New Castle County Staff Picks - April 2025

Updated March 26, 2025
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Behind you is the sea : a novel
Darraj, Susan Muaddi
Paper Book
LONGLISTED FOR THE 2025 PEN/FAULKNER AWARD "A beautiful portrait of a family reaching for their dreams while holding on to their roots."--Publishers Weekly "Each chapter reads like a small masterpiece."--Kirkus Reviews (starred review) An exciting debut novel that gives voice...
Back after this : a novel
Holmes, Linda
Paper Book
From the New York Times bestselling author of Evvie Drake Starts Over and Flying Solo, a podcast producer agrees to host a new series about modern dating--but will the show jeopardize her chance at finding real love? "Romantic, smart, and exactly the book...
All the other mothers hate me : a novel
Harman, Sarah
Paper Book
"The missing boy is 10-year-old Alfie Risby, and to be perfectly honest with you, he's a little shit." Florence Grimes is a thirty-one-year-old party girl who always takes the easy way out. Single, broke and unfulfilled after the humiliating end to her girl band career, she has...
The strange case of Jane O. : a novel
Walker, Karen Thompson
Paper Book
In this spellbinding and provocative novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The Age of Miracles, a young mother is struck by sudden and puzzling psychological symptoms that illuminate the mysterious dimensions of the human mind--and of love. A...
On air : the triumph and tumult of NPR
Oney, Steve
Paper Book
An epic reported history of National Public Radio that reveals the unlikely story of one of America's most celebrated but least understood media empires. Founded in 1970, NPR is America's most powerful broadcast news network. Despite being overshadowed by the larger and more...
The sirens' call : how attention became the world's most endangered resource
Hayes, Christopher
Paper Book
An Instant #1 New York Times Bestseller From the New York Times bestselling author and MSNBC and podcast host, a powerful wide-angle reckoning with how the assault from attention capitalism on our minds and our hearts has reordered our politics and the very fabric of...
Buy what you love without going broke : transform your spending and get more of what money can't buy
Smith, Jen (Personal finance expert)
Paper Book
A relatable personal finance guide that gives a fresh take on how to control your impulse spending so you can stick to a budget and pay off debt, without the guilt and shame of traditional financial advice--from the hosts of the beloved Frugal Friends podcast. There's a lot of noise out...
One life : the true story of Sir Nicholas Winton and the Prague Kindertransport
Winton, Barbara
Paper Book
Sir Nicholas Winton rescued 669 Jewish children from Nazi occupied Czechoslovakia at the brink of World War II. Most never saw their parents again. This is his story. *Now a major motion picture starring Sir Anthony Hopkins and Helena Bonham Carter* In 1938,...
The many lives of Mama Love : a memoir of lying, stealing, writing, and healing
Hardin, Lara Love
Paper Book
"Once you start reading, be prepared, because you won't want to stop." --Oprah Winfrey OPRAH'S BOOK CLUB PICK * New York Times bestselling author Lara Love Hardin recounts her slide from soccer mom to opioid addict to jailhouse shot caller and her unlikely comeback as a...

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