We’re starting 2022 with eight new Peak Picks. Fiction features three debuts: A neurodivergent protagonist is at the center of the locked-room mystery The Maid by Nita Prose; the lives of four millennials are told in vignettes in Daphne Palasi Andreades’ Brown Girls; and Puerto Rican siblings cope with family baggage in Olga Dies Dreaming by Xochitl Gonzalez. Local favorite David Guterson returns with a thrilling courtroom drama surrounding the death of an Ethiopian girl in The Final Case.
For nonfiction, Rosemary Sullivan uncovers one of the greatest mysteries of the 20th century in The Betrayal of Anne Frank: A Cold Case Investigation; Wajahat Ali humorously tackles Islamophobia in Go Back to Where You Came From; in Making Numbers Count: The Art and Science of Communicating Numbers, Chip Heath & Karla Starr provide practical and fun examples to help us make sense of numbers and data; and Johann Hari empowers us to stage an “attention rebellion” and regain control of our wandering minds in Stolen Focus: Why You Can’t Pay Attention and How to Think Deeply Again.
Take a look at the full list of current and upcoming Peak Picks. And if you’d like to know more about Peak Picks, including how books are selected, here is A Peek at Picking Peak Picks blog post.
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