Hi everyone, here is the weekly list of New York Times Bestsellers.
New York Times Bestsellers can be requested through StarCat (for print books) & The Digital Catalog/Libby for eBooks and Downloadable Audiobooks. Select titles may also be checked out, on demand, through the Hoopla Catalog.
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 posted in two weeks on Sunday, November 5, 2023.
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FICTION
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ARMOR OF LIGHT by Ken Follett
The fifth book in the Kingsbridge series. Change and turmoil affect various aspects of society in the latter part of the 18th century.
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BLOOD LINES by Nelson DeMille and Alex DeMille
The second book in the Scott Brodie and Maggie Taylor series. After a mission in Venezuela, Brodie and Taylor search for the murderer of a fellow agent.
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THE COVENANT OF WATER by Abraham Verghese
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
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 EXCHANGE by John Grisham
In a sequel to “The Firm,” Mitch McDeere, who is now a partner at the world’s largest law firm, gets caught up in a sinister plot.
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FOURTH WING by Rebecca Yarros
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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THE HEAVEN & EARTH GROCERY STORE by James McBride
Secrets held by the residents of a dilapidated neighborhood come to life when a skeleton is found at the bottom of a well.
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HOLLY by Stephen King
The private detective Holly Gibney investigates whether a married pair of octogenarian academics had anything to do with Bonnie Dahl’s disappearance.
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THE HOUSEMAID by Freida McFadden
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
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
A battered wife raised in a violent home attempts to halt the cycle of abuse.
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JUDGMENT PREY by John Sandford
The 33rd book in the Prey series. Davenport and Flowers investigate the murder of a federal judge and his two young sons.
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LESSONS IN CHEMISTRY by Bonnie Garmus
A scientist and single mother living in California in the 1960s becomes a star on a TV cooking show.
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A LITTLE LIFE by Hanya Yanagihara
Four college friends, one with a traumatic past, move to New York seeking fame and fortune.
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REMARKABLY BRIGHT CREATURES by Shelby Van Pelt
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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SECOND ACT by Danielle Steel
The former head of a Hollywood studio thinks the unfinished novel written by a woman he hired to get his affairs in order could be adapted for the screen.
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THE SEVEN HUSBANDS OF EVELYN HUGO by Taylor Jenkins Reid
A movie icon recounts stories of her loves and career to a struggling magazine writer.
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SWORD CATCHER by Cassandra Clare
An orphan who is the body double for a royal heir and a woman with magical abilities are drawn into the underworld of the city-state of Castellane.
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THINGS WE LEFT BEHIND by Lucy Score
The third book in the Knockemout series. A mogul and a small-town librarian share a dark secret from their past.
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TOM LAKE by Ann Patchett
Three daughters, who return to their family orchard in the spring of 2020, learn about their mother’s relationship with a famous actor.
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TWISTED LOVE by Ana Huang
The first book in the Twisted series. Secrets emerge when Ava explores things with her brother’s best friend.
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THE UNMAKING OF JUNE FARROW by Adrienne Young
After her grandmother’s death, a woman goes on a journey that might change the past and the future.
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WILDFIRE by Hannah Grace
The second book in the Maple Hills series. Two summer camp counselors who previously had a one-night stand may run afoul of the camp’s rules.
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NON-FICTION
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ASTOR by Anderson Cooper and Katherine Howe
The authors of “Vanderbilt” chronicle the Astor family’s place in American society from 1793 through 2009.
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BEHIND THE SEAMS by Dolly Parton with Holly George-Warren
The country music legend shares stories about her favorite outfits she has worn on and off the stage.
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THE BODY KEEPS THE SCORE by Bessel van der Kolk
How trauma affects the body and mind, and innovative treatments for recovery.
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CONFLICT by David Petraeus and Andrew Roberts
An assessment of wars over the last 70-plus years.
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DEMOCRACY AWAKENING by Heather Cox Richardson
The historian and author of the newsletter “Letters From an American” shares her views on the current political moment.
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DEMOCRAT PARTY HATES AMERICA by Mark R. Levin
The Fox News host and author of “American Marxism” argues for the defeat of the Democratic Party.
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DETERMINED by Robert M. Sapolsky
The author of “Behave” makes his case against free will.
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ELON MUSK by Walter Isaacson
The author of “The Code Breaker” traces Musk’s life and summarizes his work on electric vehicles, private space exploration and artificial intelligence.
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ENOUGH by Cassidy Hutchinson
The former special assistant to President Trump and his chief of staff, Mark Meadows, details events surrounding the crisis of conscience she faced.
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GOING INFINITE by Michael Lewis
The author of “The Big Short” and “The Premonition” chronicles the rise and fall of Sam Bankman-Fried and FTX.
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KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON by David Grann
The story of a murder spree in 1920s Oklahoma that targeted Osage Indians, whose lands contained oil.
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KILLING THE WITCHES by Bill O’Reilly and Martin Dugard
The 13th book in the conservative commentator’s Killing series gives a portrayal of the events of 1692 and 1693 in Salem Village, Mass.
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OUTLIVE by Peter Attia with Bill Gifford
A look at recent scientific research on aging and longevity.
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PREQUEL by Rachel Maddow
The MSNBC host and co-author of “Bag Man” details a campaign to overthrow the U.S. government and install authoritarian rule prior to and during our involvement in World War II.
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TO RESCUE THE CONSTITUTION by Bret Baier with Catherine Whitney
The chief political anchor for Fox News gives an account of important actions taken by George Washington.
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THE WAGER by David Grann
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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WORTHY by Jada Pinkett Smith
The actress and talk-show host describes personal and professional difficulties she encountered and her journey to finding self-love.
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Have a great week!
Linda Reimer, SSCL
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Search for and request books online!
eBooks & Audiobooks Through The Digital Catalog/Libby
Card holders of all Southern Tier Library System member libraries can access
StarCat to search for and request materials available at libraries throughout 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 Telephone Number: 607-936-3713.
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Tech Talk is a Southeast Steuben County Library blog.
The catalog of e-books, downloadable audiobooks and a handful of streaming videos.
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The Libby App
Libby is the companion app to the Digital Catalog and may be found in the Apple & Google app.
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Hoopla
A catalog of instant check out items, including eBooks, downloadable audiobooks, comic books, TV shows and movies for patrons of the Southeast Steuben County Library.
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Tech Talk is a Southeast Steuben County Library blog.
This blog post includes all the new titles that have been ordered by the library this month; and are either already published, or will be published in the month ahead of us.
Some of these titles have arrived and can be requested through StarCat; other titles are not yet ready to circulate (and thus are not yet found in StarCat).
So, if you see a book you’d love to read, but don’t find it listed in StarCat, send me an email and let me know which title you’d like to read; and I will place it on hold for you, when it is ready to circulate.
And the direct link to our catalog of physical materials, AKA StarCat, is: https://starcat.stls.org/
The direct link to the online version of the Digital Catalog (companion app Libby, found in your app store) is: https://stls.overdrive.com/
And the Hoopla catalog (which is like Netflix in that all content* is available on-demand & which also has a complementary app, simply called Hoopla) can be accessed online at: https://www.hoopladigital.com/
*Hoopla content includes Audiobooks, eBooks, comic books, TV shows & Movies (A Smart TV app is available),
Hi everyone, here are our recommended reads for the week!
*More information on the three catalogs and available formats is found at the end of the list of recommended reads*
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Weekly Suggested Reading postings are published on Wednesdays.
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And the next Suggested Reading posting will be published on Wednesday, November 1, 2023.
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America Fantastica by Tim O’Brien
(Available Formats: Print Book)
Once a promising journalist with Pulitzer potential, Boyd Halverson finds himself in reduced circumstances and even lower expectations. As store manager at Penney’s, Boyd attends Kiwanis meetings and drinks too much, a shadow of his former life when he was married to the beautiful Evelyn, daughter of billionaire shipbuilder Dooney. Years earlier, Boyd’s planned expose of Dooney’s shipbuilding malfeasance was dead in the water when Dooney preemptively destroyed Boyd’s career by revealing Boyd’s fictional academic and military record. Boyd is set on retribution when he holds up a small-town bank and takes diminutive spitfire bank teller Angie Bing along for the ride. So begins O’Brien’s farcical satire that blends fierce social commentary and a searing indictment of our post-fact culture into a nonstop joyride. The resulting road trip is rich with colorful characters while Angie, the loquacious lilliputian, a devout Christian with selective morality, provides comic relief. The fantastical comedy of errors, the lauded O’Brien’s first novel in many years, blends rom-com, caper, and buddy story into a relentless, skewering tale of greed, capitalism, betrayal, and ultimately, redemption. A sound bet for Elmore Leonard fans.
HIGH-DEMAND BACKSTORY: National Book Award-winning O’Brien’s return to fiction and the rollicking nature of this sharply comic tale will stir avid interest. – Booklist Review
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Germany 1923: Hyperinflation, Hitler’s Putsch, and Democracy in Crisis by Volker Ullrich & Jefferson Chase
(Available Formats: Print Book & Hoopla Instant Checkout eAudio)
A fine history of a pivotal year in world history. “The year 1923 started with a bang,” writes Ullrich, a prizewinning German historian and author of a widely acclaimed two-volume biography of Hitler, when French troops marched into the industrial Ruhr Valley. The author reminds readers that, after months of violence following its November 1918 surrender, Germany settled down under the democratic Weimar Republic. Poorer than in prewar years but physically undamaged (unlike France), it was obligated under the Treaty of Versailles to deliver enormous reparations in gold, industrial products, and resources such as coal and timber. To rebuild and to repay its war debt to the U.S., France demanded payment from Germany and sent in the army when it was slow arriving. This produced national outrage but little action besides passive resistance and strikes. Troops remained until 1925, and the occupation proved a crushing drain, with Germany losing production as well as revenue. Printing money was a poor substitute for taxes, so hyperinflation followed. By mid-April, the mark had dropped to 25,000 to the dollar; by the end of July, to 1 million. By August, when a new administration began banking reforms, $1 was worth 3.7 million marks. “Calls for a strongman, a savior to lift Germany out of misery and desperation,” writes Ullrich, “had been constant since the collapse of the Wilhelmine German Empire in 1918,” and “they grew louder…in the initial, chaotic postwar years.” The author delivers a lively account of Hitler’s unsuccessful Beer Hall Putsch, emphasizing that it was only one of many efforts by right-wing circles to “bring down the Weimar political system and institute an authoritarian regime.” In addition, writes Ullrich, the fact that Weimar survived another decade is a good argument that it was not condemned to failure from its onset, although the events of 1923, especially the hyperinflation, poisoned the national spirit. An exemplary book of history with no lack of uncomfortable lessons for today. – Starred Kirkus Review
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Julia by Sandra Newman
(Available Formats: Publication Date: October 24, 2023 & coming soon to our library!)
This brilliant novel by the author of The Men (2022) and The Heavens (2019) is about as ambitious as you can get: a retelling of George Orwell’s 1984 from the point of view of the protagonist’s love interest, Julia, who plays a key supporting role in Orwell’s dystopian classic. Here, Julia is an ideal citizen of Oceania, the fictionalized surveillance state Orwell dreamt up, who becomes unmoored when she falls for a colleague, Winston Smith (and Orwell’s lead). The novel closely follows the original story, but also expands on it, opening up new corners of the world to make it even darker, more vividly real. Although it never feels like Newman is imitating Orwell’s writing style, the novel has the same texture, and in scenes providing Julia’s take on passages from the original, Newman reproduces Orwell’s original dialogue verbatim. This is not a rewriting of 1984; it’s a faithful, respectful retelling of a familiar story from a fresh new angle. Wonderful. – Starred Booklist Review
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Libra by Don Delillo
(Available Formats: Print Book & Hoopla Instant Checkout eAudio)
From the author of White Noise (winner of the National Book Award) and The Silence, an eerily convincing fictional speculation on the events leading up to the assassination of John F. Kennedy
In this powerful, unsettling novel, Don DeLillo chronicles Lee Harvey Oswald’s odyssey from troubled teenager to a man of precarious stability who imagines himself an agent of history. When “history” presents itself in the form of two disgruntled CIA operatives who decide that an unsuccessful attempt on the life of the president will galvanize the nation against communism, the scales are irrevocably tipped.
A gripping, masterful blend of fact and fiction, alive with meticulously portrayed characters both real and created, Libra is a grave, haunting, and brilliant examination of an event that has become an indelible part of the American psyche.
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Murder And Mamon by Mia Manansala
(Available Formats: Published in September 2023, and coming soon to our library!)
Lila Macapagal should have enough on her hands with her partnership in the Brew-ha Cafe. But her extended Filipino American family often demands her help. This time, her godmothers April, Mae, and June, the Calendar Crew, are opening a new laundromat next door to June’s dry-cleaning service. It’s scheduled to open the day of the town’s big spring clean. While Lila and her aunties are at a morning chamber of commerce meeting, someone smashes up the laundromat and graffities it with “Mind Your Business.” The Calendar Crew has certainly stirred up trouble with their gossip, but who would go to the lengths of vandalizing their new business? April’s visiting niece is put to work at the laundromat, but the aunties also ask her to do some spying. When someone ends up dead and another family member lands in the hospital, the family turns to Lila and a former police detective to investigate.
VERDICT The sequel to Blackmail and Bibingka celebrates various food cultures in a mystery that emphasizes the importance of family, anti-bullying, and the search for justice for victims of crime. – Library Journal
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The Night House by Jo Nesbo
(Available Formats: Print Book)
In mystery writer Nesbo’s (Killing Moon) first foray into horror, 14-year-old Richard Elauved, sent to live with his aunt and uncle after his parents’ deaths, feels trapped in sleepy, rural Ballantyne. He quickly earns a reputation as the angry city kid who lashes out at the slightest provocation. When a classmate goes missing, all eyes are on Richard, who was the last person to see him alive. What Richard can’t get anyone to believe is that Tom was sucked into the receiver while making a prank call in a telephone booth on the edge of the woods. After another classmate disappears, Richard discovers a house in the forest that holds a dark past. With help from his friend Karen and the local librarian, Richard must prove his innocence–though he may not be as reliable a narrator as he seems.
VERDICT Nesbo deftly guides readers on a journey much larger than many will expect from the slim volume. Reminiscent of Joe Meno’s The Boy Detective Fails, initial expectations of genre, setting, and mood are subverted as a simple horror novel unfolds into a story that encompasses grief, mid-life crises, and more. Give this one to fans of Grady Hendrix or adults nostalgic for the “Goosebumps” series. – Library Journal Review
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Opinions: A Decade of Arguments, Criticism, and Minding Other People’s Business by Roxane Gay
(Available Formats: Just published & coming soon to our library!)
Renowned essayist and cultural critic Gay has penned insightful and thought-provoking essays for numerous publications throughout the years and this latest collection of her work highlights the best from the past decade. In her engaging introduction, Gay writes about how she was inspired to openly express her opinions by her mother’s confidence, wit, and intellect. She also parses out her enlightening and sometimes fraught experiences as an opinionated and widely read writer in a time of social and cultural upheaval. The essays that follow touch on a breadth of topics and are grouped by subjects, including identity and politics, cultural commentary, and some of her advice columns written for the New York Times. The sections are largely arranged chronologically by publication date, a format that offers a holistic experience of Gay’s work and evolution as a writer. The profiles, though the author admits that celebrity profiles are not a “favorite genre of writing,” are standouts and enjoyable to read. This is a must-read for not only fans of Gay’s work, but for everyone interested in reading intellectual, accessible, and important takes on timely topics. -Booklist
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The United States of English: The American Language from Colonial Times to the Twenty-First Century by Rosemarie Ostler
The story of how English became American — and how it became Southern, Bostonian, Californian, African-American, Chicano, elite, working-class, urban, rural, and everything in between By the time of the Revolution, the English that Americans spoke was recognizably different from the British variety. Americans added dozens of new words to the language, either borrowed from Native Americans (raccoon, persimmon, caucus) or created from repurposed English (backwoods, cane brake, salt lick). Americans had their own pronunciations (bath rhymed with hat, not hot) and their own spelling (honor, not honour), not to mention a host of new expressions that grew out of the American landscape and culture (blaze a trail, back track, pull up stakes). Americans even invented their own slang, like stiff as a ringbolt to mean drunk. American English has continued to grow and change ever since. The United States of English tells the engrossing tale of how the American language evolved over four hundred years, explaining both how and why it changed and which parts of the “mother tongue” it preserved (I guess was heard in the British countryside long before it became a typical Americanism). Rosemarie Ostler approaches American English as part of the larger story of American history and culture, starting with what we know about the first colonists and their speech. Drawing on the latest research, she explores the roots of regional dialects, the differences between British and American language use, the sources of American slang, the development of African American English, current trends in political language, and much more. Plentiful examples of the American vernacular, past and present, bring the language to life and make for an engaging as well as enlightening read.
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The Vaster Wilds by Laurne Groff
(Available Formats: Print Book & CD Audiobook)
Groff’s extraordinary latest (after Matrix) tracks the life of an adolescent servant girl who flees a Jamestownesque settlement in colonial America and sets out across the wilderness. Traveling in winter, the unnamed narrator sustains herself by hunting and gathering. Despite the harsh conditions, she delights in the natural scenery, which Groff depicts with wrenching beauty (“she saw in the dim and silvery light the wind lifting lighter snow and sculpting it into a shining city with rooftops and chimneys and a steeple and even the smoke of fires merrily ascending from the chimneys toward heaven”). Through the girl’s memories, the reader learns she was adopted at four from a parish poorhouse in England by a well-off woman and her husband and was tormented by the couple’s older son. Several years later, the husband dies and the woman marries an ambitious minister. They force the girl to accompany them to the New World and care for their newborn baby. The colony turns out to be a godforsaken place wracked by illness, lack of food, and violent confrontations with Indigenous people. There are many exciting episodes—the narrator encounters a bear, a wolf, and an unruly former Jesuit priest who also subsists in the wild—and the staggering ending reveals the details surrounding her escape. Groff builds and maintains suspense on multiple levels, while offering an unflinching portrayal of her heroine’s desperation and will to survive. This is a triumph. – Starred Publishers Weekly Review
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The Witch of Maracoor by Gregory Maguire
(Available Formats: Print Book)
As the third and final volume of the Another Day series begins (after The Oracle of Maracoor, 2022), Rain is finishing up her last pieces of business before heading back to her homeland of Oz in order to track down old friends and resolve old grievances. This book will be most intriguing for those familiar with the full sweep of Maguire’s Wicked Years saga (starting with Wicked, 1995), pulling from the old relationships and storylines that powered Rain’s life before the Another Day trilogy began–from Rain’s old love Tip, who turned out to be the heir to the throne Ozma in disguise, to her father and their old homestead, including a new dragon pet. This character-driven story ties up old loose ends while introducing small pathways to new stories for Maguire to explore and dive into in the future–it’s quite possible that Rain’s story is not fully complete. Readers who picked up Maguire’s books for the first time with The Brides of Maracoor (2021) might lose their footing with this one, but fans of the Wicked saga and Maguire’s rich, multifaceted world will enjoy the references, heartaches, and conclusions. – Booklist Review
Another Day Trilogy
1. The Brides of Maracoor (2021)
2. The Oracle of Maracoor (2022)
3. The Witch of Maracoor (2023)
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Happy reading!
Linda Reimer, SSCL
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Have questions or want to request a book?
Feel free to call the library! Our telephone number is 607-936-3713.
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Note: Book summaries are from the respective publishers unless otherwise specified.
The Digital Catalog, is an online catalog containing eBooks, Downloadable Audiobooks, digital magazines and a handful of streaming videos. The catalog, which allows one to download content to a PC, also has a companion app, Libby, which you can download to your mobile device; so you can enjoy eBooks and Downloadable Audiobooks on the go!
All card holders of all Southern Tier Library System member libraries can check out items from the Digital Catalog.
The Hoopla Catalog features instant checkouts of eBooks, Downloadable Audiobooks, comic books, albums, movies and TV series. Patron check out limit is 6 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, smart TVs & media streaming players.
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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Format Note: Under each book title you’ll find a list of all the different formats that specific title is available in; including: Print Books, Large Print Books, CD Audiobooks, eBooks & Downloadable Audiobooks from the Digital Catalog (Libby app) and Hoopla eBooks & Hoopla Downloadable Audiobooks (Hoopla app).
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Book summaries are from the respective publishers unless otherwise specified.
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Tech Talk is a Southeast Steuben County Library blog.
Hi everyone, here is the weekly list of New York Times Bestsellers.
New York Times Bestsellers can be requested through StarCat (for print books) & The Digital Catalog/Libby for eBooks and Downloadable Audiobooks. Select titles may also be checked out, on demand, through the Hoopla Catalog.
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 posted in two weeks on Sunday, October 29, 2023.
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FICTION
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12 MONTHS TO LIVE by James Patterson and Mike Lupica
A criminal defense attorney who received a terminal diagnosis might be in danger of being murdered.
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ARMOR OF LIGHT by Ken Follett
The fifth book in the Kingsbridge series. Change and turmoil affect various aspects of society in the latter part of the 18th century.
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BECOMING THE BOOGEYMAN by Richard Chizmar
In a sequel to “Chasing the Boogeyman,” society’s true crime obsession is further explored using meta-fiction devices.
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BLOOD LINES by Nelson DeMille and Alex DeMille
The second book in the Scott Brodie and Maggie Taylor series. After a mission in Venezuela, Brodie and Taylor search for the murderer of a fellow agent.
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THE COVENANT OF WATER by Abraham Verghese
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
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
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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THE HEAVEN & EARTH GROCERY STORE by James McBride
Secrets held by the residents of a dilapidated neighborhood come to life when a skeleton is found at the bottom of a well.
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HOLLY by Stephen King
The private detective Holly Gibney investigates whether a married pair of octogenarian academics had anything to do with Bonnie Dahl’s disappearance.
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THE HOUSEMAID by Freida McFadden
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
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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JUDGMENT PREY by John Sandford
The 33rd book in the Prey series. Davenport and Flowers investigate the murder of a federal judge and his two young sons.
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LESSONS IN CHEMISTRY by Bonnie Garmus
A scientist and single mother living in California in the 1960s becomes a star on a TV cooking show.
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SECOND ACT by Danielle Steel
The former head of a Hollywood studio thinks the unfinished novel written by a woman he hired to get his affairs in order could be adapted for the screen.
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THE SEVEN HUSBANDS OF EVELYN HUGO by Taylor Jenkins Reid
A movie icon recounts stories of her loves and career to a struggling magazine writer.
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STARLING HOUSE by Alix E. Harrow
An orphan hoping to improve things for her brother and herself goes inside a mansion connected to an author who disappeared over a century ago.
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SWORD CATCHER by Cassandra Clare
An orphan who is the body double for a royal heir and a woman with magical abilities are drawn into the underworld of the city-state of Castellane.
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THINGS WE LEFT BEHIND by Lucy Score
The third book in the Knockemout series. A mogul and a small-town librarian share a dark secret from their past.
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THINGS WE NEVER GOT OVER by Lucy Score
A runaway bride becomes the guardian of her evil twin’s daughter and gets some help from a bad-boy barber.
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TOM LAKE by Ann Patchett
Three daughters, who return to their family orchard in the spring of 2020, learn about their mother’s relationship with a famous actor.
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TWISTED LOVE by Ana Huang
The first book in the Twisted series. Secrets emerge when Ava explores things with her brother’s best friend.
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WILDFIRE by Hannah Grace
The second book in the Maple Hills series. Two summer camp counselors who previously had a one-night stand may run afoul of the camp’s rules.
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NON-FICTION
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ASTOR by Anderson Cooper and Katherine Howe
The authors of “Vanderbilt” chronicle the Astor family’s place in American society from 1793 through 2009.
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THE BODY KEEPS THE SCORE by Bessel van der Kolk
How trauma affects the body and mind, and innovative treatments for recovery.
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DEMOCRACY AWAKENING by Heather Cox Richardson
The historian and author of the newsletter “Letters From an American” shares her views on the current political moment.
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DEMOCRAT PARTY HATES AMERICA by Mark R. Levin
The Fox News host and author of “American Marxism” argues for the defeat of the Democratic Party.
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ELON MUSK by Walter Isaacson
The author of “The Code Breaker” traces Musk’s life and summarizes his work on electric vehicles, private space exploration and artificial intelligence.
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ENOUGH by Cassidy Hutchinson
The former special assistant to President Trump and his chief of staff, Mark Meadows, details events surrounding the crisis of conscience she faced.
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GOING INFINITE by Michael Lewis
The author of “The Big Short” and “The Premonition” chronicles the rise and fall of Sam Bankman-Fried and FTX.
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KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON by David Grann
The story of a murder spree in 1920s Oklahoma that targeted Osage Indians, whose lands contained oil.
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KILLING THE WITCHES by Bill O’Reilly and Martin Dugard
The 13th book in the conservative commentator’s Killing series gives a portrayal of the events of 1692 and 1693 in Salem Village, Mass.
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MAKING IT SO by Patrick Stewart
The Olivier Award-winning actor recounts his classical theater training and onscreen portrayals of the iconic roles of Jean-Luc Picard and Professor Charles Xavier.
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OUTLIVE by Peter Attia with Bill Gifford
A look at recent scientific research on aging and longevity.
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THICKER THAN WATER by Kerry Washington
The Emmy Award-winning actor describes setbacks she faced and her journey to find a sense of belonging.
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TO RESCUE THE CONSTITUTION by Bret Baier with Catherine Whitney
The chief political anchor for Fox News gives an account of important actions taken by George Washington.
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THE WAGER by David Grann
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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Have a great week!
Linda Reimer, SSCL
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Search for and request books online!
eBooks & Audiobooks Through The Digital Catalog/Libby
Card holders of all Southern Tier Library System member libraries can access
StarCat to search for and request materials available at libraries throughout the Southern Tier Library System.
–
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 Telephone Number: 607-936-3713.
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Tech Talk is a Southeast Steuben County Library blog.
The catalog of e-books, downloadable audiobooks and a handful of streaming videos.
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The Libby App
Libby is the companion app to the Digital Catalog and may be found in the Apple & Google app.
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Hoopla
A catalog of instant check out items, including eBooks, downloadable audiobooks, comic books, TV shows and movies for patrons of the Southeast Steuben County Library.
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Tech Talk is a Southeast Steuben County Library blog.
Hi everyone, here are our five recommended reads for the week!
*More information on the three catalogs and available formats is found at the end of the list of recommended reads*
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Weekly Suggested Reading postings are published on Wednesday.
And the next Suggested Reading posting will be published on Wednesday, October 25, 2023.
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On an unrelated music note, today, October 18, is the 97th anniversary of the birth of Rock n’ Roll pioneer Chuck Berry.
So here is the guitar wizard with one of his best known songs:
Johnny B. Goode by Chuck Berry
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And now, on to our weekly book recommendations!
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The Discreet Charm of the Big Bad Wolf: A Novel by Alexander McCall Smith
(Available Formats: Print Book & Large Print)
A crime ripped from the mind of Mother Goose animates McCall’s witty fourth outing for Swedish police detective Ulf Varg (after 2021’s The Man in the Silver Saab). Fridolf Bengtsson, owner of Sweden’s largest bacon-processing business, arrives at Ulf’s office in the Department of Sensitive Crimes to report that his country cottage has been stolen—literally removed from its foundations and taken somewhere else. While Ulf investigates, he faces an additional pair of time-sensitive problems: in order to cut down on operating costs, he must select a member of his tight-knit team to transfer to another department; and his girlfriend, a veterinarian’s assistant, is nudging him to get experimental cochlear implants for his nearly deaf dog. Ulf and company are extremely pleasant company, lending this farcical mystery all the comforts of a good cozy without most of the clichés, and Smith juggles the various subplots with ease. Simply put, this is good-natured fun. – Publishers Weekly Review
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True Raiders: The Untold Story of the 1909 Expedition to Find the Legendary Ark of the Covenant by Brad Ricca
(Available Formats: Print Book & Hoopla Instant Checkout eAudio)
Ricca follows up Olive the Lionheart with another cinematic history of a European aristocrat’s adventures in distant lands. In 1909, Montague “Monty” Parker, an English nobleman and veteran of the Second Boer War, led an expedition to Palestine in search of the Ark of the Covenant. He was hired by businessmen who believed that a Finnish scholar had discovered a cipher in the Old Testament that, when decoded, provided a map to where the Ark was hidden in a network of subterranean tunnels near Jerusalem. Following the scholar’s map and the findings of an earlier British explorer, Charles Warren, Parker and his team of amateur archaeologists excavated Hezekiah’s Tunnel, believed to have been built in the 8th century BCE to provide Jerusalem with water during a siege by the king of Assyria. Ricca details the history of biblical sites including Gihon Spring, also known as the Virgin’s Fountain, where Mary was believed to have washed Jesus’s swaddling clothes, as well as a strike by local laborers, the race to beat a rival expedition funded by Baron Edmond de Rothschild, and allegations that Parker stole antiquities from the Mosque of Omar. Parker’s rumored romance with Ava Astor, the estranged wife of John Jacob Astor, provides a touch of glamour. Archaeology buffs will be enthralled. – Publishers Weekly Review
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The Longest Minute: The Great San Francisco Earthquake and Fire of 1906 by Matthew J. Davenport
(Available Formats: Print Book)
Davenport brings fresh insights to the 1906 earthquake and devastating, citywide fires in San Francisco. He demonstrates that improvisation played a key role in the response to the disaster, with water scarce and local news outlets paralyzed. The damages had much more painful repercussions for those on the lower end of the socioeconomic ladder: immigrants and impoverished residents were incinerated in cheap, wooden tenements. The same hubris, sloppiness, and lack of foresight that worsened the city’s destruction were essentially duplicated when it came time to rebuild. City leaders’ efforts to revamp San Francisco meant that quality was considered a subsidiary concern to speed, when in fact it should’ve been paramount. Developers viewed the city as a tabula rasa, and Davenport laments that sustainability and safety were “again left to market forces.” Chinese and Japanese immigrants were unfairly scapegoated, culminating in the 1924 passage of the Asian Exclusion Act. The disaster also seemed to seal the fate of Hetch Hetchy Valley, which was dammed to provide a reliable water supply to the San Francisco Bay Area. A tale both captivating and cautionary. – Booklist Review
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Murder Most Royal by S. J. Bennett
(Available Formats: Print Book)
In this third, touchingly timely work in a popular series featuring Queen Elizabeth II, Christmas festivities at Sandringham are horribly overturned when a severed hand is discovered. The eagle-eyed queen immediately recognizes the hand’s signet ring as belonging to a member of the St Cyr family, long-established friends, and she works behind the scenes with her assistant private secretary, Rozie Oshodi, to solve the murder. – Library Journal Review
Reader’s Note: As mentioned, this is the third book in the Her Majesty The Queen Investigates series. If you’d like to start reading from the beginning, check out book one: The Windsor Knot (2020).
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Never Whistle at Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology
(Available Formats: Print Book & eBook)
Hawk (Anoka) and Van Alst (Sacred City) present a heavy-hitting arrangement of 26 twisted tales from established and emerging Indigenous North American authors. The collection mixes hauntings (as in Mona Susan Power’s “Dead Owls”) and monsters (in Mathilda Zeller’s “Kushtuka”) from Native tradition, with the more mundane horrors of privileged white racism taken to extremes (in Amber Blaeser-Wardzala’s “Collections”), the devastating effects of abuse (in Kelli Jo Ford’s “Heart-Shaped Clock”), and a touch of satisfyingly violent revenge against mistreatment, both supernatural (in D.H. Trujillo’s “Snakes Are Born in the Dark”) and mundane (in David Heska Wanbli Weiden’s “Sundays”). Hawk’s own contribution, “Behind Colin’s Eyes,” evokes a visceral feeling of being trapped. Family stories and intergenerational relationships form a running theme, taking center stage in Morgan Talty’s “The Prepper,” while the dangerous power of storytelling itself comes to the fore in Richard Van Camp’s gripping “Scariest. Story. Ever.” Lifting up an exciting array of authors, this anthology will be a treat for horror fans. – Publishers Weekly Review
Happy reading!
Linda Reimer, SSCL
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Have questions or want to request a book?
Feel free to call the library! Our telephone number is 607-936-3713.
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Note: Book summaries are from the respective publishers unless otherwise specified.
The Digital Catalog, is an online catalog containing eBooks, Downloadable Audiobooks, digital magazines and a handful of streaming videos. The catalog, which allows one to download content to a PC, also has a companion app, Libby, which you can download to your mobile device; so you can enjoy eBooks and Downloadable Audiobooks on the go!
All card holders of all Southern Tier Library System member libraries can check out items from the Digital Catalog.
The Hoopla Catalog features instant checkouts of eBooks, Downloadable Audiobooks, comic books, albums, movies and TV series. Patron check out limit is 6 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, smart TVs & media streaming players.
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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Format Note: Under each book title you’ll find a list of all the different formats that specific title is available in; including: Print Books, Large Print Books, CD Audiobooks, eBooks & Downloadable Audiobooks from the Digital Catalog (Libby app) and Hoopla eBooks & Hoopla Downloadable Audiobooks (Hoopla app).
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Book summaries are from the respective publishers unless otherwise specified.
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Tech Talk is a Southeast Steuben County Library blog.
Hi everyone, here is the weekly list of New York Times Bestsellers.
New York Times Bestsellers can be requested through StarCat (for print books) & The Digital Catalog/Libby for eBooks and Downloadable Audiobooks. Select titles may also be checked out, on demand, through the Hoopla Catalog.
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 posted in two weeks on Sunday, October 22, 2023.
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FICTION
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12 MONTHS TO LIVE by James Patterson and Mike Lupica
A criminal defense attorney who received a terminal diagnosis might be in danger of being murdered.
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ARMOR OF LIGHT by Ken Follett
The fifth book in the Kingsbridge series. Change and turmoil affect various aspects of society in the latter part of the 18th century.
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THE COVENANT OF WATER by Abraham Verghese
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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DARK MEMORY by Christine Feehan
The 37th book in the Dark/Carpathian series. Will Safia forgive Petru’s betrayal?
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DEMON COPPERHEAD by Barbara Kingsolver
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
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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HOLLY by Stephen King
The private detective Holly Gibney investigates whether a married pair of octogenarian academics had anything to do with Bonnie Dahl’s disappearance.
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THE HOUSEMAID by Freida McFadden
Troubles surface when a woman looking to make a fresh start takes a job in the home of the Winchesters.
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HURRICANE WARS by Thea Guanzon
An orphan with a power that could stop the Night Empire and the emperor’s only son must decide if they will join together or destroy each other.
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ICEBREAKER by Hannah Grace
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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JUDGMENT PREY by John Sandford
The 33rd book in the Prey series. Davenport and Flowers investigate the murder of a federal judge and his two young sons.
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LESSONS IN CHEMISTRY by Bonnie Garmus
A scientist and single mother living in California in the 1960s becomes a star on a TV cooking show.
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OUT THERE SCREAMING edited by Jordan Peele and John Joseph Adams
An anthology of Black horror stories written by Black writers.
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SECOND ACT by Danielle Steel
The former head of a Hollywood studio thinks the unfinished novel written by a woman he hired to get his affairs in order could be adapted for the screen.
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STARLING HOUSE by Alix E. Harrow
An orphan hoping to improve things for her brother and herself goes inside a mansion connected to an author who disappeared over a century ago.
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THRONE OF THE FALLEN by Kerri Maniscalco
Camilla Antonius and the Prince of Envy try to avoid falling in love while journeying together through the Underworld.
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TOM LAKE by Ann Patchett
Three daughters, who return to their family orchard in the spring of 2020, learn about their mother’s relationship with a famous actor.
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TRUST by Hernan Diaz
Winner of a 2023 Pulitzer Prize for fiction. Competing narratives about a wealthy New York couple have new revelations over the course of a century.
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WILDFIRE by Hannah Grace
The second book in the Maple Hills series. Two summer camp counselors who previously had a one-night stand may run afoul of the camp’s rules.
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YUMI AND THE NIGHTMARE PAINTER by Brandon Sanderson
The third book in the Secret Projects series. Two people from different worlds must solve what brought them together.
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NON-FICTION
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ASTOR by Anderson Cooper and Katherine Howe
The authors of “Vanderbilt” chronicle the Astor family’s place in American society from 1793 through 2009.
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THE BODY KEEPS THE SCORE by Bessel van der Kolk
How trauma affects the body and mind, and innovative treatments for recovery.
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BREAKING BIDEN by Alex Marlow
The editor in chief of Breitbart News gives his take on President Biden and those around him.
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DEMOCRACY AWAKENING by Heather Cox Richardson
The historian and author of the newsletter “Letters From an American” shares her views on the current political moment.
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DEMOCRAT PARTY HATES AMERICA by Mark R. Levin
The Fox News host and author of “American Marxism” argues for the defeat of the Democratic Party.
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DIFFER WE MUST by Steve Inskeep
A host of NPR’s “Morning Edition” describes encounters Abraham Lincoln had with some who disagreed with him.
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ELON MUSK by Walter Isaacson
The author of “The Code Breaker” traces Musk’s life and summarizes his work on electric vehicles, private space exploration and artificial intelligence.
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ENOUGH by Cassidy Hutchinson
The former special assistant to President Trump and his chief of staff, Mark Meadows, details events surrounding the crisis of conscience she faced.
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EVE by Cat Bohannon
A look at human evolution that examines key questions about the female body.
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GOING INFINITE by Michael Lewis
The author of “The Big Short” and “The Premonition” chronicles the rise and fall of Sam Bankman-Fried and FTX.
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HEIRLOOM ROOMS by Erin Napier
Essays by the HGTV host inspired by the rooms in her home and the memories they evoke.
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KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON by David Grann
The story of a murder spree in 1920s Oklahoma that targeted Osage Indians, whose lands contained oil.
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KILLING THE WITCHES by Bill O’Reilly and Martin Dugard
The 13th book in the conservative commentator’s Killing series gives a portrayal of the events of 1692 and 1693 in Salem Village, Mass.
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MAKING IT SO by Patrick Stewart
The Olivier Award-winning actor recounts his classical theater training and onscreen portrayals of the iconic roles of Jean-Luc Picard and Professor Charles Xavier.
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OUTLIVE by Peter Attia with Bill Gifford
A look at recent scientific research on aging and longevity.
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THICKER THAN WATER by Kerry Washington
The Emmy Award-winning actor describes setbacks she faced and her journey to find a sense of belonging.
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TO INFINITY AND BEYOND by Neil deGrasse Tyson and Lindsey Nyx Walker
Science and pop culture intertwine in this exploration of the cosmos, which includes parallel worlds and time travel.
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THE WAGER by David Grann
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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Have a great week!
Linda Reimer, SSCL
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Search for and request books online!
eBooks & Audiobooks Through The Digital Catalog/Libby
Card holders of all Southern Tier Library System member libraries can access
StarCat to search for and request materials available at libraries throughout 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 Telephone Number: 607-936-3713.
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Tech Talk is a Southeast Steuben County Library blog.
The catalog of e-books, downloadable audiobooks and a handful of streaming videos.
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The Libby App
Libby is the companion app to the Digital Catalog and may be found in the Apple & Google app.
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Hoopla
A catalog of instant check out items, including eBooks, downloadable audiobooks, comic books, TV shows and movies for patrons of the Southeast Steuben County Library.
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Tech Talk is a Southeast Steuben County Library blog.
Hi everyone, here are our five recommended reads for the week!
*More information on the three catalogs and available formats is found at the end of the list of recommended reads*
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Weekly Suggested Reading postings are published on Wednesday.
And the next Suggested Reading posting will be published on Wednesday, October 18, 2023.
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The Beast You Are: Stories by Paul Tremblay
(Available Formats: Print Book)
These 15 invigorating horror shorts from Tremblay (The Pallbearer’s Club) showcase the author’s imagination and versatility. Two are radically different ghost stories: in “ Ice Cold Lemonade 25¢ Haunted House Tour: 1 Per Person,” the narrator reflects on the youthful experiences that haunt his adult self, while “I Know You’re There” explores the ways in which grief repeatedly reshapes a character’s perceptions of reality. There are also two prescient pandemic stories, both originally published before the Covid-19 outbreak: “The Blog at the End of the World” works backward chronologically through online posts about a mysterious epidemic to form an incisive critique of the dissemination of disinformation on social media; “The Last Conversation” delivers a poignant sci-fi riff on the difficulty of letting a loved one go. The brilliant title novella takes the form of an animal fable, laced with references to fear-mongering authorities and cultish believers that resonate deeply with the contemporary zeitgeist. Whether he’s writing a subtly disarming tale in the manner of Shirley Jackson (“The Party”) or a grisly monster story (“The Large Man”), Tremblay draws well-developed characters whose recognizable humanity makes it easy for readers to accept the weird events happening around them. This will be a smash with horror fans. – Starred Publishers Weekly Review
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A Chateau Under Siege by Martin Walker
(Available Formats: Print Book)
When an actor in a local play is attacked during a performance, Bruno must learn whether it was an accident, a crime of passion, or an assassination attempt with implications far beyond the small French village.
The town of Sarlat is staging a reenactment of its liberation from the British in the Hundred Years War when the play’s French hero, Brice Kerquelin, is stabbed and feared fatally wounded. Is it an unfortunate prop malfunction—or something more sinister? The stricken man happens to be number two in the French intelligence service, in line for the top job. Bruno is tasked with the safety of the victim’s daughters, Claire and Nadia, as well as their father’s old Silicon Valley buddies, ostensibly in town for a reunion. One friend from Taiwan, a tycoon in chip fabrication, soon goes missing, and Bruno suspects there may be a link to the French government’s efforts to build a chip industry in Europe—something powerful forces in Russia and China are determined to scuttle. Wading through a tangle of rivalries and secrets, Bruno begins to parse fact from fiction—while also becoming embroiled in some romantic complications, and, of course, finding time to put together some splendid meals.
Reader’s Note: A Chateau Under Siege is the sixteenth book in the Bruno series. If you’d like to start reading from the beginning, check out book one Bruno, Chief of Police (2008).
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The Golden Gate by Amy Chua
(Available Formats: Print Book)
DEBUT In 1930, seven-year-old Iris Stafford died in the Claremont Hotel, which she is now said to haunt. In 1931, Al Sullivan’s Mexican father was “repatriated” to Mexico after the stock market crash, allegedly to free up jobs for Americans. By 1944, Iris’s sister Izzy and her two Bainbridge cousins have grown into beauties, and Al has taken his mother’s last name and risen to be a homicide detective with the Berkeley Police Department. They all come together at the Claremont when a presidential candidate is killed, and witnesses identify a woman who resembles one of the three Bainbridge cousins. The D.A. warns Mrs. Genevieve Bainbridge that he can charge all three of her granddaughters as co-conspirators if she doesn’t identify the killer. But Al has his doubts. Everyone has suggestions for his case, including Madame Chiang Kai-Shek, who purportedly was involved with the murder victim. Al is warned of Communists, Japanese spies, and the Chinese, but, as the son of a Mexican father and an Okie mother, he has himself experienced prejudice and is determined to find the truth.
VERDICT The historical mystery debut by Yale Law School professor Chua (Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother) is a successful, compelling mash-up of California history, ghost story, family tale, and social commentary. – Starred Library Journal Review
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Mother-Daughter Murder Night by Nina Simon
(Available Formats: Print Book)
Three women bond while investigating a homicide in Simon’s spirited debut. Lana Rubicon and her 17-year-old daughter, Beth, become estranged when Beth gets pregnant and relocates five hours north of Los Angeles to raise her baby alone. Fifteen years later, Lana is a high-powered L.A. real estate developer, and Beth is a nurse who shares a humble cottage in Elkhorn Slough with her now-teenage daughter, Jack. Though Lana has always refused to visit Beth and Jack’s “shack about to fall into a mud pit,” she moves in while undergoing treatment for cancer. Four months of cohabitation do nothing to curb her feelings of uselessness and alienation from her daughter and granddaughter, however. Then, a kayak tour led by Jack comes across naturalist Ricardo Cruz’s floating corpse. Racist local police target Jack—who’s half Filipino on her father’s side—based on the flimsy testimony of one of her clients, and Lana resolves to exonerate her granddaughter and reconnect with Beth in the process. Simon stocks her layered plot with plausibly motivated suspects and convincing red herrings, but it’s her indomitable female characters and their nuanced relationships that give this mystery its spark. Readers will be delighted. Starred Publishers Weekly Review
A scientific innovation stokes deadly rivalries in Penrose’s engrossing seventh Regency-era whodunit featuring the Earl of Wrexford and cartoonist Charlotte Sloane (following 2022’s Murder at the Serpentine Bridge). Distraught librarian Neville Greeley summons his family friend Wrexford to Oxford with a cryptic letter. Shortly before Wrexford arrives, however, a mysterious stranger stabs Greeley to death at his desk. After Wrexford discovers Greeley’s body, he launches an investigation in London, where his wife, Charlotte, is looking into a mystery of her own: a suspicious fire has destroyed the laboratory of inventor Henry Maudslay, who was on the cusp of building a ship that could cross the ocean powered by steam rather than sails. British naval operatives, German researchers, and Russian spies were all keenly interested in Maudslay’s research, but who would want to stop it? And might that same perpetrator be involved in Greeley’s murder? Penrose’s sprawling cast can be difficult to keep straight, but she rewards diligent readers with a pulse-pounding climax, and her deep dive into early 18th-century technology is a treat. In the crowded field of Regency mysteries, this series stands out. – Publishers Weekly Review
Reader’s Note: Murder At The Merton Library is the seventh book in the Wrexford & Sloane Mystery series. If you’d like to start reading the series from the beginning check out book one Murder on Black Swan Lane (2017).
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Happy reading!
Linda Reimer, SSCL
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Have questions or want to request a book?
Feel free to call the library! Our telephone number is 607-936-3713.
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Note: Book summaries are from the respective publishers unless otherwise specified.
The Digital Catalog, is an online catalog containing eBooks, Downloadable Audiobooks, digital magazines and a handful of streaming videos. The catalog, which allows one to download content to a PC, also has a companion app, Libby, which you can download to your mobile device; so you can enjoy eBooks and Downloadable Audiobooks on the go!
All card holders of all Southern Tier Library System member libraries can check out items from the Digital Catalog.
The Hoopla Catalog features instant checkouts of eBooks, Downloadable Audiobooks, comic books, albums, movies and TV series. Patron check out limit is 6 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, smart TVs & media streaming players.
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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Format Note: Under each book title you’ll find a list of all the different formats that specific title is available in; including: Print Books, Large Print Books, CD Audiobooks, eBooks & Downloadable Audiobooks from the Digital Catalog (Libby app) and Hoopla eBooks & Hoopla Downloadable Audiobooks (Hoopla app).
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Book summaries are from the respective publishers unless otherwise specified.
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Tech Talk is a Southeast Steuben County Library blog.
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