By Bill Bryson
Recommended By Pam Martin, Assistant Library Director

“With his signature wit, charm, and seemingly limitless knowledge, Bill Bryson takes us on a room-by-room tour through his own house, using each room as a jumping off point into the vast history of the domestic artifacts we take for granted … (From the Publisher).”

By Deborah Harkness
Recommended By Evelyn Hershkowitz, Readers' Services Librarian, Arlene Silverman, Library Clerk

Scholar Diana Bishop mistakenly requests a bewitched manuscript for her research. She belongs to a family of witches––but because she's avoiding using her powers in favor of scientific pursuits, she sends the manuscript back into storage. What she doesn't realize is, she's already started down a path toward a life she wants to avoid.

By Stefan Fatsis
Recommended By Barney Levantino, Reference Librarian

“…Fatsis with wry candor and hard-won empathy unveils the mind of the modern pro athlete and the workings of a storied sports franchise as no writer has before (From the Publisher).”

By Jim Butcher
Series The Dresden Files
Recommended By Megan Kass, Systems Manager, Ralph Guiteau, Readers' Services Librarian, Nathalie Levin, Children's Services Librarian

You’d think there’d be a little more action for the only professional wizard listed in the Chicago phone book. But lately, Harry Dresden hasn’t been able to dredge up any kind of work: magical, mundane, or menial. Just when it looks like he can’t afford his next meal, a murder comes along that requires his particular brand of supernatural expertise. There’s a brutally mutilated corpse, and monstrous animal markings at the scene. Not to mention that the killing took place on the night of a full moon. Harry knows exactly where this case is headed. Take three guesses—and the first two don’t count...

By Kate Morton
Recommended By Brenda Cherry, Reference Librarian, Jackie, Head of Readers' Services

Abandoned on a 1913 voyage to Australia, Nell is raised by a dock master and his wife who do not tell her until she is an adult that she is not their child, leading Nell to return to England and eventually hand down her quest for answers to her granddaughter.

By Mark Mustian

Seen by those around him as a virtually senile nonagenarian, Emmet Conn is haunted by vivid memories of a past he and others deliberately worked to forget, a situation that compels him to seek out the love of his life to beg her forgiveness.

By Jean Kwok
Recommended By Evelyn Hershkowitz, Readers' Services Librarian, Rosemarie Germaine, Senior Library Clerk

A resolute yet naïve Chinese girl confronts poverty and culture shock with equal zeal when she and her mother immigrate to Brooklyn.

By Walter Mosley
Series Leonid McGill Mysteries
Recommended By Ed Goldberg, Head of Reference

“Bestseller Mosley scores a clean knockout in his excellent second mystery featuring New York City PI Leonid McGill…. (Publishers Weekly).”

By David Kushner
Recommended By Amy B., Children's Librarian

“… Levittown is a story of hope and fear, invention and rebellion, and the power that comes when ordinary people take an extraordinary stand… (From the Publisher).”

By Scarlett Thomas
Recommended By Jessikah Chautin, Community Engagement Specialist

“… Smart, entrancing, and boiling over with Thomas’s trademark big ideas, Our Tragic Universe is a book about how relationships are created and destroyed, how we can rewrite our futures (if not our histories), and how stories just might save our lives (From the Publisher).”

By Stephen Frey
Recommended By John Shea, Library Page

" ...With The Power Broker, bestselling author Stephen Frey unleashes an ever-accelerating thriller that breaks the suspense barrier - and never stops (From the Publisher)."

By John Le Carré
Recommended By Barry Ernst, Reference Librarian

“… A magnificent story of love, betrayal, and courage, The Russia House catches history in the act. For as the Iron Curtain begins to rust and crumble, Blair is left to sound a battle cry that may fall on deaf ears (From the Publisher).”

By Lawrence Hill
Recommended By Rosemarie Germaine, Senior Library Clerk, Jackie, Head of Readers' Services, Audrey Honigman, Library Clerk

Dreaming of escaping her life of slavery in South Carolina and returning to her African home, slave Aminata Diallo is thrown into the chaos of the Revolutionary War, during which she helps create a list of black people who have been honored for their service to the king.

By Lauren Hillenbrand
Recommended By Rosemarie Germaine, Senior Library Clerk, Jean Buchholtz, Library Clerk
With Ralph Guiteau, Readers' Services Librarian

Tuesday, October 16.  7:30 PM.

On a May afternoon in 1943, an Army Air Forces bomber crashes into the Pacific and Lt. Louis Zamperini survives. Captured by the Japanese and driven to the limits of endurance, he would answer desperation with ingenuity; suffering with hope, resolve, and humor.

By Peter Pezzelli
Recommended By Lisa C., Library Clerk

“In his acclaimed novels of Italian-American life, Pezzelli explores themes of friendship, hope, and second chances. With Villa Mirabella, he invites readers into the lives of an unforgettable family - and into the warmth of one very special bed and breakfast... (From the Publisher).”

By Jennifer Egan
Recommended By Sonia Grgas, Reference Librarian

Bennie Salazar, an aging former punk rocker and record executive, and Sasha, the passionate, troubled young woman he employs confront their pasts in this powerful story about how rebellion ages, influence corrupts, habits turn to addictions, lifelong friendships fluctuate and turn, and how art and music have the power to redeem.