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, August 29, 2021.
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FICTION
BLACK ICE by Brad Thor
(Available Formats: Print Book, Large Print & CD Audiobook)
The 20th book in the Scot Harvath series. The American spy faces dangers in the Arctic Circle.
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BILLY SUMMERS by Stephen King
(Print Book, Large Print, CD Audiobook & eBook)
A killer for hire who only takes out bad guys seeks redemption as he does one final job.
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THE CELLIST by Daniel Silva
(Available Formats: Print Book, Large Print & CD Audiobook)
The 21st book in the Gabriel Allon series. A private intelligence service plans an act of violence that will aid Russia and divide America.
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BLIND TIGER by Sandra Brown
(Available Formats: Print Book & Large Print)
During Prohibition, Thatcher Hutton and Laurel Plummer wind up on opposite sides of a moonshine war in Texas.
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CELLIST by Daniel Silva
(Available Formats: Print Book, Large Print, CD Audiobook & eBook)
The 21st book in the Gabriel Allon series. A private intelligence service plans an act of violence that will aid Russia and divide America.
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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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GUEST LIST by Lucy Foley
(Available Formats: Print Book, Large Print, eBook, Downloadable Audiobook & Hoopla instant checkout 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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IT ENDS WITH US by Colleen Hoover
(Available Formats: Print Book & Downloadable Audiobook)
A battered wife raised in a violent home attempts to halt the cycle of abuse.
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THE LAST THING HE TOLD ME by Laura Dave
(Available Formats: Print Book & eBook)
Hannah Hall discovers truths about her missing husband and bonds with his daughter from a previous relationship.
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MALIBU RISING by Taylor Jenkins Reid
(Available Formats: Print Book & Downloadable Audiobook)
Four famous siblings throw an epic party to celebrate the end of summer. But over the course of 24 hours, their lives will change forever.
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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 PAPER PALACE by Miranda Cowley Heller
(Available Formats: Print Book)
After an extramarital dalliance, Elle must choose between her husband and her childhood love.
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PEOPLE WE MEET ON VACATION by Emily Henry
(Available Formats: Print Book & eBook)
Opposites Poppy and Alex meet to vacation together one more time in hopes of saving their relationship.
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PRESIDENT’S DAUGHTER by Bill Clinton and James Patterson
(Available Formats: Print Book, Large Print, CD Audiobook, eBook & Downloadable Audiobook)
Matthew Keating, a past president and former Navy SEAL, goes on his own to find his abducted teenage daughter.
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PROJECT HAIL MARY by Andy Weir
(Available Formats: Print Book & eBook)
Ryland Grace awakes from a long sleep alone and far from home, and the fate of humanity rests on his shoulders.
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THE SEVEN HUSBANDS OF EVELYN HUGO by Taylor Jenkins Reid
(Available Formats: Print Book, Large Print & Downloadable Audiobook)
A movie icon recounts stories of her loves and career to a struggling magazine writer.
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THE SONG OF ACHILLES by Madeline Miller
(Available Formats: Print Book, eBook & Downloadable Audiobook; Hoopla instant checkout eBook & Audiobook)
A reimagining of Homer’s “Iliad” that is narrated by Achilles’ companion Patroclus.
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VERITY by Colleen Hoover
(Print Book: Print Book)
Lowen Ashleigh is hired by the husband of an injured writer to complete her popular series and uncovers a horrifying truth.
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VORTEX by Catherine Coulter
(Available Formats: Print Book & Large Print)
The 25th book in the F.B.I. Thriller series. A college frat rave and a mission in Iran offer clues for agents Sherlock and Savich.
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WE WERE NEVER HERE by Andrea Bartz
(Available Formats: Print Book & eBook)
Will the secrets Emily shares with Kristen about violent incidents in the past ruin her life?
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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:
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AMERICAN MARXISM by Mark R. Levin
(Available Formats: Print Book)
The Fox News host gives his take on the Green New Deal, critical race theory and social activism.
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THE 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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BOMBER MAFIA by Malcolm Gladwell
(Available Formats: Print Book, eBook & Hoopla instant checkout audiobook)
A look at the key players and outcomes of precision bombing during World War II.
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BRAIDING SWEETGRASS by Robin Wall Kimmerer
A botanist and member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation espouses having an understanding and appreciation of plants and animals.
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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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CRYING IN H MART by Michelle Zauner
(Available Formats: Print Book & eBook)
The daughter of a Korean mother and Jewish-American father, and leader of the indie rock project Japanese Breakfast, describes creating her own identity after losing her mother to cancer.
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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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HERE, RIGHT MATTERS by Alexander Vindman
The retired U.S. Army lieutenant colonel recounts his actions that led to the impeachment of President Trump and his testimony before Congress.
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HOW I SAVED THE WORLD by Jesse Watters
(Available Formats: Print Book)
The Fox News host recounts his career and prescribes ways to defend against what he considers left-wing radicalism.
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I ALONE CAN FIX IT by Carol Leonnig and Philip Rucker
The Pulitzer Prize-winning reporters examine Trump’s final year in office, with a focus on the key players around him.
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KILLING THE MOB by Bill O’Reilly and Martin Dugard
(Available Formats: Print Book)
The 10th book in the conservative commentator’s Killing series looks at organized crime in the United States during the 20th century.
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THE PREMONITION by Michael Lewis
(Available Formats: Print Book & eBook)
Stories of skeptics who went against the official response of the Trump administration to the outbreak of Covid-19. The profiles include a local public-health officer and a group of doctors nicknamed the Wolverines.
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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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WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU? by Bruce D. Perry and Oprah Winfrey
(Available Formats: Print Book, CD Audiobook & Downloadable Audiobook)
An approach to dealing with trauma that shifts an essential question used to investigate it.
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Happy reading!
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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Also of Note: If a New York Times Bestseller isn’t yet available in any of the three catalogs; you can contact the library and request to be notified when it becomes available.
Southeast Steuben County Library Tel: 607-936-3713
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