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