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 Your insider look at the best new books added to our collection. 

“A tale begun in other days, when summer suns were glowing— A simple chime, that served to time—

The rhythm of your rowing—Whose echoes live in memory yet, though envious years would say 'forget.”

― Lewis Carroll, Through the Looking-Glass

 

FICTION

 

Fantasy

Book Cover Image & link to Catalog:Dreamland

Dream Land

by Olivie Blake

Aspiring actress Anya Morris takes a mysterious, high-paying job with the powerful de Witt family after a career setback. Tasked with watching over the family's reclusive and troubled heir, Jude, she soon discovers the gilded Hollywood estate is plagued by a bloodstained past and a potential occult curse.

Book Cover Image & link to Catalog:: These Godly Lies

These Godly Lies

by Rachelle Raeta

The sweeping conclusion to the Peaches & Honey romantic historical fantasy duology. Set in 1955, the story follows an immortal woman, Anna, and Khiran, the shapeshifting god who gave her eternal life, as they are forced to flee when her stolen immortality is finally discovered. 

 

Literary Fiction

Book Cover Image & link to Catalog: ETNA

Etna

by - Paul Yoon

After surviving years of a devastating war, Etna decides one night to leave the men he has fought alongside for years and return home—to the place where he was taken from when he was young, in the thin but persistent hope that if a home exists for him, it might be there.

Book Cover Image & link to Catalog: Few and Far Between

Few and Far Between

by Jan Carson

An alternate history imagines a 1950s scheme to drain Northern Ireland's Lough Neagh actually succeeds, creating a haunted, utopian archipelago called "The Ark" where outcasts flee the Troubles.

Book Cover Image & link to Catalog: The Seekers of Deer Creek

The Seekers of Deer Creek

by Thao Tai

An emotional family saga about two estranged, contrasting Vietnamese sisters—Vivi and Calla—who embark on a globe-spanning quest for a mysterious, lost painting by a forgotten artist. The search unearths buried family secrets, tracing their journey from the woods of Wisconsin to France and Vietnam.

Book Cover Image & link to Catalog: Under the Falls

Under the Falls

by Richard Russo

Famous rock star Tyler Sinclair returns to his depressed Rust Belt hometown of Stone Mountain, New York, to play a benefit concert for a childhood friend who was paralyzed in a stunt Tyler witnessed. The nostalgic visit quickly turns deadly, unraveling buried secrets, betrayals, and deep-seated local corruption.

 

Literary Fiction (LGBT)

Book Cover Image & link to Catalog: Meet Me in the Garden

Meet Me in the Garden 

by Nina LaCour

Odette, a young Creole woman in 1944 New Orleans, secretly dreams of becoming an artist and loving women. Years later, a widowed mother in Los Angeles, Odette must make a shattering choice when her cousin Delphine, reaches a breaking point.

 

MysteryThriller

Book Cover Image & link to Catalog: The Secrets We Hide

The Secrets We Hide

by Karin Slaughter

The 2nd installment in the North Falls series, follows Sheriff Emmy Clifton as she investigates the murder of a former police officer. When Emmy and her sister, Jude Archer, discover a brutal crime scene, they are plunged into a sprawling, high-level local conspiracy that ties into a controversial trial from the past.

Book Cover Image & link to Catalog: The Tailor

The Tailor

by- Tim Sullivan 

The 8th in the series -  The meticulous, autistic detective investigates the execution-style murder of elite tailor, William Titcomb who is found dead in a train, drawing Cross into a dangerous and ruthless web of international intrigue.

 
Book Cover Image & link to Catalog: Unknown

The Unknown

by Riley Sager

Follows struggling actress Marin Keane, who travels to a remote island in Vermont to research a movie about five spiritual mediums who vanished there in 1926. When her cast and crew become stranded, they begin disappearing one by one.

 

NON FICTION

 

CookBooks

Book Cover Image & link to Catalog: The Coffee Shop at Home

Coffee Shop at Home

By Katerina Diaz

Say goodbye to your pricey coffee shop habit with the ultimate beginner’s guide to making delicious, creative lattes, mochas, cold brews, and more at home—with 60 recipes for your favorite classic and seasonal drinks plus approachable info about the basics of brewing.

Book Cover Image & link to Catalog: Protein Packed Vegeterian

Protein-Packed Vegetarian

by Grace Elkus

100 high-protein, meatless recipes utilizing powerhouse ingredients like beans, eggs, tofu, and cottage cheese. The book provides quick, pantry-friendly meals across all dayparts, along with smart tips to hit macros without relying solely on meat.

General Non-Fiction

Book Cover Image & link to Catalog: The Story of Your Life

The Story of Your Life

by Kathryn Jezer

Journalist and New York magazine columnist Kathryn Jezer-Morton examines how these algorithm-driven platforms not only change the way we share information but also shape the content itself. What stories do we choose to tell, and how do these choices reflect and shape our evolving identities?

How To Guides

Book Cover Image & link to Catalog: American Mahjong for Beginners

American Mahjong For Beginners

by Marcus Langford 

American Mahjong for Beginners is a clear, structured, and easy to follow guide designed to take you from confusion to confident play step by step. 

Book Cover Image & link to Catalog: The Guide to Querying Literary Agents

The Modern Guide to Querying Literary Agents

by Alyssa Matesic

A step-by-step handbook that replaces outdated publishing myths with actionable, data-driven insights. The book draws on statistics from Query-Tracker to demystify the submission process, teaching writers how to draft compelling query letters, strategically target the right agents, manage expectations, and interpret rejections.

 

Literary Critisism

Book Cover Image & link to Catalog: Vonnegut's War

Vonnegut’s War: The Making of Slaughterhouse-Five

by Susan Farrell

Examines the grueling 23-year journey Kurt Vonnegut took to write his 1969 masterpiece. The book details Vonnegut’s real-life POW experiences in Dresden and how he merged biography, anti-war sentiment, and Tralfamadorian time travel to craft the iconic novel.

 

Memoir

Book Cover Image & link to Catalog: The Wound is Where the Light Enters

The Wound Is Where the Light Enters

by Chris Young 

A powerful memoir by Chris Young detailing his survival, self-education, and fight for freedom after receiving a mandatory life sentence under strict drug laws.

Science

Book Cover Image & link to Catalog: Biological War

Biological War

by Annie Jacobsen

Explores the aftermath of a weaponized pathogen released either through a lab accident or a deliberate bio-attack. Drawing on extensive interviews with high-level experts, she maps out how infrastructure would collapse, leading to mass death and worldwide dystopian anarchy within days.

 

Science and Nature

Book Cover Image & link to Catalog: The Ghost of the Mountains

The Ghost of the Mountains

by Kulbhushansingh Suryawanshi 

An evocative and personal account of decades of work, from his exhilarating adventures on the high peaks to his efforts to build a community-based, collaborative model for protecting the snow leopards and their remaining habitat.

 

True Crime

Book Cover Image & link to Catalog: Blizzard of Lies

Blizzard of Lies

by Dave Wedge

On a blizzard-swept night in Massachusetts, Boston police officer John O'Keefe vanishes after an evening of drinking with his girlfriend, Karen Read—setting off a chain of events that would captivate a community and raise unsettling questions about what truly happened.

 

BOOK CLUBS

Main Book Club

Saturday, August 1st at noon in  RML Kennedy Room

Let's come together this summer and discuss both July's Pick, Huckleberry Finn By Mark Twain & August's Pick, James by Percival Everett. Two books that speak to each other. It will be interesting to analyze side by side.

 

Book Share Discussion

Saturday, August 1,  1:00 pm - 1:30 pm in RML Kennedy Room

Join us to share the book(s) you've just read or find out what your friends & neighbors are recommending… or NOT recommending!

 
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GENRE BOOK CLUB MEETUP

Thursday, August 13th, 6 -8 pm

The Non-Fiction Book Club is meeting on Thursday, August 13th at Raices in Tomkins Cove to discuss the following books: 

Please read at least one of the following book selections:

  • Non-Fiction: Four Shots in the Night: A True Story of Spies, Murder and Justice in Northern Ireland – Henry Hemming
  • Biography: Vigilance: The life of William Still, Father of the Underground Railroad – Andrew K. Diemer
  • Memoir: That Librarian: The Fight against book banning in America – Amanda Jones
 

MAIN BOOK CLUB - 

Saturday, September 5th, 12 - 1 pm in the RML Kennedy Room

And Then There Were None - Agatha Christie

First, there were ten - a curious assortment of strangers summoned as weekend guests to a little private islnd off of the coast of Devon. Their host, an eccentric millionaire unknown to all of them, is nowhere to be found. All that the guests have in common is a wicked past they’re unwilling to reveal - and a secret that will seal their fate.

And Then There Were None Book Cover Image
 
 

Book Share Discussion

Saturday, September 5,  1:00 pm - 1:30 pm

Join us to share the book(s) you've just read or find out what your friends & neighbors are recommending… or NOT recommending!

 

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