New Castle County Staff Picks - September 2025

Updated August 23, 2025
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Time of the child
Williams, Niall
Paper Book
"The writing in this book is lyrical . . . a beautiful book that you will love." -Good Morning America's #1 Favorite Book of the Year "I am utterly obsessed with Niall Williams." -Ann Patchett, New York Times...
Finding grace : a novel
Rothschild, Loretta
Paper Book
NATIONAL BESTSELLER * A July Indie Next Pick * "A strikingly original and deeply moving debut." --People * "Begins with such a gasp-inducing twist that it's almost impossible to describe." --Real Simple * "The literary book of the summer." --Sarah Gelman, CBS...
The road to tender hearts : a novel
Hartnett, Annie
NATIONAL BESTSELLER * A darkly comic and warm-hearted novel about an old man on a cross-country mission to reunite with his high school crush--bringing together his adult daughter, two orphaned kids, and a cat who can predict death--by the beloved author of Rabbit Cake and Unlikely...
The book club for troublesome women : a novel
Bostwick, Marie
Paper Book
USA TODAY BESTSELLER · SOUTHERN INDIE BESTSELLER · A BRENDA NOVAK BOOK GROUP PICK · GLOSS BOOK CLUB PICK · THE GIRLFRIEND BOOK CLUB PICK · A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF 2025 (SheReads) · Margaret never really meant to start a book club . . . or a feminist revolution, for that matter in...
Maggie; or, a man and a woman walk into a bar
Yee, Katie
Paper Book
Summer's Best Beach Reads by The New York Times * Books You Should Read This July by New York magazine * Books We're Most Excited About by Today * Best Beach Reads by Harper's Bazaar * Best Books of Summer by ELLE * Most Anticipated Books of the Summer by...
The swans of Harlem : five Black ballerinas, fifty years of sisterhood, and their reclamation of a groundbreaking history
Valby, Karen
Paper Book
The forgotten story of a pioneering group of five Black ballerinas whose legacy was erased from history--until now. At the height of the Civil Rights movement, Lydia Abarca was a Black prima ballerina with a major international dance company--the Dance Theatre of Harlem. She was...

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