Hi everyone, here is the weekly list of New York Times Bestsellers available in the Digital Catalog.
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If you have questions about how to access digital content you can write a comment and post it on the blog, or send me, SSCL Librarian Linda Reimer, questions via email: reimerl@stls.org
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FICTION:
THE 20TH VICTIM by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro (Format: Downloadable Audiobook):
The 20th book in the Women’s Murder Club series. Lindsay Boxer looks into the murders of disreputable persons in three separate cities.
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ALL ADULTS HERE by Emma Straub (Format: eBook):
A repressed memory triggers Astrid Strick to weigh the outcomes of her parenting of her now-grown children.
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AMERICAN DIRT by Jeanine Cummins (Format: eBook):
A bookseller flees Mexico for the United States with her son while pursued by the head of a drug cartel.
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BIG SUMMER by Jennifer Weiner (Format: eBook):
Daphne Berg’s former best friend asks her to be the maid of honor at her wedding in Cape Cod.
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BOMBSHELL by Stuart Woods and Parnell Hall (Format: eBook):
Gossip and a grudge put Teddy Fay in a tough spot back in Hollywood.
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THE BOOK OF LONGINGS by Sue Monk Kidd (Format: Downloadable Audiobook):
A scholarly young woman named Ana meets an 18-year-old Jesus and becomes caught up in a confluence of dangers.
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CAMINO WINDS by John Grisham (Format: eBook):
The line between fact and fiction becomes blurred when an author of thrillers is found dead after a hurricane hits Camino Island.
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FAIR WARNING by Michael Connelly (Format: Downloadable Audiobook):
The third book in the Jack McEvoy series. A reporter tracks a killer who uses genetic data to pick his victims.
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THE GIVER OF STARS by Jojo Moyes (Format: Downloadable Audiobook):
In Depression-era America, five women refuse to be cowed by men or convention as they deliver books throughout the mountains of Kentucky.
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HENNA ARTIST by Alka Joshi (Format: eBook):
In 1950s Jaipur, a young woman who escaped an abusive marriage and started a new life is confronted by her husband.
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HIDEAWAY by Nora Roberts (Format: Downloadable Audiobook):
A child star escapes her abductors, gathers herself in western Ireland and returns to Hollywood.
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IF IT BLEEDS by Stephen King (Format: eBook):
Four novellas: “Mr. Harrigan’s Phone,” “The Life of Chuck,” “Rat” and “If It Bleeds.”
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THE LAST TRIAL by Scott Turow (Format: eBook):
An 85-year-old defense lawyer puts off his retirement to aid a Nobel Prize winner in Medicine, who is accused of insider trading, fraud and murder.
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LITTLE FIRES EVERYWHERE by Celeste Ng (Format eBook):
An artist upends a quiet town outside Cleveland.
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NORMAL PEOPLE by Sally Rooney (Format: Downloadable Audiobook):
The connection between a high school star athlete and a loner ebbs and flows when they go to Trinity College in Dublin.
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SILENT PATIENT by Alex Michaelides (Format: Downloadable Audiobook):
Theo Faber looks into the mystery of a famous painter who stops speaking after shooting her husband.
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WALK THE WIRE by David Baldacci (Format: eBook):
The sixth book in the Memory Man series. Decker and Jamison investigate a murder in a North Dakota town in a fracking boom.
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WHERE THE CRAWDADS SING by Delia Owens (eBook):
In a quiet town on the North Carolina coast in 1969, a young woman who survived alone in the marsh becomes a murder suspect.
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WRATH OF POSEIDON by Clive Cussler and Robin Burcell (Format: eBook):
The 12th book in the Sam and Remi Fargo Adventure series. A kingpin is released from prison and a final showdown takes place in Greece.
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NON-FICTION:
BECOMING by Michelle Obama (eBook):
The former first lady describes her journey from the South Side of Chicago to the White House, and how she balanced work, family and her husband’s political ascent.
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EDUCATED by Tara Westover (Format: eBook):
The daughter of survivalists, who is kept out of school, educates herself enough to leave home for university.
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GRANT by Ron Chernow (Format: Downloadable Audiobook):
A biography of the Union general of the Civil War and two-term president of the United States.
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THE GREAT INFLUENZA by John M. Barry (Format: eBook):
An overview of the 1918 flu epidemic and cautionary tale for similar kinds of large-scale outbreaks.
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HIDDEN VALLEY ROAD by Robert Kolker (Format: Downloadable Audiobook):
From 1945 to 1965, a family in Colorado had 12 children, six of whom went on to develop schizophrenia.
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HOW TO BE AN ANTIRACIST by Ibram X. Kendi (Format: eBook):
A primer for creating a more just and equitable society through identifying and opposing racism.
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THE MAMBA MENTALITY by Kobe Bryant (Format: eBook):
Various skills and techniques used on the court by the Los Angeles Lakers player.
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ME AND WHITE SUPREMACY by Layla F. Saad (eBook):
Ways to understand and possibly counteract white privilege.
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THE NEW JIM CROW by Michelle Alexander (Format: eBook):
A law professor takes aim at the “war on drugs,” mass incarceration and their impact on black men.
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SO YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT RACE by Ijeoma Oluo (Format: Downloadable Audiobook)
A look at the contemporary racial landscape of the United States.
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THE SPLENDID AND THE VILE by Erik Larson (Format: Downloadable Audiobook):
An examination of the leadership of the prime minister Winston Churchill.
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UNTAMED by Glennon Doyle (Format: eBook):
The activist and public speaker describes her journey of listening to her inner voice.
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WHITE FRAGILITY by Robin DiAngelo (Format: eBook):
Historical and cultural analyses on what causes defensive moves by white people and how this inhibits cross-racial dialogue.
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A WOMAN OF NO IMPORTANCE by Sonia Purnell (Format: eBook):
The true story of a Baltimore socialite who joined a spy organization during World War II and became essential to the French Resistance.
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Be well and read on!
Linda Reimer, SSL
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Note: this list contains all the New York Times fiction and non-fiction bestsellers for the week that are owned by libraries within the Southern Tier Library System.
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