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The explorer's gene : why we seek big challenges, new flavors, and the blank spots on the map / Alex Hutchinson.
"Off the beaten path, on unmarked trails, we are wired to explore. More than just a need to get outside, the search for the unknown is a specific, primal urge that has shaped the history of our species and continues to mold our behavior in ways we are jus…
Secrets of adulthood : simple truths for our complex lives / Gretchen Rubin.
"The right idea, invoked at the right time, can change our lives. Drawing from her long studies of happiness, and also from the challenges she’s faced herself, writer Gretchen Rubin has discovered the “Secrets of Adulthood” that can help us manage the com…
Miracles and wonder : the historical mystery of Jesus / Elaine Pagels.
"From a renowned National Book Award-winning scholar, an extraordinary new account of the life of Jesus that explores the mystery of how a poor young man inspired a religion that reshaped the world. Over the past two thousand years, countless personalitie…
Enough : climbing toward a true self on Mount Everest / Melissa Arnot Reid.
"At twenty-seven, when Melissa Arnot Reid accepted a tank of oxygen just short of the summit of Mount Everest, she felt ravaged by defeat. Driven by a relentless, lifelong quest to prove to herself, her family, and the world that she was enough, she had s…
How to menopause : take charge of your health, reclaim your life, and feel even better than before / Tamsen Fadal.
"If you’re ready to feel like yourself again, this book is 'the talk' you never had. Packed with actionable steps and evidence-based tools from a team of 42 experts including neuroscientists, menopause-certified physicians, sex and relationship therapists…
I am Maria : my reflections and poems on heartbreak, healing, and finding your way home / Maria Shriver.
"A book like no other, I Am Maria weaves Shriver's hard-earned wisdom with her own deeply personal poetry. I Am Maria reminds readers there is strength and love on the other side of all of our hardest days"--Provided by publisher.
The railway conspiracy : a novel / John Shen Yen Nee ; SJ Rozan.
"Judge Dee and Lao She must use all their powers of deduction—and kung fu skills—to take down a sinister conspiracy between Imperial Russia, Japan, and China in a rollicking new mystery set in 1920s London....London, 1924. Following several months abroad,…
Sunrise reef / Irene Hannon.
"Sometimes you have to look beneath the surface to find the treasure within. After years of searching, Bren Ryan has found her place in Hope Harbor. Working as a barista suits her to a T, as does the laid-back vibe of her adopted town. Nothing is lacking …
Off the spectrum : why the science of autism has failed women and girls / Gina Rippon.
"Who comes to mind when you think about an autistic person? It might be yourself, a relative or friend, a public figure, a fictional character, or a stereotyped image. Regardless, for most of us, it's likely to be someone male. Autistic women are systemat…
Love, Rita : an American story of sisterhood, joy, loss, and legacy / Bridgett M. Davis..
"In Love, Rita Bridgett M. Davis tells the story of her beloved older sister Rita, who knew Bridgett before she knew herself. Just four years apart in age, as the two sisters grew into young adulthood they left behind their childhood rivalry and became be…
Firebird / Juliette Cross.
"A conqueror captivated… A witch prophesied to save them all… A world where dragons rule Rome. From the moment Roman general and nephew to the emperor Julianus Dakkia laid eyes on Malina, he was enthralled by the Dacian dancer. Years later, the fierce bea…
Hate won't win : find your power and leave this place better than you found it / Mallory McMorrow.
"Mallory McMorrow was on the verge of giving up. She knew the work of legislating wouldn’t be easy, but she hadn’t been expecting an insidious culture of sexual harassment, armed protestors storming the state Capitol, or colleagues who had zero interest i…
Cat got your killer / Sofie Ryan.
"Sarah Grayson, secondhand store owner, and her clever rescue cat Elvis are right on the tail of a criminal... Summer is around the corner and Sarah is making sure the store is stocked and ready for tourist season. But while the weather's heating up, Sara…
The World's Fair quilt : a novel / Jennifer Chiaverini.
"As fall paints the Pennsylvania countryside in flaming colors, Sylvia Bergstrom Compson is contemplating the future of her beloved Elm Creek Quilts. The Elm Creek Quilt Camp remains the most popular quilter’s retreat in the country, but unexpected financ…
Home of the happy : a murder on the Cajun prairie / Jordan LaHaye Fontenot.
"On January 16, 1983, Aubrey LaHaye’s body was found floating in the Bayou Nezpique. His kidnapping ten days before sparked 'the biggest manhunt in the history of Evangeline Parish.' But his descendants would hear the story as lore, in whispers of the dre…
The keeper / Charles Martin.
"Bones--Murphy Shepherd's teacher, mentor, priest, and friend--is gone. Devastated by the loss and unsure how to continue the rescue work they started, Murph has no choice but to jump back in when the worst happens. His longtime friend and current United …
Untethered : creating connected families, schools, and communities to raise a resilient generation / Doug Bolton.
"A look at why teens are experiencing high levels of anxiety and "meltdowns" and how we can help them through difficult times"--Provided by publisher.
Gifted & talented / Olivie Blake ; [interior illustrations by Paula Toriacio].
"Where there’s a will, there’s a war. Thayer Wren, the brilliant CEO of Wrenfare Magitech and so-called father of modern technology, is dead. Any one of his three telepathically and electrokinetically gifted children would be a plausible inheritor to the…
Searches : selfhood in the digital age / Vauhini Vara.
"From the author of The Immortal King Rao, finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, a personal and provocative exploration of how technology companies have reshaped human language, and, if we let them, could steal it from us When it was released to the public in …
The wonder boy : Luka Dončić and the curse of greatness / Tim MacMahon
"ESPN's Tim MacMahon chronicles the career of the Dallas Mavericks' Luka Doncic and examines the pressure of building an NBA team around a prodigy. In 2018, the Dallas Mavericks landed the most hyped European teen prospect in basketball history-Luka Donci…
No more tears : the dark secrets of Johnson & Johnson / Gardiner Harris
"One day in 2004, Gardiner Harris, a pharmaceutical reporter for The New York Times, was early for a flight and sat down at an airport bar. He struck up a conversation with the woman on the barstool next to him, who happened to be a drug sales rep for Joh…
The last American road trip : a memoir / Sarah Kendzior.
"[Sarah Kendzior] navigates a changing America as she and her family embark on a series of road trips, in a book that is part memoir, part history, and wholly unique. It is one thing to study the fall of democracy, another to have it hit your homeland -- …
Bad nature : a novel / Ariel Courage.
"When Hester is diagnosed with terminal cancer on her fortieth birthday, she knows immediately what she must do: abandon her possessions and drive to California to kill her estranged father. With no friends or family tying her to the life she’s built in N…
John & Paul : a love story in songs / Ian Leslie.
"John Lennon and Paul McCartney knew each other for twenty-three years, from 1957 to 1980. This book is the myth-shattering biography of a relationship that changed the cultural history of the world. The Beatles shook the world to its core in the 1960s an…
The sirens : a novel / Emilia Hart.
"2019: Lucy awakens from a dream to find her hands around her ex-lover’s throat. Horrified, she flees to her older sister’s house on the Australian coast, hoping she can help explain the strangely vivid nightmare that preceded the attack—but Jess is nowhe…
Let me be the one / Lori Foster.
"She's more than the girl next door. She's the one who got away. When Callie McCallahan left Hoker, Kentucky, she thought it was for good. Her parents moved the family away to pursue financial success. Since then, she's had some bumps in the road, most re…
Dear writer : pep talks & practical advice for the creative life / Maggie Smith.
"Drawing from her twenty years of teaching experience and her bestselling Substack newsletter, For Dear Life, Maggie Smith breaks down creativity into ten essential elements: attention, wonder, vision, play, surprise, vulnerability, restlessness, tenacity…
Children of radium : a buried inheritance / Joe Dunthorne.
"In the tradition of When Time Stopped and The Hare with Amber Eyes, this extraordinary family memoir investigates the dark legacy of the author's great-grandfather, a talented German-Jewish chemist specializing in radioactive household products who wound…
Boat baby : a memoir / Vicky Nguyen.
"In a memoir where heroism meets humor, NBC News anchor and correspondent Vicky Nguyen tells the story of her family's daring escape from communist Vietnam and her unlikely journey from refugee to reporter with laughter and fierce love. Starting in 1975, …
Cold eternity / S.A. Barnes.
"Halley is on the run from an interplanetary political scandal that has put a huge target on her back. She heads for what seems like the perfect place to lay low: a gigantic space barge storing the cryogenically frozen bodies of Earth’s most fortunate cit…
Happy land:  a novel / Dolen Perkins-Valdez.
"A woman learns the astonishing truth of her family's ties to a real-life American kingdom in this transporting and riveting new novel from the New York Times bestselling, NAACP Award-winning author of Take My Hand. In the hills of Appalachia, there once …
The geographer's map to romance / India Holton.
"Professor Elodie Tarrant is an expert in magic disasters. Nothing fazes her--except her own personal disaster, that is: Professor Gabriel Tarrant, the grumpy, unfriendly man she married for convenience a year ago, whom she secretly loves. Gabriel is also…
Build a business you love : mastering the 5 stages of business / Dave Ramsey.
Business leaders face all kinds of challenges and fears as they work to grow their business. Dave Ramsey gets it—because he’s been there. Over the past 30 years, he and his team have taken some right (and plenty of wrong) turns as they worked to build his…
Say you'll remember me / Abby Jimenez.
"There might be no such a thing as a perfect guy, but Xavier Rush comes disastrously close. A gorgeous veterinarian giving Greek god vibes-all while cuddling a tiny kitten? Immediately yes. That is until Xavier opens his mouth and proves that even sculpte…
Overkill / J.A. Jance.
"Chuck Brewster, the former business partner of Ali Reynolds’s husband B. Simpson, once carried on an affair with Clarice, B.’s first wife. So when he’s found murdered with Clarice standing nearby covered in blood, it seems an open and shut case. But Cla…
Good soil : the education of an accidental farmhand / Jeff Chu.
"In his late thirties, Jeff Chu left his job as a magazine writer and found himself at Princeton Theological Seminary’s “Farminary”—a twenty-one-acre working farm where students learn to cultivate the earth while examining life’s biggest questions. Now, h…
Rabbit moon : a novel / Jennifer Haigh.
"Four years after their bitter divorce, Claire and Aaron Litvak get a phone call no parent is prepared for: their 22-year-old daughter Lindsey, teaching English in China during a college gap year, has been critically injured in a hit and run accident. At …
The family recipe : a novel / Carolyn Huynh.
"Duc Tran, the eccentric founder of the Vietnamese sandwich chain Duc’s Sandwiches, has decided to retire. No one has heard from his wife, Evelyn, in two decades. She abandoned the family without a trace, and clearly doesn’t want anything to do with Duc, …
A Greek tragedy : one day, a deadly shipwreck, and the human cost of the refugee crisis / Jeanne Carstensen.
"On October 28, 2015, a boat meant for only a few dozen passengers capsized off the coast of the Greek island of Lesvos. Hundreds of refugees, forced in desperation onto the overloaded boat manned by armed smugglers, were tossed into a roiling sea. The re…
The cat who saved the library : a novel / Sosuke Natsukawa ; translated from the Japanese by Louise Heal Kawai.
"A chronic asthma condition prevents thirteen-year-old Nanami from playing sports or spending time with her friends after school. But nothing can stop her from one of her favorite activities. Nanami loves to read and happily spends much of her free time i…
The last session : a novel / Julia Bartz.
"When a catatonic woman shows up at the psychiatric unit, social worker Thea swears she knows her from somewhere. She's shocked to discover the patient holds a link to a traumatic time in her past. Upon regaining lucidity, the patient claims she can't rem…
Written in stone / Paige Shelton.
"When Delaney wins a special Hidden Door Festival invitation to artist Ryory Bennigan's studio, she isn’t sure quite what to expect. What she finds is an elusive fellow obsessed with the Picts—complete with his own versions of their blue tattoos and vibra…
This is not a game : a novel / Kelly Mullen.
"Widow Mimi lives on idyllic Mackinac Island, where cars are not allowed and a Gibson martini with three onions at the witching hour is compulsory. Her estranged granddaughter, Addie, is getting over the heartbreak of not only being dumped by her fiancé, …
Where the axe is buried : a novel / Ray Nayler.
"A geopolitical thriller about a disintegrating Western world and the race to take control of the mysterious technology that could hold the key to the brewing revolution against tyranny"--Provided by publisher.
The maid's secret / Nita Prose.
"Molly Gray’s life is about to change in ways she could never have imagined. As the esteemed Head Maid and Special Events Manager of the Regency Grand Hotel, two good things are just around the corner—a taping of the hit antiquities TV show Hidden Treasur…
Blazing eye sees all : love has won, false prophets, and the fever dream of the American New Age / Leah Sottile.
"Journalist Leah Sottile turns her investigative eye toward American New Age culture. Today, tarot cards, astrology, and crystals are everywhere--from Instagram and TikTok, sold at upscale boutiques and pricey wellness retreats. Sottile investigates how t…
Flirting lessons / Jasmine Guillory.
"Avery Jensen is almost thirty, fresh off a breakup, and she's tired of always being so uptight and well-behaved. She wants to get a hobby, date around (especially other women), flirt with everyone she sees, wear something not from the business casual sec…
Tilt : a novel / Emma Pattee.
"Annie is nine months pregnant and shopping for a crib at IKEA when a massive earthquake hits Portland, Oregon. With no way to reach her husband, no phone or money, and a city left in chaos, there’s nothing to do but walk. Making her way across the wreck…
Harriet Tubman : live in concert : a novel / Bob the Drag Queen.
"In an age of miracles where our greatest heroes from history have magically, unexplainably returned to shake us out of our confusion and hate, Harriet Tubman is back, and she has a lot to say. Harriet Tubman and four of the enslaved persons she led to f…
You got this! : recipes anyone can make and everyone will love / Diane Morrisey ; photography by Dane Tashima.
"Diane Morrisey got an Instagram account to spy on her six kids. One day, on a whim, she posted a photo of a cake she’d made. Before she knew it, she had a following asking for recipes and encouragement. So began Diane’s new life phase: teaching people ho…
The longevity nutrient : the unexpected fat that holds the key to healthy aging / Dr. Stephanie Venn-Watson.
"The hunt for the holy grail of healthy aging has been ongoing for hundreds of years, and Dr. Stephanie Venn-Watson may be its most unlikely champion. As a veterinary epidemiologist, she was recruited by the US Navy to lead a clinical research program to …
Ghosts of iron mountain : the hoax of the century, its enduring impact, and what it reveals about America today / Phil Tinline ; foreword by Kai Bird.
The story of a how a 1966 satirical hoax portraying a secret government study claiming war's end would be disastrous sparked media frenzy and evolved into a cautionary tale about the enduring power of deception to shape public beliefs.
Cellar rat : my life in the restaurant underbelly / Hannah Selinger.
"What happens when a career you love doesn’t love you back? As Hannah Selinger will tell you, to be a good restaurant employee is to be invisible. At the height of her career as a server and then sommelier at some of New York’s most famed dining institut…
The other people : a novel / C.B. Everett.
"Ten strangers wake up inside an old, locked house. They have no recollection of how they got there. In order to escape, they have to solve the disappearance of a young woman. But a killer also stalks the halls of the house and soon the body count starts …
A better ending : a brother's twenty-year quest to uncover the truth about his sister's death / James Whitfield Thomson.
"On a summer evening in 1974, Jim Thomson arrived home from a baseball game to the news that his younger sister, Eileen, had taken her own life. To Jim, his parents, and his brother, Keith, the loss was unexpected and devastating. Only twenty-seven years …
Yoko : a biography / David Sheff
"John Lennon once described Yoko Ono as the world's most famous unknown artist. She has only been important to history insofar as she impacted Lennon. Throughout her life, Yoko has been a caricature, curiosity, and, often, a villain--an inscrutable seduct…
Cults like us : why doomsday thinking drives America / Jane Borden.
"Since the Mayflower sidled up to Plymouth Rock, cult ideology has been ingrained in the DNA of the United States. In this eye-opening book, journalist Jane Borden argues that Puritan doomsday belief never went away; it went secular and became American cu…
Witness 8 / Steve Cavanagh
"Something is wrong with Ruby Johnson. A former resident of the ultra-elite Manhattan upper class, Ruby now works as a maid in the type of houses she used to live in. Unassuming, she sees everyone’s dirty secrets from the inside of their beautiful, renov…
Code name: Pale Horse : how I went undercover to expose America's Nazis / Scott Payne ; with Michelle Shephard.
"When Scott Payne was growing up, an ‘80s kid with a big attitude and a taste for sleeveless shirts, he could never have envisioned where he’d find himself on Halloween night 2019. Having transformed into “Pale Horse” and infiltrated the nation's most dan…
I see you've called in dead : a novel / John Kenney.
"Bud Stanley is an obituary writer who is afraid to live. Yes, his wife recently left him for a 'far more interesting' man. Yes, he goes on a particularly awful blind date with a woman who brings her ex. And yes, he has too many glasses of Scotch one nigh…
This book will bury me : a novel / Ashley Winstead.
"After the unexpected death of her father, college student Jane Sharp longs for a distraction from her grief. She becomes obsessed with true crime, befriending armchair detectives who teach her how to hunt killers from afar. In this morbid internet underg…
Saltwater : a novel / Katy Hays.
"In 1992, Sarah Lingate is found dead below the cliffs of Capri, leaving behind her three-year-old daughter, Helen. Despite suspicions that the old-money Lingates are involved, Sarah’s death is ruled an accident. And every year, the family returns to prov…
Lucky night : a novel / Eliza Kennedy.
"After six years of a stolen hour here, another there, tonight is going to be different for Nick Holloway and Jenny Parrish. They’ve booked a room in a new luxury hotel in Manhattan, where they’ll spend the entire night together for the first time. Expect…
Unmasking for life : the autistic person's guide to connecting, loving, and living authentically / Devon Price, PhD.
"Most masked Autistics have spent a lifetime being told how to perform neurotypically: how to behave, how to carry themselves, what to feel, and how to live. With his previous book, Unmasking Autism, Devon Price, PhD, has given them the space and the tool…
There is no place for us : working and homeless in America / Brian Goldstone.
"The working homeless. In a country where hard work and determination are supposed to lead to success, there is something scandalous about this phrase. But skyrocketing rents, low wages, and a lack of tenant rights have produced a startling phenomenon: Pe…
Ordinary magic : the science of how we can achieve big change with small acts / Gregory M. Walton, PhD.
"The emotional questions we face can define our lives. If you’re expecting an interaction to go wrong, that expectation can make it so. That’s spiraling down. But as esteemed Stanford psychologist Greg Walton shows, when we see these questions clearly, we…
Mad house : how Donald Trump, MAGA mean girls, a former used carsalesman, a Florida nepo baby, and a man with rats in his walls broke Congress / Annie Karni and Luke Broadwater.
"The United States Congress has always been messy and far-from-august, but as Annie Karni and Luke Broadwater show here, in scorching, shocking detail, it has reached some kind of chaotic bottom. The anarchy that reigned over Congress’s lower chamber in t…
If you were my daughter : a memoir of healing an unmothered heart / Marianne Richmond.
"At nine years old, Marianne Richmond's life is upended when she collapses on her kitchen floor with full-body convulsions. 'Pinched nerve,' says the ER doctor, a baffling explanation. But when one episode becomes many, it's clear something is wrong. Afra…
Twist : a novel / Colum McCann.
"Anthony Fennell, an Irish journalist and playwright, is assigned to cover the underwater cables that carry the world’s information. The sum of human existence—words, images, transactions, memes, voices, viruses—travels through the tiny fiber-optic tubes.…
The Pharisee's wife / Janette Oke.
"Like most young women in ancient Israel, Mary has little control over her own destiny. When Enos, a rising Pharisee, sees her one day in the market—the most beautiful woman he has ever laid eyes on—and determines to make her his wife, Mary’s fate is quic…
Story of my life / Lucy Score.
"Hazel Hart was a successful romance novelist until a breakup drives her straight into writer's block. Having failed (and failed some more) to deliver her new manuscript, she's hiding from the world behind a wall of old takeout containers until her publis…
Free : my search for meaning / Amanda Knox.
"Amanda Knox spent nearly four years in prison and eight years on trial for a murder she didn’t commit—and became a notorious tabloid story in the process. Though she was exonerated, it’s taken more than a decade for her to reclaim her identity and truly …
Seven social movements that changed America / Linda Gordon.
"How do social movements arise, wield power, and bring about meaningful change? Renowned scholar Linda Gordon investigates these and other salient questions in this [bbok]...narrating how some of America’s most influential twentieth-century social movemen…
The first wish of Mr. Murray McBride / Joe Siple.
"The day before Murray McBride moves Jenny, his beloved wife of eighty years, into a memory care center, she convinces him to search for a case her grandfather buried long ago, said to contain "a treasure worth more than gold." With the help of some new f…
Birds, sex and beauty : the extraordinary implications of Charles Darwin's strangest idea / Matt Ridley.
"IIn all animals, mating is a deal. But few creatures behave as if sex is a simple, even mutually beneficial, transaction. Many more treat it with reverence, suspicion, angst, and violence. In the case of the Black Grouse, the bird at the center of Matt R…
The love we found / Jill Santopolo.
"It’s been nearly ten years since Gabe’s been gone when Lucy finds a tiny piece of paper in a box of his old photos. An address in Rome. Why did Gabe keep it, and what was he doing in Italy? Lucy buys a last-minute plane ticket. Impulsive, but Gabe always…
Elphie : a wicked childhood / Gregory Maguire
"Young Elphie is shaped and molded by the behaviors of her promiscuous mother, Melena, and her pious father, Frex. She suffers ordinary childhood jealousies when her sister, saintly Nessarose, and brother, junior felon Shell, arrive. She first encounters …
Unshrunk : a story of psychiatric treatment resistance / Laura Delano.
"At age fourteen, Laura Delano saw her first psychiatrist, who immediately diagnosed her with bipolar disorder and started her on a mood stabilizer and an antidepressant. At school, Delano was elected the class president and earned straight-As and a natio…
The ride : Paul Revere and the night that saved America /  Kostya Kennedy.
"On April 18, 1775, a Boston-based silversmith, engraver, and anti-British political operative named Paul Revere set out on a borrowed horse to fulfill a dangerous but crucial mission: to alert American colonists of advancing British troops, which would s…
Valley of forgetting : Alzheimer's families and the search for a cure / Jennie Erin Smith.
"The riveting account of a community from the remote mountains of Colombia whose rare and fatal genetic mutation is unlocking the secrets of Alzheimer's disease In the 1980s, a neurologist named Francisco Lopera traveled on horseback into the mountains se…
Trauma plot : a life / Jamie Hood.
"In Trauma Plot, Hood draws on disparate literary forms to tell the story that lurked in good girl’s margins—of three decades marred by sexual violence and the wreckage left behind. With her trademark critical remove, Hood interrogates the archetype of th…
Red Scare : blacklists, McCarthyism and the making of modern America / Clay Risen.
"Red Scare presents a narrative history of the anti-Communist witch hunt that gripped America in the decade following World War II. The cultural phenomenon, most often referred to as McCarthyism, was an outgrowth of the conflict between social conservativ…
I'll never call him dad again : turning our family trauma of sexual assault and chemical submission into a collective fight / Caroline Darian ; [translation, Stephen Brown].
"The trial of Dominique Pelicot, which began on 2 September 2024, has captured the world's attention. Behind the haunting details of Pelicot's unthinkable crimes are a mother and daughter who were forced to rebuild their lives. This is their story. In Nov…
The Mesopotamian riddle : an archaeologist, a soldier, a clergyman, and the race to decipher the world's oldest writing / Joshua Hammer.
"It was one of history’s great vanishing acts. Around 3,400 BCE—as humans were gathering in complex urban settlements—a scribe in the mud-walled city-state of Uruk picked up a reed stylus to press tiny symbols into clay. For three millennia, wedge shape c…
The invisible spy : Churchill's Rockefeller Center spy ring and America's first secret agent of World War II / Thomas Maier.
"As a tough but smart Italian American kid, Ernest Cuneo played Ivy League football at Columbia University and was in the old Brooklyn Dodgers NFL franchise before becoming a city hall lawyer and 'Brain Trust' aide to President Roosevelt. He was on the pa…
Retreat : a novel / Krysten Ritter ; with Lindsay Jamieson.
"Liz Dawson weaves through a crowd with the ease of a tropical breeze, moving seamlessly through elite circles, sparking instant connections and making every new acquaintance feel like an intimate friend. She’s clever, smooth, and confident—qualities that…
Nobody's fool : a thriller / Harlan Coben.
"Sami Kierce, a young college grad backpacking in Spain with friends, wakes up one morning, covered in blood. There’s a knife in his hand. Beside him, the body of his girlfriend. Anna. Dead. He doesn’t know what happened. His screams drown out his thought…
Slaying the vampire conqueror / Carissa Broadbent.
"Sylina has sacrificed everything for her goddess--her soul, her freedom, her eyes. Life in service to the Arachessen, a cult of the Goddess of Fate, has turned Sylina from orphaned street rat to disciplined killer, determined to overthrow Glaea's tyranni…
Taking Manhattan : the extraordinary events that created New York and shaped America / Russell Shorto.
"In 1664, England decided to invade the Dutch-controlled city of New Amsterdam on Manhattan Island. Charles II and his brother, the Duke of York, had dreams of empire and their arch-rivals, the Dutch, were in the way. But Richard Nicolls, who led the Engl…
The stress paradox : why you need stress to live longer, healthier, and happier / Sharon Horesh Bergquist.
"There's a breakthrough happening in the study of wellness and longevity. We know that excessive stress can be toxic, but emerging new research reveals that too little stress is just as bad for you as too much. ... In [this book, Dr. Bergquist] explains t…
The fifteen : murder, retribution, and the forgotten story of Nazi POWs in America / William Geroux.
"The true story of the long-forgotten POW camps for German soldiers erected in hundreds of small U.S. towns during World War II, and the secret Nazi killings that ensnared fifteen brave American POWs in a high-stakes showdown"--Provided by publisher.
Who is government? : the untold story of public service / edited by Michael Lewis.
"The government is a vast, complex system that Americans pay for, rebel against, rely upon, dismiss, and celebrate. It's also our shared resource for addressing the biggest problems of society. And it's made up of people, mostly unrecognized and uncelebra…
Fight or flight / Fern Michaels
"From the comfort of her beautiful mountain-top retreat, Katherine Winston creates her bestselling young adult series, Girls with Unusual Powers. No one in the nearby small town has any idea of her true identity. To them, she's just the reclusive woman on…
Early thirties : a novel / Josh Duboff.
"Sometimes friendship can be its own love story. Victor and Zoey are getting old. Well, old-er. And it's beginning to be a real problem. Best friends since college they have been through thick and thin, poor and poorer, drunk and drunker throughout their …
Let only red flowers bloom : identity and belonging in Xi Jinping's China / Emily Feng.
"The rise of China and its great power competition with the U.S. will be one of the defining issues of our generation. But to understand modern China, one has to understand the people who live there--and the way the Chinese state is trying to control them…
Antisemitism in America : a warning / Chuck Schumer with Josh Molofsky.
"In an urgent and personal new book, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer sheds light on the Jewish American experience and sounds the alarm about the troubling resurgence of antisemitism. When it comes to the history of the Jewish people, there is a nati…
I would die for you:  a novel / Sandie Jones.
"From the New York Times bestselling author of the Reese's Book Club Pick The Other Woman and The Guilt Trip comes an electrifying new novel. Now: Nicole Forbes lives a quiet life in a small seaside Californian town with her husband and daughter. She is n…
The lost trees of Willow Avenue : a story of climate and hope on one American street / Mike Tidwell.
"A riveting and elegant story of climate change on one city street, full of surprises and true stories of human struggle and dying local trees - all against the national backdrop of 2023's record heat domes and raging wildfires and hurricanes. In 2023, au…
The ideological brain : the radical science of flexible thinking / Leor Zmigrod.
"In The Ideological Brain, Leor Zmigrod reveals the deep connection between political beliefs and the biology of the brain. Drawing on her own pioneering research, she uncovers the complex interplay between biology and environment that predisposes some in…
Lethal prey / John Sandford.
Doris Grandfelt, an employee at an accounting firm, was brutally stabbed to death... but nobody knew exactly where the crime took place. Her body was found the next night, dumped among a dense thicket of trees along the edge of an urban park, eight miles …
Lollapalooza : the uncensored story of alternative rock's wildest festival / Richard Bienstock and Tom Beaujour ; forward by Kim Thayil.
"With a Foreword by Kim Thayil of Soundgarden! The definitive, no-holds-barred oral history of 1990s alt-rock festival Lollapalooza---told by the musicians, roadies, and industry insiders who lived it. From the New York Times bestselling authors of Nothin…
Funny because it's true : how The Onion created modern American news satire / Christine Wenc.
"Discover the real truth behind the original fake news with this in-depth history of beloved humor publication, The Onion. In 1988, a band of University of Wisconsin–Madison undergrads and dropouts began publishing a free weekly newspaper with no editoria…
No less strange or wonderful : essays in curiosity / written and illuminated by A. Kendra Greene.
"Celebrated author and artist A. Kendra Greene's No Less Strange or Wonderful is a brilliant and generous meditation-on the complex wonder of being alive, on how to pay attention to even the tiniest (sometimes strangest) details that glitter with insight,…
When the going was good : an editor's adventures during the last golden age of magazines / Graydon Carter with James Fox ; illustrations by Eric Hanson.
"When Graydon Carter was offered the editorship of Vanity Fair in 1992, he knew he faced an uphill battle—how to make the esteemed and long-established magazine his own. Not only was he confronted with a staff that he perceived to be loyal to the previous…
Story of a murder : the wives, the mistress, and Dr. Crippen / Hallie Rubenhold.
"On February 1, 1910, the vivacious, diamond-adorned music hall performer Belle Elmore suddenly vanished from her home, causing alarm among her friends, the entertainers of the Music Hall Ladies' Guild. Their demands for an investigation would lead to the…
Spellbound : my life as a dyslexic wordsmith / Phil Hanley.
"The A-list comedian tells the story of his unlikely path to success while struggling with severe dyslexia. When Phil Hanley entered first grade, he realized something that would forever set him apart from his peers: he couldn't read. His teachers were il…
The mysterious Mr. Nakamoto : a fifteen-year quest to unmask for the secret genius behind crypto / Benjamin Wallace.
"A thrilling investigation into the mysterious identity of Bitcoin's creator and a deep dive into crypto's utopian origin story-from the New York Times bestselling author of The Billionaire's Vinegar"--Provided by publisher.
Integrated : how American schools failed Black children / Noliwe Rooks.
"A powerful, incisive reckoning with the impacts of school desegregation that traces four generations of the author's family to show how the implementation of integration decimated Black school systems and did much of the Black community a disservice"--Pr…
The decline and fall of the human empire : why our species is on the edge of extinction / Henry Gee.
"By the award-winning author of A (Very) Short History of Life on Earth: a history of humanity on the brink of decline. We are living through a period that is unique in human history. For the first time in more than ten thousand years, the rate of human p…
Body-first healing : get unstuck and recover from trauma with somatic healing / Brittany Piper.
"Somatic and Trauma-Trained Practitioner and social media personality Brittany Piper guides readers through body-based trauma therapy that helps heal and regulate your nervous system" --Provided by publisher.
Lincoln's peace : the struggle to end the American Civil War / Michael Vorenberg.
"We set out on the James River, March 25, 1865, aboard the paddle steamboat the River Queen. President Lincoln is on his way to General Grant's headquarters at City Point, Virginia, and he's decided he won't return to Washington until he's witnessed, or p…
The ageless brain : how to sharpen and protect your mind for a lifetime / Dale E. Bredesen.
"More than six million Americans live with Alzheimer’s disease; by 2050, this number is projected to reach thirteen million. An additional one in ten people over the age of sixty-five have dementia, while 22 percent of older adults live with some form of …
Trespassers at the Golden Gate : a true account of love, murder, and madness in Gilded-Age San Francisco / Gary Krist.
"Shortly before dusk on November 3, 1870, just as the ferryboat El Capitan was pulling away from its slip into San Francisco Bay, a woman clad in black emerged from the shadows and strode across the crowded deck. Reaching under her veil, she drew a small …
I'll love you forever : notes from a K-pop fan / Giaae Kwon.
This "essay collection that considers the collision between stratospherically popular music and our inescapably personal selves. Giaae Kwon delves into the global impact of K-pop artists, from H.O.T. to Taeyeon to IU to Suga of BTS, and reveals how each i…
The tell : a memoir / Amy Griffin.
"For decades, Amy ran. Through the dirt roads of Amarillo, Texas, where she grew up; to the campus of the University of Virginia, as a student athlete; on the streets of New York, where she built her adult life; through marriage, motherhood, and a thrivin…
The story she left behind : a novel / Patti Callahan Henry.
"In 1927, eight-year-old Clara Harrington's magical childhood shatters when her mother, renowned author, Bronwyn Newcastle Fordham, disappears off the coast of South Carolina. Bronwyn stunned the world with a book written in an invented language that beca…
The Paris express : a novel / Emma Donoghue.
"On October 22, 1895, a steam train sets out from the Normandy coast, speeding toward Paris's Montparnasse Station, her driver and stoker under relentless pressure from the Company to keep her on schedule. Her carriages are packed with rich and poor passe…
The strawberry patch pancake house / Laurie Gilmore.
"As a world-renowned chef, single dad Archer never planned on moving to a small town, let alone running a pancake restaurant. But Dream Harbor needs a new chef, and Archer needs a community to help raise his daughter, Olive. Iris has never managed to hold…
The haunting of room 904 : a novel / Erika T. Wurth.
"Olivia Becente was never supposed to have the gift. The ability to commune with the dead was the specialty of her sister, Naiche. But when Naiche dies unexpectedly and under strange circumstances, somehow Olivia suddenly can't stop seeing and hearing fro…
The buffalo hunter hunter / Stephen Graham Jones.
This "novel is set in the nascent days of the state of Montana, follwing a Blackfeet Indian named Good Stab as he haunts the fields of the Blackfeet Nation looking for justice. It begins when a diary written in 1912 by a Lutheran pastor is discovered with…
Galaphile : The first druids of Shannara / Terry Brooks.
"One of the most iconic structures in the Four Lands is Paranor, the fortress home of the Druid Order. Legend holds that it was erected by an Elven leader known as Galaphile Joss. But who was this Galaphile, and how and why did he choose to establish this…
When the moon hits your eye / John Scalzi
The moon has turned into cheese. Now humanity has to deal with it. For some it's an opportunity. For others it's a moment to question their faith: In God, in science, in everything. Still others try to keep the world running in the face of absurdity and u…
In my remaining years / Jean Grae.
"In My Remaining Years, by creative juggernaut Jean Grae, debunks the myth that coming-of-age narratives should be reserved for the kids, providing a much-needed rallying cry for those of us still trying to figure it out in our forties. These laugh-out-lo…
The jackal's mistress : a novel / Chris Bohjalian.
"Virginia, 1864—Libby Steadman’s husband has been away for so long that she can barely conjure his voice in her dreams. While she longs for him in the night, fearing him dead in a Union prison camp, her days are spent running a gristmill with her teenage …
Stag dance : a novel & stories / Torrey Peters.
"In Stag Dance, the titular novel, a group of restless lumberjacks working in an illegal winter logging outfit plan a dance that some of them will volunteer to attend as women. When the broadest, strongest, plainest of the axmen announces his intention to…
Claire, darling : a novel / Callie Kazumi.
"Claire is excited to drop off a surprise workday lunch for her fiancé, Noah. It’s their anniversary, after all. But when the receptionist tells her that no one with Noah’s name works there, Claire thinks there must be a mistake. Noah isn’t picking up he…
The antidote / Karen Russell.
"The Antidote opens on Black Sunday, as a historic dust storm ravages the fictional town of Uz, Nebraska. But Uz is already collapsing—not just under the weight of the Great Depression and the dust bowl drought but beneath its own violent histories. The A…
The women on platform two / Laura Anthony.
"In 1970s Dublin, all forms of contraception are strictly forbidden, but an intrepid group of women will risk everything to change that in this...novel inspired by a remarkable and little-known true story. Dublin, 1969: Maura has just married Dr. Christy …
The library game / Gigi Pandian.
"Tempest Raj couldn't be happier that the family business, Secret Staircase Construction, is finally getting the recognition it deserves. Known for enchanting architectural features like sliding bookshelves and secret passageways, the company is now takin…
Chloe : a novel of secrets and lies / Connie Briscoe.
"Angel is a private chef for the Harrison’s, one of the most powerful Black families on Martha’s Vineyard. Impossibly supercilious Jillian Harrison often spends the entire summer on the island, while her husband Irvin and their twenty-nine-year-old daught…
Killer potential : a novel / Hannah Deitch
"Destined for greatness, wanted for murder. . . A scholarship kid with straight As and big dreams, Evie Gordon always thought she was special, that she’d be someone. But after graduating from an elite university, she finds herself drowning in debt and wo…
Four red sweaters : powerful true stories of women and the Holocaust / Lucy Adlington.
"Jock Heidenstein, Anita Lasker, Chana Zumerkorn, and Regina Feldman all faced the Holocaust in different ways. While they did not know each other—in fact had never met—each had a red sweater that would play a major part in their lives. In this absorbing …
This is body grief : making peace with the loss that comes with living in a body / Jayne Mattingly.
"Have you ever felt like your body has failed you? Maybe you’re not as quick or as strong as you used to be, or an illness has wrecked your sense of self, or no matter what diet you follow, you still feel uncomfortable in your own skin. So you go to war w…
Revenge : the inside story of Trump's return to power / Alex Isenstadt.
"Over the course of the last four years, the American public looked on as the former president faced a series of daunting obstacles to return to the White House. The lingering cloud of January 6, a shadow effort within the Republican establishment to defe…
Resolute : how we humans keep finding ways to beat the toughest odds / Benjamin Hall.
"After suffering horrific, nearly-fatal injuries while covering the war in Ukraine in 2022, Benjamin Hall was told he’d need to spend two years in a hospital learning how to walk again. Instead, he made it home to his family in just six months. Sustained …
Moving beyond broke : the power of perseverance in personal finance / Dasha Kennedy.
"Dasha Kennedy grew up in a family where finances were not discussed. At fifteen, she already had bad money habits that would follow her into adulthood. At nineteen, she realized that the Fortune 500 executives who promote financial literacy did not look …
Me, but better : the science and promise of personality change / Olga Khazan
"In recent years, Olga Khazan had been spiraling toward an existential crisis. Though she treasured her loving relationship and her dream job, her neurotic personality often left her snatching dissatisfaction from the jaws of happiness. While her overachi…
The maverick's museum : Albert Barnes and his American dream / Blake Gopnik.
"[A] compelling new portrait of America’s first great collector of modern art, Albert Coombs Barnes. Raised in a Philadelphia slum shortly after the Civil War, Barnes rose to earn a medical degree and then made a fortune from a pioneering antiseptic treat…
Heartbreaker : a memoir / by Mike Campbell ; with Ari Surdoval.
"Mike Campbell was the lead guitarist for Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers from the band’s inception in 1976 to Petty’s tragic death in 2017. His iconic, melodic playing helped form the foundation of the band’s sound, as heard on definitive classics like '…
Carbon : the book of life / Paul Hawken.
"Carbon is the only element that animates the entirety of the living world. Though comprising a tiny fraction of Earth’s composition, our planet is lifeless without it. Yet it is maligned as the driver of climate change, scorned as an errant element blame…
Beach vibes / Susan Mallery.
"While Beth is proud of her Malibu beach shop, Surf Sandwiches, she's even prouder of her charismatic brother Rick, who rose from foster care through surgical residency. She makes subs, he saves lives. Life takes a turn for the happy after she finds out R…
Call me vegan : easy plant-based recipes for every craving / Halle Burns, with Rebecca Miller Ffrench ; photography by Lauren Volo.
"Halle Burns was still in college when she started posting viral videos about plant-based cooking on TikTok, and now millions of fans follow her for soothingly narrated content and easy, sharable recipe ideas. Since Halle was on a student budget at the ti…
On air : the triumph and tumult of NPR / Steve Oney.
"Founded in 1970, NPR is America’s most powerful broadcast news network. Despite being overshadowed by the larger and more glamorous PBS, public radio has long been home to shows such as All Things Considered, Morning Edition, and This American Life that …
How to stop trying:  an overachiever’s guide to self-acceptance, letting go, and other impossible things / Kate Williams.
"Have you ever heard someone say, 'I’m trying to make it work,' and thought, 'That sounds like a great idea'? Probably not. Because the thing about trying is that it’s tiring; it’s labor. Anyone who has tried to have fun or to relax or to fall asleep know…
I am a part of infinity : the spiritual journey of Albert Einstein / Kiernan Fox.
"Albert Einstein remains renowned around the world for revolutionizing our understanding of the cosmos, but very few realize that the celebrated scientist had a deep spiritual side. Einstein believed that one wondrous force was woven through all things ev…
Make sure you die screaming / Zee Carlstrom.
"The newly nameless narrator of Make Sure You Die Screaming has rejected the gender binary, has flamed out with a vengeance at their corporate gig, is most likely brain damaged from a major tussle with their now ex-boyfriend, and is on a bender to end all…