star promptly loses the young 'Burm…
Fire with fire / Candice Fox.
"A pair of desperate parents. A man on the run. A rookie cop. Four people with everything on the line. What will be left in the ashes of the next 24 hours? Following their daughter's mysterious disappearance, Ryan and Elsie Delaney have taken the LAPD for…
Fixit / Joe Ide.
"Isaiah Quintabe's first love, Grace, has been kidnapped by his sworn enemy, the professional hitman Skip Hanson. Skip is savage and psychotic, determined to punish Isaiah for sending him to prison and destroying his life. Isaiah and his sometimes partner…
Queen Charlotte / Julia Quinn and Shonda Rhimes.
"In 1761, on a sunny day in September, a King and Queen met for the very first time. They were married within hours. Born a German Princess, Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz was beautiful, headstrong, and fiercely intelligent--not precisely the attribute…
When the heavens went on sale : the misfits and geniuses who put space within reach / Ashlee Vance.
"With the launch of SpaceX’s Falcon 1 rocket in 2008, Silicon Valley began to realize that the universe itself was open for business. Now, Vance tells the remarkable, unfolding story of this frenzied intergalactic land grab by following four pioneering co…
Queens of wonderland : a novel / Gama Ray Martinez.
Knights of the Round Table Vanessa and Michael follow Captain Hook into Wonderland where they encounter the legendary Alice who brings them one step closer to finding the pirate while being caught in the middle of an ongoing war between power-hungry queen…
The well-lived life : a 102-year-old doctor's six secrets to health and happiness at every age / Gladys McGarey, MD ; [with a foreword by Mark Human, MD].
"Dr. Gladys McGarey, cofounder of the American Holistic Medical Association, began her medical practice at a time when women couldn’t even own their own bank accounts. Over the past sixty years, she has pioneered a new way of thinking about disease and he…
Tell me everything : a memoir / Minka Kelly.
"Fans know her as the spoiled, rich cheerleader Lyla Garrity on Friday Night Lights or as the affluent, mysterious Samantha on the HBO megahit Euphoria. But as revealed for the first time in these pages, Minka Kelly’s life has been anything but easy. Rais…
Quantum supremacy : how the quantum computer revolution will change everything / Dr. Michio Kaku, Professor of Theoretical Physics, City University of New York.
"The runaway success of the microchip processor may be reaching its end. Running up against the physical constraints of smaller and smaller sizes, traditional silicon chips are not likely to prove useful in solving humanity’s greatest challenges, from cli…
No two persons / Erica Bauermeister.
"One book. Nine readers. Ten changed lives. New York Times bestselling author Erica Bauermeister's No Two Persons is "a gloriously original celebration of fiction, and the ways it deepens our lives."* That was the beauty of books, wasn't it? They took you…
The marriage act : a novel / John Marrs.
"Britain. The near-future. A right-wing government believes it has the answer to society’s ills—the Sanctity of Marriage Act, which actively encourages marriage as the norm, punishing those who choose to remain single. But four couples are about to discov…
In an orchard grown from ash / Rory Power.
"The Argyros siblings have lost everything. With their father dead and their family home captured, they're no longer the rulers of their fractured kingdom--and no longer bound to each other. In the frozen north, Rhea struggles to wield her newly inherited…
We are too many : a memoir [kind of] / Hannah Pittard.
"In this wryly humorous and innovative look at a marriage gone wrong, Hannah Pittard recalls a decade’s worth of unforgettable conversations, beginning with the one in which she discovers her husband has been having sex with her charismatic best friend, T…
Meet me at the lake / Carley Fortune.
In desperate need of a lifeline, 32-year-old Fern Brookbanks finds it in the form of Will Baxter, who rescued her nine years ago, and, believing he is hiding something, but knowing he’s the only one who understands what she’s going through, wonders if she…
Radical inclusion : seven steps toward creating a more just society / David Moinina Sengeh.
"As the newly appointed minister of education in Sierra Leone, David Moinina Sengeh assumed that the administration he served—not to mention his family and friends—shared his conviction that all girls belong in the classroom. He was shocked to learn that …
The bird hotel : a novel / Joyce Maynard.
Deciding to restore and run a decaying lakefront hotel called La Llorona in a small Central American village, Irene, a troubled yet talented artist, meets a colorful cast of characters who change her life.
Winnie and Nelson : portrait of a marriage / Jonny Steinberg.
"One of the most celebrated political leaders of a century, Nelson Mandela has been written about by many biographers and historians. But in one crucial area, his life remains largely untold: his marriage to Winnie Madikizela-Mandela. During his years in …
Deliver me from nowhere : the making of Bruce Springsteen's Nebraska / Warren Zanes.
"Without Nebraska, Bruce Springsteen might not be who he is today. The natural follow-up to Springsteen’s hugely successful album The River should have been the hit-packed Born in the U.S.A. But instead, in 1982, he came out with an album consisting of a …
Gone to the wolves / John Wray.
"A story of young friendship, musical obsession, and a missing person, set in the metal scene of the late eighties and early nineties"--Provided by publisher.
Homegrown : Timothy McVeigh and the rise of right-wing extremism / Jeffrey Toobin.
"Timothy McVeigh wanted to start a movement. After the Oklahoma City bombing, the Gulf War veteran expressed no regrets. Jeffrey Toobin details how McVeigh's principles and tactics have flourished in the decades since his death in 2001, reaching an apothe…
Ghostly game / Christine Feehan.
"Gideon 'Eagle' Carpenter is used to rolling with the punches life has thrown at him. It’s the only thing that’s kept him alive. He and his team of GhostWalkers have seen and experienced it all. He does his best to live with all the sins written on his so…
The Libyan diversion / Joel C. Rosenberg.
"The world's most wanted terrorist is dead. Marcus Ryker recommended the drone strike himself. The intelligence was rock-solid. But what if it was wrong? Abu Nakba--the man responsible for lethal attacks in Washington, D.C., London, and Jerusalem--is fina…
The midnight news / Jo Baker.
"It is 1940 and twenty-year-old Charlotte Richmond watches from her attic window as enemy planes fly over London. Still grieving her beloved brother, who never returned from France, she is trying to keep herself out of trouble: holding down a typist job a…
The experience machine : how our minds predict and shape reality / Andy Clark.
"A grand new vision of cognitive science that explains how our minds build the world, learn from it, and sometimes deceive themselves. For as long as we've studied the mind, we've believed that our senses determine what our mind perceives. But as our unde…
The bride wore white / Amanda Quick.
"The moment she removed one long, black glove and touched the rim of the crystal bowl, Madame Ariadne knew the client on the other side of the table intended to murder her. Damn. As if she didn't have enough problems at the moment. She'd had it with the p…
All the days of summer : a novel / Nancy Thayer.
"A woman's second act on the beautiful island of Nantucket delivers much more than she expected in this hopeful novel by New York Times bestselling author Nancy Thayer. Heather Willette has a good life in Concord, Massachusetts--complete with a husband wh…
Yellowface : a novel / R.F. Kuang.
After the death of her literary rival in a freak accident, author June Hayward steals her just-finished masterpiece, sending it to her agent as her own work, but as emerging evidence threatens her success, she discovers how far she'll go to keep what she …
Walking with Sam : a father, a son, and five hundred miles across Spain / Andrew McCarthy.
"When Andrew McCarthy's eldest son began to take his first steps into adulthood, McCarthy found himself wishing time would slow down. Looking to create a more meaningful connection with Sam before he fled the nest, as well as recreate his own life-alterin…
Oh my mother! : a memoir in nine adventures / Connie Wang.
"In Chinese, the closest expression to oh my god is wo de ma ya. It’s an interjection, a polite expletive, something to say when you’re out of words. Translated literally, it means oh my mother—the instinctual first person you think of when you’re on the …
The nightingale affair : a novel / Tim Mason.
"Inspector Charles Field hunts a serial killer targeting Florence Nightingale's nurses in Crimea and women in London"--Provided by publisher.
The heart's choice / Tracie Peterson, Kimberley Woodhouse.
"Rebecca McCutcheon is the first female court reporter in Montana. During a murder trial she's covering, she's convinced that the defendant is innocent, but no one but the handsome new Carnegie librarian, Mark Andrews, will listen to her. In a race agains…
Did you hear about Kitty Karr? : a novel / Crystal Smith Paul.
"When Kitty Karr Tate, a White icon of the silver screen, dies and bequeaths her multimillion-dollar estate to the St. John sisters, three young, wealthy Black women, it prompts questions. Lots of questions. A celebrity in her own right, Elise St. John wo…
Camera girl : the coming of age of Jackie Bouvier Kennedy / Carl Sferrazza Anthony.
"Camera Girl brings to cinematic life Jackie’s years as a young, single woman trying to figure out who she wanted to become. Chafing at the expectations of her family and the societal limitations placed on women in that era, Jackie pursued her dream caree…
The comeback summer / Ali Brady.
"Two sisters fight for their legacy while breaking out of their comfort zones in this new women's fiction novel by Ali Brady, author of The Beach Trap. Sisters Hannah and Libby need to make a big change. The PR agency they inherited from their grandmother…
The girl by the bridge / Arnaldur Indridason ; translated from the Icelandic by Philip Roughton.
"An elderly couple are worried about their granddaughter. They know she's been smuggling drugs, and now she's gone missing. Looking for help, they turn to Konrad, a former policeman whose reputation precedes him. Always absent-minded, he constantly rumina…
The 23rd midnight / James Patterson & Maxine Paetro.
"[A]n attention-seeking copycat is recreating murders by a famous killer from the Women’s Murder Club’s past—with devastating new twists. Detective Lindsay Boxer put serial killer Evan Burke in jail. Reporter Cindy Thomas wrote a book that put him on the…
Hula : a novel / Jasmin Iolani Hakes.
"Hi'i is proud to be a Naupaka, a family renowned for its contributions to hula and her hometown of Hilo, Hawaii, but there’s a lot she doesn’t understand. She’s never met her legendary grandmother and her mother has never revealed the identity of her fat…
The wedding planner : a novel / Danielle Steel.
"Faith Ferguson is New York’s most in-demand wedding planner, an arbiter of taste for elegant affairs, lavish ceremonies, and exclusive fêtes. She appreciates a simple celebration as much as a dazzling event, for she knows that a dream wedding is not nece…
Paper names : a novel / Susie Luo.
"Paper Names explores what it means to be American from three different perspectives. There’s Tony, a Chinese-born engineer turned Manhattan doorman, who immigrated to the United States to give his family a better life. His daughter, Tammy, who we meet at…
The quantum solution : an Evan Ryder novel / Eric Van Lustbader.
Evan Ryder is an extraordinary intelligence field agent now working for the security arm of Parachute, a private company and the world's leader in the application of quantum technology. In the past, Ryder has done lethal battle in the modern global wars o…
Chain-gang all-stars : a novel / Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah.
"Loretta Thurwar and Hamara 'Hurricane Staxxx' Stacker are the stars of Chain-Gang All-Stars, the cornerstone of CAPE, or Criminal Action Penal Entertainment, a highly-popular, highly-controversial, profit-raising program in America’s increasingly dominan…
Our hideous progeny : a novel / C. E. McGill.
Mary is the great-niece of Victor Frankenstein. She knows her great uncle disappeared under mysterious circumstances in the Arctic, but she doesn't know why or how... The 1850s are a time of discovery, and London is ablaze with the latest scientific theor…
A history of burning / Janika Oza.
"In 1898, Pirbhai, a teenage boy looking for work, is taken from his village in India to labor for the British on the East African Railway. Far from home, Pirbhai commits a brutal act in the name of survival that will haunt him and his family for years to…
Playing it safe / Ashley Weaver.
"The third in the Electra McDonnell series from Edgar-nominated author Ashley Weaver, Playing It Safe is a delightful World War II mystery filled with spies, murder, romance, and wit..."--Provided by publisher.
The ferryman : a novel / Justin Cronin.
"Founded by the mysterious genius known as the Designer, the archipelago of Prospera lies hidden from the horrors of a deteriorating outside world. In this island paradise, Prospera’s lucky citizens enjoy long, fulfilling lives until the monitors embedded…
The postcard / Anne Berest ; translated from the French by Tina Kover.
Fifteen years after the arrival of an anonymous postcard with the names of her maternal great-grandparents and their children—all killed at Auschwitz—Anne Berest is moved to discover who sent it and why and embarks on a journey to learn the fate of the Ra…
The secret book of Flora Lea : a novel / Patti Callahan Henry.
"In the war-torn London of 1939, fourteen-year-old Hazel and five-year-old Flora are evacuated to a rural village to escape the horrors of the Second World War. Living with the kind Bridie Aberdeen and her teenage son, Harry, in a charming stone cottage a…
The girl who saw Heaven : a fateful tornado and a journey of faith / Lisa Reburn and Alex Tresniowski.
"Shares the story of Ari Hallmark, who is now a high school senior, and what happened to her during the tornado that claimed the lives her parents, delivering a powerful message to the world: you will see your loved ones again"--Provided by publisher.
Shakespeare was a woman and other heresies : how doubting the bard became the biggest taboo in literature / Elizabeth Winkler.
"A delightful romp through the Shakespeare authorship question, exploring how doubting that William Shakespeare wrote the plays attributed to him became an act of blasphemy... and who the Bard might really be"--Provided by publisher.
Homebodies : a novel / Tembe Denton-Hurst.
"Mickey Hayward dreams of writing stories that matter. She has a flashy media job that makes her feel successful and a devoted girlfriend who takes care of her when she comes home exhausted and demoralized. It’s not all A-list parties and steamy romance, …
The Nigerwife : a novel / Vanessa Walters.
"Nicole Oruwari has the perfect life: a handsome husband; a palatial house in the heart of glittering Lagos, Nigeria; and a glamorous group of friends. She left gloomy London and a troubled family past behind for sunny, moneyed Lagos, becoming part of the…
Just a regular boy : a novel / Catherine Ryan Hyde.
"Out there is chaos, the collapse of society, and so much to be afraid of. All that matters is freedom. That's what Remy Blake has been taught by his survivalist father. Raised off the grid in the middle of nowhere, his own survival skills not yet honed, …
Bad, bad Seymour Brown / Susan Isaacs.
"When Corie Geller asked her parents to move from their apartment into the suburban McMansion she shares with her husband and teenage daughter, she assumed they'd fit right in with the placid life she'd opted for when she left the Joint Terrorism Task For…
The half moon : a novel / Mary Beth Keane.
"Malcolm Gephardt, handsome and gregarious longtime bartender at the Half Moon, has always dreamed of owning a bar. When his boss finally retires, Malcolm stretches to buy the place. He sees unquantifiable magic and potential in the Half Moon and hopes to…
The Garnett girls : a novel / Georgina Moore.
While their mother entertains lovers and friends in her cottage on the Isle of Wight, refusing to ever speak of her painful past, sisters Rachel, Imogen, and Sasha find her silence keeping them from finding true happiness, in a novel that asks whether chi…
Magnolia Table. Volume 3 : a collection of recipes for gathering / Joanna Gaines ; photography by Amy Neunsinger.
"In this, her [Joanna Gaines'] third cookbook, Joanna shares the recipes—old and new—that she’s enjoyed the most over the years. The result is a cookbook filled with recipes that are timeless, creative, and delicious! Just as in her past books, within eac…
Red team blues / Cory Doctorow.
"Martin Hench is 67 years old, single, and successful in a career stretching back to the beginnings of Silicon Valley. He lives and roams California in a very comfortable fully-furnished touring bus, The Unsalted Hash, that he bought years ago from a fadi…
Swamp story : a novel / Dave Barry.
"Jesse Braddock is trapped in a tiny cabin deep in the Everglades with her infant daughter and her ex-boyfriend, a wannabe reality TV star who turned out to be a lot prettier on the outside than on the inside. Broke and desperate for a way out, Jesse stum…
Scarlet / Genevieve Cogman.
"It is 1793 and the French Revolution is in full swing. Vampires—usually rich and aristocratic—have slaked the guillotine’s thirst in large numbers. The mysterious Scarlet Pimpernel, a disguised British noble, and his League are heroically rescuing dozens…
The island villa / Sarah Morgan.
"Celebrated romance author Catherine Swift has topped the bestseller lists for decades, though her personal story hasn’t been quite so successful. Three failed marriages have left her relationship with her daughters strained, but that’s about to be rectif…
His Majesty's airship : the life and tragic death of the world's largest flying machine / S. C. Gwynne.
"The tragic story of the British airship R101--which went down in a spectacular hydrogen-fueled fireball in 1930, killing more people than died in the Hindenburg disaster seven years later--has been largely forgotten. S.C. Gwynne resurrects it in vivid de…
Taking care : the story of nursing and its power to change our world / Sarah DiGregorio.
"Nurses have always been vital to human existence. A nurse was likely there when you were born and a nurse might well be there when you die. Familiar in hospitals and doctors’ offices, these dedicated health professionals can also be found in schools, pri…
Fourth wing / Rebecca Yarros.
"Twenty-year-old Violet Sorrengail was supposed to enter the Scribe Quadrant, living a quiet life among books and history. Now, the commanding general—also known as her tough-as-talons mother—has ordered Violet to join the hundreds of candidates striving …
Between two strangers : a novel of suspense / Kate White.
A struggling artist is shocked when she learns she is the recipient of a large inheritance from someone she doesn't know and the mysterious benefactor's furious widow accuses her of an affair and vows revenge.
The power of trees : how ancient forests can save us if we let them / Peter Wohlleben ; translated by Jane Billinghurst.
"In his...book The Hidden Life of Trees, Peter Wohlleben revealed astonishing discoveries about the social networks of trees and how they communicate. Now, in The Power of Trees, he turns to their future, with a searing critique of forestry management, tr…
The house on Prytania / Karen White.
"Nola Trenholm may not be psychic herself, but she’s spent enough time around people who are to know when ghosts are present, and there are definitely a few lingering spirits in her recently purchased Creole cottage in New Orleans. Something, or someone, …
The Eden Test / Adam Sternbergh.
"Daisy and Craig’s marriage is in serious trouble. That’s why Daisy has signed up for The Eden Test, a week-long getaway for couples in need of a fresh start. Yet even as she’s struggling to salvage her marriage, it seems Craig has plans to leave her for …
Searching for Savanna : the murder of one Native American woman and the violence against the many / Mona Gable.
"In the summer of 2017, twenty-two-year-old Savanna LaFontaine-Greywind vanished. A week after she disappeared, police arrested the white couple who lived upstairs from Savanna and emerged from their apartment carrying an infant girl. The baby was Savanna…
A brutal reckoning : Andrew Jackson, the Creek Indians, and the epic war for the American South / Peter Cozzens.
"The Creek War is one of the most tragic episodes in American history, leading to the greatest loss of Native American life on what is now U.S. soil. What began as a vicious internal conflict among the Creek Indians metastasized like a cancer. The ensuing…
A woman of influence : the spectacular rise of Alice Spencer in Tudor England / Vanessa Wilkie.
"Alice Spencer was born in 1560 to a family on the rise. Her grandfather had amassed a sizeable estate of fertile grazing land and made a small fortune in sheep farming, allowing him to purchase a simple but distinguished manor house called Althorp. With …
Don't tell anybody the secrets I told you : a memoir / Lucinda Williams.
"Lucinda Williams’s rise to fame was anything but easy. Raised in a working-class family in the Deep South, she moved from town to town each time her father—a poet, a textbook salesman, a professor, a lover of parties—got a new job, totaling twelve differ…
The night flowers : a novel / Sara Herchenroether.
"In 1983, deep in New Mexico’s Gila National Forest, the bodies of a young woman and two children were found. Who were they? How did they get there? Thirty years later, two women find themselves drawn to the cold case. Librarian Laura MacDonald begins her…
The body by the sea / Jean-Luc Bannalec ; translated by Sorcha McDonagh.
"A town on the sea, Concarneau’s nickname is Ville Bleue, or the Blue Town. With three harbors at its center, visitors can see enormous ships, sailors, fishermen, and the industry that goes alongside it. Because of its geographical location, Concarneau ha…
Ashes to ashes, crust to crust / Mindy Quigley.
"Newly single pizzeria owner Delilah O’Leary is determined to keep her restaurant afloat in the picturesque resort town of Geneva Bay, Wisconsin. To boost her bottom line, she sets her sights on winning the hefty cash prize in the town’s annual 'Taste of …
Birth : three mothers, nine months, and pregnancy in America / Rebecca Grant.
"In Birth, journalist Rebecca Grant provides us with a never-before-seen look at the changing landscape of pregnancy and childbirth in America—and the rise of midwifery—told through the eyes of three women who all pass through the doors of the same birth …