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 Gallup, New Mexico, where violent crime is five times the national average, a serial killer is operating unchecked, his targets indigent Natives whose murders are easily disguised as death by exposure on the frigid winter streets. He slips unnoticed through town, hidden in plain sight by his...
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
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 reunite to sort out her estate. Beth, the oldest,...
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 ...
The book-makers : a history of the book in eighteen remarkable lives
Smyth, Adam
Paper Book
A celebration of the printed book, told through the lives of 18 people who took it in radical new directions. * AN ECONOMIST BOOK OF THE YEAR 2024 * A FINANCIAL TIMES BOOK OF THE SUMMER 2024 * 'This really is the loveliest of books' I...
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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