New Castle County Staff Picks - April 2024

Updated March 26, 2024
Drag items up and down to your preferred order then select the "Save Order" button.
The underground library : a novel
Ryan, Jennifer
Paper Book
When the Blitz imperils the heart of a London neighborhood, three young women must use their fighting spirit to save the community's beloved library in this novel based on true events from the author of The Chilbury Ladies' Choir. When the new deputy...
Talking at night
Daverley, Claire
Paper Book
Nostalgic · Intimate · Bittersweet · Romantic · Emotional "A beautifully observed, tender love story with characters you really care about... a bit like Normal People. I devoured it."―Jojo Moyes, New York Times bestselling author of Someone Else's Shoes<...
This other Eden.
Harding, Paul, 1967-
Paper Book
Finalist, Booker Prize and National Book Award for Fiction Longlisted, Dublin Literary Award One of Barack Obama's 15 favorite books of 2023 * A New YorkerBest Books of 2023 * An NPR 2023 "Book We Love" Pick and Top 10 Book of 2023 * One of Time's 100 Must-Read...
Kill show : a true crime novel
Sweren-Becker, Daniel
Paper Book
"Riveting, original, and chillingly plausible, Kill Show is both an urgent reckoning with the ethics of true crime and a tense mystery in its own right. I couldn't turn the pages fast enough."--Flynn Berry, Edgar Award-winning author of Northern Spy When sixteen-year-old Sara Parcell goes...
Slow productivity : the lost art of accomplishment without burnout
Newport, Cal
Paper Book
A New York Times, Washington Post, USA Today, and IndieBound bestseller "Brilliant and timely" -- Oliver Burkeman ~ Do Fewer Things. Work at a Natural Pace. Obsess over Quality. ~ From the New York Times bestselling...
The return of great powers : Russia, China, and the next world war
Sciutto, Jim
Paper Book
Instant New York Times Bestseller A Politico Top 10 Book of 2024 A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice "An absorbing account of 21st-century brinkmanship . . . . one that should be read by every legislator or presidential...

Library staff! You can create and contribute to lists. Contact your catalog administrator or log in here.