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
You can also request titles through StarCat found at https://starcat.stls.org
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THE BESTSELLERS
FICTION
1. AN INSIDE JOB by Daniel Silva: The 25th book in the Gabriel Allon series. The art world, the mob and the Vatican intersect when a Leonardo da Vinci painting goes missing.
2. THE ENCHANTED GREENHOUSE by Sarah Beth Durst: In this novel set in the world of “The Spellshop,” Terlu Perna must figure out a sorcerer’s secrets to save an island containing magical greenhouses.
3. PROJECT HAIL MARY by Andy Weir: Ryland Grace awakes from a long sleep alone and far from home, and the fate of humanity rests on his shoulders.
4. ONE GOLDEN SUMMER by Carley Fortune: A photographer returns to a place where she spent a summer as a teenager and runs into the guy she had a crush on back then.
5. ATMOSPHERE by Taylor Jenkins Reid: In the summer of 1980, Joan Goodwin begins training with a group of candidates for NASA’s space shuttle program.
6. CAUGHT UP by Navessa Allen: The second book of the Into Darkness series. Nico “Junior” Trocci and Lauren Marchetti become ensnared in a game of seduction.
7. A WITCH’S GUIDE TO MAGICAL INNKEEPING by Sangu Mandanna: A witch, who helps run her great aunt’s enchanted inn, enlists a historian’s aid to regain her magic.
8. DO NOT DISTURB by Freida McFadden: Quinn Alexander goes on the run after committing a crime and winds up at a motel with a dark past.
9. THREE SHATTERED SOULS by Mai Corland: The third book in the Broken Blades series. Allegiances are upended as the Blades face new threats.
10. LIGHTS OUT by Navessa Allen: As Aly and Josh live out their dark fantasies, someone with sinister intentions impinges on them.
11. THE WEDDING PEOPLE by Alison Espach: A woman who is down on her luck forms an unexpected bond with the bride at a wedding in Rhode Island.
12. 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.
13. THE TENANT by Freida McFadden: Things take an unsettling turn when a marketing executive loses his job and a woman rents a room in his brownstone.
14. PROBLEMATIC SUMMER ROMANCE by Ali Hazelwood: Things get complicated between an older biotech guy and a struggling graduate student who go to a destination wedding.
15. ALL THE COLORS OF THE DARK by Chris Whitaker: Questions arise when a boy saves the daughter of a wealthy family amid a string of disappearances in a Missouri town in 1975.
NON-FICTION
1. THE IDAHO FOUR by James Patterson and Vicky Ward: Investigations into the murders of four University of Idaho students on Nov. 13, 2022.
2. THE BODY KEEPS THE SCORE by Bessel van der Kolk: How trauma affects the body and mind, and innovative treatments for recovery.
3. THE MISSION by Tim Weiner: The author of “Legacy of Ashes” chronicles changes and struggles at the Central Intelligence Agency in the 21st century.
4. JFK by J. Randy Taraborrelli: The author of “Jackie” provides a portrait of the public and private sides of President John F. Kennedy.
5. BUTLER by Salena Zito: A firsthand account of the attempted assassination of Donald Trump during an open-air campaign rally in Pennsylvania on July 13, 2024.
6. ALGOSPEAK by Adam Aleksic: A linguist and content creator known as the “Etymology Nerd” delineates the impact of internet algorithms on language and communication.
7. THE ANXIOUS GENERATION by Jonathan HaidtA co-author of “The Coddling of the American Mind” looks at the mental health impacts that a phone-based life has on children.
8. A MARRIAGE AT SEA by Sophie Elmhirst: In 1972, an incident with a breaching whale turns a couple’s dream of sailing on a boat into a monthslong struggle for survival on a raft.
9. MARK TWAIN by Ron Chernow: The Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer portrays the life and career of the literary celebrity and political pundit.
10. THE NINE by Gwen Strauss: During World War II, a group of women escaped from a death march and made their way back to Paris.
11. EVERYTHING IS TUBERCULOSIS by John Green: The author of “The Anthropocene Reviewed” chronicles the fight against the deadly infectious disease tuberculosis.
12. ON HER GAME by Christine Brennan: A sports columnist for USA Today profiles the ascendance of the sports and cultural icon Caitlin Clark.
13. ON TYRANNY by Timothy Snyder: Twenty lessons from the 20th century about the course of tyranny.
14. ABUNDANCE by Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson: A New York Times opinion columnist and a staff writer at The Atlantic evaluate obstacles to American progress.
15. NO MORE TEARS by Gardiner Harris: The investigative journalist brings to light the corporate practices of the pharmaceutical company Johnson & Johnson.
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Have a great Sunday!
Linda
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New York Times Bestseller lists are shared via blog post on Sundays.
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THE CATALOGS:
(Information on the four library catalogs)
The Digital Catalog aka Libby: https://stls.overdrive.com/
The Digital Catalog, is an online catalog containing eBooks, eAudiobooks, and digital magazines. You can use your library card and checkout content on a PC; you can also use the companion app, Libby, to access titles on your mobile devices; so you can enjoy eBooks and eAudiobooks on the go!
All card holders of all Southern Tier Library System member libraries can check out items from the Digital Catalog.
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Hoopla Catalog: https://www.hoopladigital.com/
The Hoopla Catalog features on demand checkouts of eBooks, eAudiobooks, comic books, albums, movies and TV shows. Patron check out limit is 10 items per month.
Hoopla is a Southeast Steuben County Library service available to all Southeast Steuben County Library card holders.
The Hoopla companion app, also called Hoopla is available for mobile devices, smart TVs & media streaming players.
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Kanopy Catalog: https://www.kanopy.com/en
The Kanopy Catalog features thousands of streaming videos available on demand.
The Kanopy Catalog is available for all Southern Tier Library System member library card holders, including all Southeast Steuben County Library card holders!
You can access the Kanopy Catalog through a web browser, or download the app to your phone, tablet or media streaming player (i.e. Roku, Google or Fire TV).
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StarCat: The catalog of physical/traditional library materials: https://starcat.stls.org
Card holders of all Southern Tier Library System member libraries can access StarCat to search for and request materials available at libraries through out the Southern Tier Library System.
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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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