New Castle County Staff Picks - May 2026

Updated May 4, 2026
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The all-American
Finkbeiner, Susie
Paper Book
A 2024 Michigan Notable Book "A moving novel, fit for inspiring any reader to dream big and believe that anything is possible."--BookPage *** Two sisters discover how much good there is in the world--even in the hardest of circumstances <...
A box full of darkness
St. James, Simone
Paper Book
"From the book's chillingly creepy setting, which previously appeared in The Sun Down Motel (2020), to a nerve-jangling plot that effectively borrows from a mix of genres to the writing itself, which shimmers with a dazzlingly sharp sense of wit, everything about St. James' latest is done...
Forgotten Souls: The Search for the Lost Tuskegee Airmen
Thompson, Cheryl W
Paper Book
NPR investigative journalist and the daughter of a Tuskegee Airman, Cheryl W. Thompson explores the stories of the 27 Tuskegee Airmen - the Black pilots who fought for America in WWII - who went missing in combat, the lives they lived, the reasons their planes went down, why the remains of all...
A world appears : a journey into consciousness
Pollan, Michael
Paper Book
The Instant New York Times Bestseller "Pollan's real genius--the word is not too strong--remains intact. That is his uncanny ability to scent the direction in which the culture is headed. He did it with food and psychedelics, and now, though A World Appears focuses on...
We the Women: The Hidden Heroes Who Shaped America
O'Donnell, Norah
Paper Book
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * A vivid portrait of the unsung American women from 1776 to today who changed the course of history in their fight for freedom and helped shape a more perfect union "This terrific book reveals the central, though often hidden role that women...
The typewriter and the guillotine : an American journalist, a German serial killer, and Paris on the eve of WWII
Braude, Mark
Paper Book
ONE OF KIRKUS'S 20 BEST BOOKS OF JANUARY ONE OF BOOK PAGE'S TOP 10 BOOKS OF THE MONTH The "endlessly compelling" (NYT Book Review) untold story of a trailblazing Paris correspondent for The New Yorker, who sounded the alarm about...
The beast in the clouds : the Roosevelt brothers' deadly quest to find the mythical giant panda
Holt, Nathalia
Paper Book
A New York Public Library Best Nonfiction Book of 2025 · A New York Times Book Review Critics' Pick · A Kirkus Reviews Best Nonfiction Book of 2025 · Shortlisted for the Boardman Tasker Award for Mountain Literature "A thrilling work of history that's wilder than...

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