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 usually published on Sundays.And the next New York Times blog post will be published Sunday, January 29, 2022
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FICTION
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AGE OF VICE by Deepti Kapoor
(Available Formats: Print & eBook)
A servant, an heir and a journalist are caught up in a complicated series of events involving romance and corruption in India.
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BABEL by R.F. Kuang
(Available Formats: Print Book & eBook)
In 1828, Robin Swift studies at Oxford University’s Royal Institute of Translation and faces a choice when Britain pursues a war with China.
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THE BOYS FROM BILOXI by John Grisham
(Available Formats: Print Book, Large Print, CD audiobook & eBook)
Two childhood friends follow in their fathers’ footsteps, which puts them on opposite sides of the law.
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DEMON COPPERHEAD by Barbara Kingsolver
(Available Formats: Print Book, Large Print, CD audiobook & eBook)
A reimagining of Charles Dickens’s “David Copperfield” set in the mountains of southern Appalachia.
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DESERT STAR by Michael Connelly
(Available Formats: Print Book, Large Print, CD audiobook & eBook)
Ballard and Bosch bury old resentments as they go after two killers.
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DREAMLAND by Nicholas Sparks
(Available Formats: Print Book, Large Print & CD audiobook)
Musicians from different backgrounds are attracted to each other and a mother flees with her son from an abusive husband.
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FAIRY TALE by Stephen King
(Available Formats: Print Book, eBook & downloadable audiobook)
A high school kid inherits a shed that is a portal to another world where good and evil are at war.
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HOUSE IN THE PINES by Ana Reyes
(Available Formats: eBook)
Seven years after witnessing her best friend drop dead, May returns to her Berkshires hometown to piece together what happened.
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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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IT STARTS WITH US by Colleen Hoover
(Available Formats: Print Book)
In the sequel to “It Ends With Us,” Lily deals with her jealous ex-husband as she reconnects with her first boyfriend.
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LESSONS IN CHEMISTRY by Bonnie Garmus
(Available Formats: Print Book, Large Print, eBook & Downloadable Audiobook)
A scientist and single mother living in California in the 1960s becomes a star on a TV cooking show.
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LOATHE TO LOVE YOU by Ali Hazelwood
(Available Formats: Print Book & eBook)
Three romance stories: “Under One Roof,” “Stuck With You” and “Below Zero.”
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MAD HONEY by Jodi Picoult and Jennifer Finney Boylan
(Available Formats: Print Book, CD Audiobook, eBook & downloadable audiobook)
After returning to her hometown, Olivia McAfee’s son gets accused of killing his crush.
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THE MAID by Nita Prose
(Available Formats: Print Book, Large Print, eBook & Downloadable Audiobooks)
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, Large Print, CD Audiobook, eBook & Downloadable 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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REMARKABLY BRIGHT CREATURES by Shelby Van Pelt
(Available Formats: Print Book, Large Print, eBook & Downloadable Audiobook)
A widow working the night shift at the Sowell Bay Aquarium is aided in solving a mystery by a giant Pacific octopus living there.
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THE SEVEN HUSBANDS OF EVELYN HUGO by Taylor Jenkins Reid
(Available Formats: Print Book, Large Print, CD audiobook, eBook & Downloadable Audiobook)
A movie icon recounts stories of her loves and career to a struggling magazine writer.
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THE SILENT PATIENT by Alex Michaelides
(Available Formats: Print Book, Large Print, CD Audiobook, eBook & Downloadable Audiobook)
Theo Faber looks into the mystery of a famous painter who stops speaking after shooting her husband.
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TOMORROW, AND TOMORROW, AND TOMORROW by Gabrielle Zevin
(Available Formats: Print Book, Large Print, eBook & Downloadable Audiobook)
Two friends find their partnership challenged in the world of video game design.
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UGLY LOVE by Colleen Hoover
(Available Formats: Print Book, eBook & Hoopla instant checkout audiobook)
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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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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WITHOUT A TRACE by Danielle Steel
(Available Formats: Print Book, Large Print, CD Audiobook & eBook)
Charles Vincent meets someone who ignites his passion and must decide whether to walk away from his perfect-from-the-outside life.
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A WORLD OF CURIOSITIES by Louise Penny
(Available Formats: Print Book, CD Audiobook, eBook & Downloadable Audiobook)
The 18th book in the Chief Inspector Gamache series. When an attic room that was sealed off 160 years ago is opened, an old enemy returns.
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NON-FICTION:
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ALL ABOUT LOVE by bell hooks
(Available Formats: Print Book, eBook & Hoopla instant checkout eBook)
The late feminist icon explores the causes of a polarized society and the meaning of love.
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AND THERE WAS LIGHT by Jon Meacham
(Available Formats: Print Book, eBook & Downloadable Audiobook)
The Pulitzer Prize–winning biographer portrays the life of Abraham Lincoln.
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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, Large Print, CD Audiobook, eBook & 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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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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FRIENDS, LOVERS, AND THE BIG TERRIBLE THING by Matthew Perry
(Available Formats: Print Book. eBook & Downloadable Audiobook)
The actor, known for playing Chandler Bing on “Friends,” shares stories from his childhood and his struggles with sobriety.
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I’M GLAD MY MOM DIED by Jennette McCurdy
(Available Formats: Print Book, CD Audiobook, eBook & Downloadable Audiobook)
The actress and filmmaker describes her eating disorders and difficult relationship with her mother.
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AN IMMENSE WORLD by Ed Yong
(Available Formats: Print Book, eBook & Downloadable Audiobook)
The Pulitzer Prize–winning science writer explains the sensory perceptions and ways of communication used by a variety of animals.
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THE LIGHT WE CARRY by Michelle Obama
(Available Formats: Print Book, Large Print & eBook)
The former first lady shares personal stories and the tools she uses to deal with difficult situations.
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MASTER SLAVE HUSBAND WIFE by Ilyon Woo In 1848, Ellen Craft, disguised as a disabled white man, and her husband, William, posing as that man’s slave, achieved freedom only to have to flee again.
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NAZI CONSPIRACY by Brad Meltzer and Josh Mensch The story of a Nazi plot to kill President Roosevelt, Joseph Stalin and Winston Churchill.
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ROUGH SLEEPERS by Tracy Kidder The Pulitzer Prize-winning author chronicles Jim O’Connell’s work to provide medical care to Boston’s unhoused population.
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SONG OF THE CELL by Siddhartha Mukherjee
(Available Formats: Print Book & eBook)
The Pulitzer Prize-winning author chronicles the discovery of cells and describes how modern medicine uses them.
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SPARE by Prince Harry
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The Duke of Sussex details his struggles with the royal family, loss of his mother, service in the British Army and marriage to Meghan Markle.
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STRAIGHT SHOOTER by Stephen A. Smith
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The ESPN analyst recounts the highs and lows of his life and career.
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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.
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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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