By Sarah Dunn
Recommended By Evelyn Hershkowitz, Readers' Services Librarian

A progressive New York couple with an autistic son move to a bucolic Hudson Valley exurb and immerse themselves in the local community only to have their bond tested by an invitation to become and open-marriage couple.

By Lawrence Osborne

Taking in a stranger who is suffering from exposure during a white-hot summer on the Greek island of Hydra, the daughter of a wealthy art collector and her friend, an American vacationer, discover the man's story before their act of altruism takes a dangerous turn that exposes their true loyalties.

By Meg Medina
Recommended By Amy B., Children's Librarian
With Meghan Fangmann, Librarian, Pam Strudler, Librarian

Tuesday, August 7, 2018. 7:30 PM

Enduring the infamous New York summer of 1977 in the wake of arson fires, a massive blackout and the Son of Sam serial killings, 17-year-old Nora Lopez navigates the additional stresses of her family's limited finances, her father's absence and her brother's growing violence.

By David Mitchell
Recommended By Meghan F., Children's Services Librarian

Recounts the connected stories of people from the past and the distant future, from a nineteenth-century notary and an investigative journalist in the 1970s to a young man who searches for meaning in a post-apocalyptic world.

By Charlaine Harris
Series Sookie Stackhouse/Southern Vampires Novels
Recommended By Megan Kass, Systems Manager

After witnessing the firebombing of the bar where she works, clairvoyant Sookie Stackhouse has her attention diverted when she realizes her vampire lover, Eric Northman, and his "child," Pam, are plotting to kill the vampire who is now their master.

By Erik Larson
Recommended By Stacey Mencher, Technology and Applications Manager

Bringing Chicago circa 1893 to vivid life, the book intertwines the true tale of two men - the brilliant architect behind the legendary 1893 World's Fair, striving to secure America’s place in the world; and the cunning serial killer who used the fair to lure his victims to their death.

By Danielle Steel
Recommended By Marie McLaughlin, Head of Circulation

A tale set in early 19th-century England, Paris and New York follows the endeavors of a noble orphan who, after being thrown out of her ancestral home by a vicious half-sibling, makes her way to Paris, where she takes in abused streetwalkers and transforms them into upper-crust courtesans in an exclusive bordello.

By Amy Schumer
Recommended By Lisa H., Readers' Services Librarian

An uproarious collection of no-holds-barred personal essays by the Emmy Award-winning comedian reflects on her raucous childhood antics, her hard-won rise in the entertainment industry and her struggles to maintain the courage to approach the world in unstintingly honest ways.

By Andre Gide
Recommended By Ralph Guiteau, Readers' Services Librarian

Gide's protagonist is the frail, scholarly Michel, who, shortly after his wedding, nearly dies of tuberculosis. He recovers only through the ministrations of his wife, Marceline, and his sudden, ruthless determination to live a life unencumbered by God or values. What ensues is a wild fight into the realm of senses that culminates in a remote outpost in the Sahara--where Michel's hunger for new experiences at any cost bears lethal consequences.

By Alex Johnson
Recommended By Clare Badke, Principal Account Clerk

How do you use your local library? Does it arrive at your door on the back of an elephant? Can it float down the river to you? Or does it occupy a phone booth by the side of the road? Public libraries are a cornerstone of modern civilization, yet like the books in them, libraries face an uncertain future in an increasingly digital world. Undaunted, librarians around the globe are thinking up astonishing ways of reaching those in reading need, whether by bike in Chicago, boat in Laos, or donkey in Colombia. Improbable Libraries showcases a wide range of unforgettable, never-before-seen images and interviews with librarians who are overcoming geographic, economic, and political difficulties to bring the written word to an eager audience. Alex Johnson charts the changing face of library architecture, as temporary pop-ups rub shoulders with monumental brick-and-mortar structures, and many libraries expand their mission to function as true community centers. To take just one example: the open-air Garden Library in Tel Aviv, located in a park near the city’s main bus station, supports asylum seekers and migrant workers with a stock of 3,500 volumes in sixteen different languages. Beautifully illustrated with two hundred and fifty color photographs, Improbable Libraries offers a breathtaking tour of the places that bring us together and provide education, entertainment, culture, and so much more. From the rise of the egalitarian Little Free Library movement to the growth in luxury hotel libraries, the communal book revolution means you’ll never be far from the perfect next read.

By Anthony Horowitz
Recommended By Audrey Honigman, Library Clerk

When she realizes that the final chapter of mystery writer Alan Conway's latest manuscript is missing and Alan later turns up dead, editor Susan Ryeland follows clues buried in the text to investigate the author's suspicious death.

By Alan Brennert
Recommended By Amy B., Children's Librarian

Sharing a family life in the 1930s near the legendary Palisades Amusement Park, a family of dreamers explores ambitions and cultural boundaries that are challenged by the realities of the Great Depression, multiple wars, and the park's eventual closing in 1971.

By J. Courtney Sullivan
Recommended By Jackie, Head of Readers' Services, Evelyn Hershkowitz, Readers' Services Librarian

Moving from Ireland to America upon coming of age, a shy and responsible older sister and a gregarious young sister who thrives in their new Boston home endure the long-term repercussions of a fateful decision when the younger sister becomes pregnant.

By Ruta Sepetys
Recommended By Meghan F., Children's Services Librarian

As World War II draws to a close, refugees try to escape the war's final dangers, only to find themselves aboard a ship with a target on its hull.

By Anthony Beevor
Recommended By Ralph Guiteau, Readers' Services Librarian

Presents a single-volume history of the world's largest conflict, from Manchuria in 1939 to the Soviet invasion of northern China six years later, describing the human drama of soldiers, civilians, and political leaders.

By Glenn Meade
Recommended By John Shea, Library Page

After believing she lost her Iraq War veteran husband and her two children in a plane crash eight years ago, Kathy Kelly learns that they may still be alive and that her husband may have been carrying a shadowy, powerful secret.

By Fiona Barton
Recommended By Lisa H., Readers' Services Librarian, Rosemarie Germaine, Senior Library Clerk, Betty Petreshock, Reference Librarian

After Jean’s husband dies, the community wants to know the real truth about the crime he was suspected of – but Jean has secrets of her own.

By Tom Ryan
Recommended By Lisa C., Library Clerk

Traces the author's adoption of a traumatized, hearing-impaired elderly dog who throughout his remaining years transformed from a hostile and violent canine to a happy, puppy-like companion.

By Max Brooks
Recommended By Stacey Mencher, Technology and Applications Manager
With Jackie Ranaldo, Head of Readers' Services

Monday, October 29. 7 PM.

Max Brooks, son of actor Mel Brooks, chronicles the ficticious "zombie wars" that nearly decimated the human population, with first–hand accounts from people who have had a brush with the undead and facts and figures documenting how many undead currently roam the planet.