New Castle County Staff Picks - July 2026

Updated July 13, 2026
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New Castle County Staff Picks - July 2026

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The three lives of Cate Kay
Fagan, Kate
Paper Book
REESE'S BOOK CLUB PICK | NATIONAL BESTSELLER Named a Best Book of 2025 by Time, NPR, Goodreads, and others. "[A] propulsive puzzle of a novel." --The New York Times Book Review "This story swept me away with its big...
The original daughter : a novel
Wei, Jemimah
Paper Book
A GOOD MORNING AMERICA BOOK CLUB PICK * LONGLISTED FOR THE DUBLIN LITERARY AWARD * ONE OF ELLE'S BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR In this dazzling debut, Jemimah Wei explores the formation and dissolution of family bonds in a story of ambition and sisterhood in turn-of-the...
The Optimists
Platzer, Brian
Paper Book
A beloved schoolteacher chronicles the meteoric rise of his most dazzling student in this ambitious, big-hearted story of learning and legacy. Mr. Keating is an extraordinary teacher: brilliant, dedicated, and possibly a few pages ahead in a...
The unicorn hunters : a novel
Arden, Katherine
Paper Book
NATIONAL BESTSELLER * In a desperate gamble to save her throne, a young monarch conceals a secret marriage in the shadows of an enchanted forest--and unknowingly alters the fate of her world--in this dazzling novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The Bear and the...
We don't talk about Carol : a novel
Berry, Kristen L.
Paper Book
NATIONAL BESTSELLER . A dedicated journalist unearths a generations-old family secret-and a connection to a string of missing girls that hits way too close to home-in this "nail-biting debut" (Booklist). "A well-written, emotionally wrenching tale."-Associated Press ...
The savage, noble death of Babs Dionne
Currie, Ron, Jr.
Paper Book
A USA Today Bestseller! Named a Best Book of the Year by Vulture, BookPage, Publishers Weekly, and Real Simple * A WSJ Best Mystery Book of 2025 * A 2025 NPR Book We Love "Terrific in-your-face crime story, featuring the unlikeliest...
The land and its people
Sedaris, David
Paper Book
AN INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER In this new collection, David Sedaris reflects on what it means to be a foreigner, a brother, a lifelong friend, in essays that are "among the best of his career" (Publishers Weekly, starred review)...
The last days of Marilyn Monroe : a true crime thriller
Patterson, James
Paper Book
From the world's #1 bestselling author, The Last Days of Marilyn Monroe is a true crime thriller about a woman who changed Hollywood history, and whose indelible image captures our imagination to this day. "Electrifying ... A spellbinding new...
London Falling: A Mysterious Death in a Gilded City and a Family's Search for Truth
Keefe, Patrick Radden
Paper Book
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * From the bestselling, prizewinning author of Say Nothing and Empire of Pain, a spellbinding account of a family devastated by the sudden death of their nineteen-year-old son, only to discover that he had created a secret life which...
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