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Most Requested BooksApril 2020
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While we remain closed, we offer our Most Requested Books as EBOOKs – digital resources FREE to you. HOLDS are permitted. If you need help getting started or placing holds, email us at refdesk@beltiblibrary.org . Our Librarians will assist you 7 days a week.
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American dirtby Jeanine CumminsSelling two favorite books to an unexpectedly erudite drug-cartel boss, a bookstore manager is forced to flee Mexico in the wake of her journalist husband’s tell-all profile and finds her family among thousands of migrants seeking hope in America.
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The Dutch houseby Ann PatchettA tale set over the course of five decades traces a young man’s rise from poverty to wealth and back again as his prospects center around his family’s lavish Philadelphia estate - by the award-winning author of Commonwealth.
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A very stable genius : Donald J. Trump's Testing of America by Philip RuckerA Washington Post national investigative reporter and the White House bureau chief share personal revelatory insights into Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation, its consequences and the underlying patterns beneath a deceptively chaotic Trump administration.
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Such a fun ageby Kiley ReidSeeking justice for a young black babysitter who was wrongly accused of kidnapping by a racist security guard, a successful blogger finds her efforts complicated by a video that reveals unexpected connections.
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A long petal of the seaby Isabel AllendeSponsored by the poet Pablo Neruda to flee the violence of the Spanish Civil War, a pregnant widow and an army doctor unite in an arranged marriage only to be swept up by the early days of World War II.
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The overstoryby Richard PowersThe National Book Award-winning author presents an impassioned novel of activism and natural-world power that is comprised of interlocking fables about nine remarkable strangers who are summoned in different ways by trees for an ultimate, brutal stand to save the continent's few remaining acres of virgin forest.
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The giver of stars by Jojo MoyesVolunteering for Eleanor Roosevelt’s new traveling library in small-town Kentucky, an English bride joins a group of independent women whose commitment to their job transforms the community and their relationships - by the best-selling author of Me Before You.
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Weatherby Jenny OffillHired by her famous podcaster mentor to answer letters from increasingly polarized fans, a librarian who has acquired her education from a lifetime spent reading struggles between the limits of her knowledge and growing crises in the outside world.
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The mirror & the light
by Hilary Mantel
A tale inspired by the final years of Thomas Cromwell describes how after the execution of Anne Boleyn and childbed death of Queen Jane, the former blacksmith’s son orchestrates a desperate plot to fortify England and save his own life.
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Olive, again by Elizabeth StroutA sequel to Olive Kitteridge finds Olive struggling to understand herself while bonding with a teen suffering from loss, a woman who gives birth unexpectedly, a nurse harboring a longtime crush and a lawyer who resists an unwanted inheritance.
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Apeirogonby Colum McCannTwo fathers, a Palestinian and an Israeli, navigate the physical and emotional checkpoints of their conflicted world before devastating losses compel them to work together to use their grief as a weapon for peace - by the best-selling author of TransAtlantic.
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The body : a guide for occupants by Bill BrysonThe award-winning author of A Short History of Nearly Everything presents an engaging head-to-toe tour of the human body that shares anecdotal insights into its functions, ability to heal and vulnerability to disease.
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Fair warning by Michael ConnellyWhen a woman with whom he shared a one-night stand is found brutally murdered, veteran reporter Jack McEvoy tracks a serial killer who has been operating under the radar - by the best-selling author of The Poet.
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The glass hotelby Emily St. John MandelThe award-winning author of Station Eleven presents a tale of crisis and survival in the hidden landscapes of homeless campgrounds, luxury hotels, private clubs and federal prisons, where a massive Ponzi scheme is tied to a woman’s disappearance at sea.
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Writers & loversby Lily KingA follow-up to the award-winning Euphoria follows the story of a former child golf prodigy-turned-unemployed writer whose determination to live a creative life is complicated by her relationships with two very different men.
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The boy from the woods by Harlan CobenA man with a past shrouded in mystery searches desperately for a missing teenage girl whose disappearance is triggering disastrous consequences throughout her community and the world - by the best-selling author of Fool Me Once.
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Long bright river by Liz MooreA policewoman races to find her missing sister, a homeless addict, amid a vicious killing spree in a Philadelphia neighborhood, in a story that alternates between the investigation and memories of their shared childhood - by the award-winning author of Heft.
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Uncanny valley : a memoir
by Anna Wiener
The author chronicles her experience at a big-data startup in the heart of the Silicon Valley bubble: a world of surreal extravagance, dubious success and fresh-faced entrepreneurs hell-bent on domination, glory and, of course, progress.
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Dear Edwardby Ann NapolitanoA 12-year-old lone survivor of a plane crash investigates the stories of his less-fortunate fellow passengers before making a profound discovery about his life purpose in the face of transcendent losses - by the author of A Good Hard Look.
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