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.And the next New York Times blog post will be published Sunday, June 11, 2023.
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FICTION
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23RD MIDNIGHT by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro
(Available Formats: Print Book, Large Print, CD Audiobook & eBook)
The 23rd book in the Women’s Murder Club series. Lindsay Boxer tracks a copycat killer.
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THE COVENANT OF WATER by Abraham Verghese
(Available Formats: Print Book, eBook, Downloadable Audiobook & Hoopla instant check out Audiobook)
Three generations of a family living on South India’s Malabar Coast suffer the loss of a family member by drowning.
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DEMON COPPERHEAD by Barbara Kingsolver
(Available Formats: Print Book, Large Print, CD Audibook, eBook, Downloadable Audiobook, Hoopla instant check out eBook & Audiobook)
Winner of a 2023 Pulitzer Prize for fiction. A reimagining of Charles Dickens’s “David Copperfield” set in the mountains of southern Appalachia.
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FOURTH WING by Rebecca Yarros
(Available Formats: Print Book, Downloadable Audiobook & Hoopla instant check out eBook)
Violet Sorrengail is urged by the commanding general, who also is her mother, to become a candidate for the elite dragon riders.
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HAPPY PLACE by Emily Henry
(Available Formats: Print Book, eBook & Downloadable Audiobook)
A former couple pretend to be together for the sake of their friends during their annual getaway in Maine.
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HELLO BEAUTIFUL by Ann Napolitano
(Available Formats:Print Book, Large Print, eBook & Downloadable Audiobook)
In a homage to Louisa May Alcott’s “Little Women,” a young man’s dark past resurfaces as he gets to the know the family of his college sweetheart.
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THE HOUSEMAID by Freida McFadden
(Available Formats: Print Book)
Troubles surface when a woman looking to make a fresh start takes a job in the home of the Winchesters.
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ICEBREAKER by Hannah Grace
(Available Formats: Not yet available in any catalog)
Anastasia might need the help of the captain of a college hockey team to get on the Olympic figure skating team.
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IDENTITY by Nora Roberts
(Available Formats: Print Book & CD Audiobook)
After her roommate is killed by a con artist, a former Army brat builds a new life at her mother’s home in Vermont.
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IT ENDS WITH US by Colleen Hoover
(Available Formats: Print Book, Large Print, CD Audiobook, eBook & 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, Large Print, eBook & Downloadable Audiobook)
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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THE LAST THING HE TOLD ME by Laura Dave
(Available Formats: Print Book, Large Print, eBook & Downloadable Audiobook)
Hannah Hall discovers truths about her missing husband and bonds with his daughter from a previous relationship.
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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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THE MAKING OF ANOTHER MAJOR MOTION PICTURE MASTERPIECE by Tom Hanks
(Available Formats: Print Book & Large Print)
A World War II soldier’s experiences inspire a comic book, which gets adapted into a superhero movie.
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MEET ME AT THE LAKE by Carley Fortune
(Available Formats:Print Book, eBook & Downloadable Audiobook)
A decade after a one-day adventure, Will appears again in Fern’s life at her mother’s lakeside resort.
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ONLY THE DEAD by Jack Carr
(Available Format: Print Book)
The sixth book in the Terminal List series. The killing of a freshman congressman reverberates for decades and James Reece faces a global conspiracy.
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ROGUE JUSTICE by Stacey Abrams
(Available Formats: Print Book & CD Audiobook)
The second book in the Avery Keene series. The Supreme Court clerk suspects something sinister inside the nation’s third branch of government.
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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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SIMPLY LIES by David Baldacci
(Available Formats: Print Book, Large Print, CD Audiobook, eBook & Downloadable Audiobook)
A former detective becomes the prime suspect in a murder case involving a man with mob ties who was in witness protection.
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TOM CLANCY: FLASH POINT by Don Bentley
(Available Formats: Print Book & Downloadable Audiobook)
When aircraft from rival nations have a midair collision and the Campus is attacked, Jack Ryan Jr. tries to avert a war.
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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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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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YELLOWFACE by R.F. Kuang
(Available Formats: Print Book, eBook & Downloadable Audiobook)
June Hayward, a struggling writer, must conceal the fact that she stole Athena Liu’s just-finished masterpiece after Liu’s sudden death.
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NON-FICTION:
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ALL ABOUT LOVE by bell hooks
(Available Formats: Print Book, eBook & Hoopla Instant Checkout Audiobook)
The late feminist icon explores the causes of a polarized society and the meaning of love.
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THE BODY KEEPS THE SCORE by Bessel van der Kolk
(Available Formats: Print Book, eBook & Downloadable Audiobook)
How trauma affects the body and mind, and innovative treatments for recovery.
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THE BOOK OF CHARLIE by David Von Drehle
(Available Formats: Not yet available in any catalog)
The Washington Post columnist shares stories and wisdom he learned from a neighbor who was more than a century old.
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BRAIDING SWEETGRASS by Robin Wall Kimmerer
(Available Formats: Print Book, Large Print, eBook, Downloadable Audiobook, Hoopla instant check out 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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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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DADDY DIARIES by Andy Cohen
(Available Formats: Print Book)
The host and executive producer of “Watch What Happens Live” juggles fatherhood and his career.
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THE ESCAPE ARTIST by Jonathan Freedl
(Available Formats: Print Book, eBook, Hoopla Instant Checkout eBook & Audiobook)
Rudolf Vrba, who became one of the first Jews to escape from Auschwitz, warned others about the death camp.
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GREENLIGHTS by Matthew McConaughey
(Available Formats: Print Book, CD Audiobooks, eBook & Downloadable Audiobook)
The Academy Award-winning actor shares snippets from the diaries he kept over 35 years.
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HOLDING THE NOTE by David Remnick
(Available Formats: Not yet available in any catalog)
A collection of profiles of popular musicians, including Leonard Cohen, Buddy Guy, Mavis Staples and Patti Smith, from the editor of The New Yorker.
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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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KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON by David Grann
(Available Formats: Print Book, Large Print, CD Audiobook, eBook & Downloadable Audiobook)
The story of a murder spree in 1920s Oklahoma that targeted Osage Indians, whose lands contained oil.
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KING: A LIFE by Jonathan Eig
(Available Formats: Print Book & eBook)
A biography of the civil rights icon Martin Luther King Jr., which includes new archival material and reflections from some who worked, lived and fought with him.
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THE LIGHT WE CARRY by Michelle Obama
(Available Formats: Print Book, Large Print, eBook & Downloadable Audiobook)
The former first lady shares personal stories and the tools she uses to deal with difficult situations.
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LOOK FOR ME THERE by Luke Russert
(Available Formats:Print Book, Hoopla instant check out eBook & Audiobook)
The Emmy Award–winning journalist details how he grieved for his late father and sought to make his own way.
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ON OUR BEST BEHAVIOR by Elise Loehnen
(Available Formats: Not yet in any catalog)
An examination of the seven deadly sins and their influence over the lives of women today.
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OUTLIVE by Peter Attia with Bill Gifford
(Available Formats: Print Book & Downloadable Audiobook)
A look at recent scientific research on aging and longevity.
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POVERTY, BY AMERICA by Matthew Desmond
(Available Formats: Print Book & Downloadable Audiobook)
The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of “Evicted” examines the ways in which affluent Americans keep poor people poor.
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RAW DOG by Jamie Loftus
(Available Formats: Print Book)
The comedian and Emmy-nominated TV writer explains the cultural and culinary significance of hot dogs.
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THE SHADOW DOCKET by Stephen Vladeck
(Available Formats: Print Book)
The legal scholar examines the Supreme Court’s authority to issue emergency rulings and the potential consequences of doing so.
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SPARE by Prince Harry
(Available Formats: Print Book, CD Audiobook, eBook & Downloadable Audiobook)
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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THE WAGER by David Grann
(Available Formats: Print Book)
The survivors of a shipwrecked British vessel on a secret mission during an imperial war with Spain have different accounts of events.
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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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