Now Read This!
MAY 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 fiction titles, and booklists for further reading. Whether you prefer popular bestsellers or lesser-known literary fiction, your friendly BPL Reader Services Librarians have recommendations for every reader.
 
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Book of the Month
The Poppy Fields
by Nikki Erlick

Four strangers travel together across the U.S. to an experimental and controversial psychotherapy center, known as The Poppy Fields, where patients are given a month of restorative sleep, with most waking up with their grief behind them. Some, however, are prone to a notorious side effect...
Event Spotlight
Friends of the South Boston Branch Library Book Sale
Saturday, June 21, 9:30 am - 3:00 pm
 
Looking for a great book to take to the beach or on your vacation? Come check out the great selections of paperback and hardbacks for all ages.
 
New and Upcoming Titles
The Float Test
Lynn Steger Strong
 
"After their mother's death, the four Kenner siblings try to untangle decades of betrayals and sorrows."
 
When the Music Hits
Amber Oliver
 
"A Black woman lands a coveted job at a major record label, only to realize that her dream may be a nightmare."
 
Big Chief
Jon Hickey
 
"Mitch Caddo, a fixer for a Native American tribal leader, gets caught up in the drama of a tense election season."
 
Food Person
Adam Roberts
 
"A young and socially awkward writer takes a job ghostwriting the cookbook for a famous—and famously chaotic—Hollywood starlet."
 
The Cat Who Saved the Library
Sosuke Natsukawa
 
"In Japan, a young girl and a talking cat band together when library books start to mysteriously disappear."
 
Run for the Hills
Kevin Wilson
 
"Madeline and her half- brother, Reuben, go on a road trip in search of their father and any other relatives they can find."
 
The Tiny Things Are Heavier
Esther Ifesinachi Okonkwo
 
"A young Nigerian woman navigates graduate school in America while struggling with guilt and homesickness."
 
Make Me Famous
Maud Ventura
 
"At an exclusive island retreat in the South Pacific, an amoral singer reflects on her tortured past and trouble with stardom."
 
Hellions
Julia Elliott
 
"The familiar collides with the wildly surreal in these short stories that blend folklore, fairy tales, Southern gothic, and horror."
 
Find Your Next Great Read
Celebrating Jewish American Heritage Month: 23 Works of Literature
May is Jewish American Heritage Month! Celebrate the contributions of generations of Jewish Americans who have helped form the fabric of American history, culture and society, by picking up one of these great novels.
 
 
 
   

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