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1 – A Court of Splintered Harmony, by Sarah J. Maas (A Court of Thorns and Roses #6)
“Deep in the heart of the continent, Koschei the Deathless is stirring. Though he’s been bound to a mountain lake for millennia, the insidious threat of his return now spreads across the Fae territories, attracting powerful allies hell-bent on reclaiming what was once theirs: the human lands. The Night Court will not stand idly by while innocents are attacked. But with Prythian still piecing itself together in the wake of the devastating Hybern War, the task of uniting is proving more difficult by the day. But to defeat Koschei’s creeping shadow, they must find a way back to each other and resurrect their former alliances. To survive, they must find a way to repair the splintered harmony all around them.”
2 – The Hollow: A Harry Bosch Novel, by Michael Connelly (Harry Bosch #26)
“Retired LAPD detective Harry Bosch delves into the darkest chapter of his past in this electric thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author Michael Connelly.” –Provided by publisher.
3 – Threshing Day, by Rebecca Yarros (Empyrean #3.5)
“Welcome to Threshing Day, the brutal, high-stakes trial where would-be riders at Basgiath War College fight to earn the bond of a dragon or die trying. Amid ruthless competition and dragon fire, these thirteen cadets must survive a battlefield where desperate rivals will do anything to gain an advantage and dragons decide one’s ultimate fate–and where a single choice can forge a rider… or destroy them.”–
4 – Theo of Golden: A Novel, by Allen Levi
“Questions linger about Theo, a pleasant but mysterious stranger, after his arrival in the southern city of Golden. Who is he, and why is he here? He arrives early one spring and by chance — or is it? — he visits a coffee shop where 92 framed pencil portraits are on display. Inspired, Theo sets out on a mission of purchasing all the portraits one at a time and quietly bestowing them on their “rightful owners”. Stories are told; friendships are born; and lives are changed. Theo of Golden is a beautifully crafted story about the power of creative generosity, the importance of wonder to a purposeful life, and the far-reaching possibilities of anonymous kindness.”
5 – The French Illusion, by John Grisham
“After Paul and Chelsea Tanner’s fairytale wedding, their future is full of promise. But their honeymoon to Paris takes a dark, shocking turn when they are kidnapped while on a day trip to the French countryside. Who would target them, and why? It turns out this is not the first crime of its kind. The search for clues soon stretches across borders, with the FBI, CIA, and French Intelligence trying to work together to put the pieces of the puzzle together. Struggling to find answers, a young lawyer is recruited to be the bait in an elaborate CIA operation.” –Provided by publisher.
6 – The Calamity Club, by Kathryn Stockett
“Oxford, Mississippi, 1933. Abandoned by her mother one Christmas Eve, eleven-year-old Meg Lefleur has learned the hard way to rely on no one. Now one of the unadoptable ‘big girls’ at the Lafayette County Orphan Asylum, she fights each day to keep her spirit unbowed. Birdie Calhoun, unmarried and outspoken, has come to Oxford to ask her socialite sister to help the struggling family she’s left behind. But as the Depression tightens its grip, Birdie discovers her sister’s seemingly charmed life is a tapestry of lies. Then, Birdie encounters Charlie, a woman running low on luck with little left to lose. When their fates–and Meg’s–converge, Charlie comes up with an audacious plan to claim what’s rightfully theirs. But in a place and time where hypocrisy is rife and women’s freedom is fragile, even the smallest act of defiance can have dangerous consequences.” –Front jacket flap.
7 – A Court of Thorns and Roses, by Sarah J. Mass (A Court of Thorns and Roses #1)
“Dragged to a treacherous magical land she only knows about from stories, Feyre discovers that her captor is not an animal, but Tamlin, a High Lord of the faeries. As her feelings toward him transform from hostility to a firey passion, the threats against the faerie lands grow. Feyre must fight to break an ancient curse, or she will lose Tamlin forever.” –Provided by publisher.
8 – Dungeon Crawler Carl, by Matt Dinniman (Dungeon Crawler Carl #1)
“The apocalypse will be televised! A man. His ex-girlfriend’s cat. A sadistic game show unlike anything in the universe: a dungeon crawl where survival depends on killing your prey in the most entertaining way possible. In a flash, every human-erected construction on Earth – from Buckingham Palace to the tiniest of sheds – collapses in a heap, sinking into the ground. The buildings and all the people inside have all been atomized and transformed into the dungeon: an 18-level labyrinth filled with traps, monsters, and loot. A dungeon so enormous, it circles the entire globe. Only a few dare venture inside. But once you’re in, you can’t get out. And what’s worse, each level has a time limit. You have but days to find a staircase to the next level down, or it’s game over. In this game, it’s not about your strength or your dexterity. It’s about your followers, your views. Your clout. It’s about building an audience and killing those goblins with style. You can’t just survive here. You gotta survive big. You gotta fight with vigor, with excitement. You gotta make them stand up and cheer. And if you do have that “it” factor, you may just find yourself with a following. That’s the only way to truly survive in this game – with the help of the loot boxes dropped upon you by the generous benefactors watching from across the galaxy. They call it Dungeon Crawler World. But for Carl, it’s anything but a game.” —
9 – Partita: A Novel, by Barbara Kingsolver
“Livia Cable has made her peace with her marriage and modest livelihood in the farm country where she grew up, until a shocking phone call from an old lover shakes her to the core. Decades earlier, this man knew her as Livia Bohusz, a music conservatory student estranged from her home and family, uncertain of anything except her passion for music and promise as an extraordinary pianist. His request, now, to see her again stirs up ghosts she’s kept at bay for a lifetime. Shifting between past and present, Livia’s decision to meet or reject the reunion means confronting step by step, in memories framed as musical dances, the experiences of childhood loss, abandonment, self-immolating passion, and perilous attachment to a man who broke her belief in love and ruptured the course of her life.”
11 – The Witch, by Freida McFadden
“Circumstances force Julia Barlow to retreat to her family’s estate, which contains the dark energy of a 1692 witchcraft execution.” – New York Times Bestseller List
12 – Chain Reaction: A Reacher Novel, by Lee Child & Andrew Child (Jack Reacher #31)
“When General Susan Turner seeks Jack Reacher’s help investigating the murder of a covert operative, he travels to a remote Colorado town linked to a dangerous conspiracy. As powerful adversaries close in, Reacher must uncover the truth and confront those responsible.”
13 – The Family Cross, by James Patterson (Alex Cross #36)
“Alex Cross is a brilliant psychologist–and a relentless hunter of killers for the FBI and DC Metro Police. To his beloved Nana Mama, he’s still the boy she raised–and every morning, as he straps on his service weapon, she’s reminded just how dangerous his world has become. But in Washington, DC, there are places even the police don’t go–an unseen underworld where violence thrives and rules don’t apply. And this time, Alex is stepping straight into it. Each move pulls him deeper into the dark–and closer to a case that could shatter the promise he made to Nana … and cost him everything he holds most dear.”
14 – Miss Wolcott’s Ghost, by Louise Penny (Armand Gamache #21)
“Armand Gamache returns! “There a body in Lost Nation.” “Where?” demands Armand as he scribbles on the pad by his bed. But the line goes dead before Chief Inspector Gamache can question the caller. The head of homicide for the Surete du Quebec has no idea where Lost Nation is, or who woke him in the small hours of the morning at his home in Three Pines. What he does know is that the man was terrified. And so Armand is thrust out of a deep sleep and into the surrounding forests in search of the mythical Lost Nation. And a body. When he and his team of Jean-Guy Beauvoir and Isabelle Lacoste find both, the situation only grows more bizarre. The unidentified dead man appears to be from an era more than a century old. He lying in a long-abandoned cemetery, on top of a grave with a date, but no name. Adding to the mystery, the early morning call appears to have come from Gamache friend and neighbor, Clara Morrow. While she denies any knowledge of it, it becomes clear there is some connection between her, the Morrow family, and Lost Nation. Soon, Gamache and his team are faced with tracking down not just the legend of Lost Nation, but a lost ship, lost documents belong to an eccentric Victorian botanist, and a mysterious plant not seen in a century, that might save, or take, countless lives. As the murder investigation deepens, nightmarish spectres from the past begin to haunt the Surete officers, only heightened by the appearance of one of Gamache former and now disgraced proteges, with whom he must form an uneasy alliance. As the ghosts begin to gather, Gamache, Beauvoir, and Lacoste, with the help of Reine-Marie, Clara, and the other villagers of Three Pines, realize that the body on the grave is far from the only death. To solve the crime and avert catastrophe they must look to rancid secrets and old lies no longer dead and buried.” — Provided by publisher.
1 – In the Shadow of Eight, by Collin Gosselin & Allie Kingsley Baker
“A dark tell-all by one of the sextuplets from the reality TV series “Jon & Kate Plus 8.”” – New York Times Bestseller List
4 – The American Way of Killing: The Invention of an Epidemic, by Malcolm Gladwell
“Malcolm Gladwell returns with a brilliant new work: an incisive investigation into gun violence, America’s deadliest and most polarizing crisis. Why, when it comes to lethal violence, is America so different from the rest of the globe? The United States is wealthier, better educated, more technologically sophisticated, more religious than almost any of its peers in the developed world–all of which would suggest that it should also have the lowest levels of violence. Yet the opposite is true. In this bold new book, Malcolm Gladwell investigates the paradox through a series of stories–the miracle of a young gunshot victim in Washington, D.C., the legal travails of a seventeenth-century English knight, a professor in Alabama with a terrible secret, a famous town in Kansas that Americans have been lying to each other about for 100 years, and a prison in Germany that would be unrecognizable to any American, among others. Using original interviews, archival footage, and his trademark insight, Gladwell confronts one of today’s most urgent moral dilemmas and examines what’s actually being done to fix it.”
6 – Vibe, by Adam Grant
“The author of “Think Again” delves into what might reinforce the strengths or exacerbate the weaknesses of bonds within relationships.” – New York Times Bestseller List
8 – The Steps: A Memoir, by Sylvester Stallone
“In the fifty years since Sylvester Stallone ran up the steps of the Philadelphia Art Museum, he and those steps have become symbols of resilience and determination, and have inspired millions from all over the world to pursue their dreams. In The Steps, Stallone recounts how he pursued his own dreams. A culmination of decades of reflection, Stallone shares where he came from–a difficult birth, an even more difficult childhood, years of struggle in school being misunderstood–and he explains how the real story of a successful life is built by facing, embracing, and ultimately overcoming our challenges. It’s found in the distances we are willing to go and the steps we must take to get from where we are to where we want to go. In a narrative framed between his arrival in New York City in 1969 and the triumph of Rocky at the 1977 Academy Awards, Stallone weaves a vivid and propulsive portrait of struggle, subsistence, and ultimately success. He writes of his early days and later years, too, and the persistence, creativity, and resilience that led not only to the creation of Rocky but to a career filled with remarkably iconic roles. The Steps is a testament to Stallone’s extraordinary life and a profound meditation on the importance of vision and willpower and hard work.” —
10 – One Helluva Ride, by Michael Douglas, Shane Salerno, & Michael Fleming Jr
“The Hollywood icon shares stories about his career and relationships.” – New York Times Bestseller List
11 – Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup, by John Carreyrou
“In 2014 Theranos founder and CEO Elizabeth Holmes was widely seen as the female Steve Jobs: a brilliant Stanford dropout whose startup ‘unicorn’ promised to revolutionize the medical industry with a machine that would make blood tests significantly faster and easier … There was just one problem: The technology didn’t work. For years, Holmes had been misleading investors, FDA officials, and her own employees. When [the author], working at The Wall Street Journal, got a tip from a former Theranos employee and started asking questions, both [he] and the Journal were threatened with lawsuits. Undaunted, the newspaper ran the first of dozens of Theranos articles in late 2015. By early 2017, the company’s value was zero and Holmes faced potential legal action from the government and her investors. Here is the riveting story of the biggest corporate fraud since Enron, a disturbing cautionary tale set amid the bold promises and gold-rush frenzy of Silicon Valley.” —
13 – Swan Song, by Charles Spencer
“In September 1997, Charles Spencer stood in Westminster Abbey before a watching world and shared his grief at losing his beloved sister, Diana. Now, nearly thirty years later, he tells the astonishing story of his life with Diana and the tragic week of her death. In childhood, Charles and Diana, the youngest Spencers, were inseparable – secretly calling one another Duch and Carlos. As each other’s closest confidantes, they roamed the family estate, endured extremely challenging boarding schools, survived terrifying nannies, and helped each other through the agony of their parents’ divorce. Yet everything changed when Diana married the Prince of Wales, now King Charles III, and overnight became a global icon. Charles saw his older sister serve the world’s marginalized and relish being mother to her treasured sons. But, pursued by a barbaric press as her royal marriage crumbled, she was left desperately alone. Charles always tried to be there for Diana – until that black night in August, 1997.”–Provided by publisher.
14 – The Body Keeps The Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma, by Bessel A. Van der Kolk, M.D.
“An expert on traumatic stress outlines an approach to healing, explaining how traumatic stress affects brain processes and how to use innovative treatments to reactivate the mind’s abilities to trust, engage others, and experience pleasure.”
1 – Simply Ina: A Barefoot Contessa Cookbook, by Ina Garten
“A brand-new collection of 85 easy yet impressive recipes for every meal of the day, from make ahead lunches to effortless appetizers and showstopping dinners, from America’s favorite home cook Through her years of experience as a home cook, Ina Garten has learned that the best food is often the simplest. With just a little thought and a few good ingredients, you can make truly impressive dishes without spending hours in the kitchen. Simply Ina celebrates the delicious results of streamlined cooking, sharing Ina’s expert tips and tricks for achieving the best flavor with the least amount of effort. Each recipe in this book has a secret that makes preparing it easier than you thought. Some dishes rely on smart store-bought shortcuts-like Mashed Potato & Leek Soup so delicious no one will ever guess it’s made with packaged mashed potatoes and Bourbon Baked Beans that dress up canned baked beans with smoked bacon, maple syrup, and good bourbon-because sometimes store-bought really is just fine! For seamless gatherings, Ina’s deeply flavorful Provencal Chicken with Olives & Capers can be made ahead and reheated in its Dutch oven before dinner, and the crispy oatmeal topping on her Cherry Berry Crumble can be prepped in advance for easy assembly in the moment. Elegant dishes like Endive & Avocado Salad and Irish Coffee Affogato involve little more than assembling ingredients, allowing you to serve something special without really cooking at all. Whether you’re feeding unexpected guests, pulling together a Tuesday night dinner after work, or hosting a dinner party and don’t want to miss all the fun cooped up in the kitchen, you’ll be happy to have these simple, satisfying, and completely doable recipes to turn to. Because simple food shouldn’t just save you time; it should let you enjoy the people you love.” — Provided by publisher.
4 – The Let Them Theory: A Life-Changing Tool That Millions of People Can’t Stop Talking About, by Mel Robbins
“If you’ve ever felt stuck, overwhelmed, or frustrated with where you are, the problem isn’t you. The problem is the power you give to other people. Two simple words–Let Them–will set you free. Free from the opinions, drama, and judgments of others. Free from the exhausting cycle of trying to manage everything and everyone around you. The Let Them Theory puts the power to create a life you love back in your hands–and this book will show you exactly how to do it. [Robbins] teaches you how to stop wasting energy on what you can’t control and start focusing on what truly matters: YOU. Your happiness. Your goals. Your life. Using the same no-nonsense, science-backed approach that’s made The Mel Robbins Podcast a global sensation, Robbins explains why The Let Them Theory is already loved by millions and how you can apply it in eight key areas of your life to make the biggest impact.” — Provided by publisher.
5 – Protocols, by Andrew D. Huberman
“Dr Andrew Huberman, host of the world’s leading health podcast, Huberman Lab, and neuroscientist and tenured professor at Stanford School of Medicine, introduces Protocols, an essential guide to improving brain function, enhancing mood and energy, optimising bodily health and physical performance, and rewiring your nervous system to learn new skills and behaviours that can transform your life. Protocols provides simple, powerful and evidence-based solutions to life’s most common challenges. Designed to improve your mental health, physical health and performance, these guidelines are customisable, allowing you to adapt them to your specific needs. With his clear and engaging style, Dr Huberman explains the scientific principles behind each protocol and how they can deliver immediate, effective results. Protocols is your essential road map for achieving optimal health.” – Goodreads
6 – Atomic Habits, by James Clear
“No matter your goals, Atomic Habits offers a proven framework for improving—every day. James Clear, one of the world’s leading experts on habit formation, reveals practical strategies that will teach you exactly how to form good habits, break bad ones, and master the tiny behaviors that lead to remarkable results. If you’re having trouble changing your habits, the problem isn’t you. The problem is your system. Bad habits repeat themselves again and again not because you don’t want to change, but because you have the wrong system for change. You do not rise to the level of your goals. You fall to the level of your systems. Here, you’ll get a proven system that can take you to new heights. Clear is known for his ability to distill complex topics into simple behaviors that can be easily applied to daily life and work. Here, he draws on the most proven ideas from biology, psychology, and neuroscience to create an easy-to-understand guide for making good habits inevitable and bad habits impossible. Along the way, readers will be inspired and entertained with true stories from Olympic gold medalists, award-winning artists, business leaders, life-saving physicians, and star comedians who have used the science of small habits to master their craft and vault to the top of their field.
Learn how to:
– Make time for new habits (even when life gets crazy);
– Overcome a lack of motivation and willpower;
– Design your environment to make success easier;
– Get back on track when you fall off course;
…and much more.
Atomic Habits will reshape the way you think about progress and success, and give you the tools and strategies you need to transform your habits–whether you are a team looking to win a championship, an organization hoping to redefine an industry, or simply an individual who wishes to quit smoking, lose weight, reduce stress, or achieve any other goal.” – Goodreads
10 – The Stones Cry Out, by Dinesh D’Souza
“EVERY STONE PULLED FROM THE GROUND CONFIRMS WHAT THE BIBLE ALREADY SAID. If it got the past right, with that kind of precision, then its words about the future cannot be ignored. Dinesh D’Souza first traveled to Israel in 2022. He stood at the Pool of Siloam where Jesus healed a blind man. He walked the Pilgrimage Road that Jesus walked. He looked out from the ruins of King David’s palace at those very rooftops. And one question stopped him cold: not theological, but factual. IS ANY OF THIS ACTUALLY TRUE? Not on the level of faith, on the level of evidence? And if it’s true, why isn’t anyone shouting it from the rooftops? He went back. Again and again. Three years of excavations, expeditions, and conversations with archaeologists pulling from the ground things the evening news never covers. What he found cannot be fabricated.
NO ONE FABRICATES FOOTNOTES. Two minor officials appear once in the Book of Jeremiah: they throw the prophet into a muddy cistern and vanish from the text. Twenty-six hundred years later, their personal clay seals come out of the ground in Jerusalem. If the people nobody remembers are real, everything else is real too. That is how this book works. Not from the general to the specific. From evidence to evidence, until the verdict becomes impossible to dispute:
- The seal of King Hezekiah
- The seal of the prophet Isaiah, found inches away
- The stone bearing the name of Pontius Pilate
- The ossuary of the high priest Caiaphas
- The house in Nazareth where Jesus grew up
- The site of His execution and burial
Nineteen chapters. Thousands of years of biblical history. One conclusion: the Bible is historically accurate, and it can be proven. Then D’Souza asks the question the final chapter was written to answer. IF THE BIBLE IS RIGHT ABOUT EVERYTHING THAT HAS ALREADY HAPPENED, WHAT DOES THAT TELL US ABOUT WHAT IS STILL TO COME?While he was documenting the past, the prophecies about the future were already coming true:
- Israel exists again, for the first time in two thousand years, exactly as Isaiah and Ezekiel foretold
- The gospel has reached every nation on earth
- For the first time in human history, every person on the planet can witness the same event at the same moment
Everything that was predicted is happening now.
The stones proved the past. The same Word describes what comes next, and in the final chapter, D’Souza shows that the prophecies that once seemed distant are already being fulfilled through signs unfolding around us, examined with the same evidentiary precision he brought to every artifact.
IF THE BIBLE IS RIGHT ABOUT THE PAST, AND IT IS, THEN ITS WORDS ABOUT THE FUTURE CANNOT BE IGNORED.” – Hoopla.com
1 – The Let Them Theory: A Life-Changing Tool That Millions of People Can’t Stop Talking About, by Mel Robbins
“If you’ve ever felt stuck, overwhelmed, or frustrated with where you are, the problem isn’t you. The problem is the power you give to other people. Two simple words–Let Them–will set you free. Free from the opinions, drama, and judgments of others. Free from the exhausting cycle of trying to manage everything and everyone around you. The Let Them Theory puts the power to create a life you love back in your hands–and this book will show you exactly how to do it. [Robbins] teaches you how to stop wasting energy on what you can’t control and start focusing on what truly matters: YOU. Your happiness. Your goals. Your life. Using the same no-nonsense, science-backed approach that’s made The Mel Robbins Podcast a global sensation, Robbins explains why The Let Them Theory is already loved by millions and how you can apply it in eight key areas of your life to make the biggest impact.” — Provided by publisher.
2 – Atomic Habits, by James Clear
“No matter your goals, Atomic Habits offers a proven framework for improving—every day. James Clear, one of the world’s leading experts on habit formation, reveals practical strategies that will teach you exactly how to form good habits, break bad ones, and master the tiny behaviors that lead to remarkable results. If you’re having trouble changing your habits, the problem isn’t you. The problem is your system. Bad habits repeat themselves again and again not because you don’t want to change, but because you have the wrong system for change. You do not rise to the level of your goals. You fall to the level of your systems. Here, you’ll get a proven system that can take you to new heights. Clear is known for his ability to distill complex topics into simple behaviors that can be easily applied to daily life and work. Here, he draws on the most proven ideas from biology, psychology, and neuroscience to create an easy-to-understand guide for making good habits inevitable and bad habits impossible. Along the way, readers will be inspired and entertained with true stories from Olympic gold medalists, award-winning artists, business leaders, life-saving physicians, and star comedians who have used the science of small habits to master their craft and vault to the top of their field.
Learn how to:
– Make time for new habits (even when life gets crazy);
– Overcome a lack of motivation and willpower;
– Design your environment to make success easier;
– Get back on track when you fall off course;
…and much more.
Atomic Habits will reshape the way you think about progress and success, and give you the tools and strategies you need to transform your habits–whether you are a team looking to win a championship, an organization hoping to redefine an industry, or simply an individual who wishes to quit smoking, lose weight, reduce stress, or achieve any other goal.” – Goodreads
7 – Co-Existance, by Ethan Mollick
“How do we live alongside machines that are sometimes smarter than us? We are entering a new era. AI systems can already outperform humans in some domains while failing spectacularly in others. They can act as tutors, collaborators, researchers, strategists and creators … yet they can also produce falsehoods, generate convincing nonsense and fail unpredictably. The challenge is no longer simply adopting new technology. It is learning how to think, work and live in a world where machines are sometimes smarter than us. In Co-Existence, Ethan Mollick – a Wharton professor and author of the widely read One Useful Thing newsletter – argues that the future of AI will not be defined by replacement, but by interaction. Drawing on years of research, experimentation and frontline experience with rapidly evolving AI systems, Mollick shows readers how work productively with AI while retaining judgment and autonomy;distinguish where human insight matters most;avoid becoming overly dependent on systems designed to persuade and imitate;adapt creatively as AI reshapes education, business and everyday life; and build a durable human advantage in a world of intelligent machines. Clear-eyed, practical and written with warmth and humor, Co-Existence is your guide to navigating the next phase of the AI revolution.” – Goodreads.com
8 – Extreme Ownership, by Jocko Willink & Leif Babin
“A former international hostage negotiator for the FBI offers a new, field-tested approach to high-stakes negotiations-whether in the boardroom or at home. After a stint policing the rough streets of Kansas City, Missouri, Chris Voss joined the FBI, where his career as a hostage negotiator brought him face-to-face with a range of criminals, including bank robbers and terrorists. Reaching the pinnacle of his profession, he became the FBI’s lead international kidnapping negotiator. Never Split the Difference takes you inside the world of high-stakes negotiations and into Voss’s head, revealing the skills that helped him and his colleagues succeed where it mattered most: saving lives. In this practical guide, he shares the nine effective principles-counterintuitive tactics and strategies-you too can use to become more persuasive in both your professional and personal life. Life is a series of negotiations you should be prepared for: buying a car, negotiating a salary, buying a home, renegotiating rent, deliberating with your partner. Taking emotional intelligence and intuition to the next level, Never Split the Difference gives you the competitive edge in any discussion.” – Hoopla
10 – Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup, by John Carreyrou
“In 2014 Theranos founder and CEO Elizabeth Holmes was widely seen as the female Steve Jobs: a brilliant Stanford dropout whose startup ‘unicorn’ promised to revolutionize the medical industry with a machine that would make blood tests significantly faster and easier … There was just one problem: The technology didn’t work. For years, Holmes had been misleading investors, FDA officials, and her own employees. When [the author], working at The Wall Street Journal, got a tip from a former Theranos employee and started asking questions, both [he] and the Journal were threatened with lawsuits. Undaunted, the newspaper ran the first of dozens of Theranos articles in late 2015. By early 2017, the company’s value was zero and Holmes faced potential legal action from the government and her investors. Here is the riveting story of the biggest corporate fraud since Enron, a disturbing cautionary tale set amid the bold promises and gold-rush frenzy of Silicon Valley.” —
Young Adult Paperback (Monthly)
2 – Falling Like Leaves, by Misty Wilson
“Ellis and Cooper fall in love during the Falling Leaves Festival in Connecticut. (Ages 12 and up).” – New York Times Bestseller List
3 – Blood Moon, by Britney S. Lewis
“Mirabella Owens grew up with legends of wolves that traveled to her midwestern town to protect humans from vampires. Of a werewolf that fell in love with one of the undead, unraveling a blood-soaked history. But Mira stopped believing in those fairy tales years ago. She stopped believing in a lot of things after her mom left without a trace when she was only thirteen. As Mira begins her freshman year at Lakeland University, she’s ready to leave the past behind her. Only the past isn’t finished with her yet. Strange animal attacks are occurring around campus, reopening cold cases tied to her mother’s disappearance. And the only person who seems to know anything is Julian Santos, the boy who is hell-bent on getting Mira to leave campus for reasons she can’t begin to understand. But Mira refuses to let him keep his secrets, not when the truth is the difference between life and death. Mira will have to accept that there is much more to the old town myths, and her growing feelings for Julian, than she ever could have anticipated. And as the Blood Moon rises, she will come to know a world that will shatter her past and change her future.”
4 – Fake Skating, by Lynn Painter
“Growing up, Dani couldn’t help but follow around the adorable son of her mom’s best friend. Funny, kind of nerdy, and a little soft, Alec was always down to hang with Dani when they were little. From play dates on the playground to sneaking into movie theaters, Dani and Alec were inseparable. Until Dani moved away. Alec promised they’d stay in touch—except, they didn’t. Flash forward and Dani is back in Minnesota for her senior year, she and her mom living with her grandfather. Dealing with the fallout of her parents’ devastating divorce, Dani wouldn’t mind a nerd-out with the cozy and comforting Alec (and maybe a chance to confront him on his MIA status for all these years). But teenage Alec is nothing like the kid Dani remembers. He’s a hockey star in a town where hockey players are worshiped as gods. Dani’s place as his shadow has been taken up by drooling female fans…and he loves it. Dani is resolved to ice out her former best friend until an unlikely series of events brings them together—and forces them to fake being a couple. Once forced together, the former childhood sweethearts begin to reconnect, unearth complicated family secrets, and face their true feelings towards each other…including the real reason Alec has been pushing Dani away all these years.”
5 – If He Had Been With Me, by Laura Nowlin
“An achingly authentic and raw portrait of love, regret, and the life-altering impact of the relationships we hold closest to us, this YA bestseller is perfect for fans of Kasie West, All the Bright Places, and Dear Evan Hansen. If he had been with me, everything would have been different . . . Autumn and Finn used to be inseparable. But then something changed. Or they changed. Now, they do their best to ignore each other. Autumn has her boyfriend, Jamie, and her close-knit group of friends. And Finn has become that boy at school, the one everyone wants to be around. That still doesn’t stop the way Autumn feels every time she and Finn cross paths, and the growing, nagging thought that maybe things could have been different. Maybe they should be together. But come August, things will change forever. And as time passes, Autumn will be forced to confront how else life might have been different if they had never parted ways . . .”
Available in Digital Audiobook
9 – If Only I Had Told Her, by Laura Nowlin
“In this companion to “If He Had Been With Me,” the story of Finn and Autumn is told through three different perspectives. (Ages 14 to 18).” – New York Times Bestseller List
10 – Girl in Pieces, by Kathleen Glasgow
“As she struggles to recover and survive, seventeen-year-old homeless Charlotte “Charlie” Davis cuts herself to dull the pain of abandonment and abuse.”
Young Adult Hardcover
1 – Trust Fall, by Lynn Painter
“As a condition of a surprise inheritance, a small-town Nebraskan girl and her family move to New York City. (Ages 14 and up).” – New York Times Bestseller List
2 – Scorpion Deep, by CG Drews
“Jonathan Covey performs a ritual that awakens the god Scorpion Deep, which he later regrets. (Ages 13 to 18).” – New York Times Bestseller List
3 – The Sixth Faction, by Veronica Roth
“When Beatrice Prior’s choosing ceremony is interrupted by rebels, her life is changed. (Ages 13 and up).” – New York Times Bestseller List
Children’s Picture Books
1 – How to Catch a Monster, by Adam Wallace
“A boy attempts to catch the monster in his closet. (Ages 4 to 8).” – New York Times Bestseller List
2 – The Leaf Thief, by Alice Hemming
“Squirrel attempts to figure out who has stolen his leaves. (Ages 4 to 8).” – New York Times Bestseller List
3 – How to Catch a Witch, by Alice Walstead
“The Catch Club Kids attempt to snare a witch on Halloween. (Ages 4 to 7).”
4 – Creepy Carrots!, by Aaron Reynolds (Creepy Carrots #1)
“The carrots that grow in Crackenhopper Field are the fattest and crispiest around and Jasper Rabbit cannot resist pulling some to eat each time he passes by, until he begins hearing and seeing creepy carrots wherever he goes.”
5 – Creepy Pair of Underwear, by Aaron Reynolds (Creepy Carrots #2)
“A young rabbit is frightened by his underwear.”
7 – How to Catch a Turkey, by Adam Wallace
“Students try to catch a runaway turkey before their Thanksgiving play. (Ages 4 to 8).” – New York Times Bestseller List
10 – The Bad Seed Presents: The Good, the Bad, and the Spooky
“Bad Seed seeks the perfect Halloween costume. (Ages 4 to 8).” – New York Times Bestseller List
Children’s Middle Grade Hardcover
1 – This is a Door, by Daniel Nayeri
“A boy named Nothing the Younger and his friends accompany the Wander Prince on an adventure to defeat the Giantess. (Ages 8 to 12).” – New York Times Bestseller List
2 – Camp Half-Blood: The Wild Zone, by Rick Riordan & Annabelle Oh (Camp Half-Blood Series #1)
“Ever wonder what goes on at Camp Half-Blood in between Percy Jackson’s legendary quests? Find out in the start of a new series from #1 New York Times bestselling author Rick Riordan and an all-star team of coauthors! In book one, five newbie demigods dare to enter Camp Half-Blood’s forbidden Wild Zone, unleashing ancient curses, bloodthirsty monsters–and a fight to survive. Katie Kim may be a newcomer to Camp Half-Blood, but even she knows they weren’t supposed to be running through the Wild Zone–the forest is off-limits to campers and staff. Why, then, did Clarisse, head counselor of the Ares cabin, take her and four other newbies there in the dark of night and tell them to race back to camp by morning? Clarisse’s threat was scary enough, but when Katie’s half-brother Grant goes missing, his disappearance sparks the arrival of vicious monsters and a mysterious curse. It’s up to Katie and the three remaining newbies–the Wild Omada–to brave the Wild Zone again and uncover its dark and deadly secrets.”–
3 – Wonder, by R.J. Palacio (Wonder #1)
“Ten-year-old Auggie Pullman, who was born with extreme facial abnormalities and was not expected to survive, goes from being home-schooled to entering fifth grade at a private middle school in Manhattan, which entails enduring the taunting and fear of his classmates as he struggles to be seen as just another student.”
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4 – The Complete Cookbook for Young Chefs, by America’s Test Kitchen
“Over 100 kid-tested recipes from America’s Test Kitchen. (Ages 8 and up).” – New York Times Bestseller List
5 – Building 903, by Lois Lowry
“Twins Tessa and Theo live in a world ruled by the tyrannical Koziris, where there are no dangers or rebels… or so they’ve been told. In this world, citizens live long lives, and while many hate Koziris, they are comfortable and safe. So, when Tessa’s brother disappears, nobody wants to discuss it. But then Miriam, their 135-year-old neighbor bound for the retirement community, slips Tessa a key not only to her brother’s disappearance, but to the source of all real magic… books. As Tessa and her parents begin their search for Theo, Tessa learns that books not only tell us stories they open portals and unlock our humanity through our most powerful tool: the imagination. Once that truth has been revealed, Tessa won’t be able to rest until she has retrieved her twin and society itself has been transformed.”
6 – Kiki’s Delivery Service, by Eiko Kadono
“When Kiki turns 13, she follows the witches’ tradition of living in another town for a year, the seaside village of Koriko; translated by Emily Balistrieri. (Ages 8 to 12).” – New York Times Bestseller
7 – Dragonborn: The Twilight Child, by Struan Murray
“In this sequel to “Dragonborn,” Alex and her friends undertake a perilous journey to stop Drak Midna’s plot to kill all humans. (Ages 8 to 12).” – New York Times Bestseller List
9 – Licorice, by Kara LaReau
“Kitty feels like she’s living in the shadow of Max’s former cat, Licorice. (Ages 8 to 12).” – New York Times Bestseller
10 – Wombat Waiting, by Katherine Applegate
“A homeless pup patiently waits for her “special person.” (Ages 8 to 12).” – New York Times Bestseller