Fiction Selections
Benedict, Marie – The
Personal Librarian – Here we have the remarkable story of J. P. Morgan’s
personal librarian who was forced to hide her identity and pass for white.
Famous for her intellect, style, and wit, Bella da Costa Greene, was one of the
most powerful people in the art and book world…. A good read!
Box, C. J. – Storm
Watch – Yes, a brand-new Joe Pickett mystery… Wyoming Game Warden, Joe
Pickett, investigates a mysterious death at a secret remote high-tech facility.
Child, Lee – No
Plan B – Jack Reacher returns and for Jack, there is never a plan B! A
woman dies under the wheels of a moving bus… a Suicide? Or something much
bigger???
Doiron, Paul – The Poacher’s Son – This is the very first novel in the series featuring Maine Game Warden Mike Bowditch. So many of you have been enjoying these books that we decided to acquire the rest of the series one book at a time… #2 Trespasser and #3 Bad Little Falls have arrived!
Grisham, John – The Boys from Biloxi – Rich with history and with a large cast of unforgettable characters, this novel is a sweeping saga of two sons from immigrant families who grow up as friends, but ultimately find themselves on opposite sides of the law.
Makkai, Rebecca - I Have Some Questions For You - part New Hampshire boarding school drama, part forensic whodunit, haunting and hard to put down BUT you will have to wait, I grabbed it!
McKinty, Adrian - I Hear the Sirens in the Street and In the Morning I Will Be Gone - Detective Sean Duffy is back in TWO more adventures
Read, Shelley - Go As a River (a First Novel) - Suggested for readers who liked Where the Cawdads Sing, The Four Winds, and Great Circle, this novel, set in the beauty and wilderness of the Colorado mountains, was inspired by true events and is a wonderful story of resiliance.
Steel, Danielle - Without a Trace - ...an irrestible story of the risks two people are willing to take in exchange for a chance at the life they've always wanted.
Categorized Books
(Nonfiction!)
Carroll, David M – Swampwalker’s Journal, A Wetlands Year – This New Hampshire author, from the Sunapee area, shares his knowledge and passion with us, taking us on a miraculous year-long journey, illustrated with his own drawings, through the wetlands, and revealing why they are so important to all life on Earth. (Nature-Ecology)
Kurlansky, Mark – Salt,
a World History – Mr Kurlansky has given us a kaleidoscope of history that
blends economic, scientific, political, religious, and culinary records into a
rich and memorable tale. (Food)
Meacham, Jon – Thomas
Jefferson, The Art of Power – Thomas Jefferson… the man, the politician,
and the president (Lives)
Morley, Anders - This Land of Snow - a mid-life crisis and this NH author is off on a solo ski trip across northern Canada... a dichotomy between setting out on a winter's journey and finding your way home.
Obama, Michelle – The Light We Carry – In this follow-up to her memoir, Becoming, Michele Obama shares practical wisdom and powerful strategies for staying hopeful and balanced in today’s uncertain world, “When we are able to recognize our own light, we become empowered to use it.” (Body & Soul Resilience)
Thayer, Samuel – The
Forager’s Harvest – A guide to identifying, harvesting, and preparing
edible wild plants (Food)
Young Adult Selections
Maguire, Gregory –
Out of Oz – Remember reading Wicked? We have just added the
fourth and final volume in the Wicked Years. Inspired by the classic children’s
novel, The Wizard of Oz, this series has been most popular. At last we
will know the fate of Oz!
Roberts, Nora – The Choice - #3 in the Dragon Heart Legacy series. The conclusion of this epic series is set in Talamh, a land of green hills, high mountains, deep forests, and seas, where magicks thrive. Portals allow for passage in and out – and ultimately, each much choose their place, and choose between good and evel, war and peace, life and death.
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