New Castle County Staff Picks - September 2023

Updated September 7, 2023
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The Villa
Hawkins, Rachel
Paper Book
THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER 'Gave me Taylor Jenkins Reid vibes and I loved it from start to finish... captivating' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ reader review 'Grabbed me by the heart and didn't let go! I was...
The art thief : a true story of love, crime, and a dangerous obsession
Finkel, Michael
Paper Book
*#1 New York Times bestseller*  *Shortlisted for The ALCS Gold Dagger Award for Non-Fiction* 'A breath-taking read, as compelling as a Highsmith novel. I loved it' - Maggie O'Farrell 'Brilliant... A thrilling heist...
Everything's fine : a novel
Rabess, Cecilia
Paper Book
'Acutely smart' - Elizabeth Day, author of Magpie 'Completely addictive' - Taylor Jenkins Reid, author of Daisy Jones and the Six 'Funny, sexy, unafraid, completely unputdownable' - India Knight, author of Darling An instantly addictive should-they...
The memory of animals : a novel
Fuller, Claire
Paper Book
Neffy is a young woman running away from grief and guilt and the one big mistake that has derailed her career. When she answers the call to volunteer in a controlled vaccine trial, it offers her a way to pay off her many debts and, perhaps, to make up for the past. But when the London...
The bookbinder : a novel
Williams, Pip
Paper Book
As World War One brings women unexpected new freedoms, bookbinder Peggy has the chance at a new future. 'A wonderful book' Fiona Valpy, author of The Dressmaker's Gift 'Your job is to bind the books, not read them.' When...
Family lore : a novel
Acevedo, Elizabeth
Paper Book
A huge-hearted novel about three generations of women preparing for a living wake - the debut adult novel from the National Book Award-winning poet and YA author of The Poet X
The underworld : journeys to the depths of the ocean
Casey, Susan
Paper Book
THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER An awe-inspiring portrait of the mysterious world beneath the waves, and the men and women who seek to uncover its secrets. ______________________________________________ 'Fantastical and forbidding' Washington...
Whalefall : a novel
Kraus, Daniel
Paper Book
The Martian meets 127 Hours in this powerfully humane thriller about a scuba diver who's been swallowed by an eighty-foot, sixty-ton sperm whale and has only one hour to escape before his oxygen runs out.

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