New Castle County Staff Picks - August 2024

Updated July 31, 2024
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Lula Dean's Little Library of Banned Books
Miller, Kirsten
Ebook
"Kirsten Miller has that rare ability to take a serious subject and make it very, very funny. I enjoyed this novel and you will too."--James Patterson The provocative and hilarious summer read that will have book lovers cheering and everyone talking! Kirsten Miller, author of The Change,...
Assassins anonymous
Hart, Rob (Fiction writer)
Ebook
"The best kind of thriller. . . . Suspenseful, sentimental, and ultimately redemptive, Assassins Anonymous is a can't-miss novel." -- S. A. Cosby,  author of All the Sinners Bleed In this clever, surprising, page-turner, the world's most lethal assassin gives...
Help wanted : a novel
Waldman, Adelle
Ebook
Featured on Barack Obama's 2024 Summer Reading List * A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice * Named a Best Book of the Year by Vogue, Vulture, ELLE, The New Yorker and The Economist * A Time Must-Read Book of 2024 * One of NPR's Books We Loved in 2024 * A Chicago Public Library Must-Read...
One of us knows : a thriller
Cole, Alyssa
Ebook
From the critically acclaimed and New York Times bestselling author of When No One Is Watching comes a riveting thriller about the new caretaker of a historic estate who finds herself trapped on an island with a murderer--and the ghosts of her past.  Years...
All in her head : the truth and lies early medicine taught us about women's bodies and why it matters today
Comen, Elizabeth
Audiobook
The courage to be disliked : the Japanese phenomenon that shows you how to change your life and achieve real happiness
Kishimi, Ichirō
Paper Book
An international bestseller and TikTok sensation with more than 10 million copies sold worldwide, The Courage to Be Disliked is a transformative and practical guide to personal happiness and self-fulfillment. Now you can unlock your full potential and free...
The talented Mrs. Mandelbaum : the rise and fall of an American organized-crime boss
Fox, Margalit
Audiobook
America's first great organized-crime lord was a lady--a nice Jewish mother named Mrs. Mandelbaum. "A tour de force . . . With a pickpocket's finesse, Margalit Fox lures us into the criminal underworld of Gilded Age New York."--Liza Mundy, author of The Sisterhood

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