Book List
Armada : a novelby Ernest Cline
Publication Date: July 14, 2015
Struggling to complete his final month of high school only to
glimpse a UFO that exactly resembles an enemy ship from his
favorite video game, Zack questions his sanity before
becoming one of millions of gamers tasked with protecting the
Earth during an alien invasion.
Bathsheba : reluctant beautyby Angela Elwell Hunt
Publication Date: September 1, 2015
"Bathsheba, a beautiful woman forced to become one of King David's
wives, is committed to protecting her son while dealing with the
dynamics of the king's household in this biblical-ly based novel"
Bell weather : a novelby Dennis Mahoney
Publication Date: 7/7/2015
A mysterious young woman rescued from a flooded river
triggers rumors in a fantastical eighteenth-century settlement
before the desperate truth of her past forces her and her
rescuer to make a dangerous choice.
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Bennington girls are easyby Charlotte Silver
Publication Date: 7/14/2015
Becoming roommates in New York after graduating from a
bohemian college, Cassandra Puffin and Sylvie Furst share
years of self-exploration before their respective quirks test the
bonds of their friendship.
The Book of Numbersby Joshua Cohen
Publication Date: 6/9/2015
Hired by a dying tech company tycoon to ghostwrite his
memoirs, failed novelist Josh Cohen learns the history of the
man's profoundly influential company before being initiated into
the high-stakes truth behind the autobiography project.
Come rain or come shineby Jan Karon
Publication Date: 9/22/2015
Graduating from vet school and opening an animal clinic,
Dooley Kavanagh, Father Tim Kavanaugh's adopted son, plans
what he hopes will be a simple, affordable wedding with
soulmate Lace Harper. By the best-selling author of
Somewhere Safe with Somebody Good.
The curse of Crow Hollowby Billy Coffey
Publication Date: 8/4/2015
Everyone in Crow Hollow knows of Alvaretta Graves, the old
widow who lives in the mountain. Many call her a witch; others
whisper she’s insane. Everyone agrees the vengeance
Alvaretta swore at her husband’s death hovers over them all.
That vengeance awakens when teenagers stumble upon
Alvaretta’s cabin, incurring her curse. Now a sickness moves
through the Hollow. Rumors swirl that Stu Graves has risen for
revenge. And the people of Crow Hollow are left to confront not
only the darkness that lives on the mountain, but the darkness
that lives within themselves.
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In a dark, dark woodby Ruth Ware
Publication Date: 8/4/2015
What should be a cozy and fun-filled weekend deep in the
English countryside takes a sinister turn in Ruth Ware's
suspenseful, compulsive, and darkly twisted psychological
thriller.
Disclaimerby Renee Knight
Publication Date: 5/19/2015
Reading a mysterious novel that recounts in haunting detail the
day she became the victim of a dark secret, documentary
filmmaker Catherine Ravenscroft is forced to confront the past
to prevent her world from falling apart.
The Diver's Clothes Lie Emptyby Vendela Vida
Publication Date: 6/2/2015
After being robbed of her wallet and passport while on a
mysterious trip to Morocco, a woman feels a strange freedom
of being stripped of her identity and soon begins pretending to
be a well-known film star.
The Double Life of Lilianeby Lily Tuck
Publication Date: 9/8/2015
As the child of a German movie producer father who lives in
Italy and a beautiful, artistically talented mother who resides in
New York, Liliane’s life is divided between those two very
different worlds. A shy and observant only child with a vivid
imagination, Liliane uncovers the stories of family members as
diverse as Moses Mendelssohn, Mary Queen of Scots and an
early Mexican adventurer, and pieces together their vivid
histories, through both World Wars and across continents.
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Golden Ageby Jane Smiley
Publication Date: 10/20/2015
1987: the next generation of Langdons are facing economic, social,
cultural, and political challenges unlike anything their ancestors have
encountered. Michael and Richie, twin sons of World War II hero
Frank, work in the high-stakes worlds of government and finance, in
Washington and New York—but their fiercest enemies may be closer
to home. Charlie, the charmer, recently found, struggles to find his
way ; Guthrie is deployed to Iraq, leaving the Iowa farm—the heart of
this enthralling saga—in the hands of his younger sister, Felicity,
though Felicity as always, has her own ideas. Determined to help
preserve the planet, she worries that her family farm’s once rich,
bountiful land is imperiled, and not only by the extremes of climate
change.
Everybody Riseby Charlotte Silver
Publication Date: 8/18/2015
It's 2006 in the Manhattan of the young and glamorous. Money
and class are colliding in a city that is about to go over a
financial precipice and take much of the country with it. At 26,
bright, funny and socially anxious Evelyn Beegan is determined
to carve her own path in life and free herself from the influence
of her social-climbing mother, who propelled her through prep
school and onto the Upper East Side. Evelyn has long felt like
an outsider to her privileged peers, but when she gets a job at
a social network aimed at the elite, she's forced to embrace
them.
The heart goes last : a novelby Margaret Atwood
Publication Date: 9/29/2015
Enrolling in a project that allows them to live in safe homes
between alternate service months spent in prison, a homeless
couple is threatened by troubling events stemming from the
wife's involvement with another project member.
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Language artsby Stephanie Kallos
Publication date: 6/9/2015
Charles Marlow is a Seattle English teacher who instructs his
students to expand their worlds through language. Lately,
however, with one child off to college and the pressure from his
ex-wife to make plans for their severely autistic son, who's
about to age out of the system, he prefers the company of the
ghosts he turns up in the storage boxes in his crawl space.
There he finds the totems that betray the darker moments of
his youth--memories that were buried for decades when he met
the ambitious and sparkling Alison LeFevre. But the
complications of parenthood proved fatal to their marriage, and
Charles has been stagnant ever since.
Marvel and a wonderby Joe Meno
Publication date: 9/1/2015
Marvel and a Wonder is a darkly mesmerizing epic and literary
page-turner set at the end of the twentieth century. In summer
1995, Jim Falls, a Korean War vet, struggles to raise his
sixteen-year-old grandson, Quentin, on a farm in southern
Indiana. In July, they receive a mysterious gift--a beautiful
quarter horse--which upends the balance of their difficult lives.
The horse's appearance catches the attention of a pair of
troubled, meth-dealing brothers and, after a violent altercation,
the horse is stolen and sold. Grandfather and grandson must
travel the landscape of the bleak heartland to reclaim the
animal and to confront the ruthless party that has taken
possession of it. Along the way, both will be forced to face the
misperceptions and tragedies of their past.
The most famous illegal Goose Creek paradeby Virginia Smith
Publication Date: 9/1/2015
Even though retirement is still three years away, Al Richardson
is counting the days. He anticipates many enjoyable years in
which every day feels like Saturday. But Al's wife, Millie, has
different plans for their retirement. When she learns that a
Victorian-era home is up for sale, Millie launches a full-blown
campaign to convince Al that God's plan for them is to turn that
house into a B&B.
But a B&B won't be the only change for the small Kentucky
town. A new veterinarian has hung up her shingle, but she's
only got one patient--the smelly dog belonging to her part-time
receptionist. And sides are being taken in the issue of the
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water tower, which needs a new coat of paint...but no one can
agree who should paint it.
The Muralistby B. A. Shapiro
Publication Date: November 3, 2015
Entwining the lives of both historical and fictional characters,
and moving between the past and the present, The Muralist
plunges readers into the divisiveness of prewar politics and the
largely forgotten plight of European refugees refused entrance
to the United States. It captures both the inner workings of
today’s New York art scene and the beginnings of the vibrant
and quintessentially American school of Abstract
Expressionism.
My grandmother asked me to tell you she's
sorry : a novelby Fredrik Backman
Seven-year-old Elsa's grandmother dies and leaves behind a series
of letters, sending the girl on a journey that brings to life the world of
her grandmother's fairy tales. By the internationally best-selling author
of A Man Called Ove.
My Kitchen Year - 136 Recipes that Saved My
Lifeby Ruth Reichl
Publication Date: 9/29/2015
Reichl wrote her first cookbook at 21 and was restaurant critic
of both the Los Angeles Times and the New York Times , then
served as Gourmet 's editor in chief for ten years. When that
magazine suddenly folded, she sought solace by heading to her
country home with her husband and spending a year
rediscovering the kitchen comforts. Here's what she cooked
The Professorby Robert Bailey
Publication Date: 8/18/2015 (Revised)
"Taut, page-turning, and smart, The Professor is a legal thriller that
will keep readers up late as the twists and turns keep coming. Set in
Alabama, it also includes that state's greatest icon, one Coach Bear
Bryant. In fact, the Bear gets things going with the energy of an
Alabama kickoff to Auburn. Robert Bailey knows his state and he
knows his law. He also knows how to write characters that are real,
sympathetic, and surprising. If he keeps writing novels this good, he's
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got quite a literary career before him."
- Homer Hickam, author of Rocket Boys/October Sky, New York
Times Number 1 bestseller.
Rigged for Murderby Jenifer Leclair
Publication Date: 2011
Apparition Island: 3/21/2015
On leave from the Minneapolis Police Department and suffering
from PTSD after the killing of her partner, homicide detective
Brie Beaumont seeks refuge in Maine and joins Captain John
DuLac and eight others on a cruise, but her peaceful voyage is
interrupted by the murder of one of her shipmates and her
quest to find the killer.
The Secret Chordby Geraldine Brooks
Publication Date: 10/5/2015
The Secret Chord provides new context for some of the
best-known episodes of David’s life while also focusing on
others, even more remarkable and emotionally intense, that
have been neglected. We see David through the eyes of those
who love him or fear him—from the prophet Natan, voice of his
conscience, to his wives Mikal, Avigail, and Batsheva, and
finally to Solomon, the late-born son who redeems his Lear-like
old age. Brooks has an uncanny ability to hear and transform
characters from history, and this beautifully written, unvarnished
saga of faith, desire, family, ambition, betrayal, and power will
enthrall her many fans.
Speakby Louisa Hall
Publication Date: 7/7/2015
A thoughtful, poignant novel that explores the creation of artificial
intelligence—illuminating the very human need for communication,
connection, and understanding.
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The truth and other lies : a novelby Sascha Arango
Publication Date: 6/23/2015
On the surface, Henry Hayden seems like someone you could
like, or even admire. A famous bestselling author who appears
a modest everyman. A loving, devoted husband even though he
could have any woman he desires. A generous friend and
coworker. But Henry Hayden is a construction, a mask. His
past is a secret, his methods more so. No one besides him and
his wife know that she is the actual writer of the novels that
made him famous. For most of Henry's life, it hasn't been a
problem.But when his hidden-in-plain-sight mistress becomes
pregnant and his carefully constructed facade is about to
crumble, he tries to find a permanent solution, only to make a
terrible mistake. Now not only are the police after Henry, but
his past--which he has painstakingly kept hidden--threatens to
catch up with him as well. Henry is an ingenious man and he
works out an ingenious plan. He weaves lies, truths, and
half-truths into a story that might help him survive. But bit by bit
the noose still tightens.
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Purity : a novelby Jonathan Franzen
Publication Date: 9/1/2015
Young Pip Tyler doesn't know who she is. She knows that her
real name is Purity, that she's saddled with $130,000 in student
debt, that she's squatting with anarchists in Oakland, and that
her relationship with her mother-her only family-is hazardous.
But she doesn't have a clue who her father is, why her mother
chose to live as a recluse with an invented name, or how she'll
ever have a normal life.
Enter the Germans. A glancing encounter with a German
peace activist leads Pip to an internship in South America with
the Sunlight Project, an organization that traffics in all the
secrets of the world-including, Pip hopes, the secret of her
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origins. TSP is the brainchild of Andreas Wolf, a charismatic
provocateur who rose to fame in the chaos following the fall of
the Berlin Wall. Now on the lam in Bolivia, Andreas is drawn to
Pip for reasons she doesn't understand, and the intensity of her
response to him upends her conventional ideas of right and
wrong.
The Marriage of Oppositesby Alice Hoffman
Publication Date: 8/1/2015
Growing up on idyllic St. Thomas in the early 1800s, Rachel
dreams of life in faraway Paris. Rachel’s mother, a pillar of
their small refugee community of Jews who escaped the
Inquisition, has never forgiven her daughter for being a difficult
girl who refuses to live by the rules. Growing up, Rachel’s
salvation is their maid Adelle’s belief in her strengths, and her
deep, life-long friendship with Jestine, Adelle’s daughter. But
Rachel’s life is not her own. She is married off to a widower
with three children to save her father’s business. When her
husband dies suddenly and his handsome, much younger
nephew, Frédérick, arrives from France to settle the estate,
Rachel seizes her own life story, beginning a defiant,
passionate love affair that sparks a scandal that affects all of
her family, including her favorite son, who will become one of
the greatest artists of France.
Candy Corn Murderby Leslie Meier
Publication Date: 8/25/2015
Covering the town's annual Giant Pumpkin Fest during the
Halloween season, reporter Lucy Stone follows leads to a local
general store-turned-Internet hotspot when her husband, Bill, is
framed for a friend's murder.
The Murderer's Daughterby Jonathan Kellerman
Publication Date: 8/18/2015
Kellerman's latest is a stand-alone, but don't worry, Alex
Delaware fans; he makes a cameo appearance. Grace Blades
is a supremely cool and competent psychologist by day and a
thriller seeker by night who relieves the stress of her job and
some awful childhood memories by doing crazy things like
picking up men in bars. It's bad news when a one-night stand
appears at her office and subsequently ends up dead.
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Xby Sue Grafton
Publication Date: 8/25/2015
Sue Grafton's X: Perhaps her darkest and most chilling novel,
it features a remorseless serial killer who leaves no trace of his
crimes. Once again breaking the rules and establishing new
paths, Grafton wastes little time identifying this sociopath. The
test is whether Kinsey can prove her case against him before
she becomes his next victim.
Playing With Fireby Tess Gerritsen
Publication Date: 10/27/2015
In a shadowy antiques shop in Rome, Julia Ansdell happens
upon a curious piece of music—the Incendio waltz—and is
immediately entranced by its unusual composition. The
mournful minor key and complex feverish arpeggios appear to
dance with a strange life of their own. Back in Boston, when
Julia plays the notes for the first time, the music has a terrifying
and unexplainable effect on her young daughter, who seems
violently transformed. Determined to track down the music
score’s origins, Julia travels to Venice—and uncovers a dark
secret that not only dates back to the Second World War, but
also directly involves a dangerously powerful family who will
stop at nothing to keep Julia from bringing the truth to light.
Brush Back : Library Editionby Sara Paretsky
Publication Date: 7/28/2015
Reluctantly agreeing to help when an old boyfriend asks her to
exonerate his mother for the murder of his sister, V. I.
Warshawski is forced to confront ugly politics and violent
elements in her hometown.
Devil's bridge : a novelby Linda A. Fairstein
Publication Date: 8/11/2015
Investigating the disappearance of Alex Cooper, NYPD
detective Mike Chapman looks into a recent security breach
and Coop's numerous enemies while evaluating the
vulnerabilities of their newly intimate relationship.
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Darkness on His Bonesby Barbara Hambly
Publication Date: 10/1/2015
When James Asher is found unconscious in the cemetery of the
Church of St. Clare Pieds-Nus with multiple puncture-wounds in
his throat and arms, his wife, Lydia, knows of only one person
to call: the vampire Don Simon Ysidro. Old friend and old
adversary, he is the only one who can help Lydia protect her
unconscious, fevered husband from the vampires of Paris.
Why James has been attacked – and why he was called to
Paris in the first place – Lydia has no idea. But she knows that
she must find out, and quickly. For with James wavering
between life and death, and war descending on the world, their
slim chance of saving themselves from the vampires grows
slimmer with each passing day
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