New Castle County Staff Picks - October 2025

Updated September 26, 2025
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The ascent : a novel
Buccola, Allison
Paper Book
What would you do if the past showed up on your doorstep? A woman who grew up in a cult must decide if she can trust the stranger claiming to have answers to the dark mysteries of her childhood in "a standout thriller with something deeper on its mind- how the past doesn't...
Bat eater and other names for Cora Zeng : a novel
Baker, Kylie Lee
Paper Book
"A compelling, gory, ghostly romp." --Paul Tremblay, New York Times bestselling author of Horror Movie "This is what it felt like to live in New York City during lockdown: haunted, absurd, terrifying, ridiculous, and full of hungry ghosts." -...
Deadwood : gold, guns, and greed in the American West
Cozzens, Peter
The true story of the Black Hills gold rush settlement once described as "the most diabolical town on earth" and of its most colorful cast of characters, from Wild Bill Hickok to Calamity Jane to Al Swearingen and Sheriff Seth Bullock. "In these pungent pages, you can smell the...
The arrogant ape : the myth of human exceptionalism and why it matters
Webb, Christine E.
An impassioned celebration of humility before the living world that leads us to a new understanding of other species--and ourselves Darwin considered humans one part of the web of life, not the apex of a natural hierarchy. Yet today many maintain that we are the most intelligent,...
Reacher : the stories behind the stories
Child, Lee
Paper Book
After making his debut in 1997's The Killing Floor, Jack Reacher has quickly become one of the most popular--and most enduring--fictional heroes to emerge in the past half century. Now, his creator tells the stories behind the stories. These are the origin tales of all of...

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