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Adult Fiction Coming Soon
Adult Bestsellers Coming Soon

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Beer, Molly

Biography

A women-centric view of revolution through the life of Angelica Schuyler Church, Alexander Hamilton's influential sister-in-law.

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Levy, Shawn

Biography

From the acclaimed film critic and New York Times bestselling biographer of Paul Newman, the definitive biography of Hollywood legend Clint Eastwood, the most prolific and versatile actor-director in the history of the medium, and an indelible fixture of American culture.

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Taraborrelli, J. Randy

Biography

From the New York Times bestselling Kennedy historian and author of Jackie: Public, Private, Secret comes the other side of the story—her husband’s: JFK: Public, Private, Secret.
 

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Bergreen, Laurence

Biography

From the acclaimed biographer of explorers Magellan, Columbus, and Francis Drake comes a unique exploration of life and influence of Jules Verne, the novelist whose mind spun the greatest adventures ever told and whose daring and prescient imagination sparked a lasting transformation of modern society and technology, inspiring everyone from J.R.R. Tolkien to Kurt Vonnegut to Jeff Bezos.

 

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Kladstrup, Petie

Biography

The dramatic, untold saga of Eugénie de Montijo, the defiant wife of Napoleon III, cultural tastemaker, and fierce early activist for female equality

 

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House, Karen Elliott

Biography

Based on exclusive interviews, an eye-opening biography of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS), head of the House of Saud, the calculating ruler of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and a central Middle East power broker.

 

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Brennan, Christine

Biography

A news-making and electrifying portrait of sports phenomenon Caitlin Clark, whose dramatic ascendance in college basketball and now in the WNBA has captured the attention of media and fans unlike any other female team-sport athlete in history—by award-winning USA TODAY columnist and television commentator Christine Brennan.
 

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Vigna, Paul

Business & Economics

The complete story of how we came to worship money, and how we can stop greed from destroying everything.
 

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Tamimi, Sami

Cooking

Celebrate the diverse cuisine of Palestine with more than 100 plant-based and vegetarian recipes for festive meals, breads, desserts, and more, from the award-winning co-author of Jerusalem, Falastin and co-founder of Ottolenghi.

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Pankhania, Seema

Cooking

Satisfy every craving--salty or sweet, comforting or spicy--with over 80 mouthwatering, flavor-packed recipes from the social media superstar behind Seema Gets Baked on TikTok.
 

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Saad, Karim

Cooking

Craving your favorite fast food, but don't want to sacrifice your health? Look no further!
 

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Johnson, Tre

Essays

A powerful read examining the lack of opportunity given to Black Americans due to structural racism, and how forgotten historical figures and the author's own family found a way to succeed despite the obstacles.

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Kreizman, Maris

Essays

A debut essay collection by the inimitable cultural critic Maris Kreizman—an introspective, searing account of the life experiences that have pushed this former “good Democrat” even further to the political left

 

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Burney, Lawrence

Essays

An essay collection from culture critic Lawrence Burney that is a personal and analytical look at his home city of Baltimore, music from throughout the global Black diaspora, and the traditions that raised him.
 

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King, Rax

Essays

From the James Beard Award-nominated author of Tacky, a boldly funny, warts-and-all tour of the bad habits that make Rax King who she is
 

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Robinett, Rachelle

Health

Unlock the power of herbalism to transform your health and life
 

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Ismail, Aymann

Memoirs

From Slate staff writer Aymann Ismail comes an exquisite memoir about fatherhood, religion, and the search for identity in an ever-shifting world.
 

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Boas, Simon

Memoirs

This remarkable book, a runaway bestseller in the UK, is not just a meditation on dying, but also a hymn to the joy and preciousness of life. A Beginner’s Guide to Dying is destined to become a modern classic.
 

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Yajia, Tamara

Memoirs

For readers of Samantha Irby and Jennette McCurdy, a hilarious, moving memoir by Argentine-American comedian Tamara Yajia about growing up between two worlds.

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Andrew, Mari

Memoirs

A luminous collection of essays exploring the lessons we can incorporate from the animal world in order to live more fully as humans
 

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Duncan, Calvin

Memoirs

Criminal justice reform advocate Sophie Cull met Duncan after he was finally released from prison; he began to tell her his story. Together, they’ve written a bracing condemnation of the criminal legal system, and an intimate portrait of a heroic and brilliant man’s resilience in the face of injustice.
 

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Grant, Stephen Starring

Memoirs

An exuberant, hilarious, and profound memoir by a mailman in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia, who found that working for the post office saved his life, taught him who he was, gave him purpose, and educated him deeply about a country he loves but had lost touch with.
 

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Shay, Scheana

Memoirs

An intimate memoir from Vanderpump Rules star Scheana Shay, delving into everything from the origin story of the iconic show, to her struggles with fertility and pregnancy loss, and the behind-the-scenes moments that were left on the cutting room floor. 
 

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Shallow, Parvati

Memoirs

A bold, eye-opening memoir about survival, trauma, and healing from one of reality television’s most talked-about stars
 

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Weissenbach, Ben

Memoirs

Hailed as a “worthy successor” to John McPhee (Kirkus Reviews), Ben Weissenbach —a digital native with little prior wilderness experience—embarks on a series of scientific adventures across the wilds of Alaska with some of the state's most distinguished and audacious researchers.
 

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Lee, Joseph

Memoirs

From award-winning journalist Joseph Lee, a sweeping, personal exploration of Indigenous identity and the challenges facing Indigenous people around the world.
 

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Pastiloff, Jennifer

Memoirs

An urgent rallying cry to stop holding back and start living life on your terms.
 

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Barreto Fetterman, Gisele

Memoirs

An inspiring manifesto from philanthropist and advocate Gisele Barreto Fetterman that explores her surprising source of power and strength—vulnerability—and how we can all harness it to effect meaningful change.
 

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Fredericks, Clark

Memoirs

A memoir of trauma and transformation by a man who was haunted by childhood abuse but who fought his way back—a journey from vengeance and prison to freedom and redemption.
 

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Alizada, Sonita

Memoirs

Activist and rap artist Sonita Alizada's triumphant journey from narrowly escaping child marriage--twice--to inspiring a global audience through music to keep hope alive for the future.

 

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Dawsey, Josh

Politics

The definitive, inside story of the most tumultuous and consequential presidential campaign in our history
 

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Kean, Sam

Science

From “one of America’s smartest and most charming writers” (NPR), an archaeological romp through the entire history of humankind—and through all five senses—from tropical Polynesian islands to forbidding arctic ice floes, and everywhere in between.
 

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Burgess, Anika

Science

The story of the wildest experiments in early photography and the wild people who undertook them.

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Zeller Jr, Tom

Science

For the many millions of headache sufferers and fans of Mary Roach, Siddartha Mukerjee, and Ed Yong, a deeply reported, sometimes harrowing, and frequently humorous journey into the author’s own excruciating headaches, and the science behind these surprisingly mysterious disorders that may, finally, offer relief.

 

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Bloch, Sam

Science

An extraordinary investigation into shade, bringing together science, history, urban design, and social justice to change the way we think about a critical natural resource that should be available to all.
 

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Grunwald, Michael

Science

From the author of New York Times bestseller The New New Deal, a groundbreaking piece of reportage from the trenches of the next climate war: the fight to fix our food system.
 

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Morris, Alix

Science

Environmental journalist Alix Morris spends an eye-opening year getting to know these elusive, intelligent creatures, investigating the effects of their extraordinary return from the brink of extinction and how we can try to bring nature back into balance.
 

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Aleksic, Adam

Social Science

As Aleksic uses original surveys, data, and internet archival research to usher us through this new linguistic landscape, he also illuminates how communication is changing in both familiar and unexpected ways. From our use of emojis to sentence structure to the ways younger generations talk about sex and death (see unalive in English and desvivirse in Spanish), we are in a brand-new world, one shaped by algorithms and technology. Algospeak is an energetic, astonishing journey into language, the internet, and what this intersection means for all of us.
 

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Reynolds, Megan C.

Social Science

A comprehensive and thought-provoking investigation into one of the most polarizing words in the English language.

 

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Hogan, Chuck

True Crime

The incredible true story of a group of moms who, united by a search for new purpose, attempt to solve a fifteen-year-old double murder.
 

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Sweeney, Chris

True Crime

The fascinating and remarkable true story of the world’s first forensic ornithologist— Roxie Laybourne, who broke down barriers for women, solved murders, and investigated deadly airplane crashes with nothing more than a microscope and a few fragments of feathers.
 

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Patterson, James

True Crime

The murders of four innocent college students attending the University of Idaho left us all with so many questions. Now, after more than 300 interviews, James Patterson and prize-winning journalist Vicky Ward finally have some answers.                  

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Stock, Jon

True Crime

The shocking account of the women tortured by a legendary psychiatrist in his infamous “sleep room,” and the survivors fighting for change in the system
 

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Shapiro, Laurie Gwen

US History

The riveting and cinematic story of a partnership that would change the world forever
 

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Stewart, Lindsey

US History

A crucial telling of U.S. history centering the Black women whose magic gave rise to the rich tapestry of American culture we see today—from Vicks VapoRub and Aunt Jemima’s pancake mix, to the magic of Disney’s The Little Mermaid (2023), and the all-American blue jean.

 

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Ellsworth, Scott

US History

From the author of the National Book Award longlisted title The Ground Breaking, a riveting new look at the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, replete with evidence pointing to a much larger Confederate conspiracy.
 

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Dodson, James

US History

In the bestselling tradition of Rinker Buck’s The Oregon Trail and Tony Horwitz’s Confederates in the Attic, The Road That Made America is a lively, epic account of one of the greatest untold stories in our nation’s history—the eight-hundred-mile long Great Wagon Road that 18th-century American settlers forged from Philadelphia to Georgia that expanded the country dramatically in the decades before we ventured west.
 

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Holt, Nathalia

World History

For lovers of history, nature, and adventure, the stunning true story of Theodore Roosevelt’s sons and their 1929 Himalayan expedition to prove the existence of the beishung, the panda bear, to the western world, from the New York Times bestselling author of Rise of the Rocket Girls.
 

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Willner, Nina

World History

The extraordinary and inspiring true story of a band of young U.S. soldiers who fought together in WWII and, in the throes of combat, rescued and adopted two survivors, one of them being the author's father, from Hitler’s plot to exterminate the Jews of Europe.
 

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English, Charlie

World History

The astonishing true story of the CIA's program to smuggle tens of millions of books across the Iron Curtain—from George Orwell and Hannah Arendt to Agatha Christie—during the Cold War.
 

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Dasal, Jennifer

World History

Through masterful research and sparkling prose, The Club feels like an exclusive invitation to a Parisian enclave during an era of artistic and social transformation." -Michael Finkel, #1 New York Times best-selling author of The Art ThiefA deliciously entertaining, never-before-told history of a residence for American women artists in Paris from 1893 to 1914.

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Gilliland, Haley Cohen

World History

The epic, true story of the Abuelas de Plaza de Mayo, grandmothers who fought to find their stolen grandchildren during Argentina's brutal dictatorship.

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Kemp, Luke

World History

A vast and unprecedented survey of societal collapse—stretching from the Stone Age to the age of silicon—that digs through the ruins of fallen societies to understand the root causes of their downfall and the most dire consequences for our future.
 

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MacGregor, Iain

World History

An epic, riveting history based on new interviews and research that elucidates the approval, construction, and fateful decision to drop the atomic bomb on Hiroshima.
 

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Elmhirst, Sophie

World History

The electrifying true story of a young couple shipwrecked at sea: a mind-blowing tale of obsession, survival, and partnership stretched to its limits.
 

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Weiner, Tim

World History

The epic successor to Tim Weiner’s National Book Award–winning classic, Legacy of Ashes: a gripping and revelatory history of the CIA in the 21st century, reaching from 9/11 through the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq to today’s battles with Russia and China – and with the President of the United States.

 

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Orbanes, Philip E.

World History

An amazing true story of World War II that reveals how British and American military intelligence smuggled supplies and escape tools into German P.O.W. camps disguised as Monopoly game sets, enabling imprisoned servicemen to escape.

 

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Potter, Madeline

World History

A unique, deeply personal portrait of the nomadic Romani people and their on-going journey that sheds new light on their history, where they have traveled and settled, and what it means to be Romani today.

 

Summaries provided by DPL's catalog unless otherwise noted. Click on each title to view more information.