New Castle County Staff Picks - November 2024

Updated October 29, 2024
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The Dallergut Dream Department Store
Lee, Miye/ Lee, Sandy Joosun (TRN)
Paper Book
THE #1 KOREAN BESTSELLER WITH OVER A MILLION COPIES SOLD For fans of magical realism and the Before the Coffee Gets Cold series by Toshikazu Kawaguchi comes this cozy fantasy debut. What if there was a store that sold dreams? Which...
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 ...
See: loss. see also: love : a novel
Tominaga, Yukiko
CD
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...
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,...
Take care of them like my own : faith, fortitude, and a surgeon's fight for health justice
Stanford, Ala
Paper Book
The founder of the Black Doctors Consortium shares her "inspiring story of overcoming mind-numbing obstacles" (Will Smith), highlighting the devastating racial injustices in our healthcare system in this empowering call to action. Dr. Ala Stanford knew she wanted to be a doctor...
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 lives
Smyth, Adam
Paper Book
A scholar and bookmaker "breathes both books-as-objects and their creators back into life" (Financial Times) in this five-hundred-year history of printed books, told through the people who created them Books tell all kinds of stories--romances, tragedies,...
Blind Spots : When Medicine Gets It Wrong, and What It Means for Our Health
Makary, Marty, M.D.
Paper Book
An Instant New York Times Bestseller From Johns Hopkins medical expert Dr. Marty Makary, the New York Times-bestselling author of The Price We Pay-an eye-opening look at the medical groupthink that has led to public harm, and...
What in the world
Morgan, Leanne
Paper Book
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * "This book is the inspirational story that we all need. No one makes me laugh harder than Leanne Morgan!"--Reese Witherspoon The beloved comedy sensation packs a hilarious punch with real talk about what it's like to be a woman today--from rebelling...
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...
Latin-ish : more than 100 recipes celebrating American Latino cuisines
Salazar, Marisel
Paper Book
Savor the boundary-breaking dishes and rich tastes of Alta California, Tex-Mex, Floribbean, and other quintessentially American culinary traditions.   Food & Wine Best Book of the Summer Epicurious Best New Summer Cookbook...

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