New Castle County Staff Picks - July 2024

Updated June 26, 2024
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Sleeping giants : a novel
Denfeld, Rene
Paper Book
"Rene Denfeld reminds us that storytelling remains one of the most powerful means we have of confronting our darkest human impulses, and sometimes overcoming them."--Washington Post From the bestselling author of The Child Finder and The Enchanted, a compelling and poignant...
I hope this finds you well : a novel
Sue, Natalie
Paper Book
INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER * Recommended by the New York Times Book Review, Today show, People, Elle, Good Housekeeping, Parade, Harper's Bazaar, and more! "Fans of The Office will delight." -- SHELBY VAN PELT * "Wickedly funny." -- PEOPLE * "I could not put it down." --...
Love at first book
McKinlay, Jenn
Paper Book
When a librarian moves to a quaint Irish village where her favorite novelist lives, the last thing she expects is to fall for the author's prickly son... until their story becomes one for the books, from the New York Times bestselling author of Summer Reading. Emily...
When among crows
Roth, Veronica
Paper Book
An instant USA Today bestseller! A Goodreads Best Fantasy Choice Award Nominee! When Among Crows is swift and striking, drawing from the deep well of Slavic folklore and asking if redemption and atonement can be found in embracing what we...
Lovers and liars : a novel
Ward, Amanda Eyre
Paper Book
NATIONAL BESTSELLER * Three wildly different sisters reunite for a destination wedding at an English castle in this heartfelt and rollicking novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The Jetsetters. "The sort of novel that simultaneously tempts you to...
Women of good fortune : a novel
Wan, Sophie
Paper Book
A reluctant bride and her two best friends plot to steal all the gift money from her glitzy high-society wedding in this dazzling, heartfelt, funny novel for fans of Crazy Rich Asians "A glittering debut. Delightful." --Carley Fortune, #1 New York Times ...
The glassmaker
Chevalier, Tracy
Paper Book
The age of magical overthinking : notes on modern irrationality
Montell, Amanda
Paper Book
INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A BookPage Best Nonfiction Book of 2024 From the bestselling author of Cultish and host of the podcast Sounds Like a Cult, a delicious blend of cultural criticism and personal narrative that explores...
The editor : how publishing legend Judith Jones shaped culture in America
Franklin, Sara B.
Paper Book
An Economist Best Book of 2024 Legendary editor Judith Jones, the woman behind some of the most important authors of the 20th century--including Julia Child, Anne Frank, Edna Lewis, John Updike, and Sylvia Plath--finally gets her due in this "surprising, granular, luminous,...
ADHD is awesome : a guide to (mostly) thriving with ADHD
Holderness, Penn
Paper Book
AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER -- MORE THAN 100,000 COPIES SOLD! The engaging, uplifting antidote to traditional ADHD books (which, let's be...
Murder road
St. James, Simone
Paper Book
April and Eddie have taken a wrong turn. They're on a long dark road, late at night, and they see a woman up ahead, clearly in trouble. They stop and pick her up. It's only once she's in the car that they see the blood. And then they see the headlights - far in...

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