Now Read This!
NOVEMBER 2025
 
Our Now Read This! newsletters offer suggestions for your next favorite read, from hidden gems to the latest hot pick. In this issue, you will find a featured book of the month, a special event worth checking out, a curated selection of newly acquired and upcoming historical fiction titles, and booklists for further reading.  Whether you prefer reading about World War II or the Crusades, your friendly BPL Reader Services Librarians have recommendations for every historical fiction buff.
 
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Book of the Month
The Berry Pickers by Amanda Peters
The Berry Pickers
by Amanda Peters

Traveling to Maine for the summer to harvest blueberries, a Mi'kmaq family from Nova Scotia finds their lives forever changed when their youngest child, four-year-old Ruthie, vanishes from the farm. Her brother, six-year-old Joe, blames himself and is haunted by his sister's disappearance.
 
Years later, Norma has always thought that her family has kept something from her. The only child of affluent parents, Norma often has dreams that connect her to a different life, one that feels much more like memories.
Event Spotlight
13 Moons & 12,000 Years: Wampanoag History Past & Present
Tuesday, November 18, 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Central Library in Copley Square
 
Join an Indigenous Museum Educator for a unique conversation that explores 12,000 years of Wampanoag history. Discover how communities past and present have adapted and sustained their way of life amid changing natural, social, and political landscapes.
 
Revolution! 250 Years of Art & Activism in Boston
October 23, 2025 - April 21, 2026
Central Library in Copley Square
 
Marking 250 years since the Revolutionary War and the signing of the Declaration of Independence, the exhibition Revolution! 250 Years of Art & Activism in Boston reflects on the nation’s founding ideals, asking: To whom were these promises made? And how have people worked together to ensure they were kept? 
 
New and Upcoming Titles
The Hounding by Xenobe Purvis
This Kind of Trouble by Tochi Eze
The First Witch of Boston by Andrea Catalano
The Hounding
Xenobe Purvis
 
"When the inhabitants of a small village in 18th century England start to hear unexplained barking, they are convinced that five sisters are turning into dogs."
 
This Kind of Trouble
Tochi Eze
 
"Benjamin travels to 1960s Nigeria in hopes of exploring his roots. There, he falls in love with Margaret and, as they both discover their own histories, realizes their pasts are interwoven."
The First Witch of Boston
Andrea Catalano
 
"In 1646, Margaret and her husband move to the Massachusetts Bay Colony to build a new life together. As mistrust and suspicion in the Puritan community grows, their once-promising new beginnings deteriorate."
 
The Book of Lost Hours: A GMA Book Club Pick (a Novel) by Hayley Gelfuso
American Housewife by Anita Abriel
The Names: A Read with Jenna Pick by Florence Knapp
The Book of Lost Hours
Hayley Gefuso
 
"Eleven-year-old Lisavet is thrown into a library that houses books of memory as Nazis close in on the eve of Kristallnacht and must work against those trying to burn them."
 
American Housewife
Anita Abriel
 
"A 1950s American housewife with her own baking show, Maggie has worked hard for her big break in television. However her façade begins to crack as secrets from the past bubble to the surface."
 
The Names
Florence Knapp
 
"On the journey to the registry office to name her newborn son, Cora contemplates the burdens associated with her options. Can a name change the course of a life?"
 
The Book of I by David Greig
Psychopomp & Circumstance by Eden Royce
Kaplan's Plot by Jason Diamond
The Book of I
David Greig
 
"On a remote Scottish isle in 825 CE, three lone survivors of a vicious attack by raiders embark on their own journeys of discovery."
 
Psychopomp & Circumstance
Eden Royce
 
"Feeling coddled and suffocated by her mother and the marriage market, Phaedra volunteers to plan her estranged aunt's funeral in this Southern Gothic historical fantasy. "
 
Kaplan's Plot
Jason Diamond
 
"Returning home to Chicago to take care of his mother, Elijah uncovers the hidden past of his grandfather Yitz, a powerful gangster in the 1920s."
 
Find Your Next Great Read
While You Wait For... Buckeye by Patrick Ryan
 
Does the long holds queue for Buckeye by Patrick Ryan have you discouraged? Try one of these historical fiction novels about the lasting effects of life during wartime. They're similar to Buckeye, but come without the wait! 
 
 
 
   

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