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• Staff Picks Newsletter for Adults •
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Looking for your next favorite book? It's no secret that librarians read. A lot. And when we finish a great book, we can't wait to recommend it! That's where our Staff Picks Newsletter for Adults comes in. You might just find your next favorite book below! Want personal recommendations? Fill out our Looking for a Great Read survey and get a list of books just for you.
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Check out these new titles we think you'll love!
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Black Buckby Mateo Askaripour An unambitious twenty-two-year-old, Darren lives in a Bed-Stuy brownstone with his mother. He is content working at Starbucks in the lobby of a Midtown office building, hanging out with his girlfriend, Soraya, and eating his mother's home-cooked meals. All that changes when a chance encounter with Rhett Daniels, the silver-tongued CEO of Sumwun, NYC's hottest tech startup, results in an exclusive invitation for Darren to join an elite sales team in which nothing is as it seems. A hilarious, razor-sharp skewering of America's workforce.
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Outlawed: A Novel by Anna NorthThe day of her wedding, 17 year old Ada's life looks good. But after a year of marriage and no pregnancy, in a town where barren women are routinely hanged as witches, her survival depends on leaving behind everything she knows. She joins up with the notorious Hole in the Wall Gang, a band of outlaws led by a preacher-turned-robber known to all as the Kid. Charismatic, grandiose, and mercurial, the Kid is determined to create a safe haven for outcast women. Ada must decide whether she's willing to risk her life for the possibility of a new future for them all.
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Minus Me by Mameve MedwedAnnie and her devoted but comically incompetent childhood sweetheart Sam are the owners and operators of Annie's, a gourmet sandwich shop. Into their mostly charmed marriage comes a scary medical diagnosis for Annie - and the overwhelming challenge of finding a way to help Sam go on without her. Annie decides to leave Sam step-by-step instructions for a future without her, and considers her own replacement in his heart and their bed. Her best-laid plans grind to a halt with the unexpected appearance of Annie's diva of a mother, who brings chaos into their lives.
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The Seepby Chana PorterTrina Goldberg-Oneka is a fifty-year-old trans woman whose life is irreversibly altered in the wake of a gentle invasion by an alien entity called The Seep. Through The Seep, if something can be imagined, it is possible. Trina and her wife Deeba live blissfully under The Seep's utopian influence — until Deeba begins to imagine what it might be like to be reborn as a baby, which will give her the chance at an even better life. Using Seeptech to make this dream a reality, Deeba moves on to a new existence, leaving Trina devastated. Heartbroken and deep into an alcoholic binge, Trina follows a lost boy, embarking on an unexpected quest.
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The Liar's Dictionary: A Novel by Eley WilliamsPeter Winceworth, Victorian lexicographer, is toiling away at the letter S for Swansby's multivolume Encyclopaedic Dictionary. His disaffection compels him to insert unauthorized fictitious entries into the dictionary. In the present day, Mallory, a young intern employed by the publisher, is tasked with uncovering these mountweazels before the work is digitized. As these two narratives combine, both Winceworth and Mallory discover how they might negotiate the complexities of the often nonsensical, relentless, and hoax-strewn path we call life.
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Niksen: Embracing the Dutch Art of Doing Nothing by Olga MeckingThe Dutch people are some of the happiest in the world. Their secret? They are masters of niksen, or the art of doing nothing. Niksen is not a form of meditation, nor is it a state of laziness or boredom. It's not scrolling through social media, or wondering what you're going to cook for dinner. Rather, to niks is to make a conscious choice to sit back, let go, and do nothing at all. With this book, learn how to do nothing in your life.
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Paper Bullets: Two Artists who Risked Their Lives to Defy the Nazis by Jeffrey H. JacksonThe story of two French women, Lucy Schwob and Suzanne Malherbe, who drew on their skills as Parisian avant-garde artists to write and distribute "paper bullets" — wicked insults against Hitler, calls to rebel, and subversive fictional dialogues designed to demoralize Nazi troops occupying their adopted home on the British Channel Island of Jersey. Paper Bullets is a compelling World War II story that has not been told before, about the galvanizing power of art, and of resistance.
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Light for the World to See by Kwame AlexanderFrom bestselling author, Kwame Alexander, comes a powerful and provocative collection of poems that cut to the heart of the entrenched racism and oppression in America and eloquently explores ongoing events. Light for the World to See is a rap session on race. A lyrical response to the struggles of Black lives in our world . . . to America's crisis of conscience . . . to the centuries of loss, endless resilience, and unstoppable hope. Includes an introduction by the author and a bold, graphically designed interior.
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The Art of Star Wars: The Mandalorian by Phil SzostakPremiering in November 2019 on Disney+, The Mandalorian follows the adventures of galactic gunslinger Din Djarin and the Child as they traverse the galaxy and evade remnants of the Empire. Filled with concept art, sketches, and interviews, The Art of Star Wars: The Mandalorian will provide readers with an exclusive look at a whole new universe of Star Wars lore.
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At the library Come visit us in person and discover the perfect read from one of our many displays, or from one of our staff members.
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On our websiteOur online collection, including OverDrive, is available 24/7 with your library card! Learn more at www.yorkcounty.gov/library.
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On social mediaFollow us on Instagram for TBR lists and mini-reviews from your favorite YCPL librarians! @yorkcountypubliclibrary
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