New Castle County Staff Picks - November 2024

Updated October 29, 2024
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Clean : a novel
Trabucco Zerán, Alia
Paper Book
INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER! FEATURED ON NPR FRESH AIR, NPR WEEKEND EDITION, CBS MORNINGS, AND NBC THE TODAY SHOW "A brilliant literary thriller." - NBC The Today Show "A masterclass in suspense ... Extraordinary...
DallerGut Dream Department Store : the dream you ordered is sold out
Lee, Miye
Paper Book
|| THE NO.1 KOREAN BESTSELLER WITH OVER A MILLION COPIES SOLD || 'These days I'm reading a book called DallerGut Dream Department Store and when they talk about the dream department store I can see it in my head. I imagine I'm shopping there as I read.'...
The Ghost Cat
Howard, Alex
Paper Book
**NATIONAL BESTSELLER** A charming novel for fans of Before the Coffee Gets Cold and How to Stop Time, following a cat through his nine lives in Edinburgh, moving through the ever-changing city and meeting its inhabitants over centuries ...
Exposure
Emerson, Ramona
Paper Book
In the follow-up to the National Book Award-longlisted Shutter, Navajo forensic photographer Rita Todacheene grapples with a fanatical serial killer-and the ghosts he leaves behind. A dual-voice cat-and-mouse thriller, told from the points of view of a killer who has created...
See: loss. see also: love : a novel
Tominaga, Yukiko
Paper Book
* A Martin Cruz Smith Award for Emerging Diverse Voices Finalist in the CALIBA 2024 Golden Poppy Book Awards * "This debut novel breaks all the rules...capturing loss in all its belligerent rage and raw humor." --Oprah Daily * "Full of heart." --PureWow * A...
The museum of failures : a novel
Umrigar, Thrity N.
Paper Book
From the bestselling author of The Space Between Us comes a powerful story about family secrets, a mother's power, and the importance of forgiveness. When Remy Wadia left India for the United States, he carried his resentment of his cold and inscrutable...
The lost dresses of Italy : a novel
McLaughlin, M. A.
Paper Book
Verona, 1947. Textile historian Marianne Baxter comes to post-war Italy with one thing on her mind: three pristine Victorian dresses, once owned by the famous poet Christina Rossetti. Hidden away in a trunk for nearly a century, they were recently discovered at the Fondazione Museo Menigatti and...
Home is where the bodies are
Rose, Jeneva
Paper Book
A New York Times and USA Today bestseller From New York Times bestselling author of The Perfect Marriage and You Shouldn't Have Come Here comes a chilling family thriller about the (sometimes literal) skeletons in the closet. After their mother passes, three estranged siblings...
Clear : a novel
Davies, Carys
Paper Book
"Tender, riveting, and inventive is Clear, the newest offering and masterpiece from the brilliant Carys Davies. It will take your breath away...What a thrill." --Sarah Jessica Parker A New York Times Book Review Top 10 Historical Fiction Book of 2024 A...
The book-makers : a history of the book in eighteen remarkable lives
Smyth, Adam
Paper Book
The Book-Makers is a celebration of 550 years of the printed book, told through the lives of eighteen extraordinary men and women who took the book in radical new directions- printers and binders, publishers and artists, paper-makers and library founders. This is a story of skill, craft,...
The situation room : the inside story of presidents in crisis
Stephanopoulos, George
Paper Book
 #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER George Stephanopoulos, the legendary political news host and former advisor to President Clinton, recounts the history-making crises from the place where twelve presidents made their highest-pressure decisions: the White...

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