Hi everyone, here is the weekly list of New York Times Bestsellers.
Each title is followed by a listing of which formats it is available in for check out within the three catalogs: StarCat (Print, Large Print & Audiobooks on CD), The Digital Catalog (eBook & Downloadable Audiobook) and the Hoopla Catalog (Hoopla eBook, Hoopla Audiobook etc).
For more information on the three catalogs skip to the section below the bestselling titles*
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The next New York Times Bestselling blog posting will be published on Sunday, January 31, 2021.
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FICTION:
ANXIOUS PEOPLE by Fredrik Backman
(Available Formats: Regular Print & Large Print Book, Audiobook on CD, eBook & Downloadable Audiobook)
A failed bank robber holds a group of strangers hostage at an apartment open house.
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BLOOD HEIR by Ilona Andrews
(Available Formats: eBook)
Julie Lennart returns to Atlanta with a new face and magic abilities and is known as Aurelia Ryder.
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DAYLIGHT by David Baldacci
(Available Formats: Print Book, Large Print, CD Audiobook, eBook & Downloadable Audiobook)
The F.B.I. agent Atlee Pine’s search for her twin sister overlaps with a military investigator’s hunt for someone involved in a global conspiracy.
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THE DUKE AND I by Julia Quinn
(Available Formats: Print Book & eBook)
The first book in the Bridgerton series. Daphne Bridgerton’s reputation soars when she colludes with the Duke of Hastings. The basis of the Netflix series “Bridgerton.”
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THE GUEST LIST by Lucy Foley
(Available Formats: Print Book, Large Print, eBook & 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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HAMNET by Maggie O’Farrell
(Available Formats: Print Book & eBook)
An imagined exploration of how the death of an 11-year-old boy to the Black Plague in 1596 might have affected a famous playwright and his wife.
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THE INVISIBLE LIFE OF ADDIE LARUE by V.E. Schwab
(Available Formats: Print Books, Large Print, eBook & Downloadable Audiobook)
A Faustian bargain comes with a curse that affects the adventure Addie LaRue has across centuries.
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THE MIDNIGHT LIBRARY by Matt Haig
(Available Formats: Print Book, eBook & Downloadable Audiobooks)
Nora Seed finds a library beyond the edge of the universe that contains books with multiple possibilities of the lives one could have lived.
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NEIGHBORS by Danielle Steel
(Available Formats: Print Book, Large Print, eBook coming soon)
A Hollywood recluse’s perspective changes when she invites her neighbors into her mansion after an earthquake.
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OUTLAWED by Anna North
(Available Format: Print Book, eBook coming soon)
Ada, who apprentices midwifery under her mother, must decide whether to aid a band of outlaws who want to create a safe haven for outcast women.
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READY PLAYER TWO by Ernest Cline
(Available Formats: Print Book, Large Print & eBook)
In a sequel to “Ready Player One,” Wade Watts discovers a technological advancement and goes on a new quest.
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THE RETURN by Nicholas Sparks
(Available Formats: Print & Large Print Book, Audiobook on CD & eBook)
A doctor serving in the Navy in Afghanistan goes back to North Carolina where two women change his life.
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ROBERT B. PARKER’S SOMEONE TO WATCH OVER ME by Ace Atkins
(Available Formats: Print Book, CD Audiobook & eBook)
The 48th book in the Spenser series. An eccentric billionaire might have ties to a sex-trafficking ring.
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ROMANCING MISTER BRIDGERTON by Julia Quinn
(Available Formats: Print Book, eBook, Downloadable Audiobook & Hoopla Downloadable Audiobook)
The fourth book in the Bridgerton series. Penelope Featherington and Colin Bridgerton discover each other’s secrets.
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THE SCORPION’S TAIL by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child
(Available Formats: Print Book, Large Print, eBook & Downloadable Audiobook)
The second book in the Nora Kelly series. An F.B.I. agent and an archaeologist identify a mummified corpse and its gruesome cause of death.
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STAR WARS: LIGHT OF THE JEDI by Charles Soule
(Available Formats: Print Book & eBook both coming shortly)
In this installment of the High Republic series, a disaster in hyperspace may cause far greater damage.
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A TIME FOR MERCY by John Grisham
(Available Formats: Print & Large Print Book, eBook & Downloadable Audiobook)
The third book in the Jake Brigance series. A 16-year-old is accused of killing a deputy in Clanton, Miss., in 1990.
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THE VANISHING HALF by Brit Bennett
(Available Formats: Print & Large Print Book, eBook & Downloadable Audiobook)
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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THE VISCOUNT WHO LOVED ME by Julia Quinn
(Available Formats: Print Book, eBook, Downloadable Audiobook & Hoopla Audiobook)
The second book in the Bridgerton series. Kate Sheffield gets in the way of Anthony Bridgerton’s intent to marry.
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WHERE THE CRAWDADS SING by Delia Owens:
(Available Formats: Print Book, Large Print, CD Audiobook, eBook & Downloadable Audiobook)
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:
THE ANSWER IS …by Alex Trebek
(Available Formats: Print Book, CD Audiobook, eBook & Downloadable Audiobook)
A memoir by the host of the TV game show “Jeopardy!,” from 1984 to 2020.
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BECOMING by Michelle Obama
(Available Formats: Print Book, Large Print, CD Audiobook, eBook & Downloadable Audiobook)
The former first lady describes how she balanced work, family and her husband’s political ascent.
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BODY KEEPS THE SCORE by Bessel van der Kolk
(Available Formats: Print Book, eBook, Downloadable Audiobook & Hoopla Audiobook)
How trauma affects the body and mind, and innovative treatments for recovery.
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BRAIDING SWEETGRASS by Robin Wall Kimmerer
(Available Formats: Print Book, eBook, Downloadable Audiobook & Hoopla Downloadable Audiobook)
A botanist and member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation espouses having an understanding and appreciation of plants and animals.
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BREATH by James Nestor
(Available Formats: Print Book, eBook & Downloadable Audiobook)
A re-examination of a basic biological function and a look at the science behind ancient breathing practices.
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CASTE by Isabel Wilkerson
(Available Formats: Print Book, Audiobook on CD, eBook & Downloadable Audiobook)
The Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist examines aspects of caste systems across civilizations and reveals a rigid hierarchy in America today.
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EDUCATED by Tara Westover
(Available Formats: Print Book, Large Print Book, eBook & Downloadable Audiobook)
The daughter of survivalists, who is kept out of school, educates herself enough to leave home for university.
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EVIL GENIUSES by Kurt Andersen
(Available Formats: Print Book & eBook)
The author of “Fantasyland” looks at the economic, cultural and political forces to which he ascribes the undermining and dismantling of the American middle class.
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GREENLIGHTS by Matthew McConaughey
(Available Formats: Print Book, Audiobook on CD & Downloadable Audiobook)
The Academy Award-winning actor shares snippets from the diaries he kept over the last 35 years.
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HOW TO BE AN ANTIRACIST by Ibram X. Kendi
(Available Formats: Print Book, CD Audiobook, eBook & Downloadable Audiobook)
A primer for creating a more just and equitable society through identifying and opposing racism.
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ON TYRANNY by Timothy Snyder
(Available Formats: Print Book, eBook & Downloadable Audiobook)
Twenty lessons from the 20th century about the course of tyranny.
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A PROMISED LAND by Barack Obama
(Available Formats: Print Book, CD Audiobook, eBook & Downloadable Audiobook)
In the first volume of his presidential memoirs, Barack Obama offers personal reflections on his formative years and pivotal moments through his first term.
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SAVING JUSTICE by James Comey
(Available Formats: Print Book & eBook)
The former F.B.I. director incorporates his experiences into lessons on how the federal justice system functions.
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THE SPLENDID AND THE VILE by Erik Larson:
(Available Formats: Print Book, Large Print, CD Audiobook, eBook & Downloadable Audiobook)
An examination of the leadership of the prime minister Winston Churchill.
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A SWIM IN A POND IN THE RAIN by George Saunder
(Available Formats: Print Book)
A collection of essays examining the functions and importance of works of fiction.
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UNCOMFORTABLE CONVERSATIONS WITH A BLACK MAN by Emmanuel Acho
(Available Formats: Print Book, Large Print, eBook & Downloadable Audiobook)
A look at some questions and concepts needed to address systemic racism.
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UNTAMED by Glennon Doyle
(Available Formats: Print Book, Audiobook on CD, eBook & Downloadable Audiobook)
The activist and public speaker describes her journey of listening to her inner voice.
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WORLD OF WONDERS by Aimee Nezhukumatathil
(Available Formats: Print Book & Hoopla eBook)
In a collection of essays, the poet celebrates various aspects of the natural world and its inhabitants.
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YOU’LL NEVER BELIEVE WHAT HAPPENED TO LACEY by Amber Ruffin and Lacey Lamar
(Available Formats: Print Book)
A pair of sisters who live in different parts of the country share their perspectives on the absurdities and everyday experiences of racism.
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Be well and read on!
Linda Reimer, SSL
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*Information on the Three Catalogs*
Digital Catalog: https://stls.overdrive.com/
The Digital Catalog has two companion apps, Libby & OverDrive. Libby is the app for newer devices and the OverDrive app should be used for older devices and Amazon tablets.
All card holders of all Southern Tier Library System member libraries can check out items from the Digital Catalog.
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Hoopla Catalog: https://www.hoopladigital.com/
The Hoopla Catalog features instant check outs of eBooks, downloadable audiobook, comic books, albums and streaming videos. Patron check out limit is 4 items per month.
Hoopla is a Southeast Steuben County Library service available to all Southeast Steuben County Library card holders.
The Hoopla App is available for Android or Apple devices and most smart TVs & media streaming players.
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StarCat: The catalog of physical/traditional library materials: https://starcat.stls.org
Card holders of all Southern Tier Library System member libraries can access StarCat to search for and request materials available at libraries through out the Southern Tier Library System.
The StarCat app is called Bookmyne and is available for Apple and Android devices.
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