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• Staff Picks Newsletter for Adults •
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Spring is coming...and so are new books! With the warmer season comes the arrival of some long-awaited fiction and nonfiction for adults. Check out some of the titles we've been waiting for all year, and you might find your next great read! 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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Girl Aby Abigail DeanBequeathed the house from where she escaped her brutally abusive parents, eldest child Lex Gracie navigates complicated family loyalties in her efforts to renovate the property into a safe place for her traumatized siblings. As Lex pins each sibling down to agree to her family's final act, she discovers how potent the spell of their shared family mythology is, and who among them remains in its thrall and who has truly broken free. For readers of Room and Sharp Objects, an absorbing and psychologically immersive novel about a young girl who escapes captivity—but not the secrets that shadow the rest of her life.
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The Kindest Lieby Nancy JohnsonIn Chicago, Ruth Tuttle, an Ivy-League educated Black engineer, is married to a kind and successful man. He's eager to start a family, but Ruth is uncertain. She has never gotten over the baby she gave birth to—and was forced to leave behind—when she was a teenager. She had promised her family she'd never look back, but Ruth knows that to move forward, she must make peace with the past. As she attempts to reconnect with the baby she gave up, she uncovers devastating family secrets. Meanwhile, her bond with a young white misfit scandalizes her racially torn community.
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Finlay Donovan is Killing It by Elle CosimanoFinlay Donovan is a stressed-out single-mom of two and struggling novelist. The new book she promised her literary agent isn't written, her ex-husband fired the nanny without telling her, and this morning she had to send her four-year-old to school with hair duct-taped to her head after an incident with scissors. When Finlay is overheard discussing the plot of her new suspense novel, she's mistaken for a contract killer, and inadvertently accepts an offer to dispose of a problem husband in order to make ends meet. Soon, Finlay becomes tangled in a real-life murder investigation, which is so much more complicated than the fictional crimes she writes.
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The Absolute Book by Elizabeth KnoxIn this bewitching epic fantasy, Taryn Cornick believes that the past—her sister's violent death, and her own ill-conceived revenge—is behind her, and she can get on with her life. She has written a successful book about the dangers that threaten libraries...but not all of the attention it brings her is good. Questions arise about a fire in the library at her grandparents' house and about the whereabouts of an ancient scroll box known as the Firestarter. A policeman, Jacob Berger, also has questions, about a cold case. Then a shadowy young man named Shift appears, forcing Taryn and Jacob toward a reckoning felt in more than one world.
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Remote control by Nnedi OkoraforThe day Fatima forgot her name, Death paid a visit. From here on in she would be known as Sankofa—a name that meant nothing to anyone but her, the only tie to her family and her past. Her touch is death, and with a glance a town can fall. And she walks—alone, except for her fox companion—searching for the object that came from the sky and gave itself to her when the meteors fell and when she was yet unchanged; searching for answers. But is there a greater purpose for Sankofa, now that Death is her constant companion?
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Extraterrestrial: The First Sign of Intelligent Life Beyond Earth by Avi LoebIn late 2017, scientists at a Hawaiian observatory glimpsed an object soaring through our inner solar system, moving so quickly that it could only have come from another star. Avi Loeb, Harvard's top astronomer, showed it was not an asteroid; it was moving too fast along a strange orbit, and left no trail of gas or debris in its wake. There was only one conceivable explanation: the object was a piece of advanced technology created by a distant alien civilization.
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The Last Queen: Elizabeth II's Seventy Year Battle to Save the House of Windsor by Clive IrvingClive Irving's stunning new narrative biography, The Last Queen probes the question of the British monarchy's longevity. In 2021, the Queen Elizabeth II finally appears to be at ease in the modern world, helped by the new generation of Windsors. This unique narrative biography follows Elizabeth and her family's struggle to survive in the face of unprecedented changes in our attitudes towards the royal family, with the critical eye of an investigative reporter involved on a highly personal level.
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Four Hundred Souls: A Community History of African America, 1619-2019 edited by Ibram X. KendiThe story begins in 1619—a year before the Mayflower—when the White Lion disgorges "some 20-and-odd Negroes" onto the shores of Virginia, inaugurating the African presence in what would become the United States. Moving from there to the present, Four Hundred Souls is a unique one-volume "community" history of African Americans told by ninety brilliant writers, each of whom takes on a five-year period of that four-hundred-year span.
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The Power of Voice: A Guide to Making Yourself Heard by Denise Woods The world judges us by our voice. From a toddler's first words to professional public speaking, from a marriage proposal to asking for a raise, our voice is our most crucial instrument of expression. For the first time ever, one of the nation's most sought-after vocal coaches Denise Woods, shares the secrets, tips, lessons, and stories that have helped Hollywood's biggest stars become confident, effective communicators.
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Just as I Am: A Memoir by Cicely TysonCicely Tyson, the Academy, Tony, and Emmy Award-winning actor and trailblazer tells her stunning story, looking back at her life and six-decade career. As Tyson writes, "Just As I Am is my truth. It is me, plain and unvarnished, with the glitter and garland set aside. In these pages, I am indeed Cicely, the actress who has been blessed to grace the stage and screen for six decades. Yet I am also the church girl who once rarely spoke a word. I am the teenager who sought solace in the verses of the old hymn for which this book is named. I am a daughter and mother, a sister, and a friend..."
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On YouTubeGet more YCPL staff recommendations in our Top 5 and Book Talk videos, available on the library's YouTube Channel.
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