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Weston Public Library Upcoming Book News - May 20, 2022
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May 20, 2022
From: Weston Public LibraryKick off your summer reading with some great books coming out in June! These titles are in our catalog and ready to be added to your hold list!
Looking for ebooks? New titles are not added to digital platforms until their publication date. Check the "Just Added" section of Overdrive or the Libby app to see what's new each week.
Woman of Light
By Fajardo-Anstine, Kali
2022-06 - One World
9780525511328
A dazzling epic of betrayal, love, and fate that spans five generations of an Indigenous Chicano family in the American West, from the author of the National Book Award finalist Sabrina & Corina "Sometimes you just step into a book and let it wash over you, like you're swimming under a big, sparkling night sky."--Celeste Ng, author of Little Fires Everywhere and …More
Tracy Flick Can't Win
By Perrotta, Tom
2022-06 - Scribner Book Company
9781501144066
Tracy Flick is back and, once again, the iconic protagonist of Tom Perrotta's Election--and Reese Witherspoon's character from the classic movie adaptation--is determined to take high school politics by storm. Tracy Flick is a hardworking assistant principal at a public high school in suburban New Jersey. Still ambitious but feeling a little stuck and underappreciated in midlife, …More
Out of the Clear Blue Sky
By Higgins, Kristan
2022-06 - Berkley Books
9780593335321
From New York Times bestselling author Kristan Higgins comes a funny and surprising new novel about losing it all--and getting back more than you ever expected. Lillie Silva knew life as an empty nester would be hard after her only child left for college, but when her husband abruptly dumps her for another woman just as her son leaves, her world comes crashing down. Besides the …More
It All Comes Down to This
By Fowler, Therese Anne
2022-06 - St. Martin's Press
9781250278074
Indie Next Pick
A smart and lively novel. --Jess Walter, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Beautiful Ruins
Austenesque...this goes down as easily as an Aperol spritz. --Publishers Weekly
Meet the Geller sisters: Beck, Claire, and Sophie, a trio of strong-minded women whose pragmatic, widowed mother, Marti, will be dying …More
Nightcrawling
By Mottley, Leila
2022-06 - Knopf Publishing Group
9780593318935
A dazzling novel about a young Black woman who walks the streets of Oakland and stumbles headlong into the failure of its justice system--the debut of a blazingly original voice that "bursts at the seams of every page and swallows you whole" (Tommy Orange, best-selling author of There There) Kiara and her brother, Marcus, are scraping by in an East Oakland apartment …More
Iona Iverson's Rules for Commuting
By Pooley, Clare
2022-06 - Pamela Dorman Books
9781984878649
Nobody ever talks to strangers on the train. It's a rule. But what would happen if they did?
From the New York Times bestselling author of The Authenticity Project comes an escapist read that will transport you, cheer you, and make you smile--and make you, too, wish you had Iona's gift for bringing out the best in everyone. "A …More
Last Call at the Nightingale
By Schellman, Katharine
2022-06 - Minotaur Books
9781250831828
First in a captivating Jazz age mystery series from author Katharine Schellman, Last Call at the Nightingale beckons readers into a darkly glamorous speakeasy where music, liquor, and secrets flow.
Schellman is at the top of her craft and delivers a murder mystery with clever twists and turns and memorable personalities.--Denny S. Bryce, Bestselling Author of Wild Women …More
Counterfeit
By Chen, Kirstin
2022-06 - William Morrow & Company
9780063119543
Chen keeps readers on the edge of their seats as she weaves an addictive tale about the high/low world of counterfeit luxury handbags . . . A glittering, provocative read. -- JANICE Y.K. LEE, New York Times bestselling author of The Expatriates
Sly and thoroughly compelling . . . Chen's ingenious plot will keep you breathless to the last page. --
Mother Ocean Father Nation
By Batsha, Nishant
2022-06 - Ecco Press
9780063211780
A riveting, tender debut novel, following a brother and sister whose paths diverge--one forced to leave, one left behind--in the wake of a nationalist coup in the South Pacific
On a small Pacific island, a brother and sister tune in to a breaking news radio bulletin. It is 1985, and an Indian grocer has just been attacked by nativists aligned with the recent military …More
Under the Skin: Racism, Inequality, and the Health of a Nation
By Villarosa, Linda
2022-06 - Doubleday Books
9780385544887
From an award-winning writer at the New York Times Magazine and a contributor to the 1619 Project comes a landmark book that tells the full story of racial health disparities in America, revealing the toll racism takes on individuals and the health of our nation. In 2018, Linda Villarosa's New York Times Magazine article on maternal and …More
The Hotel Nantucket
By Hilderbrand, Elin
2022-06 - Little Brown and Company
9780316258678
"The queen of beach reads" (New York Magazine) delivers an immensely satisfying page-turner in this tale about a summer of scandal at a storied Nantucket hotel. Fresh off a bad breakup with a longtime boyfriend, Nantucket sweetheart Lizbet Keaton is desperately seeking a second act. When she's named the new general manager of the Hotel Nantucket, a once Gilded Age gem turned …More
Horse
By Brooks, Geraldine
2022-06 - Viking
9780399562969
A discarded painting in a junk pile, a skeleton in an attic, and the greatest racehorse in American history: from these strands, a Pulitzer Prize winner braids a sweeping story of spirit, obsession, and injustice across American history Kentucky, 1850. An enslaved groom named Jarret and a bay foal forge a bond of understanding that will carry the horse to record-setting …More
Flying Solo
By Holmes, Linda
2022-06 - Ballantine Books
9780525619277
A woman returns to her small Maine hometown, uncovering family secrets that take her on a journey of self-discovery and new love, in this warm and charming novel from the New York Times bestselling author of Evvie Drake Starts Over.
"Moving and tender . . . A perfect book for anyone who feels a little separate from the flock."--Rebecca Serle, New …More
Last Summer on State Street
By Wolfe, Toya
2022-06 - William Morrow & Company
9780063209749
For fans of Jacqueline Woodson and Brit Bennett, a striking coming-of-age debut about friendship, community, and resilience, set in the housing projects of Chicago during one life-changing summer.
Toya Wolfe is a storyteller of the highest order. Last Summer on State Street is a stunning debut.--Rebecca Makkai, New York Times bestselling author
My Name Is Yip
By Crewe, Paddy
2022-06 - Overlook Press
9781419762291
A bold, revisionist take on the Western novel set in the Georgia gold rush, for readers of Charles Portis and Cormac McCarthy, by a powerful debut novelist with an original voice It's 1815 in the small town of Heron's Creek, Georgia, when Yip Tolroy--mute, medical anomaly, and social outcast--is born. His father has disappeared under mysterious circumstances, so he is raised by his …More
Aurora
By Koepp, David
2022-06 - Harper
9780062916471
SOON TO BE A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE FROM NETFLIX AND ACADEMY AWARD-WINNING DIRECTOR KATHRYN BIGELOW
"Fantastic story, a real page-turner. Impossible to put down. - Stephen King
From the author of Cold Storage comes a riveting, eerily plausible thriller, told with the menace and flair of Under the Dome or Project Hail …More
Cult Classic
By Crosley, Sloane
2022-06 - MCD
9780374603397
Hilariously insightful and delightfully suspenseful, Cult Classic is an original: a masterfully crafted tale of love, memory, morality, and mind control, as well as a fresh foray into the philosophy of romance.
MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK of 2022 by Glamour, W, Nylon, Fortune, Lit Hub, The Millions, and more! One night in New York City's Chinatown, …More
Lapvona
By Moshfegh, Ottessa
2022-06 - Penguin Press
9780593300268
NAMED A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF 2022 BY The Millions, Harper's Bazaar, New York Magazine, LitHub, AV Club, and more In a village in a medieval fiefdom buffeted by natural disasters, a motherless shepherd boy finds himself the unlikely pivot of a power struggle that puts all manner of faith to a savage test, in a spellbinding novel that represents Ottessa Moshfegh's most exciting …More
More Than You'll Ever Know
By Gutierrez, Katie
2022-06 - William Morrow & Company
9780063118454
Masterful . . . Elegance, darkness, even fear are deftly intertwined . . . A wonderful read. -- LUIS ALBERTO URREA, Pulitzer Prize finalist and bestselling author of The House of Broken Angels
A seductive, urgent tale about desire, family, the pursuit of truth, and the art of storytelling, More Than You'll Ever Know will astonish readers with its …More
The Woman in the Library
By Gentill, Sulari
2022-06 - Poisoned Pen Press
9781728261942
In every person's story, there is something to hide...
The ornate reading room at the Boston Public Library is quiet, until the tranquility is shattered by a woman's terrified scream. Security guards take charge immediately, instructing everyone inside to stay put until the threat is identified and contained. While they wait for the all-clear, four strangers, who'd
The House Across the Lake
By Sager, Riley
2022-06 - Dutton Books
9780593183199
The New York Times bestselling author of Final Girls and Survive the Night ("a master of the twist and the turn"*) is back with his most unexpected thriller yet.
*Rolling Stone
Be careful what you watch for . . .
Casey Fletcher, a recently widowed actress trying to escape a streak of bad press, has retreated to the peace …More
The Omega Factor
By Berry, Steve
2022-06 - Grand Central Publishing
9781538720943
The Ghent Altarpiece is the most violated work of art in the world. Thirteen times it has been vandalized, dismantled, or stolen. Why? What secrets does it hold? Enter UNESCO investigator, Nicholas Lee, who works for the United Nations' Cultural Liaison and Investigative Office (CLIO). Nick's job is to protect the world's cultural artifacts--anything and everything from …More
Rogues: True Stories of Grifters, Killers, Rebels and Crooks
By Keefe, Patrick Radden
2022-06 - Doubleday Books
9780385548519
From the prize-winning, New York Times bestselling author of Empire of Pain and Say Nothing--and one of the most decorated journalists of our time--twelve enthralling stories of skulduggery and intrigue "I read everything he writes. Every time he writes a book, I read it. Every time he writes an article, I read it ... he's a national treasure." --Rachel …More
The Scent of Burnt Flowers
By Bazawule, Blitz
2022-06 - Ballantine Books
9780593496237
Fleeing persecution in 1960s America, a Black couple seeks asylum in Ghana, but fresh dangers and old secrets threaten their newfound freedom in this hypnotic debut novel. "I am truly blown away by this novel."--Jacqueline Woodson, New York Times bestselling author of Red at the Bone When the windshield of his Chevy Impala shatters in a dark diner parking lot in …More
The Lies I Tell
By Clark, Julie
2022-06 - Sourcebooks Landmark
9781728247595
Julie Clark has done it again...taking you straight into the collision course of two dynamic, complicated women. --Laura Dave, #1 New York Times bestselling author
The new thriller from the New York Times bestselling author of The Last Flight!
She's back.
Meg Williams. Maggie Littleton. Melody Wilde.
On Rotation
By Obuobi, Shirlene
2022-06 - Avon Books
9780063209145
ONE OF TEEN VOGUE'S 25 BOOKS BY BLACK AUTHORS THEY CAN'T WAIT TO READ THIS YEAR
ONE OF BETCHES' 22 BOOKS YOU NEED TO READ THIS YEAR
As a fan of Grey's Anatomy (and Chicago Med!), I couldn't put down On Rotation, and you won't be able to, either. Shirlene Obuobi makes you feel as if you're actually right there with …More
Wastelands: The True Story of Farm Country on Trial
By Addison, Corban
Foreword by Grisham, John
2022-06 - Knopf Publishing Group
9780593320822
Beautifully written, impeccably researched, and told with the air of suspense that few writers can handle, Wastelands is a story I wish I had written. --From the Foreword by John Grisham The once idyllic coastal plain of North Carolina is home to a close-knit, rural community that for more than a generation has battled the polluting practices of large-scale farming taking …More