New Castle County Staff Picks - March 2025

Updated February 22, 2025
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Katharine, the Wright sister
Wood, Tracey Enerson
Paper Book
A "stirring tribute to an unsung trailblazer" and "a gripping tale of perseverance." - Publishers Weekly She helped her brothers soar... but was the flight worth the fall? It all started with two boys and a bicycle shop. Wilbur and Orville Wright, both unsuited to...
Isola : a novel
Goodman, Allegra
Paper Book
REESE'S BOOK CLUB PICK * NATIONAL BESTSELLER * "A shocking story, made all the more stunning by the fact that it has its roots in true history."--Jodi Picoult, author of By Any Other Name "A new generation of survival story . . . an extraordinary book that reads like a...
Black woods, blue sky : a novel
Ivey, Eowyn
Paper Book
NATIONAL BESTSELLER * The author of the Pulitzer Prize finalist The Snow Child returns to the mythical landscapes of Alaska with an unforgettable dark fairy tale that asks the question: Can love save us from ourselves? "No one writes like Eowyn Ivey."--Geraldine Brooks ...
The Connellys of County Down
Lange, Tracey
Paper Book
From Tracey Lange, the New York Times bestselling author of We Are the Brennans, comes The Connellys of County Down: a story about fierce family loyalty, good intentions gone awry, and the consequences of improbable love. When Tara Connelly is released...
Water moon : a novel
Sotto, Samantha
Paper Book
NATIONAL BESTSELLER * A woman inherits a pawnshop where you can sell your regrets, and then embarks on a magical quest when a charming young physicist wanders into the shop, in this dreamlike fantasy novel. FEATURES A UNIQUE ORIGAMI JACKET that folds into a boat, joining the...
Private rites : a novel
Armfield, Julia
Paper Book
A NEW YORK TIMES Editors' Choice! From the BELOVED, AWARD-WINNING author of Our Wives Under the Sea, a speculative reimagining of King Lear, centering three sisters navigating queer love and loss in a drowning world "One of my...
Memorial days : a memoir
Brooks, Geraldine
Paper Book
A New York Times Bestseller "Brooks tracks the geography of grief with patience and grace as she comes to terms with the ongoing nature of outliving the ones you love most. ... Her memoir is certainly a testament to her own unique loss, but it's moreover a lifeline to others...
Brooke Shields is not allowed to get old : thoughts on aging as a woman
Shields, Brooke
Paper Book
INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER From generational icon Brooke Shields comes an intimate and empowering exploration of aging that flips the script on the idea of what it means for a woman to grow older Brooke Shields has spent a lifetime in the public eye....

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