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  • Peak Picks are Back!

    Stop by your local branch to see Peak Picks from the past two months, with titles from June and July available now! Starting with June’s titles, in fiction, Julia Phillips (Disappearing Earth) delivers a mesmerizing novel of two sisters whose lives are upended by an unexpected visitor–a tale of family, obsession, and a mysterious creature… Continue reading

  • New Nonfiction Roundup – May 2024

    George Stephanopolous recounts the inside story of 12 presidents during moments of crisis, from JFK to Biden, in The Situation Room while historian Jon Meacham reflects on the life of George H.W. Bush in The Call to Serve. Former White House Press Secretary and current MSNBC host Jen Psaki shares lessons from work, the White… Continue reading

  • A Peek at Peak Picks – May 2024

    We are adding ten titles to Peak Picks in May! In fiction, Miranda July returns with an irreverently sexy, hilarious, and surprising novel about a woman upending her life in All Fours; Diane Richards debuts with a magnificent work of “biographical fiction” that reimagines the turbulent early years of Ella Fitzgerald, arguably the greatest singer in the… Continue reading

  • New Nonfiction Roundup – April 2024

    April is the peak of the spring publishing season, and this month’s nonfiction books do not disappoint! Blockbuster author Erik Larson’s latest, The Demon of Unrest, is a saga of hubris, heartbreak, and heroism at the dawn of the Civil War; Hampton Sides’ newest book, The Wide Wide Sea, tells a tale of imperial ambition,… Continue reading

  • A Peek at Peak Picks – April 2024

    Ten new titles are joining Peak Picks in April – plus a bonus March pick! In nonfiction, novelist Amy Tan presents a gorgeous, witty account of birding, nature, and the beauty around us that hides in plain sight with beautiful, original sketches by the author in The Backyard Bird Chronicles; Death doula Alua Arthur reframes… Continue reading

  • New Nonfiction Roundup – March 2024

    CNN’s Fareed Zakaria traces the history of progress – and backlash – from 1600 to the present in Age of Revolutions while Henry Louis Gates Jr. considers how Black Americans have used the written word to define and redefine themselves in The Black Box. Jonathan Haidt investigates how the rewiring of childhood has caused an… Continue reading

  • A Peek at Peak Picks – March 2024

    Eleven books are joining Peak Picks in March! In fiction, Sierra Greer examines intimacy, power, autonomy, and control in her debut about the relationship between a female robot and her human owner in Annie Bot; Justinian Huang follows two men whose love transcends time, going from 4 BCE to the present-day China, in the romantasy… Continue reading

  • New Nonfiction Roundup – February 2024

      February is brimming with eclectic essay collections, incisive memoirs, practical tools for self care, and perceptive observations on current events. Check out some of the most anticipated books for the month. MSNBC’s Joy-Ann Reid traces the lives of civil rights icons Medgar & Myrlie Evers. Katie Rogers considers the transformation of the modern First… Continue reading

  • A Peek at Peak Picks – February 2024

    Check out the ten books we’re adding to Peak Picks in February! In fiction, dozens of authors – including Margaret Atwood, Douglas Preston, Tommy Orange and Celeste Ng – are the forces behind individual tenants in a New York City apartment building during the height of the COVID lockdown in Fourteen Days; Hisashi Kashiwai follows… Continue reading

  • New Nonfiction Roundup – January 2024

    Happy 2024! It’s a new year, and we’ve got plenty of books for those of you looking to start the year off on a positive start, along with compelling histories, stimulating science, and lots more! Judson Brewer (Unwinding Anxiety) examines why we eat when we’re not hungry – and how to stop – in The… Continue reading

  • A Peek at Peak Picks – January 2024

    We’re starting the new year off with a bang, and twelve new Peak Picks! Check out these books coming your way in January 2024. In fiction, Susan Muaddi Darraj gives voice to the diverse residents of a Palestinian American community in Behind You is the Sea; Karl Marlantes transports readers to Cold War Finland where… Continue reading

  • New Nonfiction Roundup – December 2023

    There’s nothing better than a book to get you through the cold, windy, dark days of December. Check out the top nonfiction titles for the last month of the year. Former Republican leader Liz Cheney issues a warning to Americans who ignore the Constitution in Oath and Honor, while Tim Alberta reports on American evangelicals… Continue reading

  • New Nonfiction Roundup – November 2023

      November brings a cornucopia of notable and newsworthy nonfiction! Leading the pack is My Name is Barbra, Ms. Streisand’s highly anticipated 992 page(!) memoir. Not a fan of Babs? Other memoirs to consider include Elvis and the Colonel, Greg McDonald’s look at the most legendary partnership in show business, and Jennifer Burns’ biography of… Continue reading

  • A Peek at Peak Picks – late October to December

    19 titles are joining Peak Picks through the end of 2023! In adult fiction, National Book Award winner Alice McDermott provides a riveting account of women’s lives on the margins of the Vietnam War in Absolution; Jonathan Evison delivers a poignant story about a 102-year-old nursing home resident seeking love and redemption in Again and… Continue reading

  • New Nonfiction Roundup – October 2023

    October abounds with some of the most notable nonfiction of the year! Celebrity autobiographies are in demand this month: Britney Spears details her journey to freedom following the end of her conservatorship in The Woman in Me; Henry Winkler revisits The Fonz, and more lovable TV characters, in Being Henry; Dolly Parton celebrates her passion… Continue reading

  • A Peek at Peak Picks – October 2023

    Twelve new books are joining Peak Picks in October! FICTION. Amanda Peters debuts with the tale of a a four-year-old Mi’kmaq girl who disappears from the blueberry fields of Maine, sparking a fifty year mystery that will haunt the survivors and unravel a family in The Berry Pickers; Bryan Washington (Lot, Memorial) returns with a… Continue reading

  • New Nonfiction Roundup – September 2023

      September marks the beginning of the fall publishing season, and some outstanding nonfiction will be released this month! Check out these top nonfiction picks. Bestselling biographer Walter Isaacson profiles fascinating and controversial innovator Elon Musk, while Anderson Cooper chronicles another legendary American family in Astor. Jill Duggar reveals the secrets behind the TLC reality… Continue reading

  • A Peek at Peak Picks – September 2023

    Check out the ten new books joining Peak Picks in September! In fiction, Canadian Mohawk author Alicia Elliott follows a young Indigenous woman whose failure to connect –  with her infant daughter and her new posh neighbors – has horrifying consequences in And Then She Fell; Kim Coleman Foote merges fact and fiction in her… Continue reading