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:
1ST CASE by James Patterson and Chris Tebbetts (Downloadable Audiobook)
After getting kicked out of M.I.T., Angela Hoot interns with the F.B.I. and tracks the murderous siblings known as the Poet and the Engineer.
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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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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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DEADLOCK by Catherine Coulter (eBook)
The 24th book in the F.B.I. Thriller series. A young wife, a psychopath and three red boxes puzzle agents Savich and Sherlock.
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END OF HER by Shari Lapena (eBook)
The parents of colicky twin girls have other trouble delivered in the form of suspicions surrounding the husband’s first wife’s death.
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GOLDEN IN DEATH by J.D. Robb (eBook)
The 50th book of the In Death series. Eve Dallas seeks the sender of packages that give off toxic airborne fumes.
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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 (Downloadable Audiobook)
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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NEAR DARK by Brad Thor (eBook)
The 19th book in the Scot Harvath series. With a bounty on his head, Harvath makes an alliance with a Norwegian intelligence operative.
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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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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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SILENT PATIENT by Alex Michaelides (eBook)
Theo Faber looks into the mystery of a famous painter who stops speaking after shooting her husband.
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THEN SHE WAS GONE by Lisa Jewell (Downloadable Audiobook)
Ten years after her daughter disappears, a woman tries to get her life in order but remains haunted by unanswered questions.
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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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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:
ANSWER IS … by Alex Trebek (Downloadable Audiobook)
Who is the Canadian-American who got his break on American TV by hosting the game show “The Wizard of Odds” and whose pronunciation of the word “genre” has been shared widely on social media?
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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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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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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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I’LL BE GONE IN THE DARK by Michelle McNamara (Downloadable Audiobook)
The late true-crime journalist’s search for the serial murderer and rapist known as “the Golden State Killer.”
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INTIMATIONS by Zadie Smith (eBook)
Six essays exploring topics, such as isolation, compassion and the relationship between time and work, which were considered during an unprecedented situation.
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ON TYRANNY by Timothy Snyder (Downloadable Audiobook)
Twenty lessons from the 20th century about the course of tyranny.
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THE 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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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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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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