New Castle County Staff Picks - April 2024

Updated March 26, 2024
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Bullwinkel, Rita.
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LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE FINALIST FOR THE CENTER FOR FICTION FIRST NOVEL PRIZE ONE OF BARACK OBAMA'S FAVORITE READS OF SUMMER 2024 Named a Best Book of 2024 So Far by The New York Times Book Review, NPR, Time, Elle, Vulture, and...
The underground library : a novel
Ryan, Jennifer
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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
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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-
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Finalist, Booker Prize and National Book Award for Fiction Shortlisted, Mark Twain American Voice in Literature Award 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"...
Kill show : a true crime novel
Sweren-Becker, Daniel
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"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
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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
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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...

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