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 the library, or give us a call – please do!
Our telephone number is: 607-936-3713
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New York Times Bestseller lists are shared via blog post on Sundays. And the next NYT blog post will be posted on Sunday, March 2, 2025.
THE BESTSELLERS
FICTION
1. ONYX STORM by Rebecca Yarros: The third book in the Empyrean series. As enemies gain traction, Violet Sorrengail goes beyond the Aretian wards in search of allies.
2. SCYTHE & SPARROW by Brynne Weaver: The third book in the Ruinous Love series. A circus motorcycle performer involved in devious exploits gets close to a doctor.
3. DEEP END by Ali Hazelwood: As the pressure leading up to the Olympics builds so do the feelings Lukas and Scarlett have for each other.
4. 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.
5. PARANOIA by James Patterson and James O. Born: The 17th book in the Michael Bennett series. Bennett goes after someone who is killing police officers.
6. IRON FLAME by Rebecca Yarros: The second book in the Empyrean series. Violet Sorrengail’s next round of training under the new vice commandant might require her to betray the man she loves.
7. THE CRASH by Freida McFadden: A pregnant woman, who suffers an injury during a blizzard, is taken in by a couple who might put her life in further jeopardy.
8. 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.
9. FIRST-TIME CALLER by B.K. Borison: When a young girl calls into a Baltimore radio station for dating advice for her mom, the interview goes viral.
10. WE ALL LIVE HERE by Jojo Moyes: A woman, who is besieged by calamities in several facets of her life, finds her beliefs about family are tested.
11. THREE DAYS IN JUNE by Anne Tyler: As her daughter’s wedding draws near, Gail Baines faces issues with her job, her ex-husband and her past.
12. EMILY WILDE’S COMPENDIUM OF LOST TALES by Heather Fawcett: The third book in the Emily Wilde series. Wilde joins with a former academic rival to examine the inner workings of a faerie realm.
13. QUICKSILVER by Callie Hart: Saeris is transported to a dangerous land of ice and snow, where she must contend with a Fae warrior who has suspect agendas.
14. THE MEDICI RETURN by Steve Berry: The 19th book in the Cotton Malone series. Malone goes to Italy to unravel a five-centuries-old mystery.
15. JAMES by Percival Everett: A reimagining of “Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” shines a different light on Mark Twain’s classic, revealing new facets of the character of Jim.
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NON-FICTION
1. OUTLIVE by Peter Attia with Bill Gifford: A look at recent scientific research on aging and longevity.
2. ON TYRANNY by Timothy Snyder: Twenty lessons from the 20th century about the course of tyranny.
3. 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.
4. SOURCE CODE by Bill Gates: The philanthropist and co-founder of Microsoft describes events from his childhood and his discovery of computers.
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 SIRENS’ CALL by Chris Hayes: The MSNBC host considers the ways in which attention capitalism affects politics and society.
7. HILLBILLY ELEGY by JD Vance: The vice president, in a memoir written shortly after graduating from Yale Law School, looks at the struggles of the white working class through the story of his own childhood.
8. FRAMED by John Grisham and Jim McCloskey: Our criminal justice system viewed through the struggles of 10 wrongfully convicted people to achieve exoneration.
9. THE SERVICEBERRY by Robin Wall Kimmerer: The author of “Braiding Sweetgrass” illuminates how the gift economy in the natural world works and draws lessons for our economy; with illustrations by John Burgoyne.
10. BELIEVE by Ross Douthat: A New York Times Opinion columnist sets forth his reasons why he thinks religious faith makes sense of things.
11. GREENLIGHTS by Matthew McConaughey: The Academy Award-winning actor shares snippets from the diaries he kept over the last 35 years.
12. MELANIA by Melania Trump: The first lady describes her work as a fashion model, marriage to Donald Trump and time in the White House.
13. YOU DIDN’T HEAR THIS FROM ME by Kelsey McKinney: The host of the Normal Gossip podcast unpacks various aspects of storytelling and gossiping.
14. MEMORIAL DAYS by Geraldine Brooks: Three years after the sudden death of her partner, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author spent time on a remote island to grieve.
15. 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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Have a great Sunday!
Linda
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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/Libby
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.
The Digital Catalog/Libby checkout limit is 5 titles a time.
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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Catalog 4: Kanopy
Kanopy is the new streaming video app/catalog available to all Southern Tier Library System members libraries patrons – including patrons of the Southeast Steuben County Library!
You can find the Kanopy app in your app store, or check out the streaming service online at: https://www.kanopy.com/en
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For more information on library materials and services, including how to get a library card call the library at 607-936-3713.
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*The Southern Tier Library System includes the public libraries in Steuben, Chemung, Yates, Schuyler & Allegheny counties.
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