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You'll love it here : a novel / Natalie Sue.
"Mona thought her living situation was bad... but the real mess is just beginning. One day is all it takes for Mona life to implode. After years of climbing at her marketing firm, she was supposed to be getting promoted and finally moving out of her crumb…
Majestic Hills : a novel / by Dawn Turner.
"Tired of the daily drama in his emergency room, Dr. Langdon Blaque is in search of a place where he can leave the world behind. He loves his job and has no delusions about the suburbs being perfect, but he wants peace and quiet. His wife Josephine, a law…
Twilight tactics / Lynette Eason.
"A remote ranch for healing veterans becomes a battleground when FBI agent Collin Sullivan arrives with a teenager who witnessed a mob hit. Survival instructor Elena Thompson's peaceful haven is shattered as armed attackers surround the property. As secre…
Who's that girl : the untold, definitive history of New Girl / Thea Glassman.
"Go inside the writers' room and onto the set of the honorary queen of comfort shows-with exclusive interviews from the creator, cast, writers, directors, and crew. Since its finale, New Girl has quietly become one of the most rewatched shows in streaming…
The story of your life : how social media shapes the way we experience everything / Kathryn Jezer-Morton.
"Over the past two decades, platforms like Instagram, Facebook, and TikTok have revolutionized how we document and share our lives. We once archived our experiences in photo albums, and now we capture our most significant moments in reels and photo dumps.…
Hiroshima, 8:15 : the lost memoir / Kiyoshi Tanimoto ; foreword by Koko Tanimoto Kondo ; edited, with an introduction by David Corn.
"At approximately 8:15 on the morning of August 6, 1945, Kiyoshi Tanimoto was on the outskirts of Hiroshima when a flash in the sky signaled the birth of a horrifying new world. In an instant, tens of thousands of Hiroshima residents had been vaporized or…
Daylight come : Harry Belafonte and the world he made / Joshua Jelly-Schapiro.
"Even three years after his death, Harry Belafonte is everywhere. You can’t go to a wedding, or to a sports arena, without hearing “Day-O,” “Jump in the Line,” or “Jamaica Farewell.” The Harlem-born son of Caribbean immigrants, Belafonte turned the folk m…
The people's historian : the outsized life of Howard Zinn / Dave Zirin.
"The People’s Historian is a deeply researched biography of Howard Zinn, the beloved author of the classic national bestseller with more than four million copies sold, A People’s History of the United States. The People’s Historian shows Zinn’s presence …
Take what you can / Naima Coster.
"Val and Milly fell in love with France at the same time they fell in love with each other and became immediate best friends. Then, they bonded as the only Black students on a study-abroad trip. Now they are in their thirties, each married and with a baby…
Sunlight finds you / Laura Moriarty.
"It’s 1949, early in the Cold War, but St. Petersburg, Florida is warm, lush, and booming with newcomers seeking sunshine and opportunity. For seventeen-year-old Nora, St. Pete feels like paradise, especially after she meets and wins over Leonard, the shy…
Fossil feud / Maggie North.
"Renegade paleontologist Ripley Adams is this close to digging up a fossil treasure and vindication. She’s spent the last three years in academic exile after her ex-boyfriend stole her work, betrayed her trust, and broke her heart in one fell swoop. If sh…
A trade of blood : an Ana and Din mystery / Robert Jackson Bennett.
"The heir to one of the Empire’s most powerful families sits in jail, accused of murder. His hands are covered in the victim’s blood, and he can neither deny his guilt nor explain his actions. But if the great detective Ana Dolabra cannot save him from th…
Rise above : a memoir / Matthew Schnipper.
"Renzo Rollins Schnipper was born in February 2020, a split second before the beginning of the pandemic. To his parents, he was the reason for the universe's existence at a time when there was little hope to be found in the world. Then, on Christmas Eve 2…
All that's unseen : an Appalachian memoir / Emilee Hackney.
"Born and raised deep in the hollers of the Appalachian Mountains, Emilee Hackney knew little beyond the ridgelines and coalfields of southwest Virginia. As an eighth-generation Appalachian, her childhood was steeped in the stories of her grandparents—tal…
How lucky am I / Christian Watson.
"Join beloved Mr Skelly, a gentle skeleton wandering across lush landscapes and treacherous terrains, through times of joy, loss, grief and love, to find his family and – ultimately – a safe home. Along the way, he discovers life lessons which help us re…
Backtrack / Marc Cameron
"1977. D Wayne Cutter is a former U.S. Army Green Beret, part-time horseshoer, and a full-time Texas deputy sheriff with a second grandchild on the way when a quiet Sunday morning ends in murder and a manhunt. The theft of five million dollars in diamonds…
Don't be evil : bad bosses, fake promises, and my escape from big tech / Claire Stapleton.
"When Claire Stapleton joined Google in 2007, it felt like stepping into a worldview as much as a job. The company offered not just a career, but a moral project. In the heady early years of Big Tech and when Google’s in-house slogan was “Don’t be evil,” …
A thousand little goodbyes / Lucy Gilmore.
"TO THE BEST FRIEND WHO EVER WAS: THIS IS YOUR GUIDE TO LIVING WITHOUT ME STEP ONE: Always make time for yourself. Chrissie Thomas has always done what's expected of her. A struggling single mom with a mountain of guilt and very little time for herself,…
Lady X : a novel / Molly Fader.
"The glitz and gritty glamour of 1970s New York City hides a much more sinister reality for the women who live there, but Ginger Daughtry and her two beloved roommates refuse to be victims. They are living the dream, embracing all the city has to offer—da…
The subtle pleasures of indiscretion / Alexander McCall Smith.
"Isabel has an unwavering commitment to her principles, which means she is often asked to advise on the sensitive, personal affairs of others—even those whose business she would prefer to stay out of. When Isabel receives a surprise visit from a friend w…
Getting away with murder / Shari Lapena.
"Jill and Ted adore their New York brownstone the way others adore their children. They have carefully, expensively, made every inch of it their own. It reflects who they are, their status and tastes. With the grand mahogany staircase and state-of-the-art…
Cool machine : a novel / Colson Whitehead.
"1981. New York City is beginning to emerge from financial ruin and decline, energized by rampant real estate development and a Wall Street unchained by Reagan-era predatory capitalism. Up in Harlem, successful business owner/master fence Ray Carney has j…
Fishbone Cinderella / Elizabeth Lim.
"1940s Hong Kong When Japanese soldiers invade her hometown, Ha Yut Ying makes an unlikely escape—by turning invisible. But her miraculous survival is only the beginning. After the war is over, she’s sent to Hong Kong to live with her distant father and g…
Matcha on Monday / Michiko Aoyama ; translated from the Japanese by E. Madison Shimoda.
"All throughout the week, customers flock to the Marble Café that’s tucked away behind the trees – except when it’s closed on Mondays, when the Matcha Café opens in its place, offering its clientele a warm cup of matcha and restoration to start the busy w…
Beginning middle end / Valeria Luiselli.
"This story begins when a mother and her daughter take off on a trip. It is a summer of rapidly changing winds, volcanic rumbles, and sudden tempests. They’ve landed in Sicily, near the ancient ruins where the mother’s grandmother worked long ago on an ar…
Prince of swords / Elise Kova.
"Clara Graysword is Oricalis’s most wanted. Hunted and cornered, not even her mastery of tarot can save her this time . . . until the mysterious Worldkeepers appear. This secretive order may hold the key to changing Clara’s fate. If she dares to trust the…
Biological war : a scenario / Annie Jacobsen.
"A lab accident, a bio-attack, a global pandemic, and the collapse of human society. In this essential new book, based on dozens of new interviews with experts with high-level political, governmental, medical, and military responsibility, Annie Jacobsen e…
The savage landscape : how we made the wilderness / Cal Flyn.
"From the blacksand beaches of Iceland, to river crossings deep in the Amazon jungle, to the barren beauty of Antarctica, wildernesses make up some of the world's more alluring natural landscapes. But what is a wilderness, really? It is a powerful, ancien…
Fierce country : the untold story of three women who ignited America's love for the wild / Heather Hansman.
"Throughout the 20th century Georgie White, Anne LaBastille, and Dolores LaChapelle did more to inspire our love of the great outdoors than just about anyone. Georgie devoted her life to the Grand Canyon, kickstarting the river running craze in the 40s an…
Meet me in Paris / Kristin Harmel.
"Julia Glover has brought her twenty-three-year-old daughter, Piper, to Paris for the first time—but they know it will also be their last trip here together. Julia is dying, and as the mother and daughter desperately try to make memories together as the c…
Sweet talk : a novel / Cara Bastone.
"It’s officially booty o’clock and Jessie is alone again in her kitchen, choking down a slice of terrible chocolate cake…and she’s pretty sure she just got drunk texted by the man she has a ginormous crush on. She’s been daydreaming about Eliot Hoffman’s …
Call me maybe : a novel / Cara Bastone.
"Paints her toes. Picks up the wrong coffee and bagel order. Drives from Brooklyn to Jersey in traffic so slow she want to tear her hair out. It’s amazing all the useless things Vera can accomplish while on hold for three hours with customer service. Thre…
When I first met you / Lori Foster.
"When Glory McCallahan’s cousin moved to Hoker, Kentucky, she felt like she’d lost her best friend. Then, Callie fell in love. To help with wedding arrangements, Glory joins her, but after, the plan is to get back to her perfectly ordered life. Glory has …
In stormy weather : a novel / Chelsea Curto.
"Nothing can rain on Quincy Monroe’s parade. She’s a woman in STEM with a PhD in atmospheric sciences, the host of a successful online weather show, and has one million followers on her meteorology Instagram. Quincy has spent endless hours forging her pat…
City of widows : a novel / Nadia Hashimi.
"In February 2020 the US began to withdraw troops from Afghanistan after nearly twenty years of occupation. A whole generation of Afghan women had been born during that time—women who had grown up in relative peace, gone to school, entered the professions…
Seatmate : a novel / Cara Bastone.
"Gwen has exactly 5 hours and 10 minutes to get from Boston to New York City for the professional opportunity of a lifetime disappears. Her only travel option? The second-to-last seat on a discount bus. Across from the bathroom. Wearing last night’s cloth…
Make nice : a novel / Ryan Effgen.
"When the Pickford siblings arrive at The Grand Hotel-a nostalgic tourist paradise of horse-drawn carriages, muddled cocktails, and white sweaters on the tennis court-they have every intention of spending the long weekend making nice. Pete, the nation's f…
The intrigue / Silvia Moreno-Garcia.
"Handsome con artist Ulises has long charmed lonely women via letters in order to steal their money, but money is hard to come by in 1940s Mexico. Ulises knows his looks won’t last forever, and he’s desperate to get his hands on a real fortune. He thinks…
Ransom : a novel / Daniel Silva
"Alice Winter, one of Britain's most dazzling socialites, seemingly has the perfect life--a lavish home in posh Knightsbridge, a grand estate in Devon, millions of followers on social media who eagerly await her next post. But when she disappears without …
They stole a city : Wilmington's white supremacist coup and the families who live with its legacy / Lauren Collins.
"After the Civil War, Reconstruction ushered in an era of political equality and economic opportunity for Black people, and it lasted longer in Wilmington than almost anywhere else. In 1898, Wilmington was a bastion of Black success: Black cultural life f…
The secrets we hide / Karin Slaughter.
"1601 Iris Drive looks like any other house on the quiet, residential street. But rumors are rampant about the Vickery family, and what goes on behind closed doors. When gunshots ring out, Sheriff Emmy Clifton and her sister, ex-federal agent Jude Archer,…
The unknown : a novel / Riley Sager.
"Struggling actress Marin Keane is shocked when she lands a role in a major motion picture about the unsolved mystery of New Avalon, an island on sprawling Lake Faraday in Vermont. She’s even more surprised when she learns that the role requires a weeklon…
The Mortons / Justine Larbalestier and Scott Westerfeld.
"The Mortons are a modern-day, old-money dynasty with impeccable taste, from their exquisitely crafted cocktails to their expertly tailored vintage garments. They are also stone-cold killers. For the Mortons, homicide is heritage. They, along with the ot…
Wasp's nest : a novel / Kat Stoddard.
"Tess wants nothing more than for her upcoming society wedding to overshadow the failure of her first marriage. Her fiancé Warren, a steady soon-to-be state senator, is nothing like her first husband. Tess’s relationship with working-class artist Peter wa…
Blow by blow : the Jeff Beck story / Brad Tolinski and Chris Gill.
"With his shag haircut and white Stratocaster guitar, Jeff Beck was an icon known and loved by millions. Yet somehow, he maintained the ineffable low profile cool of a cult hero as he glided through six decades of musical trends with nary a lapse in taste…
Unsayable : a life in writing / Michael Cunningham.
"At the age of three, Michael Cunningham began obsessively collecting the names of things: oak, Chevrolet, finch, tulip, Tupperware. . . . Each word rendered the world ever so slightly more understandable, more describable, kicking off a lifelong love aff…
Liberation summer : the moment that changed the women's movement and the future of American politics / Micki McElya
"In the dying days of the summer of 1968, during one unprecedented Pageant weekend, Atlantic City played host not only to the fifty young contestants and thousands of eager visitors who had arrived in town for the Miss America crowning, but also to the fi…
Country of lords : neo-aristocrats, social Darwinists, tech utopians, and the long fight against equality in America / Kim Phillips-Fein.
"The story of American history is often told as a hard-won march toward the promise of equality, derived from Thomas Jefferson’s famous proclamation that “all men are created equal.” But this inspiring story obscures a parallel tradition: an enduring and…
Ghost girl : surviving the Black Swan murder : a memoir / Eva Benefield.
"Eva was still in high school when her mother died suddenly of a heart attack. Within a year, her father marries Ashley Byers, a twenty-four-year-old former bikini model he has only known for a few weeks. 'She looked sharp,' Eva says of her strange new st…
Ungodly rich : a novel / Katharine McGee.
"When Julia Dodds meets Harry Adams, love hits her like a lightning bolt. He’s adventurous, charismatic, and impossibly handsome. Little does Julia know that her boyfriend has left out a few key details. His name isn’t Harry: it’s Ares, as in the ancient …
This is the plan : how to end America's meltdown and save democracy / Ben Wikler.
"Ben Wikler led the Democratic Party of Wisconsin to a string of improbable victories in a state with a political system so rigged that it was dubbed a 'democracy desert'—which is, coincidentally, Trump’s goal for the whole country. Now, in This Is the P…
Dad, love, me : a memoir / Matthew Quick.
"On the surface, Matthew Quick seemed to have it all—a loving wife, a thriving career as a novelist, and a beautiful home. He’d traveled all over the world advocating for mental health awareness, standing before crowds as a success story. But secretly, he…
This changes everything : a thriller / Lisa Scottoline.
"Julia Pritzker loves her new life as a wife and mother in beautiful Tuscany—except that she misses her best friend Courtney, back in the States. One night, Julia calls Courtney and reaches her as she’s arriving at her grandmother’s farm in Pennsylvania. …
A dark path : and other Kate Burkholder short stories / Linda Castillo.
"When two young boys don’t return home from an innocent afternoon of fishing, Chief of Police Kate Burkholder must track them down before the first winter storm of the season bears down on Painters Mill in THE PACT. In DISAPPEARED, Kate races against the …
Summer of love / Kerri Maher.
"It’s the summer of 1967 and the counterculture revolution is in full swing in San Francisco. Every street is alive with the music of Jim Morrison and Dionne Warwick, and in view of the Golden Gate bridge young people come together, waving anti-war signs …
Perfect life : a novel / Meredith Lavender and Kendall Shores.
"Welcome back to Winter Park, where looks can kill and secrets refuse to stay buried. Este Walker didn’t move to Florida to make friends. Five years ago, she ghosted her life in California to reinvent herself among the lakefront estates of Florida’s elit…
You won't get free of it : stories of mothers and daughters / Rachel Aviv.
"You Won’t Get Free of It tells the stories of mothers and daughters searching for each other and for themselves. Rachel Aviv explores the complexity of this relationship in seven essays....Aviv writes about one mother searching for her vanished daughter;…
The solo honeymoon : a brief beautiful true love story / Laura Murphy ; with Bret Witter.
"When Laura and Devon sat down to plan their honeymoon, Castellina in Chianti, Italy, was the obvious destination. Four months later, Laura found herself standing in a secret spot at the edge of the village watching the sunset. It would have been perfect,…
Ricochet : guns, greed, and the American way of violence / Mike McIntire.
"Not too long ago, you could still envision a future for America not marked by gun idolatry, blood-stained classrooms, and empty offers of thoughts and prayers. Yet a witches’ brew of politics, money, and ideology has warped gun culture in the United Stat…
The gospel according to Hobby Lobby : inside a billionaire family's quest to craft a Christian nation / Michael Blanding.
"Hobby Lobby is a multibillion-dollar craft store chain with more than a thousand US locations, founded and owned by the Greens—an evangelical Christian family committed to establishing the Bible as the ultimate authority behind our laws and society. In …
Get it done : seven decades of lessons from a political legend / Ben Barnes with David Ritz.
"Ben Barnes started out as a whistleblower. He was only 19 when he uncovered corruption in the Health Department in Austin, TX, and testified against the culprits. He felt empowered - a guy like him could make a difference. Now at 87, despite an over 70-y…
Welcome to your life : love, death, and Tears for Fears / Roland Orzabal.
"Roland Orzabal, along with Curt Smith, formed Tears for Fears in Bath, England, in the wake of the punk explosion and at the dawn of New Wave. With their smash album Songs from the Big Chair, and songs like 'Shout,' 'Everybody Wants to Rule the World,' '…
You'll be sorry / Lisa Gardner
"For Raquel and Theo Collins, it appeared to be love at first sight. Raquel, a renowned interior designer, and Theo, a brash financial wizard met and married in a matter of months, only to confront a terrible tragedy. Now, unbearably aware of the distance…
Twisted road / Christine Feehan.
"It was rather ironic that Lazar "Keys" Alexeev had been undercover for three solid months and not one incident had occurred. There had been no leads to find. No criminal activity that he could sniff out, and he was excellent at that. After three months o…
Sea of charms / Sarah Beth Durst.
"DELUXE EDITION-a gorgeous hardcover edition featuring beautiful cerulean blue sprayed edges! Sarah Beth Durst brings cozy fantasy romance to the high seas in Sea of Charms, the third magical adventure in the New York Times bestselling Spellshop series! M…
The exquisite torment of loving your enemy / Brigitte Knightley.
"Osric is a member of the Fyren Order, a guild of assassins who gleefully murder for money. Aurienne is a Haelan, a scholar-healer whose Order's motto is Harm to none. Clear-cut absolutes separate them: good and bad, right and wrong, light and dark . . . …
Hinterlands : the new Cold War brewing at the peripheries of the West / Hannah Lucinda Smith.
"Hinterlands offers a glimpse into the ghost towns of Syria and Nagorno-Karabakh, the cryptocurrency farms of Transnistria, the brittle border communities of Bosnia and its Republika Srpska, and the enclaves of Northern Cyprus that Russian oligarchs call …
The country road murders : a thriller / James Patterson and Mike Lupica.
"After a shocking accident, Silas Tucker’s legendary football career is suddenly over in this action-packed sports thriller powered by loyalty, competition, and family. Humbled, but never defeated, he returns to his backwoods hometown, Cross Rivers, North…
Killer vibes / Jack Friday.
"A wild and wickedly funny series debut, introducing readers to the irresistible and irrepressible private investigator, Peter Key. Meet Peter Key: self-proclaimed "laziest private investigator in Texas" (it's harder than it looks), unapologetic bisexual,…
The half life : a novel / Rachel Beanland.
"From the author of Florence Adler Swims Forever and The House Is on Fire, a novel set on a remote Italian island, about a navy wife's reckoning with power, love, and the price of staying silent in the Atomic Age.When twenty-three-year-old Eileen O'Malley…
The Earth said remember me : how to revive our memories and restore the planet / Jason Dove Mark.
"As the climate emergency worsens and biodiversity shrinks, we somehow get used to it. We struggle to remember what summers were like before the unrelenting heat, in those years before wildfires became an annual routine. We adapt, we normalize. Scientists…
Helpless / Jessica Knoll.
"It's been twelve years since Faye Heron broke Henry Spalding's heart. Henry was her college boyfriend, her first love, but Faye was in danger of being subsumed by him and the intensity of their connection--a connection that took her beyond boundaries she…
Romance revival / Christina Lauren.
"Three years ago, scientist Emery Finch did something completely out of character: She got married. To Luca—the impossibly charming landscaper she met on one blistering night in Vegas who made her laugh, made her dance, made her feel. But now, Emery is c…
Hot girl murder club : a novel / Ashley Winstead.
"What’s a girl got to do to get some fame, a few million record sales, and justice for murder? Ten years ago, aspiring singer-actress Scout Sage lost the only thing that mattered: her sister, Georgia. Ever since Georgia’s mysterious death at a Hollywood p…
A catered PTA murder / Isis Crawford.
"When Rita Sullivan walks into A Little Taste of Heaven to hire Bernie and Libby to cater a PTA board meeting and supply cakes for an end-of-school-year gala, it’s hard to believe she’s the same nerdy wallflower they knew in high school. Rita’s now an inf…
Insurgent / Andrews & Wilson
"After rescuing a teammate from a covert detention facility in East Asia, it's back to business as usual for John Dempsey and Task Force Ember: conducting counterterrorism operations in denied areas. An opportunity to strike a master Houthi drone engineer…
Why we fight : a transformative road map to healing conflict in any relationship / Kim Polinder.
"Anyone in a long-term relationship knows that fighting is inevitable. Our goal should be fighting well, fighting clean—which is both shockingly hard to do and the basis of a successful partnership. In Why We Fight, relationship coach, couples’ therapist,…
Tin can coast : a history of industry, greed, and fishing in the golden state / Joseph Ogilvy.
"Look west from San Francisco or Monterey, past the surfers and cargo ships. This is the California Current, 1,900 miles of the most productive waters on earth. It was here that eighteenth-century locals encountered frisbee-sized abalone mollusks, sardine…
Our wild familiars : how animals are adapting to cities and reshaping the natural world / Dan Werb.
"Synanthropes have always been an immutable part of the tapestry of our lives. They are the reason we hear birdsong in the morning and skittering throughout the day, and why we take such pains to fix lids to our garbage cans. But they are so much more tha…
Crash into me : a novel / Robinne Lee.
"When Cecilia Chen finds herself in an accident shortly after a move to Los Angeles, she's shocked to recognize the swan-necked beauty in the other car as the Anouk Ferrand. It's been twenty years since she last encountered the enigmatic model on a photo …
Every version of you / Natalie Messier.
"Joey Vasquez’s life is the definition of good on paper. At thirty-two, she’s a lawyer on the cusp of making partner, she owns her house in Los Angeles, and she almost keeps pace with her doctor sister in her parents’ eyes. When she reluctantly arrives a…
Dead men don't play fetch / David Rosenfelt.
"It’s defense lawyer Andy Carpenter’s dream to retire. That goal is once again thwarted when he gets a call from Lou Campanelli, an old friend who he simply cannot refuse, asking for a favor. Lou runs a rehab center, and when one of his patients, a homele…
Push the wall : my life, writing, drawing, and the art of storytelling / Frank Miller.
"Frank Miller is our greatest living comic book writer and artist. Frank Miller shares his life, and through, his artistic process. Miller’s artistic influence is evident in so very much of our popular culture, perhaps most notably with Batman—every film…
Unleashed : how to bring out the best in your dog / Jaime Goodrich.
"TThe role dogs have played in our lives has changed. No longer are they solely workers, bred to herd for or hunt with us. So it’s time to change how we raise them too. In Unleashed, celebrity dog trainer Jaime Goodrich shows you how to understand your do…
Lost in curiosity : field notes from scientists' adventures into the unknown / Roberta Kwok.
"In Lost in Curiosity, award-winning journalist Roberta Kwok pulls back the curtain on what scientific discovery actually looks like… Not a Eureka moment, but a fraught, often chaotic pursuit of truth. Chronicling researchers' struggles and hopes in the …
The biggest lie : the prehistory of American fascism, 1818-1915 / Joseph Kelly.
"When American fascists suddenly goose­stepped down Main Street in the 1930s, fascism was seen by the rest of the country as a terrifying and radical new European import. It was not. It didn't come from abroad. Nor was it new or radical. The seed of Ameri…
The great wherever : a novel / Shannon Sanders.
"The dead are relentless gossips, or at least these dead are. An impulsive and heartbroken woman inherits her father's share of a Tennessee farm that is rich in family secrets and occupied with busybody ghosts in this sweeping family portrait. At thirty-t…
Voice-a-voice : finding my voice(s) behind the mic / Billy West.
"Billy West is one the most accomplished and beloved voice actors alive today. He’s brought to life original animated characters like Stimpy from Ren & Stimpy, Doug Funnie, and Philip J. Fry, Dr. Zoidberg, Zapp Brannigan, and Professor Farnsworth (and mor…
The Renoir girls : a hidden history of art, war, and betrayal / Catherine Ostler.
"Paris, 1881. The artist Pierre-Auguste Renoir knocks on the door of a wealthy Jewish family’s home in the 8th arrondissement, the grandest quarter of Paris. He has arrived to paint the portrait of the family’s two youngest daughters. The parents, the Cah…
The day after : how to wield power in a post-Trump world / Brian Tyler Cohen ; [foreword by Marc Elias].
"This book is a wake-up call about the decades-long project that led to Trump’s America. It’s the playbook for progressives who want to do far more than restore the status quo. This is how we build a stronger country, with hope and opportunity for all —…
Data empire : the power of information to organize, control, and dominate / Roopika Risam.
"Long before writing existed, at the dawn of civilization in Mesopotamia, rulers pressed marks into clay to keep track of land, people and grain. To rule, they had to keep count. It is no accident, then, that the first written name in human history was ne…
The frenzy : stories / Joyce Carol Oates.
"Frenzy (noun): a temporary madness; a violent mental or emotional agitation; intense usually wild and often disorderly compulsive or agitated activity Joyce Carol Oates is a master of the short story and one of the legends of the form. Her collections of…
Most ardently yours : a novel / Freya Sampson.
"Zoe Knight, a struggling romance writer, has sworn off men for good. At least...the ones in real life. Once a believer in a happily ever after, she now curbs her loneliness with the help of the best book boyfriends in literature - and there is no better …
Self-help for serial killers : a novel / Asia Mackay
"Homework. Housework. Homicide. You can do it all! Hazel and Fox have it all: two children, a beautiful home, and a late-night habit of eliminating people who deserve it. Yet work-life balance is hard when you want to kill bad men but raise good kids. W…
The sixth nik / Daniel Kraus.
"Deep into space, far past the triworld outposts, beyond range of the lethal trollbot internet, soars The Sickness: a ship woven from biomatter and capable of reacting to every need of its human crew. Sisilla, a nine-year-old cultist with a brain enhanced…
A year of marvelous ways / Sarah Winman.
"It is 1947, and eighty-nine-year-old Marvelous Ways lives alone in a caravan on the banks of a muddy Cornish creek. She spends her days looking through a telescope, watching and waiting. She doesn't know what she's waiting for, only that something is com…
Everything to the sea : a novel / Alicia Upano.
"Home for one final summer, Jane is working and saving cash for her senior year of college before she leaves her island town behind forever. At first, she doesn't remember Kenji, but he quickly becomes someone she can't forget: square jaw, a dimple in his…
Three hitmen and a baby / Rob Hart.
"Assassins Anonymous isn't just a weekly recovery meeting for reformed killers--it's also a family. When Valencia receives troubling news that her brother has gone missing, she wants rush off to LA to find him. But she can't bring her baby girl, Lucia. En…
Names have been changed : a novel / Yu-Mei Balasingamchow.
"A stylish and fast-paced debut novel follows Ophir-not her real name-as she reveals the story of her last ten years on the run around the world, in a confessional podcast that soon charms countless fans, even as she risks her anonymity and freedom"-- Pro…
Some people : a novel / Parini Shroff.
"Malti Patel is absolutely fine. Concussed and bruised, maybe, but fine. Certainly fine enough to not need her daughter's soon-to-be-ex-husband, Nathan Whitlock, playing nurse in her home while she recuperates. And yet, that's exactly the quandary in whic…
Sisterhood above all / Kathleen Barber with Amayah Shaienne.
"Any girl would kill to be a Gamma. Being a Gamma at Southern State University means belonging to the most desirable, exclusive sisterhood there is. For Ava, it means even more-it's the last connection she has to her beloved late mother, and she'll do any…
Conspiracy / Colleen Coble.
"Just as wildlife veterinarian Paradise Alden begins to envision a future with Blake Lawson, the ghosts of her past return with a vengeance. The murder of her parents has shadowed her for fifteen years, but a new threat brings the cold case into the terri…
The Parisian heist : a novel / Jo Piazza.
"Emma, a struggling American artist in Paris, thought she had left her dreams behind when she took a job cleaning for the city’s wealthy elite. Then she meets Stella Swanson, the widow of one of the most notorious art dealers in the business. The Swansons…
Teach the torches to burn / Christina Dodd.
"Romeo and Juliet (yes, that Romeo and Juliet) invite you to join them in celebrating the union of their spinster daughter, Rosie (she's 20!) to Escalus the younger, prince of Verona, where murder is the unexpected guest at the wedding. My Lady Jane meets…
Sisters of the midnight sun : a murder in Arctic Alaska / Rebecca Wright Stevens.
"Rebecca Wright is a defense attorney living in the Lower 48 when she suddenly finds herself a widow and an empty nester. In need of a radical change, she accepts a public defender position in Utqiagvik on Alaska’s North Slope, an oil-rich area the size o…
Catch the devil : a true story of murder and deception on the Gulf Coast / Pamela Colloff.
"For more than three decades, Paul Skalnik roamed the Gulf Coast lying about who he was. He passed himself off as a fighter pilot, a high-rolling oilman, a criminal defense attorney, an undercover agent, and a terminal cancer patient. In these guises he m…
A delicious deception / Lucy Burdette.
"When Sheriff's Deputy Darcy Rogers asks Hayley for a small favor, she can't say no. Nine months pregnant and temporarily benched from her food critic duties, Hayley's itching for a distraction and eager to help. All she has to do is tag along while a you…
Never tell a Black girl how to Black girl : essays / Amena Brown.
"Black women always find a place to meet: in the natural hair aisle, at Beyoncé concerts, even online in memes and catchphrases. This book is one of those places: a living room where readers can contemplate how a well-picked afro can defy the laws of phys…
Not what it seems / Lisa Jackson.
"The stone is small and round, easy to miss among the junk surrounding Billy Huber's body. The man was a hoarder for sure. At first, police assume he fell from a ladder, injuring his throat and smashing his head in the process. Only on closer inspection d…
Falling into you / Jill Shalvis.
"Tucker Colburn and Hazel Pierce are not speaking to each other. Their chemistry? Still sizzling, complicated by a tangled web of secrets, second chances, and unresolved tension. When Hazel is trapped in a fire on her work site, Tucker realizes he can't l…
Love you more : a novel / Emily Giffin.
"Billie has built the perfect life. Her medical practice in New York City is thriving, and she’s finally found the right partner in Dean after years spent trying to move on from her high-school sweetheart, Mick. Their young love had been intense and true,…
Country people : a novel / Daniel Mason.
"Miles Krzelewski is a devoted husband, a doting father beloved for his outlandish bedtime stories, and the proud owner of a truffle-hunting dog in a land with no truffles. He is also a bit lost, twelve years late with his PhD on Russian folktales and inc…
An infinite love story / Chanel Cleeton.
"When Joe Mitchell launches into space, the world is watching. It's 1968, and the country waits with anticipation and excitement for another successful mission, another celebration as America sets its sights on the Moon. And then comes the knock at the do…
Green city wars / Adrian Tchaikovsky.
"Philip Marlowe meets Redwall in this superior adult noir tale, where all the characters are animals, fighting for survival in the city underneath the humans. In the solar cities of the future, the humans relax in the sun and the animals work in the shado…
Our knives will save us : dispatches from a White Mountain Apache chef / Nephi Craig.
"From beloved Indigenous chef Nephi Craig, a searing personal and cultural reckoning about the power of food to heal intergenerational wounds When Nephi Craig enrolled in the culinary program at Scottsdale Community College, it was out of necessity-his DU…
I'm a lot : surviving myself and all the people I've been / Alison Leiby.
"Have you ever frozen when someone asks, "So, tell me about yourself?" If so, take a page from I’m a Lot. Alison Leiby proudly embraces the identities we’re often encouraged to hide: Housewives stan. Discount shopaholic. Former jock. Happily single. Child…
Aging out : an exploration of caregiving, community, and how Americans grow old / Lucy Schiller.
"A deeply personal investigation into the current state of eldercare and what it means to grow old in America Unlike many other cultures, our collective stance toward older people in the United States has long been one of casual avoidance and neglect. Thi…
Whisper creek : a thriller / Allison Brennan.
"After the sudden death of her husband, Ellen McKenna is doing everything she can to keep her Texas farm afloat. She and her family hope to expand their operation, but times are tough and making ends meet is more expensive than she imagined, much less try…
Fear the reaper / David Housewright.
"After taking down a man wielding an AR-15 a small town winery, Rushmore McKenzie has to find out who, if anyone, was the shooter's target before he, or someone else, tries again. Once a police detective in St. Paul, Minnesota, Rushmore McKenzie, after be…
The Pumpkin Spice Café cookbook : 60 delicious Dream Harbor recipes / Heather Thompson and Laurie Gilmore
"Welcome to the cozy small town of Dream Harbor, where the townsfolk love a sweet treat and the aroma of freshly baked cookies is never far away … Whip up recipes straight from the books, including: Noah’s Blueberry Pancakes, perfect for brunch Delicious…