New Castle County Staff Picks - July 2026

Updated July 13, 2026
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Fire Sword and Sea
Riley, Vanessa
Paper Book
"In her latest, Riley provides a fresh take on high seas adventure through the eyes of the courageous, swashbuckling, based-on-a-real-life female pirate Jacquotte Delahaye. The research Riley has done on this 1600s saga is truly remarkable, second only to her depictions of the lush Caribbean...
The three lives of Cate Kay
Fagan, Kate
Paper Book
REESE'S BOOK CLUB PICK | NATIONAL BESTSELLER Named a Best Book of 2025 by Time, NPR, Goodreads, and others. "[A] propulsive puzzle of a novel." --The New York Times Book Review "This story swept me away with its big...
Enormous wings : a novel
Frankel, Laurie
Paper Book
From the beloved New York Times bestselling author Laurie Frankel, an exuberant and timely new novel At seventy-seven, Pepper Mills is too old to be a stranger in a strange land. She didn't choose the Vista View Retirement Community of Austin, Texas--that would be...
A grim reaper's guide to cheating death
Dara, Maxie
Paper Book
A LIBRARY READS PICK! When a determined killer targets her brother, a grim reaper risks everything to save him in this delightful cozy mystery. Nora Bird works for S.C.Y.T.H.E., which might seem odd for someone as terrified of death as she is. But ever since her...
The savage, noble death of Babs Dionne
Currie, Ron, Jr.
Paper Book
A USA Today Bestseller! Named a Best Book of the Year by Vulture, BookPage, Publishers Weekly, and Real Simple * A WSJ Best Mystery Book of 2025 * A 2025 NPR Book We Love "Terrific in-your-face crime story, featuring the unlikeliest...
The land and its people
Sedaris, David
Paper Book
AN INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER In this new collection, David Sedaris reflects on what it means to be a foreigner, a brother, a lifelong friend, in essays that are "among the best of his career" (Publishers Weekly, starred review)...
The last days of Marilyn Monroe : a true crime thriller
Patterson, James
Paper Book
From the world's #1 bestselling author, The Last Days of Marilyn Monroe is a true crime thriller about a woman who changed Hollywood history, and whose indelible image captures our imagination to this day. "Electrifying ... A spellbinding new...
London Falling: A Mysterious Death in a Gilded City and a Family's Search for Truth
Keefe, Patrick Radden
Paper Book
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * From the bestselling, prizewinning author of Say Nothing and Empire of Pain, a spellbinding account of a family devastated by the sudden death of their nineteen-year-old son, only to discover that he had created a secret life which...

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