All titles can be requested/checked out through the library.
If you’d like to go the traditional route to request a title on this list and drop by, or call, the library – please do!
Our telephone number is: 607-936-3713
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There are currently three catalogs available to Southeast Steuben County Library patrons online, that you can access to search for and request New York Times Bestsellers, and other popular books and materials in a variety of formats, i.e. print books, eBooks, streaming videos.
All you need is a library card to get started!
Links to the catalogs are found after the list of New York Times Bestsellers.
New York Times Bestseller lists are shared via blog post on Sundays. And the next NYT blog post will be posted on Sunday, August 25, 2024.
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THE BESTSELLERS
FICTION
1. IT ENDS WITH US by Colleen Hoover: A battered wife raised in a violent home attempts to halt the cycle of abuse; the basis of the film.
2. APPRENTICE TO THE VILLAIN by Hannah Nicole Maehrer: The second book in the Assistant and the Villain series. Evie Sage picks up some nefarious skills in order to protect her boss’s lair.
3. SHADOW OF DOUBT by Brad Thor: The 23rd book in the Scot Harvath series. A mess of trouble involving double agents, international intrigue and a potential global firestorm forces Harvath to choose between his country and his conscience.
4. IT STARTS WITH US by Colleen Hoover: In the sequel to “It Ends With Us,” Lily deals with her jealous ex-husband as she reconnects with her first boyfriend.
5. THE WOMEN by Kristin Hannah: In 1965, a nursing student follows her brother to serve during the Vietnam War and returns to a divided America.
6. A COURT OF THORNS AND ROSES by Sarah J. Maas: After killing a wolf in the woods, Feyre is taken from her home and placed inside the world of the Fae.
7. 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.
8. THE PAIRING by Casey McQuiston: Four years after they broke up, Theo and Kit run into each other on the European food and wine tour they did not take together.
9. JUST FOR THE SUMMER by Abby Jimenez: Justin and Emma, whose exes find soulmates after breaking up with them, have a fling on a private island on Lake Minnetonka.
10. THE HOUSEMAID IS WATCHING by Freida McFadden: The third book in the Housemaid series. Dangers lurk in a quiet neighborhood.
11. THE MERCY OF GODS by James S.A. Corey: Dafyd Alkhor is taken from the Anjiin society to serve on the Carryx homeworld, where a complex game must be played in order to survive.
12. A COURT OF MIST AND FURY by Sarah J. Maas: The second book in the Court of Thorns and Roses series. Feyre gains the powers of the High Fae and a greater evil emerges.
13. THE COVEN by Harper L. Woods: At Hollow’s Grove University, a school for magic that suffered a bloody massacre decades ago, 13 gifted students confront ghosts from the school’s past.
14. THE HOUSEMAID’S SECRET by Freida McFadden: The second book in the Housemaid series. The sound of crying and the appearance of blood portend misdeeds.
15. ARKANGEL by James Rollins: The 18th book in the Sigma Force series. Details about a lost civilization and an arcane treasure may hold the key to the fate of the planet.
NON-FICTION
1. HILLBILLY ELEGY by J.D. Vance: The Yale Law School graduate and 2024 Republican vice presidential nominee looks at the struggles of the white working class through the story of his own childhood.
2. THE ART OF POWER by Nancy Pelosi: The representative from California chronicles her journey in politics, including her time as the first woman to serve as speaker of the House.
3. OVER RULED by Neil Gorsuch and Janie Nitze: An associate justice of the United States Supreme Court questions the amount and complexity of laws in America.
4. THE ANXIOUS GENERATION by Jonathan Haidt: A co-author of “The Coddling of the American Mind” looks at the mental health impacts that a phone-based life has on children.
5. THE BODY KEEPS THE SCORE by Bessel van der Kolk: How trauma affects the body and mind, and innovative treatments for recovery.
6. THE DEMON OF UNREST by Erik Larson: The author of “The Splendid and the Vile” portrays the months between the election of Abraham Lincoln and the beginning of the Civil War.
7. ASK NOT by Maureen Callahan: The author of “American Predator” puts forward a history of the Kennedy family that describes the abuse of women in its orbit.
8. ALL IN THE FAMILY by Fred C. Trump III: The nephew of Donald Trump explains how he came to terms with his family’s complex legacy and worked to protect his wife and children.
9. OUTLIVE by Peter Attia with Bill Gifford: A look at recent scientific research on aging and longevity.
10. THE BACKYARD BIRD CHRONICLES by Amy Tan: Essays and drawings by the author of “The Joy Luck Club” and “The Bonesetter’s Daughter,” which depict a search for peace through birding.
11. AUTOCRACY, INC. by Anne Applebaum: The Pulitzer Prize-winning author elucidates the structures and technologies that bolster autocracies in the 21st century.
12. NUCLEAR WAR by Annie Jacobsen: The author of “Operation Paperclip” portrays possible outcomes in the minutes following a nuclear missile launch.
13. THE TRUTHS WE HOLD by Kamala Harris: A memoir by the daughter of immigrants who is currently serving as the 49th vice president and is the Democratic Party’s 2024 presidential nominee.
14. SHEPHERDS FOR SALE by Megan Basham: A culture reporter for The Daily Wire describes evangelical leaders who are influenced by liberal politics.
15. A WELL-TRAINED WIFE by Tia Levings: Levings describes events she encountered after being pulled into the fundamentalist Quiverfull movement as a young wife.
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THE CATALOGS:
Catalog 1: StarCat
StarCat is the catalog of physical materials including print books, DVDs, audiobooks on CD etc. StarCat is available to all patrons of all public libraries in the Southern Tier Library System*
Starcat can be found online at: https://starcat.stls.org/
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Catalog 2: The Digital Catalog
The Digital Catalog (and its companion app Libby) offers all Southern Tier Library System member library patrons access to eBooks, eAudiobooks & eMagazines via a lending model known in Library-ese as “one copy/one user;” that library speak means that eBooks & eAudiobooks found in The Digital Catalog/Libby are like print books found on library shelves, only one patron can check out a copy of a title at a time.
Exception: Magazines found in the digital catalog are available via a different lending model known as simultaneous access. And that fancy library speak means that magazines are available for all patrons to check out at the same time, i.e. if you and all your family and friends wish to read the latest digital edition of Newsweek, all of you can check out the e version of the magazine and read it at the same time. And magazines don’t count towards your check out limited.
The Digital Catalog/Libby checkout limit is 5 titles a time (magazines don’t count!).
The Digital Catalog is found online at: https://stls.overdrive.com/
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Catalog 3: Hoopla
The Hoopla Digital Catalog (and its companion app, also called Hoopla) offers Southeast Steuben County Library patrons access to a second digital catalog with an on-demand lending model. In library speak, this lending model, like The Digital Catalog/Libby’s magazine lending model, is known as “simultaneous access.” The difference is, the Hoopla catalog offers access to more formats: eBooks, eAudiobooks, eComics, digital albums, TV shows & movies – and all items, in all those formats, are available for patrons to checkout immediately. The Hoopla check out limit is ten titles per month.
Hoopla Formats: All Hoopla content can be accessed on a computer or mobile device, and TV shows and movies can be accessed on computers, mobile devices, smart TVs and media streaming players, i.e. Roku or Apple TV.
The Hoopla Catalog is found online at: https://www.hoopladigital.com/
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*The Southern Tier Library System includes the public libraries in Steuben, Chemung, Yates, Schuyler & Allegheny counties.
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