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:
28 SUMMERS by Elin Hilderbrand (Downloadable Audiobooks):
A relationship that started in 1993 between Mallory Blessing and Jake McCloud comes to light while she is on her deathbed and his wife runs for president.
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AMERICAN DIRT by Jeanine Cummins (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 (Downloadable Audiobook):
Daphne Berg’s former best friend asks her to be the maid of honor at her wedding in Cape Cod.
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CAMINO WINDS by John Grisham (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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THE GUARDIANS by John Grisham (eBook):
Cullen Post, a lawyer and Episcopal minister, antagonizes some ruthless killers when he takes on a wrongful conviction case.
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THE GUEST LIST by Lucy Foley (Downloadable Audiobook):
A wedding between a TV star and a magazine publisher on an island off the coast of Ireland turns deadly.
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IF IT BLEEDS by Stephen King (eBook):
Four novellas: “Mr. Harrigan’s Phone,” “The Life of Chuck,” “Rat” and “If It Bleeds.”
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LITTLE FIRES EVERYWHERE by Celeste Ng (eBook):
An artist upends a quiet town outside Cleveland.
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MEXICAN GOTHIC by Silvia Moreno-Garcia (Format: eBooks)
In 1950s Mexico, a debutante travels to a distant mansion where family secrets of a faded mining empire have been kept hidden.
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THE ORDER by Daniel Silva (eBook):
The 20th book in the Gabriel Allon series. The art restorer and spy cuts his family’s vacation short to investigate whether Pope Paul VII was murdered.
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PEACE TALKS by Jim Butcher (eBook):
The 16th book in the Dresden Files series. Chicago’s only professional wizard tries to keep the peace during a summit of the Supernatural nations of the world.
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SEX AND VANITY by Kevin Kwan (eBook):
A nod to “A Room With a View” in which Lucie Tang Churchill is torn between her WASPy billionaire fiancé and a privileged hunk born in Hong Kong.
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SUMMER HOUSE by James Patterson and Brendan DuBois (Downloadable Audiobook):
Jeremiah Cook, a veteran and former N.Y.P.D. cop, investigates a mass murder near a lake in Georgia.
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UTOPIA AVENUE by David Mitchell (eBooks):
The glories and misadventures of a 1960s British band told from several perspectives with cameos by real-life musicians.
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THE VANISHING HALF by Brit Bennett (eBook):
The lives of twin sisters who run away from a Southern black community at age 16 diverge as one returns and the other takes on a different racial identity.
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A WALK ALONG THE BEACH by Debbie Macomber (eBook):
After dealing with loss and setbacks, two sisters take risks on dreams and love.
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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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NON-FICTION:
ALEXANDER HAMILTON by Ron Chernow:
A biography of the first Treasury secretary. The basis of the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical.
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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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BETWEEN THE WORLD AND ME by Ta-Nehisi Coates (eBook):
Winner of the 2015 National Book Award for nonfiction. A meditation on race in America as well as a personal story, framed as a letter to the author’s teenage son.
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BIG FRIENDSHIP by Aminatou Sow and Ann Friedman (eBook):
The hosts of the podcast “Call Your Girlfriend” describe changes in their relationship over the years.
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BREATH by James Nestor (eBook):
A re-examination of a basic biological function and a look at the science behind ancient breathing practices.
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THE COLOR OF LAW by Richard Rothstein (eBooks):
An examination of the ways in which the government caused residential segregation through racial zoning and other systemic practices.
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EDUCATED by Tara Westover (eBook):
The daughter of survivalists, who is kept out of school, educates herself enough to leave home for university.
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HOW TO BE AN ANTIRACIST by Ibram X. Kendi (eBook):
A primer for creating a more just and equitable society through identifying and opposing racism.
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JUST MERCY by Bryan Stevenson (Downloadable Audiobook):
: A law professor and MacArthur grant recipient’s memoir of his decades of work to free innocent people condemned to death.
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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 (eBook):
A law professor takes aim at the “war on drugs,” mass incarceration and their impact on Black men.
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ROOM WHERE IT HAPPENED by John Bolton (eBook):
The former national security advisor gives his account of the 17 months he spent working for President Trump.
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SO YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT RACE by Ijeoma Oluo (Downloadable Audiobook)
A look at the contemporary racial landscape of the United States.
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SPLENDID AND THE VILE by Erik Larson (eBook):
An examination of the leadership of the prime minister Winston Churchill.
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STAMPED FROM THE BEGINNING by Ibram X. Kendi (Downloadable Audiobook):
Winner of the 2016 National Book Award for nonfiction. A look at anti-black racist ideas and their effect on the course of American history.
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TOO MUCH AND NEVER ENOUGH by Mary L. Trump (eBook):
The clinical psychologist gives her assessment of events and patterns inside her family and how they shaped President Trump.
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UNTAMED by Glennon Doyle (eBook):
The activist and public speaker describes her journey of listening to her inner voice.
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A VERY PUNCHABLE FACE by Colin Jost (Downloadable Audiobook):
Snippets of the “Saturday Night Live” head writer’s life including growing up on Staten Island, performing in rural college cafeterias and competing in a WrestleMania match.
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WHITE FRAGILITY by Robin DiAngelo (eBook):
Historical and cultural analyses on what causes defensive moves by white people and how this inhibits cross-racial dialogue.
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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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