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 Audiobook), 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 posts are published on Sundays.
January 16, 2022 Update! I’ve run out of week this week – so the next New York Times Bestseller post will be published on Sunday, January 30, 2022.
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FICTION
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CALL US WHAT WE CARRY by Amanda Gorman
(Available Formats: Print Book & eBook)
A debut collection of poems on identity and history by the presidential inaugural poet who wrote “The Hill We Climb.”
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CLOUD CUCKOO LAND by Anthony Doerr
(Available Formats: Print Book, Large Print, CD Audiobook, eBook & downloadable audiobook)
An interconnected cast of dreamers and outsiders are in dangerous and disparate settings past, present and future.
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INVISIBLE by Danielle Steel
(Available Formats: Print Book)
The daughter of a couple in a loveless marriage is discovered by a British filmmaker and thrust into the public eye.
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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 JUDGE’S LIST by John Grisham
(Available Formats: Print Book, eBook & downloadable audiobook)
The second book in the Whistler series. Investigator Lacy Stoltz goes after a serial killer and closes in on a sitting judge.
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THE LAST THING HE TOLD ME by Laura Dave
(Available Formats: Print Book, Large Print, CD audiobook, eBook & audiobook)
Hannah Hall discovers truths about her missing husband and bonds with his daughter from a previous relationship.
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THE LINCOLN HIGHWAY by Amor Towles
(Available Formats: Print Book, Libby eBook & audiobook)
Two friends who escaped from a juvenile work farm take Emmett Watson on an unexpected journey to New York City in 1954.
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LOVE HYPOTHESIS by Ali Hazelwood
(Available Formats: Print Book, eBook & downloadable audiobook)
A young professor agrees to pretend to be a third-year Ph.D. candidate’s boyfriend.
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THE MAID by Nita Prose
(Available Formats: Print Book & eBook)
When a wealthy man is found dead in his room, a maid at the Regency Grand Hotel becomes a lead suspect.
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THE MIDNIGHT LIBRARY by Matt Haig
(Available Formats: Print Book, Libby eBook & audiobook)
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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OLGA DIES DREAMING by Xochitl Gonzalez
(Available Formats: Not yet available in any catalog; coming soon as a print book)
After a devastating hurricane hits Puerto Rico, Olga is visited in New York by her mother, who abandoned her as a child to advance a militant political cause
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THE SEVEN HUSBANDS OF EVELYN HUGO by Taylor Jenkins Reid
(Available Formats: Print Book, Large Print & Libby eBook & audiobook)
A movie icon recounts stories of her loves and career to a struggling magazine writer.
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SOMETHING TO HIDE by Elizabeth George
(Available Formats: Print Book & eBook)
The 21st book in the Inspector Lynley series. Lynley pursues a killer who might be hiding in North London’s Nigerian community.
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SONG OF ACHILLES by Madeline Miller
(Available Formats: Print Book, eBook, downloadable audiobook, Hoopla eBook & audiobook)
A reimagining of Homer’s “Iliad” that is narrated by Achilles’ companion Patroclus.
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THE STRANGER IN THE LIFEBOAT by Mitch Albom
(Available Formats: Print Book, Large Print, CD Audiobook & eBook)
After a ship explodes, 10 people struggling to survive pull a man who claims to be the Lord out of the sea
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TO PARADISE by Hanya Yanagihara
(Available Formats: Print Book & eBook)
Difficult circumstances and societal pressures affect characters living in America in 1893, 1993 and 2093.
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UGLY LOVE by Colleen Hoover
(Available Formats: Print Book)
Tate Collins and Miles Archer, an airline pilot, think they can handle a no strings attached arrangement. But they can’t.
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VERITY by Colleen Hoover
(Available Formats: Print Book & eBook)
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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WISH YOU WERE HERE by Jodi Picoult
(Available Formats: Print Book, CD Audiobook, eBook & Libby/OverDrive Audiobook)
Diana O’Toole re-evaluates her seemingly perfect life when a pandemic disrupts her vacation in the Galápagos Islands.
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NON-FICTION:
1619 PROJECT edited by Nikole Hannah-Jones, Caitlin Roper, Ilena Silverman and Jake Silverstein
(Available Formats: Print Book)
Viewing America’s entanglement with slavery and its legacy, in essays adapted and expanded from The New York Times Magazine.
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ALL ABOUT LOVE by bell hooks
(Available Formats: Hoopla instant checkout eBook)
The late feminist icon explores the causes of a polarized society and the meaning of love.
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AMERICAN MARXISM by Mark R. Levin
(Available Formats: Print Book, CD audiobook, eBook & downloadable audiobook)
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, CD Audiobook, eBook & Downloadable 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, CD audiobook, 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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CHASING HISTORY by Carl Bernstein
(Available Formats: Print Book, eBook & downloadable audiobook)
The Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist details his journey of self-education in the newsrooms of Washington, D.C.
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CRYING IN H MART by Michelle Zauner
(Available Formats: Print Book, eBook & downloadable audiobook)
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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GREAT RESET by Glenn Beck with Justin Haskins
(Available Formats: Not yet available in any catalog)
The syndicated radio host portrays what he sees as a conspiracy to shift economic and social power.
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GREENLIGHTS by Matthew McConaughey
(Available Formats: Print Book, CD audiobook, eBook & downloadable audiobook)
The Academy Award-winning actor shares snippets from the diaries he kept over the last 35 years.
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HOW CIVIL WARS START by Barbara F. Walter
(Available Formats: eBook & Print Book coming soon)
A political scientist looks at increasing civil wars around the globe and the potential for a second one in the United States.
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LITTLE CLOSER TO HOME by Ginger Zee
(Available Formats: Hoopla instant checkout eBook & Print Book coming soon)
The chief meteorologist for ABC News shares some of her childhood difficulties and ongoing struggles.
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The REAL ANTHONY FAUCI by Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
(Available Formats: Hoopla instant checkout eBook)
The anti-vaccine advocate gives his take on the chief medical advisor to the president.
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THE STORYTELLER by Dave Grohl
(Available Formats: Print Book, CD audiobook & Libby eBook)
A memoir by the musician known for his work with Foo Fighters and Nirvana.
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TASTE by Stanley Tucci
(Available Formats: Print Book, Libby eBook & audiobook)
The award-winning actor reflects on his career, Italian-American heritage, meals and mishaps.
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UNTAMED by Glennon Doyle
(Available Formats: Print Book, Large Print, CD audiobook, eBook & downloadable audiobook)
The activist and public speaker describes her journey of listening to her inner voice.
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UNTHINKABLE by Jamie Raskin
(Available Formats: Print Book coming soon)
The Maryland congressman describes leading the impeachment effort against the former president shortly after his son’s death by suicide and the insurrection at the Capitol.
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WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU? by Bruce D. Perry and Oprah Winfrey
(Available Formats: Print Book, eBook & downloadable audiobook)
An approach to dealing with trauma that shifts an essential question used to investigate it.
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WILL by Will Smith with Mark Manson
(Available Formats: Print Book)
The actor, producer and musician tells his life story and lessons he learned along the way.
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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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