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 23, 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. WILD SIDE by Elsie Silver: The third book in the Rose Hill series. Tension rises between Tabitha and Rhys.
3. 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.
4. BLOOD MOON by Sandra Brown: The producer of a true crime TV series enlists the help of a detective to look into the disappearances of several teenage girls.
5. FAR FROM HOME by Danielle Steel: A woman whose husband was killed after a failed attempt to assassinate Hitler hides out in Normandy under an assumed name.
6. BROKEN COUNTRY by Clare Leslie Hall: Beth must confront her past when the man she once loved as a teenager returns to the village with his son.
7. THE NIGHTINGALE by Kristin Hannah: Two sisters are separated in World War II France: one in the countryside, the other in Paris.
8. 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.
9. 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.
10. 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.
11. 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.
12. WARD D by Freida McFadden: Patients and staff at a hospital’s mental health unit begin to disappear.
13. BATTLE MOUNTAIN by C.J. Box: The 25th book in the Joe Pickett series. Nate seeks vengeance while off the grid and Joe looks for the governor’s missing son-in-law.
14. THE FROZEN RIVER by Ariel Lawhon: In Maine, 1789, a midwife seeks to uncover the true cause of the death of a man discovered entombed in the Kennebec River.
15. IF CATS DISAPPEARED FROM THE WORLD by Genki Kawamura: A young postman, who has only months to live, gets an offer from the devil; translated by Eric Selland.
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NON-FICTION
1. THE HOUSE OF MY MOTHER by Shari Franke: Franke gives an account of abuse within her family, who gained a following with their YouTube channel “8 Passengers.”
2. THE TEARS OF THINGS by Richard Rohr: The author of “The Universal Christ” explicates the writings of Jewish prophets and reflects upon modern life.
3. ON TYRANNY by Timothy Snyder: Twenty lessons from the 20th century about the course of tyranny.
4. THE BODY KEEPS THE SCORE by Bessel van der Kolk: How trauma affects the body and mind, and innovative treatments for recovery.
5. 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.
6. 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.
7. I’LL HAVE WHAT SHE’S HAVING by Chelsea Handler: In a collection of essays, the comedian shares some public and private moments from her life.
8. POVERTY, BY AMERICA by Matthew Desmond: The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of “Evicted” examines the ways in which affluent Americans keep poor people poor.
9. THE TECHNOLOGICAL REPUBLIC by Alexander C. Karp and Nicholas W. Zamiska: Two senior leaders at Palantir Technologies enumerate what they see as potential global threats to the United States.
10. THE LAST MANAGER by John W. Miller: A biography of Earl Weaver, the Baltimore Orioles manager from 1968 to 1982.
11. THE ART OF THE SNL PORTRAIT by Mary Ellen Matthews with Alison Castle and Emily Oberman: Portraits and behind-the-scenes photographs by the resident photographer for “Saturday Night Live.”
12. 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.
13. SAY EVERYTHING by Ione Skye: The performer who gained notice in the movie “Say Anything” shares details of her career and relationships.
14. GREENLIGHTS by Matthew McConaughey: The Academy Award-winning actor shares snippets from the diaries he kept over the last 35 years.
15. OUTLIVE by Peter Attia with Bill Gifford: A look at recent scientific research on aging and longevity.
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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
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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Kanopy Catalog:
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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