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, July 30, 2023.
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FICTION
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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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THE FIVE-STAR WEEKEND by Elin Hilderbrand
(Available Formats: Print Book, Large Print, eBook & Downloadable Audiobook)
After a tragedy, a popular food blogger brings friends from distinct times in her life to spend a weekend in Nantucket.
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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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HELLO STRANGER by Katherine Center
(Available Formats: Print Book, CD Audiobook, eBook & Downloadable Audiobook)
A portrait painter, who is diagnosed with a condition known as face blindness, falls for two different men.
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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: Print Book & eBook)
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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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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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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MUST LOVE FLOWERS by Debbie Macomber
(Available Formats: Print Book, Large Print, CD Audiobook & eBook)
A nursing student and her widowed landlady navigate life changes and potential love interests.
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OBSESSED by James Patterson and James O. Born
(Available Formats: Print Book, Large Print, CD Audiobook)
A killer, who targets women in New York City, becomes obsessed with Michael Bennett’s daughter.
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ONLY ONE LEFT by Riley Sager
(Available Formats: Print Book, eBook & Downloadable Audiobook)
In 1983, a mute woman confined to a wheelchair types out her side of the story about a family massacre to her home-health aide.
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REMARKABLY BRIGHT CREATURES by Shelby Van Pelt
(Available Formats: Print Book, Large Print, CD Audiobook, eBook, Downloadable Audiobook, Hoopla instant checkout eBook & 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 SUMMER OF SONGBIRDS by Kristy Woodson
(Available Formats: Print Book, eBook & Downloadable Audiobook)
Harvey Four women join together to save a summer camp for girls.
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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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TOO LATE by Colleen Hoover
(Available Formats: Print Book)
Dangers develop when a drug trafficker becomes obsessed with a woman who has a mutual attraction to a D.E.A. agent.
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TWISTED LOVE by Ana Huang
(Available Formats: eBook & Downloadable Audiobook)
The first book in the Twisted series. Secrets emerge when Ava explores things with her brother’s best friend.
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UGLY LOVE by Colleen Hoover
(Available Formats: Print Book, eBook & Downloadable 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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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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1964 by Paul McCartney
(Available Formats: Print Book)
A collection of photographs taken with a 35-millimeter camera during the rise of the Beatles from the end of 1963 through early 1964.
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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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AMERICAN PROMETHEUS by Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin
(Available Formats: Print Book & Hoopla Instant Checkout Audiobook)
A biography of J. Robert Oppenheimer. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize in 2006 and an inspiration for the film “Oppenheimer.”
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ART THIEF by Michael Finkel
(Available Formats: eBook & Downloadable Audiobook)
The author of “The Stranger in the Woods” tells the story of Stéphane Breitwieser, who stole art more than 200 times for the sake of admiring it.
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BEYOND THE STORY by BTS and Myeongseok Kang
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An oral history of the K-pop group that is celebrating its 10th anniversary.
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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: Print Book, Large Print, eBook & Downloadable Audiobooks)
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 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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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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DARK FUTURE by Glenn Beck with Justin Haskins
(Available Formats: Print Book)
In the second book in the Great Reset series. The conservative commentator gives his take on advances in technology and their potential impact.
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HEAT WILL KILL YOU FIRST by Jeff Goodell
(Available Formats: Not yet available in any catalog)
The impact that rising temperatures have on our seasons, food supply, economy and vulnerable populations.
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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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IN-BETWEEN by Hadley Vlahos
(Available Formats: Print Book)
A hospice nurse shares some of her most impactful experiences and questions some of society’s beliefs around end-of-life care.
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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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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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PAGEBOY by Elliot Page
(Available Formats: Print Book, eBook & Downloadable Audiobook)
The Oscar-nominated star details discovering himself as a trans person and navigating abuse in Hollywood.
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POVERTY, BY AMERICA by Matthew Desmond
(Available Formats: Print Book, Large Print, eBook & Downloadable Audiobook)
The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of “Evicted” examines the ways in which affluent Americans keep poor people poor.
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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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UNBROKEN BONDS OF BATTLE by Johnny Joey Jones
(Available Formats: Print Book)
The Fox News military analyst shares stories from working with veterans for over a decade.
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THE WAGER by David Grann
(Available Formats: Print Book, eBook & Downloadable Audiobooks)
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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WHAT AN OWL KNOWS by Jennifer Ackerman
(Available Format: Print Book, eBook & Downloadable Audiobook)
The author of “The Genius of Birds” explores new scientific discoveries about the brains and behavior of owls.
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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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