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The True Confessions of First Lady Freeman by Deesha PhilyawFrom the moment Scharisse ditched her humble roots and married a megachurch pastor fifteen years her senior, she's been labeled too brash and too of the world by church folks who grudgingly accepted her into their fold, and too holy by her estranged childhood bestie Petra. When a sensational scandal breaks with Schar at its center, and her carefully curated life implodes. Schar faces down shame and terrible secrets from her childhood and is reminded that in the eyes of the church, optics can matter more than the truth. Unflinchingly funny, frank, and splendidly unruly, The True Confessions of First Lady Freeman exults in the luscious, messy pleasure of finally feeling free. Release date 9/29/2026 |
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Seascraper by Benjamin WoodThomas Flett lives a slow, deliberate life with his mother in Longferry, Northern England, working his grandpa's trade as a shanker. He rises early to take his horse and cart to the drizzly shore to scrape for shrimp, and spends the afternoon selling his wares, trying to wash away the salt, pining for his neighbor, Joan, and playing songs on his guitar. At heart, he is a folk musician, but this remains a private dream. Then a mysterious American arrives in town and enlists Thomas's help in finding a perfect location for his next movie. Though skeptical at first, Thomas learns to trust Edgar, and begins to see a different future for himself. But how much of what Edgar claims is true, and how far can his inspiration carry Thomas? Also available on Libby |
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Beneath the Trees Where Nobody Sees: Rite of Spring by Patrick HorvathThis is small-town serial killer, upstanding citizen, and adorable brown bear Samantha's cardinal rule. After all, there's a sea of perfectly ripe potential victims in the city just beyond the forest, and when you've worked as hard as Sam to build a cozy life and a thriving business in a community surrounded by friendly animal folk, warm decor, and the aroma of cedar trees and freshly baked apple pie...the last thing you want is to disturb the peace. Cute critters aren't immune to crime in this original graphic novel. Also available as an eComic on Hoopla |
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Our Wild Familiars: How Animals Are Adapting to Cities and Reshaping the Natural World by Dan WerbA dazzling journey into the hidden lives of synanthropes, the wild animals who've found ingenious ways to survive and thrive in human communities. They are the reason we hear birdsong in the morning and skittering throughout the day, and why we take such pains to fix lids to our garbage cans. But they are so much more than that, too: epidemic vectors, churners of soil, ecosystem evolvers, spiritual lodestars, and, sometimes, sharp-toothed marauders. Now, as urban spaces increasingly become wild spaces, we have a choice: continue to resist them by any means necessary, or take the opportunity to promote a more harmonious coexistence. Acting as a guide to the curious, Werb reveals how the cracks in our efforts to shield ourselves against the outside world might just lead us to a new and necessary balance with nature--or to an ever more savage future. Also available on Libby as an eAudiobook |
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Good Things: Recipes and Rituals to Share with People You Love: A Cookbook by Samin NosratFrom the author of Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat, Samin Nosrat offers more than 125 of her favorite recipes--simply put, the things she most loves to cook for herself and for friends--and infuses them with all the beauty and care you would expect from the person Alice Waters called America's next great cooking teacher. Good Things captures, with Samin's trademark blend of warmth, creativity, and precision, what has made cooking such an important source of delight and comfort in her life.
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The Shampoo Effect: A Read with Jenna Pick by Jenny JacksonAn ambitious young woman insinuates herself into a tight-knit social set, shaking up friendships and marriages in a small seaside town. When Caroline arrives in Greenhead, Massachusetts, she falls head-over-heels for Van, a fleece-wearing, litter-collecting kayak enthusiast with long, floppy hair and the personality of a Border collie. Born and raised in this picturesque coastal village, Van runs with the same crowd he did as a kid. Together, the group runs wild through the marshes, beaches, and bars of Greenhead. When Bailey discovers that she is pregnant with Van's baby, the delicate balance of the group's friendship is thrown off. Soon Caroline is cast out of the circle and what she does next--in a potent mix of fury and heartbreak--exposes long-held secrets and works the entire town of Greenhead into a lather. Also available on Libby |
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You Are Here by David NichollsMichael is coming undone. Adrift after his wife's departure, he has begun taking himself on long, solitary walks across the English countryside. He'll do anything to avoid his empty house. Marnie, on the other hand, is stuck. Hiding alone in her London flat, she avoids friends and any reminders of her ex-husband. Curled up with a good book, she's battling the long afternoons of a life that feels like it's passing her by. When a mutual friend and some very unpredictable weather conspire to toss Michael and Marnie together on an epic ten-day hike, neither of them can think of anything worse. Until, of course, they discover exactly what they've been looking for. Also available on Hoopla |
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Whistler by Ann Patchett When Daphne and her husband visit the Metropolitan Museum of Art, they notice an older gentleman following them. The man turns out to be her former stepfather, who had been married to her mother when Daphne was nine. Daphne hasn't seen Eddie for many years, not since the fateful event that changed the direction of both their lives. Meeting again, time falls away; while their relationship was brief, it had a profound impact on them both, and now that they are reunited, they have no intention of ever being separated again. Whistler is a story about two adults looking back over the choices they made, and the choices that were made for them. It's a story about bravery, memory, the small moments that define our lives, and the endless stream of loss that in time comes for us all. Also available on Libby |
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The Knight and the Moth by Rachel GilligSybil has spent nine years dreaming of having no dreams at all. Sybil is a Diviner. In her dreams she receives visions from six unearthly figures known as Omens. From them, she can predict terrible things before they occur, and lords and common folk alike travel across the kingdom to learn their futures by her dreams. Just as she and her sister Diviners near the end of their service, a mysterious knight arrives at the cathedral. Rude, heretical, and devilishly handsome, the knight Rodrick has no respect for Sybil's visions. But when Sybil's fellow Diviners begin to vanish one by one, she has no choice but to seek his help in finding them. Also available on Libby.
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Bride by Ali HazelwoodMisery Lark, the only daughter of the most powerful Vampyre councilman, is an outcast. Her days of living in anonymity among the Humans are over: she has been called upon to uphold a historic peacekeeping alliance between the Vampyres and their mortal enemies the Weres, and she sees little choice but to surrender herself in the exchange. Again. Weres are ruthless and unpredictable, and their Alpha, Lowe Moreland, is no exception. He rules his pack with absolute authority, but not without justice. And, unlike the Vampyre Council, not without feeling. It's clear from the way he tracks Misery's every movement that he doesn't trust her. If only he knew how right he was... Also available on Libby |
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Piglet by Lottie HazellWhen Piglet's fiancee reveals a horrible betrayal two weeks before their wedding day, the facade Piglet has created begins to crack. This truth has the power to strip her of the life she has so carefully built, so smugly shared. To do something about it would be to self-destruct. But what will it cost her to do nothing? Also available as an eAudiobook on Libby |
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Strangers: A Memoir of Marriage by Belle BurdenIn March 2020, Belle Burden was safe and secure with her family at their house on Martha's Vineyard, navigating the early days of the pandemic together. Then, with no warning or explanation, her husband announced he was leaving her. Overnight, her caring partner became a man she hardly recognized. Through all of it, she is transformed. With unflinching honesty and profound grace, Burden charts a path through heartbreak to show the power of a woman who refuses to give up on love. Also available on Libby |
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Actress of a Certain Age: My Twenty-Year Trail to Overnight Success by Jeff HillerA humorous collection of autobiographical essays from comedian and 'Somebody Somewhere' actor Jeff Hiller, who shares his journey from growing up 'profoundly gay' in 1980s Texas to his experiences as an inept social worker and how he clawed, scraped, and brawled to Hollywood's lower middle-tier. Available on Libby |
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Single Girls by John SearlesIn 1965, Helen Gurley Brown is fresh off the runaway success of her book Sex and the Single Girl, a revolutionary call to single women urging them not to rush into marriage and, even more radically, to enjoy their sex lives free of shame. Upon the book's publication, half the country is outraged and the other half will follow her anywhere. Moved by the thousands of letters arriving at her doorstep from readers desperate for advice, she searches for a perch from which to dispense her unconventional wisdom. She finally gets her shot at Cosmopolitan. Single Girls begins at the dawn of Helen's storied tenure and journeys back to her youth, envisioning the devastations and people who forged her into a controversial legend. With dazzling prose, it recreates not just a movement, but a mood: one of ambition, reinvention, and the intoxicating thrill of being young when a new world was possible for a single girl if only she was fearless enough to reach out and grab it. |
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Play Mahjong!: An All-Levels Guide to American Mahjong by Alyssa GrossYour comprehensive guide to the American version of Mahjong, packed with interactive step-by-step instructions, helpful tips, tricks, and fun facts designed to enhance your playing experience. Whether you're a first-time player or an expert looking to refine your techniques, this is your companion to mastering mahjong. Also available on Hoopla |
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Yesteryearby Caro Claire BurkeNatalie lives a traditional lifestyle. Her charming farmhouse is rustic, her husband a handsome cowboy, her six children are delightful. So what if there are nannies and producers behind the scenes, her husband the heir to a political dynasty? What Natalie's 8 million followers don't know won't hurt them. Natalie isn't simply living the good life, she's living the ideal. Until one morning she wakes up in a life that isn't hers. Her home, her husband, her children--they're all familiar, but something's off. Her kitchen is warmed by a fire rather than electricity, her children are dirty and strange, and her husband is suddenly a competent farmer. Just yesterday Natalie was curating photos of homemade jam for her Instagram, and now she's expected to haul firewood and handwash clothes. A gripping, electrifying novel that is as darkly funny as it is frightening, Yesteryear is a gimlet-eyed look at tradition, fame, faith, and the grand performance of womanhood. Also available on Libby |
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The third studio album by the American singer and songwriter Ravyn Lenae, released August 2026. The album includes dual lead singles "Reputation", featuring Dominic Fike, and "Bobby".
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A Good Person by Kirsten KingAn electric binge-of-a-debut about an antihero who seeks revenge on her ex-situationship with a hex, only for him to actually, literally die. Lillian expects Henry to grovel and come crawling back to her. What she doesn't anticipate is becoming a prime suspect in his murder case when he's found dead. Desperate to control the narrative, clear her name, and assume her rightful place as Henry's mourning girlfriend, Lillian's pursuit of the truth will throw her into a dangerous tailspin, which may just upend her life for good. A deliciously addictive novel that explores our darkest, most human impulses. Also available on Libby |
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The Book of Birds: A Field Guide to Wonder and Loss by Robert MacFarlaneA great thinning of the skies is underway. Around 50 percent of bird species are in decline worldwide. Our dawns are quieter each year, and an almost unimaginable abundance has been lost. It does not have to be this way--but we will not save what we do not love. Inspired by the classic bird-books with which the authors grew up, The Book of Birds is a field guide with a difference: It aims to show its readers how to identify birds, but also how to identify with them. Also available as an eAudiobook on Hoopla |
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