By Donna Leon
Series Guido Brunetti Mysteries
Recommended By Jean Buchholtz, Library Clerk

“With her 18th stellar entry in the Commissario Guido Brunetti series, Leon continues to live up to the increasingly high standards set by each novel. Her latest brings the Venetian policeman into intertwining cases involving dangerous environmental hazards: mounting trash heaps, air & water pollution (Library Journal Review).”

By Jean Hanff Korelitz
Recommended By Evelyn Hershkowitz, Readers' Services Librarian

“Admission is at once a fascinating look at the complex college admissions process and an emotional examination of what happens when the secrets of the past return and shake a woman's life to its core (From the Publisher).”

Became the movie: Admission.

By Jacqueline Winspear
Series Maisie Dobbs Novels
Recommended By Rosemarie Germaine, Senior Library Clerk

“…An intriguing psychological mystery about the damage war inflicts on a person's soul, as well as a thought-provoking look at the lengths to which the hopeless and mentally unstable might go to be heard (Library Journal Review).”

By Ann Patchett

When terrorists seize hostages at an embassy party, an unlikely assortment of people are thrown together, including American opera star Roxanne Coss, and Mr. Hosokawa, a Japanese CEO and her biggest fan.

By Christian Moerk
Recommended By Sue Ann R., Head of Children's Services

“A modern gothic novel of suspense that reveals, through their diaries, the story of sisters who fall in love with a beguiling stranger and of the town that turns a blind eye to his murderous ways (From the Publisher).”

By James Dickey
Recommended By Ralph Guiteau, Readers' Services Librarian

“A novel that will curl your toes... Dickey's canoe rides to the limits of dramatic tension (New York Times Book Review).”

By Spencer Quinn
Series Chet and Bernie Mysteries
Recommended By Ed Goldberg, Head of Reference

“At last, a dog lover's mystery that portrays dogs as they really are… Quinn's characters are endearing, and his narrative is intriguing, fast-moving, and well written (Library Journal Review).”

By David Baldacci
Series Sean King and Michelle Maxwell Novels
Recommended By John Shea, Library Page

“Sean King and Michelle Maxwell, back from their harrowing and near-fatal adventure in the bestseller Simple Genius, return in a mesmerizing new thriller (From the Publisher).”

By Krystyna Chiger
Recommended By Jackie, Head of Readers' Services

“Chiger's exceptional story of a small Jewish girl stands out among the many Holocaust survival narratives as one that will touch the hearts of teens and adults alike and bring home the horrors of this very dark period in history (School Library Journal Review).”

By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Recommended By Josephine Amoia, Children's Librarian
With Jean Simpson, Readers' Services Librarian

Tuesday, September 26, 2017. 1:30 PM.

A classic novel portrays the Jazz Age and all its decadence and excess as it follows the life of Jay Gatsby, a newly rich man obsessed with money, power, and glamour.

Became the movie: The Great Gatsby.

By Ralph Keyes

“Keyes distinguishes this work from other slang and idiom resources by explaining retro terms, that is, words and phrases that have been used for so long that people repeat them without knowing their origin or understanding their precise meaning (Library Journal Review).”

By Immaculée Ilibagiza
Recommended By Sonia Grgas, Reference Librarian

Presents the true story of a woman who endures the murder of her family as a result of genocide in Rwanda and turns to prayer for strength, love, and forgiveness.

By Lisa Jackson
Series New Orleans Romantic Suspense Stories
Recommended By Arlene Silverman, Library Clerk

“A vengeful ex-wife appears to have returned from the dead to stalk her ex-husband in this gripping thriller from bestseller Jackson (Publishers Weekly Review).”

By Marion Zimmer Bradley
Recommended By Jessikah Chautin, Community Engagement Specialist

“Here is the magical legend of King Arthur, vividly retold through the eyes and lives of the women who wielded power from behind the throne. A spellbinding novel… (From the Publisher).”

By Donna Woolfolk Cross
Recommended By Pam Martin, Assistant Library Director

“Cross's first novel, based on the life of the controversial historical figure Pope Joan, is a fascinating and moving account of a woman's determination to learn despite the opposition of family and society (Library Journal Review).”

By Robert Goolrick
Recommended By Pam Strudler, Programming & Arts Librarian

“Robert Goolrick's intoxicating debut novel delivers a classic tale of suspenseful seduction, set in a world that seems to have gone temporarily off its axis (From the Publisher).”

By Augusten Burroughs
Recommended By Amy B., Children's Librarian, Evelyn Hershkowitz, Readers' Services Librarian

Burroughs describes an alcoholic father and an unstable mother who gives him up for adoption to her therapist, and an adolescence spent as part of the therapist's eccentric extended family, gobbling prescription meds and fooling around with both an old electroshock machine and a pedophile who lives in a shed out back.

Became the movie: Running With Scissors.

By Ryan White
Recommended By Kalpana Mehta, Reference Librarian

“In a natural, often heart-tugging style, White describes his small-city Indiana background, his early health problems, the effects of the AIDS diagnosis when he was 13, and his legal battle to be readmitted to school (School Library Journal Review).”

By Mike Doogan
Series Nik Kane Alaska Mysteries
Recommended By Brenda Cherry, Reference Librarian

“Wounded during an investigation and still grieving the loss of his son, Anchorage private detective Nik Kane returns to his first big case, one that he's never been able to close (From the Publisher).”

By Olen Steinhauer
Recommended By Audrey Honigman, Library Clerk

“Steinhauer tackles an intricate story of betrayal and manipulation, loyalty and risk in an utterly compelling novel that is both thoroughly modern and yet also reminiscent of the espionage genre’s luminaries (From the Publisher).”

By Adriana Trigiani
Series Valentine Trilogy
Recommended By Ann Competello, Library Clerk

“Very Valentine is a sumptuous treat, a journey of dreams fulfilled, a celebration of love and loss filled with Trigiani's trademark heart and humor (From the Publisher).”

By Laura Resnick
Recommended By Megan Kass, Systems Manager

“Resnick brings to life the excitement and adventure of this magical land in its epic struggle to find its true leaders, heal ancient wounds, and chart a path out of chaos to a new day of peace (From the Publisher).”