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 & CD Audiobooks), The Digital Catalog (eBook & Downloadable Audiobook) and the Hoopla Catalog (Hoopla instant checkout eBook & Hoopla Audiobook).
For more information on the three catalogs skip to the section below the bestselling titles*
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New York Times Bestseller blog postings are published on Sundays; and the next New York Times Bestselling blog posting will be published on Sunday, March 28, 2021.
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FICTION
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2034 by Elliot Ackerman and Adm. James Stavridis
(Available Formats: Print Book)
The global balance of power shifts after new cyberweaponry lowers the defenses of U.S. planes and ships
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THE AFFAIR by Danielle Steel
(Available Formats: Print Book)
A French author’s extramarital relationship affects various members of his wife’s family.
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CAMINO WINDS by John Grisham
(Available Formats: Print Book, Large Print, CD Audiobook, eBook & Downloadable Audiobook)
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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A COURT OF SILVER FLAMES by Sarah J. Maas
(Available Formats: Print Book, eBook & Downloadable Audiobook)
The fifth book in A Court of Thorn and Roses series. Nesta Archeron is forced into close quarters with a warrior named Cassian.
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DARK SKY by C.J. Box
(Available Formats: Print Book & Large Print)
The 21st book in the Joe Pickett series. The Wyoming game warden becomes a target when taking a tech baron on an elk hunting trip.
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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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FAST ICE by Clive Cussler and Graham Brown
(Available Formats: Print Book)
The 18th book in the NUMA Files series. Kurt Austin and Joe Zavala uncover a decades-old conspiracy when they search for a missing former colleague in Antarctica.
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THE FOUR WINDS by Kristin Hannah
(Available Formats: Print Book, CD Audiobook, eBook & Downloadable Audiobook)
As dust storms roll during the Great Depression, Elsa must choose between saving the family and farm or heading West.
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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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KLARA AND THE SUN by Kazuo Ishiguro
(Available Formats: Print Book & Downloadable Audiobook)
An “Artificial Friend” named Klara is purchased to serve as a companion to an ailing 14-year-old girl.
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LATER by Stephen King
(Available Formats: Print Book, CD Audiobook, eBook & Downloadable Audiobook coming soon)
An N.Y.P.D. detective asks the son of a struggling single mother to use his unnatural ability to track a killer.
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LIFE AFTER DEATH by Sister Souljah
(Available Formats: Print Book)
In a sequel to “The Coldest Winter Ever,” Winter Santiaga emerges after time served and seeks revenge.
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LIGHTNING GAME by Christine Feehan
(Available Formats: Print Book)
The 17th book in the GhostWalker series. Rubin returns to his family’s homestead and Jonquille cannot control the lightning her body produces.
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LOST APOTHECARY by Sarah Penner
(Available Formats: Print Book & Downloadable Audiobook)
An aspiring historian in London finds a clue that might put to rest unsolved apothecary murders from 200 years ago
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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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THE ROSE CODE by Kate Quinn
(Available Formats: Print Book, eBook coming shortly)
As a post-World War II royal wedding approaches, an encrypted letter resurrects an alliance between three female code breakers.
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SANATORIUM by Sarah Pearse
(Available Formats: Currently none; coming soon in print and eBook formats)
Elin Warner must find her estranged brother’s fiancée, who goes missing as a storm approaches a hotel that was once a sanatorium in the Swiss Alps.
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TRANSIENT DESIRES by Donna Leon
(Available Formats: Print Book & Hoopla instant checkout eBook)
The 30th book in the Commissario Guido Brunetti series. The Carabinieri and the Guardia di Costiera are enlisted to help solve a crime involving technologically gifted perpetrators.
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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 instant check out eBook & Hoopla instant check out 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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WE BEGIN AT THE END by Chris Whitaker
(Available Formats: Print Book)
Trouble might start for the chief of police and a self-proclaimed outlaw teen when a man is released from prison.
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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:
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 instant checkout eBook & 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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THE CODE BREAKER by Walter Isaacson
(Available Formats: Print Book, eBook coming shortly)
How the Nobel Prize winner Jennifer Doudna and her colleagues invented CRISPR, a tool that can edit DNA.
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FOUR HUNDRED SOULS by Ibram X. Kendi & Keisha N. Blain
(Available Formats: Print Book & eBook)
A compendium featuring 90 writers covering 400 years of African-American history.
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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 AVOID A CLIMATE DISASTER by Bill Gates
(Available Formats: Print Book, eBook & Downloadable Audiobook)
A prescription for what business, governments and individuals can do to work toward zero emissions.
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JUST AS I AM by Cicely Tyson with Michelle Burford
(Available Formats: Print Book & eBook)
The late iconic actress describes how she worked to change perceptions of Black women through her career choices.
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NOMADLAND by Jessica Bruder
(Available Formats: Print Book, CD Audiobook, eBook)
A look at an expanding low-cost labor pool, which largely consists of transient older adults, and what this might portend.
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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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THE SUM OF US by Heather McGhee
(Available Formats: Print Book & eBook)
The chair of the board of the racial justice organization Color of Change analyzes the impact of racism on the economy.
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THINK AGAIN by Adam Grant
(Available Formats: Print Book)
An examination of the cognitive skills of rethinking and unlearning that could be used to adapt to a rapidly changing world.
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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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WALK IN MY COMBAT BOOTS by James Patterson and Matt Eversmann with Chris Mooney
(Available Formats: Print Book)
A collection of interviews with troops who fought overseas.
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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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