FRIENDS EXPRESS NEW BOOKS
The Friends purchased the following books as part of our Friends Express program. As you enter the library, the latest titles are on the carousel. The Book Committee meets monthly if you're interested in joining. We donate children's books as well - check the Children's Area regularly. Sign up for emails to get updates on new arrivals. Take our latest poll to let us know what new books you'd like us to purchase.
NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2023
FICTION
Absolution by Alice McDermott
America Fantastica by Tim O'Brien
Dirty Thirty by Janet Evanovich
The Edge by David Baldacci
The Future by Naomi Alderman
Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros
The Leftover Woman by Jean Kwok
Resurrection Walk by Michael Connelly
The Secret by Lee Child, Andrew Child
The Twelve Books of Christmas by Kate Carlisle
Unnatural Death by Patricia Cornwell
NON FICTION
Behind the Seams by Dolly Parton
The Woman in Me by Britney Spears
OCTOBER 2023
FICTION
12 Months to Live by James Patterson, Mike Lupica
Code Red by Vince Flynn, Kyle Mills
The Exchange: After The Firm by John Grisham
A Haunting on the Hill by Elizabeth Hand
Judgment Prey by John Sanford
Land of Milk and Honey by C Pam Zhang
Let Us Descend by Jesmyn Ward
Mother-Daughter Murder Night by Nina Simon
North Woods by Daniel Mason
Starling House by Alix E. Harrow
Wellness by Nathan Hill
NON FICTION
Wandering Through Life by Donna Leon
SEPTEMBER 2023
FICTION
After That Night by Karin Slaughter
Blessing of the Lost Girls by J.A. Jance
The Breakaway by Jennifer Weiner
Dead Mountain by Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child
Flop Dead Gorgeous by David Rosenfelt
The Fraud by Zadie Smith
Happiness Falls by Angie Kim
Holly by Stephen King
The Invisible Hour by Alice Hoffman
The Last Devil to Die by Richard Osman
Lion & Lamb by James Patterson, Duane Swierczynski
The River We Remember by William Kent Krueger
The Vaster Wilds by Lauren Groff
Whalefall by Daniel Kraus
What You Are Looking for Is in the Library by Michiko Aoyama
NON FICTION
Trail of the Lost by Andrea Lankford
AUGUST 2023
FICTION
The Collector by Daniel Silva
Crook Manifesto by Colson Whitehead
Everyone Here Is Lying by Shari Lapena
Family Lore by Elizabeth Acevedo
Gone Tonight by Sarah Pekkanen
The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store by James McBride
Just Another Missing Person by Gillian McAllister
My Murder by Katie Williams
None of This Is True by Lisa Jewell
Tom Lake by Ann Patchett
NON FICTION
The Art Thief by Michael Finkel
JUNE 2023
FICTION
The Beach at Summerly by Beatriz Williams
Drowning by T.J. Newman
The Five-Star Weekend by Elin Hilderbrand
Good Night, Irene by Luis Alberto Urrea
The Guest by Emma Cline
Killing Moon by Jo Nesbø
Lady Tan's Circle of Women by Lisa See
The Paris Daughter by Kristin Harmel
Rogue Justice by Stacey Abrams
The Wind Knows My Name by Isabel Allende
Yellowface by R.F. Kuang
Zero Days by Ruth Ware
MAY 2023
FICTION
The Collected Regrets of Clover by Mikki Brammer
The Covenant of Water by Abraham Verghese
Dark Angel by John Sandford
Dressed to Drill by Kate Carlisle
Dust Child by Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai
Happy Place by Emily Henry
Hula by Jasmin Iolani Hakes
In the Lives of Puppets by T.J. Klune
The Only Survivors by Megan Miranda
Only the Beautiful by Susan Meissner
The Rescue by T. Jefferson Parker
Romantic Comedy by Curtis Sittenfeld
Small Mercies by Dennis Lehane
Standing in the Shadows by Peter Robinson
Swamp Story by Dave Barry
Symphony of Secrets by Brendan Slocumb
You are Here by Karin Lin-Greenberg
NON FICTION
Outlive: The Science and Art of Longevity by Peter Attia
The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder by David Grann
APRIL 2023
FICTION
City of Dreams by Don Winslow
Collateral Damage by J.A. Jance
Community Board by Tara Conklin
Countdown by James Patterson, Brendan DuBois
Every Man a King by Walter Mosley
Hang the Moon by Jeannette Walls
Homecoming by Kate Morton
Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus (Extra copy!)
The London Séance Society by Sarah Penner
Loyalty by Lisa Scottoline
Pineapple Street by Jenny Jackson
The Private Life of Spies and The Exquisite Art of Getting Even by Alexander McCall Smith
Simply Lies by David Baldacci
So Shall You Reap by Donna Leon
Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers by Jesse Q. Sutanto
The Way of the Bear by Anne Hillerman
The White Lady by Jacqueline Winspear
MARCH 2023
FICTION
Birnam Wood by Eleanor Catton
The Bride Wore White by Amanda Quick
Encore in Death by J.D. Robb
Good Dog, Bad Cop by David Rosenfelt
Hello Beautiful by Ann Napolitano
I Have Some Questions for You by Rebecca Makkai
I Will Find You by Harlan Coben
The Librarian of Burned Books by Brianna Labuskes
Maame by Jessica George
Unnatural History by Jonathan Kellerman
Victory City by Salman Rushdie
NON FICTION
We Should Not Be Friends by Will Schwalbe
FEBRUARY 2023
FICTION
Age of Vice by Deepti Kapoor
All the Dangerous Things by Stacy Willingham
The Bandit Queens by Parini Shroff
The Cabinet of Dr. Leng by Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child
Hell Bent by Leigh Bardugo
The House in the Pines by Ana Reyes
The House of Eve by Sadeqa Johnson
The House of Wolves by James Patterson, Mike Lupica
How to Sell a Haunted House by Grady Hendrix
The Lipstick Bureau by Michelle Gable
Moonrise Over New Jessup by Jamila Minnicks
River Sing Me Home by Eleanor Shearer
Someone Else's Shoes by Jojo Moyes
This Other Eden by Paul Harding
Wade in the Water by Nyani Nkrumah
NON FICTION
Master Slave Husband Wife by Ilyon Woo
Palo Alto: A History of California, Capitalism, and the World by Malcolm Harris
JANUARY 2023
FICTION
A Dangerous Business by Jane Smiley
Desert Star by Michael Connelly
Exiles by Jane Harper
Foster by Claire Keegan
Going Rogue by Janet Evanovich
Now is Not the Time to Panic by Kevin Wilson
Picture in the Sand by Peter Blauner
Showstopper by Peter Lovesey
The Stolen Book of Evelyn Aubrey by Serena Burdick
The Villa by Rachel Hawkins
Tom Clancy: Red Winter by Marc Cameron
NON FICTION
Spare by Harry, Prince, Duke of Sussex
NOVEMBER 2022
FICTION
The Christmas Spirit by Debbie Macomber
The Cloisters by Katy Hays
Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver
Distant Thunder by Stuart Woods
A Heart Full of Headstones by Ian Rankin
Long Shadows by David Baldacci
The Maze by Nelson Demille
No Plan B by Lee Child, Andrew Child
The Passenger by Cormac McCarthy
Racing the Light by Robert Crais
Sign Here by Claudia Lux
Signal Fires by Dani Shapiro
We Are the Light by Matthew Quick
A World of Curiosities by Louise Penny
NON FICTION
The Extraordinary Life of an Ordinary Man by Paul Newmann
And There Was Light by Jon Meacham
OCTOBER 2022
FICTION
The Boys from Biloxi by John Grisham
The Bullet That Missed by Richard Osman
The Butcher and the Wren by Alaina Urquhart
Dreamland by Nicholas Sparks
Jacqueline in Paris by Ann Mah
Killers of a Certain Age by Deanna Raybourn
Less Is Lost by Andrew Sean Greer
Lessons by Ian McEwan
Mad Honey by Jodi Picoult
Our Missing Hearts by Celeste Ng
Righteous Prey by John Sandford
Shrines of Gaiety by Kate Atkinson
Suspect by Scott Turow
NON FICTION
The Chaos Machine: The Inside Story of How Social Media Rewired Our Minds and Our World by Max Fisher
The Mosquito Bowl by Buzz Bissinger
The Red Widow by Sarah Horowitz
SEPTEMBER 2022
FICTION
Afterlives by Abdulrazak Gurnah
Babel by R.F. Kuang
Carrie Soto Is Back by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Daisy Darker by Alice Feeney
Fairy Tale by Stephen King
Fox Creek by William Kent Krueger
Girl, Forgotten by Karin Slaughter
The Hunt by Faye Kellerman
Lucy by the Sea by Elizabeth Strout
The Marriage Portrait by Maggie O'Farrell
The Measure by Nikki Erlick
Mercury Pictures Presents by Anthony Marra
Other Birds by Sarah Addison Allen
Overkill by Sandra Brown
The Rising Tide by Ann Cleeves
Soul Taken by Patricia Briggs
Stay Awake by Megan Goldin
AUGUST 2022
FICTION
All Good People Here by Ashley Flowers
The Daughter of Doctor Moreau by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
The Family Remains by Lisa Jewell
An Honest Living by Dwyer Murphy
Joan: A Novel of Joan of Arc by Katherine J. Chen
The Librarian Spy by Madeline Martin
The Many Daughters of Afong Moy by Jamie Ford
The Paper Caper by Kate Carlisle
Shattered by James Patterson, James O. Born
Wrong Place Wrong Time by Gillian McAllister
NON FICTION
The Sewing Girl’s Tale by John Wood Sweet
Lethal Tides by Catherine Musemeche
JULY 2022
FICTION
The 6:20 Man by David Baldacci
A Botanist's Guide to Parties and Poisons by Kate Khavari
Counterfeit by Kirstin Chen
The It Girl by Ruth Ware
Nightcrawling by Leila Mottley
Portrait of An Unknown Woman by Daniel Silva
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin
Tracy Flick Can't Win by Tom Perrotta
NON FICTION
I'd Like to Play Alone, Please by Tom Segura
JUNE 2022
FICTION
Bloomsbury Girls by Natalie Jenner
The Boardwalk Bookshop by Susan Mallery
The Homewreckers by Mary Kay Andrews
Horse by Geraldine Brooks
The Hotel Nantucket by Elin Hilderbrand
The House Across the Lake by Riley Sager
In the Blood by Jack Carr
The Island by Adrian McKinty
The Lioness by Chris Bohjalian
Mecca by Susan Straight
The Murder of Mr. Wickham by Claudia Gray
The Omega Factor by Steve Berry
Something Wilder by Christina Lauren
Sparring Partners by John Grisham
This Time Tomorrow by Emma Straub
Trust by Hernan Diaz
Two Nights in Lisbon by Chris Pavone
The Wedding Dress Sewing Circle by Jennifer Ryan
The Woman in the Library by Sulari Gentill
Yerba Buena by Nina LaCour
NON FICTION
Nina LaCour by David Sedaris
River of the Gods by Candice Millard
May 2022
FICTION
Book Lovers by Emily Henry
The Book Woman's Daughter by Kim Michele Richardson
The Cartographers by Peng Shepherd
City on Fire by Don Winslow
Four Treasures of the Sky by Jenny Tinghui Zhang
The Good Left Undone by Adriana Trigiani
Nine Lives by Peter Swanson
Portrait of a Thief by Grace D. Li
The Sacred Bridge by Anne Hillerman
The Summer Place by Jennifer Weiner
When She Dreams by Amanda Quick
NON FICTION
Finding Me by Viola Davis
In Love: A Memoir of Love and Loss by Amy Bloom
The Palace Papers by Tina Brown
April 2022
FICTION
The Book of Cold Cases by Simone St. James
The Club by Ellery Lloyd
The Diamond Eye by Kate Quinn
Dream Town by David Baldacci
French Braid by Anne Tyler
Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus
The Love of My Life by Rosie Walsh
Memphis by Tara M. Stringfellow
The Missing Piece by John Lescroart
The Recovery Agent by Janet Evanovich
A Relative Murder by Jude Devereaux
Run Rose Run by Dolly Parton, James Patterson
Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel
A Sunlit Weapon by Jacqueline Winspear
What Happened to the Bennetts by Lisa Scottoline
NON FICTION
Origin: A Genetic History of the Americas by Jennifer Raff
March 2022
FICTION
The Berlin Exchange by Joseph Kanon
The Christie Affair by Nina de Gramont
Finlay Donovan Knocks 'Em Dead by Elle Cosimano
House of Sky and Breath by Sarah J. Maas
The Match by Harlan Coben
Lightning in a Mirror by Jayne Ann Krentz
One Italian Summer by Rebecca Serle
The Paris Apartment by Lucy Foley
Reminders of Him by Colleen Hoover
Shadows Reel by C.J. Box
Sierra Six by Mark Greaney
The Tobacco Wives by Adele Myers
NON FICTION
The Betrayal of Anne Frank by Rosemary Sullivan
Eating to Extinction by Dan Saladino
From Strength to Strength by Arthur C. Brooks
Funny Farm by Laurie Zaleski
Never Simple by Liz Scheier
Stolen Focus by Johann Hari
February 2022
FICTION
Black Cake by Charmaine Wilkerson
City of the Dead by Amanda Gorman
The Department of Rare Books and Special Collections by Eva Jurczyk
The Goodbye Coast by Joe Ide
The Horsewoman by James Patterson, Mike Lupica
Lightning in a Mirror by Jayne Ann Krentz
The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois by Honorée Fanonne Jeffers
The Magnolia Palace by Fiona Davis
Olga Dies Dreaming by Xóchitl González
One Step Too Far by Lisa Gardner
The School for Good Mothers by Jessamine Chan
To Paradise by Hanya Yanagihara
Violeta by Isabel Allende
The Violin Conspiracy by Brendan Slocumb
NON FICTION
Chasing History by Carl Bernstein
South to America by Imani Perry
January 2022
FICTION
Call Us What We Carry by Jonathan Kellerman
Criminal Mischief by Stuart Woods
Fiona and Jane by Jean Chen Ho
A Flicker in the Dark by Stacy Willingham
Flying Angels by Danielle Steel
Guild Boss by Jayne Castle
Joan is Okay by Weike Wang
The Last House on the Street by Diane Chamberlain
Last Redemption by Matt Coyle
The Maid by Nita Prose
The Paris Bookseller by Kerri Maher
Reckless Girls by Rachel Hawkins
NON FICTION
All About Me! by Mel Brooks
The Beatles: Get Back by The Beatles, John Harris (Editor)
The Power of Fun by Catherine Price
December 2021
FICTION
The Ballerinas by Rachel Kapelke-Dale
Beautiful World, Where Are You by Sally Rooney
The Dark Hours by Michael Connelly
Game On by Janet Evanovich
Go Tell the Bees That I Am Gone by Diana Gabaldon
The Jailhouse Lawyer by James Patterson and Nancy Allen
Last Redemption by Matt Coyle
Leviathan Falls by James S.A. Corey
Never by Ken Follett
O Beautiful by Jung Yun
Still Life by Sarah Winman
The Stranger in the Lifeboat by Mitch Albom
Wish You Were Here by Jodi Picoult
NON FICTION
The Lyrics: 1956 to the Present by Paul McCartney
November 2021
FICTION
Apples Never Fall by Liane Moriarity
Bewilderment by Richard Powers
Billy Summers by Stephen King
The Bookseller’s Secret by Michelle Gable
Breathe by Joyce Carol Oates
The Cellist by Daniel Silva
False Witness by Karin Slaughter
Harlem Shuffle by Colson Whitehead
The Heron’s Cry by Ann Cleeves
The Last Thing He Told Me by Laura Dave
The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles
The Madness of Crowds by Louise Penny
The Man Who Died Twice by Richard Osman
Matrix by Lauren Groff
The Paper Palace by Miranda Cowley Heller
Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir
The Reading List by Sara Nisha Adams
A Slow Fire Burning by Paula Hawkins
NON FICTION
Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner
Everything I Have Is Yours: A Marriage by Eleanor Henderson
Taste: My Life Through Food by Stanley Tucci
This is Your Mind on Plants by Michael Pollan
Vanderbilt by Anderson Cooper and Katherine Howe
Stories from Sea Level by Ed Vodrazka
March 2020
FICTION
Apeirogon by Colum McCann
The Dark Corners of the Night by Meg Gardiner
Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line by Deepa Anappara
The Girl with the Louding Voice by Abi Daré
Long Range by C.J. Box
Interior Chinatown by Charles Yu
Oona Out of Order by Margarita Montimore
Saint X by Alexis Schaitkin
Trace Elements by Donna Leon
Weather by Jenny Offill
NON FICTION
Arguing with Zombies by Paul Krugman
Dark towers : Deutsche Bank, Donald Trump, and an epic trail of destruction by David Enrich
The Mamba Mentality by Kobe Bryant
You Never Forget Your First: a biography of George Washington by Alexis Coe
Why We Can’t Sleep: Women’s New Midlife Crisis by Ada Calhoun
February 2020
FICTION
The Cactus League by Emily Nemens
Coconut Layer Cake Murder by Joanne Fluke
Crooked River by Douglas Preston
A Divided Loyalty by CharlesTodd
Golden in Death by J.D. Robb
House on Fire by Joseph Finder
Lady Clementine by Marie Benedict
Little Gods by Meng Jin
Long Bright River by Liz Moore
A Long Petal of the Sea by Isabel Allende
NON FICTION
A Black Women's History of the United States by Daina Ramey Berry and Kali Nicole Gross
The Splendid and the Vile by Erik Larson
Tightrope: Americans Reaching for Hope by Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn
Uncanny Valley by Anna Wiener
A Very Stable Genius by Philip Rucker and Carol Leonnig
Why We're Polarized by Ezra Klein
January 2020
FICTION
The Accomplice by Joseph Kanon
American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins
Dear Edward by Ann Napolitano
Hitting a Straight Lick With a Crooked Stick by Zora Neale Hurston
Lost Hills by Lee Goldberg
Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid
Treason by Stuart Woods
The Vanishing by Jayne Anne Krentz
When You See Me by Lisa Gardner
NON FICTION
The Blue Zones Kitchen by Dan Buettner
The Body: A Guide for Occupants by Bill Bryson
Catch and Kill by Ronan Farrow
Martha Stewart's Organizing by Martha Stewart
November/December 2019
FICTION
The 19th Christmas by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro
Agent Running in the Field by John le Carré
All This Could be Yours by Jami Attenberg
The Andromeda Evolution by Daniel H. Wilson and Michael Crichton
Blue Moon by Lee Child
A Cruel Deception by Charles Todd
The Family Upstairs by Lisa Jewell
The Giver of Stars by Jojo Moyes
The Guardians by John Grisham
A Minute to Midnight by David Baldacci
A Mrs. Miracle Christmas by Debbie Macomber
The Night Fire by Michael Connelly
Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo
Nothing to See Here by Kevin Wilson
Quantum by Patricia Cornwell
The Revisioners by Margaret Wilkerson Sexton
The Siberian Dilemma by Martin Cruz Smith
The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern
To the Land of Long Lost Friends by Alexander McCall Smith
Blowout by Rachel Maddow
Dear Girls by Ali Wong
Home Work by Julie Andrews and Emma Walton Hamilton
Me by Elton John
NON FICTION
October 2019
FICTION
Bloody Genius by John Sandford
Cold Storage by David Koepp
A Door in the Earth by Amy Waldman
The Dutch House by Ann Patchett
Elevator Pitch by Linwood Barclay
The Institute by Stephen King
Land of Wolves by Craig Johnson
Lethal Agent by Vince Flynn and Kyle Mills
Olive, Again by Elizabeth Strout
No Judgments by Meg Cabot
Quichotte by Salman Rushdie
Red at the Bone by Jacqueline Woodson
The Secrets We Kept by Lara Prescott
This Tender Land by William Kent Krueger
The Titanic Secret by Clive Cussler and Jack Du Brul
The Water Dancer by Ta-Nehisi Coates
The World That We Knew by Alice Hoffman
The Education of an Idealist by Samantha Power
NON FICTION
September 2019
FICTION
Beloved by Toni Morrison
Drive Your Plow over the Bones of the Dead by Olga Tokarczuk
Evvie Drake Starts Over by Linda Holmes
The Girl Who Lived Twice by David Lagercrantz
The Inn by James Patterson and Candice Fox
The Last Good Guy by T. Jefferson Parker
The Last Widow by Karin Slaughter
The Memory Police by Yōko Ogawa
Outfox by Sandra Brown
The Perfect Wife by J.P. Delaney
The Testaments by Margaret Atwood
Tidelands by Philippa Gregory
NON FICTION
How to Be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi
The Perfect Predator by Steffanie Strathdee and
Thomas Patterson
Range by David Epstein
Talking to Strangers by Malcolm Gladwell
The Yellow House by Sarah M. Broom