Book Selection Committee January/February /March 2024
FICTION Akbar, Kaveh The Martyr Banks, Russell American Spirits Beaird, Rowan The Divorcees Chan, Vanessa The Storm We Made Fawcett, Heather Emily Wilde’s Encyclopaedia of Fairies Goodwin, Daisy Diva Hannah, Kristin The Women Howes, Emily The Painter’s Daughters Keegan, Clare So Late in the Day Lapena, Shari Everyone Here is Lying Michaels, Anne Held Michaelides, Alex The Fury Muaddi Darraj, Susan Behind You is the Sea Murry, Paul The Bee Sting Orange, Tommy Wandering Stars Peters, Amanda The Berry Pickers Quindlen, Anna After Annie Robb, J.D, Payback in Death Robinson, Roxana Leaving Theroux, Paul Burma Sahib Torres, Justin Blackouts Williams, Pip The Bookbinder MYSTERIES Baragwanath,Tom The Paper Cage Box, C. J. Three Inch Teeth Burke, James Lee Harbor Lights Casey, Jane The Close Delamotte, Anders The Mountain King Donovan, Kemper. The Busy Body French, Tana The Hunter Herron, Mick The Secret Hours Mina, Denise. The Second Murderer O'Connor, Carlene No Strangers Here Perry, Thomas Hero* Plantinga, Adam The Ascent Shelton, Paige The Lost Hours Spotswood, Stephen Fortune Favors the Dead Swindler, Olivia Break the Glass Book Selection Committee March/April 2023 FICTION Grisham, John The Boys from Biloxi Ison, Tara At the Hour Between Dog and Wolf Jha, Sonora The Laughter Moyes, Jojo Someone Else’s Shoes MYSTERIES Box, C. J. Storm Watch Coben, Harlan The Match Crombie, Deborah A Killing of Innocents NON-FICTION DONATIONS Barton, Fiona The Child Clayton, Meg The Postmistress of Paris Dolan, Harry Very Bad Men (M) Kaplan, Robert When the Astors Owned New York (NF) Kimmerer, Robin Braiding Sweetgrass (NF) Writers of the Mendocino Coast: Common Ground Longworth, M.L. Murder on the Ile Sordou (M) McCall Smith, A The House of Unexpected Sister (M) Melville, Alan Quick Curtain (M) North, Gil Sergeant Cluff Stands Firm (M) O’Farrell, Maggie The Marriage Portrait Rhys, Jean The Wide Sargasso Sea Rowland, John Murder in the Museum (M) Schaffert, Timothy The Perfume Thief Villalobos, Juan Invasion of the Spirit People Williams, Niall Boy and Man Winn, Robert The Death of Captain Ford Book Selection Committee January/ February2023 FICTION Benedict, Marie The Mitford Affair Boyne, John All the Broken Places Chen, Katherine Joan: A novel of Joan of Arc Keegan, Clare FosterMcCarthy, Cormac Stella Maris Quinn, Joanna The Whalebone Theatre MYSTERIES Gentill, Sulari The Woman in the Library Hall, Rachel Howzell And Now She’s Gone Harper, Jane The Exiles Kapoor, Deepti Age of Vice Perry , Thomas The Left-Handed Twin Perry, Thomas The Murder Book Smiley, Jane A Dangerous Business Walker, Martin To Kill a Troubadour NON-FICTION Greenidge, Kerri The Grimkes: The Legacy of Slavery in an American Family Perry, Imani South to America: A Journey Below the Mason Dixon DONATIONS Atkinson, Kate Behind the Scenes at the Museum Bellairs, George Death of a Busybody (M) Benedict, Marie The Personal Librarian Boall, Iain West of Eden: Communes and Utopia in Northern California (NF Borowitz, Andy Profiles in Ignorance (NF) Bown, Rhys Peril in Paris (M) Cleverly, Barbara Folly du Jour (M) Evanovich, Janet Game On: Tempting Twenty-One (M) Fowler, Therese It All Comes Down to This Gunty, Tess The Rabbit Hutch Hay, Mavis Death on the Cherwell (M) Hilderbrand, Elin Hotel Nantucket Iyer, Pico The Half-Known Life (NF) Bude, John Death Makes a Prophet (M) Ledoux, Joseph The Deep History of Ourselves (NF) Lapena, Shari An Unwanted Guest McPherson, C Dandy Gilver and a Bothersome Number of Corpses (M) Maher, Kerri The Paris Bookseller Mystery Writers of America Odd Partners: An Anthology (M) Nicolson, Adam Life Between the Tides (NF) Patterson, James Shattered (M) The 13-minute Murder Barry, Quan When I’m Gone, Look for Me in the East Slaughter, Karin False Witness (M) Wynne, Anthony Murder of a Lady (M) Book Selection Committee November/December 2022 FICTION Baldacci, David Long Shadows Banvile, John The Singularities Backman, Fredrick The Winners Irving, John The Last Chairlift Karunatilaka, S The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida Kingsolver, Barbara Demon Copperhead Li, Yiyun The Book of Goose McCarthy, Cormac The Passenger McCracken, E The Hero of This Book Picoult, Jodi Mad Honey Quick, Matthew We Are the Light Sparks, Nicholas Dreamland Zevin, Gabrielle Tomorrow, and Tomorrow and Tomorrow MYSTERIES Child, Lee No Plan B Connelly, Michael Desert Star Crais, Robert Racing the Light DeMille, Nelson The Maze Doiron, Paul Almost Midnight McDermid, Val 1989 Penny, Louise A World of Curiosities Rankin, Ian A Heart Full of Headstones Raybourn, Deanna Killers of a Certain Age Sandford, John Righteous Prey NON-FICTION Meacham, Jom And There Was Light Obama, Michelle The Light We Carry Schiff, Stacy The Revolutionary: Samuel Adams Unwin, Mike Around the World in 80 Birds Yong, Ed An Immense World Zamora, Javier Solito: A Memoir DONATIONS Benedict, Marie The Other Einstein Bude, John The Lake District Murder (M) Cleverly, Barbara The Bee’s Kiss (M) The Blood Royal (M) Bright Hair About the Bone (M) The Damascened Blade (M) The Palace Tiger (M) The Spider in the Cup (M) Tug of War (M) The Tomb of Zeus (M) Cosby, S. A. Razorblade Tears (M) Cornwell, Patricia Livid (M) Faber, Michael The Book of Strange New Things Feeney, Alice Daisy Darker Finch, Charles A Death in the Small Hours (M) The Laws of Murder (M) An Old Betrayal (M) A Stranger in Mayfair (M) Hart, Elsa The Cabinets of Barnaby Mayne (M) Haynes, Natalie A Thousand Ships Knecht, Rosalie Vera Kelly Is Not AMystery (M) Linklater, Andro Measuring America (NF) Malliet, G. M. Devil’s Breath (M) McDougall, C Running with Sherman (NF) McPherson, C The Unpleasantness in the Ballroom (M) An Unsuitable day for a Murder (M) Quiet Neighbors (M) The Winter Ground (M) Miranda, Megan The Last to Vanish Myerson, Amy The Bookshop of Yesterdays Newman, Paul Extraordinary Life of an Ordinary Man (NF) Osmundson, J Virology: Essays for the Living. . . .(NF) Prose, Nita The Maid (M) Pryor, Mark The Paris Librarian (M) Shakespeare, Willi The Complete Pelican Shakespeare (NF) Toibin, Colm The Magician Turow, Scott Suspect Unger, Lisa Secluded Cabin, Sleeps Six Weidlinger, Tom The Restless Hungarian (NF) Winslow, Don Dawn Patrol (M) Yu, Charles Interior Chinatown Book Selection Committee September/October 2022 FICTION Atkinson, Kate Shrines of Gaiety King, Stephen Fairy Tale McEwan, Ian Lessons: A Novel Stevens, Nell Briefly, A Delicious Life Strout, Elizabeth Lucy by the Sea Williams, Pip Dictionary of Lost Words MYSTERIES Box, C, J. Treasure State Cleeves, Ann The Rising Tide Jewell, Lisa The Family Remains Johnson, Craig Hell and Back King, Laurie Back to the Garden Kruger, William Kent Fox Creek Mayor, Archer Fall Guy Osman, Richard The Bullet that Missed Carbo, Christine Mortal Fall Sharp Solitude Weight of Night Wild Inside Doiron, Paul Poacher’s Son Trespasser NON-FICTION Buck, Rinker Oregon Trail Rodgers, Mary Shy: The Alarmingly Outspoken Memoirs Maraniss, David A Path Lit by Lightning Sibley, David What It’s Like to be a Bird Pawel, Miriam The Browns of California DONATIONS Van Pelt, Shelby Remarkably Bright Creatures Jenkins Reid, Taylor Carrie Soto is Back Garmus, Bonnie Lessons in Chemistry Abrams, Stacy While Justice Sleeps Banville, John The Infinities Finch, Charles The Fleet Street Murders (M) The September Society (M) Griffiths, Elly The Janus Stone (M) Horowitz, Anthony The Moonflower Murders (M) Lee, Chang-Rae My Year Abroad Malliet, G.M. Wicked Autumn (M) McAllister, Gillian Wrong Place, Wrong Time McCall-Smith, A To the Land of Long Lost Friends (M) McDermid, Val Out of Bounds (M) McPherson, Catriona After the Armistice Ball (M) The Burry Man’s Day (M) Most Misleading Habit (M) Spot of Toil and Trouble (M) The Mirror Dance (M) The Turning Tide (M) Patterson, James The Paris Detective Potenza, Carol Hearts of the Missing (M) Quammen, David Breathless: The scientific race (NF) Sparks, Nicholas The Wish Sager, Riley The House Across the Lake Sorbel, Gina The Wise Women Smith, Nona Writers of the Mendocino Coast 2022 Walker, Martin The Crowded Grave (M) Whittlesey, Emily The Tale of the California Rug (NF) Wilkerson, Isabel The Warmth of Other Suns (NF) July/August 2022 Fiction Baldacci, David The 6:20 Man Brooks, Geraldine Horse Dark, Alice Elliot Fellowship Point Hamid, Mohsin The Last White Man Holleran, Andrew Kingdom of Sand Marra, Anthony Mercury Pictures Presents Pavone, Chris Two Nights in Lisbon Silva, Daniel Portrait of an Unknown Woman Thompson, Jean The Poet’s House Wiggins, Marianne Properties of Thirst MYSTERIES Hall, Rachel Howzell Land of Shadows Penny, Louise State of Terror Sanford, John The Investigator Ware, Ruth The It Girl NON-FICTION Buck, Rinker Life on the Mississippi Millard, Candace River of the Gods Philbrick, Nathaniel Travels with George Solnit, Rebecca Orwell’s Roses DONATIONS Archer, Jeffrey Over My Dead Body (M) Berry, Connie Legacy of Murder (M) Crais, Robert Taken (M) Dermansky, Marcy Hurricane Girl Ferrer, Ada Cuba: An American History Hendricks, Greer The Golden Couple Hillerman, Anne The Sacred Bridge (M) Losal, Yeshe From A Mountain in Tibet Sten, Camilla Lost Village (M) Thane, James L. Tyndall (M) White, Adam The Midcoast (M) NEW AUDIOBOOKS AUGUST 2022 FICTION Jonathan Kellerman Silent Partner Kate Quinn The Rose Code Stephen King Cell Janet Evanovich Recovery Agent Anne Hillerman Stargazer Peng Shepherd Cartographers James Rollins Blood Infernal Jacqueline Winspear The Consequences of Fear NONFICTION David Sedaris Happy-Go-Lucky Rebecca Skloot The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks Cynthia L. Wall The Courage to Trust DVD's New Acquisitions June-Sept. 2022 Academy Award Nominated Films, 2022 Licorice Pizza Parallel Mothers Drive My Car Dune West Side Story Belfast Summer of Soul The Irishman Lunana, A Yak in the Classroom King Richard No Time to Die Knives Out Father Stu The Father Other newly accessioned films: Worst Person in the World Dog Phantom Thread Once Upon a time in Hollywood Let Him Go Grand Budapest Hotel Last of the Mohicans Topsy Turvy Wonder And many other popular and classic films from the 1930s to the 2020s |
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