2021-08-06 23:07
Amazons, Abolitionists, and Activists : A Graphic History of Women's Fight for Their Rightsby Mikki KendallTen Speed Press, 2019. 208 pages. NonfictionAugust 26, 2020, marked the 100th anniv… Read More
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2021-08-02 18:16
Any Way the Wind Blows (Simon Snow #3) by Rainbow Rowell Wednesday Books, 2021. 579 pages. Fiction. New York Times bestselling author Rainbow Rowell's epic fantasy, the Simon Snow trilogy… Read More
2021-08-02 18:11
The Inheritance GamesBy Jennifer Lynn Barnes Little, Brown, and Company, 2020. 376 pages. Young Adult Mystery Avery Grambs has a plan for a better future: survive high school, win a sch… Read More
2021-08-02 17:08
Blackout: How Black America Can Make Its Second Escape from the Democrat Plantation by Candace Owens Threshold Editions. 2020. 300 pages. Nonfiction. It's time for a black exi… Read More
2021-08-02 16:03
Project Hail Maryby Andy WeirBallantine Books, 2021. 476 pages. Science FictionRyland Grace is the sole survivor on a desperate, last-chance mission--and if he fails, humanity and the earth… Read More
2021-07-31 01:22
Storm Front: Dresden Files #1By Jim Butcher Roc, 2000. 322 pages. Fantasy As far as he knows, Harry Blackstone Copperfield Dresden is only openly practicing professional wizard in… Read More
2021-07-31 00:57
Don’t Hate the PlayerBy Alexis Nedd Bloomsbury, 2021. 378 pages. Young Adult Fiction Emilia Romero is living a double life. By day, she's a field hockey star with a flawless… Read More
2021-07-30 22:04
All That Makes Life Bright: The Life and Love of Harriet Beecher Stowe By Josi KilpackShadow Mountain, 2017. 336 pages. Historical FictionResolving to pursue her literary life and retain her… Read More
2021-07-28 16:45
Gory Details: Adventures from the Dark Side of Scienceby Erika EngelhauptNational Geographic Partners, 2020. 336 pages.Erika Engelhaupt of National Geographic’s Gory Details blog has c… Read More
2021-07-28 00:06
FuriaBy Yamile Saied MendezChapel Hill, North Carolina: Algonquin, 2020. 357 pages. Young AdultSeventeen-year-old Camila "la Furia" Hassan, a rising soccer star in Rosario, Argentina, dreams… Read More
2021-07-23 20:33
The Bomber Mafia: A Dream, a Temptation, and the Longest Night of the Second World Warby Malcolm GladwellLittle, Brown & Company, 2021, 240 pages. HistoryUsing a variety of interviews an… Read More
2021-07-23 02:14
Four Lost Cities: A Secret History of the Urban Age by Annalee NewitzW.W. Norton & Co, 2021. 297 pages.Science journalise Annalee Newitz explores the history of urban life through f… Read More
2021-07-22 21:03
Imagined Life: A speculative Journey Among the Exoplanets in Search of Intelligent Aliens, Ice Creatures, and Supergravity Animals by James Trefil and Michael Summers Smithsonian B… Read More
2021-07-22 18:50
Everybody Fights: So Why Not Get Better At ItBy Kim and Penn HoldernessW. Publishing, an Imprint of Thomas Nelson, 2021. 230 pgs. Self-HelpKim and Penn Holderness are best know for their vir… Read More
2021-07-20 17:55
You Have a Match by Emma Lord Wednesday Books, 2021. 305 pages. Young Adult When Abby signs up for a DNA service, it's mainly to give her friend and secret love interest, Leo, a nudge. Afte… Read More
2021-07-20 01:54
El Príncipe del Sol (El Príncipe del Sol, #1) Por Claudia Ramírez Lomelí Planeta, 2018. 341 páginas. Ficción Juvenil La nación del sol y el r… Read More
2021-07-10 22:58
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue By V. E. SchwabTor Books, 2020. 442 pages. FictionAs a young woman, Addie makes a deal with the devil to save herself from the tedium of an arra… Read More
2021-07-02 21:39
The Cost of Knowing By Brittney Morris Simon & Schuster BFYR, 2021. 327 pages. Young Adult Fiction After a tragic accident that killed their parents, 16-year-old Alex Rufus li… Read More
2021-07-02 02:13
A Proper Scandal by Esther Hatch Covenant Communications, Inc. 2019. 222 pages. Romance. Grace Sinclair has been callously cast out of her home after six years living with the… Read More
2021-07-01 22:58
Sleeping Bags to S'mores: Camping Basicsby Heather RochfortHoughton Mifflin Harcourt 2020. 224 Pages. NonfictionEver wanted to go camping, but had no idea where to start? Need to unplu… Read More
2021-07-01 15:00
Never Split the Difference: Negotiating as if your life depended on itby Chris VossHarper Business, 2016. 288 pages. BusinessA former international hostage negotiator for the FBI offers a ne… Read More
2021-06-24 21:57
Winning the GentlemanBy Kristi Ann HunterBethany House, 2021. 348 pgs. RomanceWhen his reputation is threatened, Aaron Whitworth makes the desperate decision to hire a circus horse trainer a… Read More
2021-06-15 20:24
A Taste for Loveby Jennifer Yen Razorbill, 2021. 336 pages. Young Adult Romance Both high school senior Liza Yang and her mother share a love and talent for baking but disagr… Read More
2021-06-14 23:49
Europe's Best BakeriesBy Sarah GuySeptember Publishing, 2019. 223 pages. Nonfiction. An inspirational, illustrated guide to Europe's 135 best bakeries. The aroma of just-baked bread, th… Read More
2021-06-05 01:01
Travels with Charleyby John Steinbeck 1986, Penguin Books. 277 pages. Nonfiction With Charley, his French poodle, Steinbeck drives the interstates and the country roads, dines with truc… Read More
2021-06-03 16:46
The Girl Explorers: The Untold Story of the Globetrotting Women Who Trekked, Flew, and Fought Their Way Around the Worldby Jayne ZangleinSourcebooks, 2021, 416 pages. NonfictionThe Girl Expl… Read More
2021-06-02 22:50
American Sherlock: Murder, Forensics, and the Birth of American CSIby Kate Winkler Dawson G.P. Putnam’s Son, 2020. 325 pages. Nonfiction. Known as the 'American Sherlock Holmes,'… Read More
2021-06-02 17:17
The Awakening of Malcolm X By Ilyasah Shabazz Farrar Straus Giroux Books for Young Readers, 2021. 323 pages. Young Adult Historical Fiction In this lyrical and compelling novel, b… Read More
2021-06-01 20:35
The Lost Apothecaryby Sarah PennerPark Row Books, 2021. 301 pages. Historical fictionHidden in the depths of eighteenth-century London, a secret apothecary shop caters to an unusual kind of… Read More
2021-05-29 02:43
Sapiens: A Graphic History. The Birth of Humankind. Volume OneBy Yuval N. HarariHarper Perennial, 2020. 245 pages. Graphic Novel. One hundred thousand years ago, at least six different… Read More
2021-05-29 02:14
Sixteen ScandalsBy Sophie JordanHoughton Mifflin Harcourt, 2021. 235 pages. Young Adult RomanceThe youngest of four daughters, Primrose Ainsworth is used to getting lost in the shuffle. But… Read More
2021-05-29 00:11
Love Your LifeBy Sophie KinsellaThe Dial Press, 2020. 432 pages. RomanceWhile visiting an anonymous writers' retreat in Italy where names and personal information can't be shared, Ava shares… Read More
2021-05-26 19:25
Come, Sweet Day: Holding On To Hope in Dark Timesby Julianne DonaldsonEnsign Peak, 2021. 89 pgs. PoetryJulianne Donaldson is best know for writing the romance novel Edenbrooke. In this short… Read More
2021-05-06 01:24
The Bearby Andrew Krivak 2020, Bellvue Literary Press. 221 pages. Science Fiction In an Edenic future, a girl and her father live close to the land in the shadow of a lone mountain. The… Read More
2021-05-04 20:46
Always Human by Ari North Yellow Jacket, 2020. 150 pages. Young Adult Graphic Novel In the near-future, people use technology to give the illusion of all kinds of body modification… Read More
2021-05-04 17:46
Cosmic Queries: StarTalk's Guide to Who We Are, How We Got Here, and Where We're GoingBy Neil deGrasse TysonNational Geographic, 2021. 309 pages. ScienceTyson and coauthor James Trefil, a re… Read More
2021-05-03 17:11
Elatsoeby Darcie Little BadgerLevine Querido, 2020. 360 pages. YA Fantasy/MysteryIn this award-winning contemporary fantasy/mystery, 17-year-old Elatsoe (Ellie) comes from a long line of Lip… Read More
2021-05-01 17:11
Georgana’s Secretby Arlem Hawks Shadow Mountain, 2021. 316 pages. Romance As a young girl, Georgana Woodall dreamed of beautiful dresses, fancy balls, and falling in love, but whe… Read More
2021-04-30 20:36
Kingdom of Souls By Rena Barron HarperTeen, 2019. 485 pages. Young Adult Arrah has always wanted magic of her own. Her family is powerful and revered, but somehow the gift seems t… Read More
2021-04-29 23:14
The Answer Is...: Reflections on My LifeBy Alex TrebekSimon & Scuster, 2020. 304 pages. BiographyBest known as the host of Jeopardy! for 37 seasons, Trebek made headlines in 2019 when he… Read More
2021-04-27 01:59
The Children's BlizzardBy Melanie BenjaminDelacorte Press, 2021. 351 pgs. FictionMany immigrants were tricked into coming to America with hopes of a better life and dreams of owning th… Read More
2021-04-27 01:30
My Calamity Jane By Cynthia Hand, Jodi Meadows, and Brodi Ashton HarperTeen, 2020. 520 pgs. Young Adult Historical Fiction The United States is a wild place in 1876, full of g… Read More
2021-04-24 16:45
The Blue Road: A Fable of Migration By Wayde Compton Arsenal Pulp Press, 2019. 116 pages. Young Adult Comics. The Blue Road is a graphic novel that tells the story of Lacuna… Read More
2021-04-22 19:24
Later by Stephen King Hard Case Crime, 2021. 264 pages. Jamie Conklin is no ordinary child. He can see dead people. But not like that kid in that movie. The dead only stick ar… Read More
2021-04-15 00:10
The Searcherby Tana FrenchViking, 2020, 451 pages, General FictionAfter 25 years working for the Chicago P.D., Cal Hooper thinks renovating a house settled deep in the Irish countryside and… Read More
2021-04-08 22:55
Mommy Burnout: How to Reclaim Your Life and Raise Healthier Children in the Process by Sheryl Ziegler Dey St. 2018. 311 pages. Nonfiction A practical handbook for the modern… Read More
2021-04-06 23:39
Braiding Sweetgrassby Robin Wall KimmererTantor Media Inc. 2016.As a botanist and professor of plant ecology, Robin Wall Kimmerer has spent a career learning how to ask questions of nature u… Read More
2021-04-05 22:11
Fangs by Sarah Andersen Andrews McMeel Publishing, 2020. 100 pages. Graphic Novel Elsie the vampire is three hundred years old, but in all that time she has never met her matc… Read More
2021-04-03 02:30
Amelia Unabridged by Ashley Schumacher Wednesday Books, 2021. 293 pages. Young Adult Fiction Amelia and Jenna are brought together by a book store and a book. They were meant to be be… Read More
2021-03-31 16:12
The Hilarious World of DepressionBy John MoeSt. Martin's Press, 2020. 285 pages. NonfictionJohn Moe does vital work in combatting the discrimination and difficulty that people with mental il… Read More
2021-03-30 17:57
A Sky Painted GoldBy Laura Wood Random House Children’s Books, 2020. 376 pages. Young Adult Lou has dreamed of a fancy, high society life, but her family farm in a quiet Cornish v… Read More
2021-03-23 17:57
Light for the World to See by Kwame Alexander Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2020. 96 pages. Kwame Alexander is well-known for his slam-dunk poetry in his Newbery Award winning bo… Read More
2021-03-20 19:23
Juliet Takes a BreathBy Gabby RiveraDial Books, 2019. 304 pages. Fiction. The night before she leaves for her dream internship, Juliet Palante comes out to her Puerto Rican family as a… Read More
2021-03-16 00:33
Chatter: The Voice in Our Head, Why It Matters, and How to Harness ItBy Ethan KrossCrown, 2021. 242 pgs. NonfictionEthan Kross is an award-winning psychologist and a professor at the Univers… Read More
2021-03-15 20:20
The Danish Way of Parenting: What the Happiest People in the World Know About Raising Confident, Capable Kids by Jessica Joelle Alexander Penguin Audio, 2016. Nonfiction  &hell…Read More
2021-03-06 22:42
Rich Dad, Poor DadRobert T. KiyosakiPlata Publishing, 2017. 352 pages. Nonfiction.Robert Kiyosaki presents the basics of financial literacy by presenting the fiscal policies he learned from… Read More
2021-03-05 00:44
The Midnight Libraryby Matt HaigViking, 2020, 288 pages, Science FictionAt a moment when everything seems to be going wrong and she is looking for an exit, Nora Seed finds herself in the Mid… Read More
2021-03-04 18:21
Think Like a Monk: Train Your Brain for Peace and Purpose Every DayBy Jay ShettySimon & Schuster, 2020. 328 pgs. Nonfiction Jay Shetty is a social media superstar and also hosts a p… Read More
2021-03-03 22:33
Eat a PeachBy David ChangClarkson Potter Publishers, 2020. 288 pgs. BiographyDavid Chang is best known as the chef and owner of Momofuku Noodle Bar in Manhattan's East Village, although he h… Read More
2021-03-02 16:37
A Court of Silver Flamesby Sarah J. MaasBloomsbury Publishing, 2021. 757 pages. Fantasy.Sarah J. Maas returns to her Court of Thrones and Roses series with a new installment following Feyre'… Read More
2021-03-01 18:01
The Best-Laid Plansby Sarah M. Eden Covenant Communications, 2021. 134 pages. Romance Newton Hughes has long dreamed of pursuing a career in law, an acceptable choice for a gentlem… Read More
2021-02-25 01:23
Star Wars: Knitting the Galaxy by Tanis Gray Insight Editions, 2021. 207 pgs. Nonfiction Tanis Gray and Insight Editions have done it again. In this first official Star Wars k… Read More
2021-02-25 01:04
How to Stop TimeBy Matt HaigPenguin Group, 2019. 352 pgs. Sci-FiTom Hazard looks like an ordinary 41-year-old man, but due to a rare genetic condition, he's actually over 400 years old. &hell…Read More
2021-02-23 19:01
Pan’s Labyrinth: The Labyrinth of the FaunBy Guillermo del Toro and Cornelia Funke Katherine Tegen Books, 2019. 256 pages. Young Adult Ofelia and her pregnant mother go to live wi… Read More
2021-02-09 01:40
As Old as Time by Liz Braswell Disney Press, 2016, 484 pages, Young Adult Fiction, Fantasy What if it was Belle’s mother that curse the Beast? Following the story… Read More
2021-02-05 17:39
The Vanishing Halfby Brit BennettRiverhead Books, 2020, 343 pages, Historical FictionChafing at the confines of growing up in the small black community of Mallard, Louisiana, in the 1950s, t… Read More
2021-02-05 17:32
Such a Fun Ageby Kiley ReidG.P. Putnam’s Sons, 2019, 310 pages, General FictionWhen a late-night grocery store run leads to being accused of kidnapping the white toddler she nannies, b… Read More
2021-02-05 01:26
The Shadows Between Usby Tricia LevensellerFeiwel and Friends, 2020. 326 pages. Young Adult Eighteen-year-old Alessandra Stathos, the second daughter of a minor nobleman, is tired of being o… Read More
2021-02-04 20:29
Tweet Cute by Emma Lord Wednesday Books, 2020. 361 pages. Young Adult Fiction Pepper has a lot on her plate; she is a straight-A student, the captain of the swim team, and the secret weapon… Read More
2021-02-02 18:35
Waking the Witch: Reflections on Women, Magic, and Power by Pam Grossman Gallery Books, 2019. 288 pages. Nonfiction “Show me your witches, and I’ll show you your feelin… Read More
2021-02-02 00:19
Henchby Natalie Zina WalschotsWilliam Morrow, 2020. 403 pages. Science Fiction.Anna has a boring job in an exciting industry. She's a data analyst by trade, but she uses that skill set as a… Read More
2021-01-28 19:43
Year of Yes By Shonda RhimesSimon & Schuster, 2015. 311 pgs. NonfictionShonda Rhimes is the creator of "Grey's Anatomy" and "Scandal". In this book she tells about the year she real… Read More
2021-01-23 01:43
Long Way Down: The Graphic Novel by Jason Reynolds, illustrated by Danica Novgorodoff Atheneum, 2020. 208 pgs. Young Adult Graphic Novels Will’s older brother, Shawn, ha… Read More
2021-01-20 23:37
You Are Not So Smart: Why You Have Too Many Friends on Facebook, Why Your Memory is Mostly Fiction, and 46 Other Ways You're Deluding YourselfBy David McRaneyGotham Books, 2011. 302 pages. N… Read More
2021-01-20 23:19
Blood CountessBy Lana PopovicHarry N. Abrams, 2020. 293 pages. Young AdultAnna is intelligent, driven, and struggling to figure out her place in the world with limited options. After a chanc… Read More
2021-01-20 17:03
The Weight of Ink by Rachel KadishHoughton Mifflin Harcourt, 2017. 561 pages. Historical FictionWhen a soon-to-be-retired university professor in London is called to assess a hidden cache of… Read More
2021-01-16 16:57
Anxious Peopleby Fredrik BackmanAtria Books, 2020, 341 pages, General FictionA bank robber’s escape plan is foiled when he takes the wrong door out of the building, and ends up acciden… Read More
2021-01-11 21:43
Ready Player Two by Ernest Cline Ballantine Books, 2020. 377 pages. Fiction Wade Watts won the greatest video game ever created. For a few days, he has time to bask in the glory of his hard… Read More
2021-01-10 00:33
Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier Doubleday, 1938. 380 pages. Fiction. This classic novel of romantic suspense begins with our young, unnamed heroine in Monte Carlo. Here… Read More
2021-01-09 17:39
How to Hang a Witchby Adriana Mather Knopf Books, 2016. 368 pages. Young Adult After moving from New York to Salem with her stepmother,15-year-old Samantha Mather finds herself ost… Read More
2021-01-07 17:28
Scars Like WingsBy Erin Stewart Delacorte Press, 2019. 376 pages. Young AdultSixteen-year-old Ava is left severely disfigured after a house fire claims the lives of her parents and cousin. N… Read More
2021-01-02 22:17
The Blade Itselfby Joe AmbercrombieOrbit, 2015. 542 pages. Fantasy.Magic is leeching from the world, or so Ambercrombie writes as he introduces us to a new fantasy world where no one can be… Read More
2020-12-31 23:59
The House in the Cerulean Seaby T.J. KluneTor, 2020, 398 page, FantasyAs a case worker for the Department in Charge of Magical Youth, Linus spends his days inspecting orphanages for children… Read More
2020-12-30 21:51
All Hearts Come Home For ChristmasBy Sarah Eden, Anita Stansfield, Esther Hatch & Joanna BarkerCovenant Communications, 2019. 290 pgs. RomanceThis is a wonderful collection of Regency Ch… Read More
2020-12-30 21:44
We Are Not FreeBy Traci Chee Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2020. 384 pages. Young Adult Fourteen Japanese-American teens who grew up in Japantown, San Francisco, have their lives dramatica… Read More
2020-12-30 00:54
Slow: Simple Living for a Frantic WorldBy Brooke McAlarySourcebooks, Inc., 2018. 262 pages. NonfictionMemoir-esque and meditative, Slow: Simple Living for a Frantic World examines the differ… Read More
2020-12-24 00:17
A Promised LandBy Barack ObamaCrown, 2020. 751 pages. BiographyFormer President Barack Obama sat down to write his memoir and thought he might be able to sum everything up in about 500 page… Read More
2020-12-23 23:42
Is This Anything?by Jerry SeinfeldSimon & Schuster, 2020. 470 pages. NonfictionSeinfeld has collected his material from many decades in comedy and published them here for you to enjoy.&n&hell…Read More
2020-12-21 23:14
Mexican Gothic By Silvia Moreno-Garcia Del Rey, 2020. 301 pages. Fiction In 1950s Mexico, Noemi’s life as a glamorous debutante is filled with chic gowns, bright red lip… Read More
2020-12-21 21:12
Becoming RBG: Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s Journey to Justice by Debbie Levy Simon & Schuster 2019. 207 pages. Graphic Novel. Modern feminist icon and supreme court justice… Read More
2020-12-04 21:43
ShineBy Jessica Jung Simon & Schuster BFYR, 2020. 346 pages. Young Adult When Rachel Kim is recruited by one of Korea’s top K-pop labels, her family moves their lives from New Yor… Read More
2020-12-02 21:15
Brass Carriages and Glass Heartsby Nancy Campbell AllenShadow Mountain, 2020. 308 pages. Romance … Read More
2020-12-02 16:58
Elemental Haiku: Poems to Honor the Periodic Table, Three Lines at a TimeBy Mary Soon LeeTen Speed Press, 2019. 131 pages. PoetryA set of 119 haiku for each of the elements of the periodic t… Read More
2020-11-24 23:23
A Deadly Education: A Novelby Naomi Novik Del Rey, 2020. 320 pages. Science FictionTrapped in the Scholomance, a deadly version of Hogwarts without adult supervision, El is seriously conside… Read More
2020-11-24 23:06
To Kill a Kingdom by Alexandra Christo Feiwel and Friends, 2018. 342 pages. YA Fiction, Fantasy Princess Lira, next in line for the siren throne, has been taught brutality by… Read More
2020-11-24 16:40
Home Body by Rupi Kaur Andrews McMeel, 2020. 188 pages. Poetry i dive into the well of my bodyand end up in another worldeverything i needalready exists in methere’s no… Read More
2020-11-14 22:53
I’ll Be the One by Lyla Lee Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, 2020. Young Adult Skye Shinn wants to be a K-pop star, singing and dancing her way into fame… Read More
2020-11-09 18:59
To Best the BoysBy Mary WeberThomas Nelson, 2019, 321 pages, Young Adult Fantasy/Adventure FictionEvery year, the residents of Pinsbury Port are invited to a celebration at the mysterious Ho… Read More
2020-11-02 22:40
Stalking Jack the RipperBy Kerri Maniscalco Brown and Company, 2016. 326 pages. Young Adult.Seventeen-year-old Audrey Rose Wadsworth was born a lord's daughter, with a life of wealth an… Read More
2020-11-02 21:04
The Glass OceanBy Beatriz Williams, Lauren Willig, and Karen WhiteWilliam Morrow, 2018. 408 pages. Historical FictionDesperate for inspiration for her next book, a struggling author opens a… Read More
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