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This week’s nonfiction presents Lincoln’s last murder trial before his presidency, the Flint water crisis, a critical reading of 20th-century Cherokee writers, a journalist’s battle to expose racism and class corruption, and some political observations.  On the fiction side, murder and mayhem abound.   All We Ever Wanted by Emily Giffin When her golden-boy son…

For some readers there is nothing better than a good adventure, where the main character is on some type of mission and meets lots of obstacles and danger along the way.  Two authors on this week’s list personify the genre – Clive Cussler and Tom Clancy.  However, you may realize that Tom Clancy died in…

Let’s Talk About It, Oklahoma (LTAIO) Let’s Talk About It, Oklahoma is a great way to connect with neighbors over books and ideas.  It is a reading and discussion series which consists of 4-5 sessions, each featuring a book from the chosen discussion theme. A humanities scholar opens each session telling about the author’s life,…

What is a “beach read” anyway?  This ubiquitous term has been around since the ’90s and is often used to describe a book without a heavy theme, that is enjoyable and easy to read.  While it can be a thriller or a tearjerker, it should never require serious thinking.  And, of course, beach reads are…

Lots of suspense, a little romance, some true tales of crime and of the horrors of slavery, and the current research being done on psychedelic drugs.  It’s all in here.   Barracoon: The Story of the Last “Black Cargo” by Zora Neale Hurston Presents a never-before-published work from the author of the American classic Their…

Everybody has a secret and in this week’s list, those secrets can have devastating consequences.  A secret crime, a secret past, or secret motives can ratchet up the tension in the hands of a skilled author.  If you prefer real life, a couple of the titles below reveal the secret life of stars.   Adjustment…

Many bestselling authors are included in this week’s new books.  Some of these include the next book in a series such as the Women’s Murder Club series by James Patterson, the Eve Duncan series by Iris Johansen and the Prey series by John Sanford.  Get the whole list of each of these series in our…

Be the first to check out read one of these new books!     The Art of Reading by Damon Young A beautiful celebratory tribute to the powers of one of our most undervalued skills. Clean 20 by Ian K. Smith A guide to clean eating outlines a diet and exercise program for minimizing unhealthy…

Nonfiction books can make you think such as two of the books in this week’s group – Hans Rosling’s book that Bill Gates says is one of the most important books he has ever read and Madeline Albright’s book that offers a warning to beware fascism.   After Anna by Lisa Scottoline When her daugher…

We offer a good mix of fiction and nonfiction that ranges in time from a fictional Civil War story of the wife of Jefferson Davis to the true, but lesser-known, inside story behind the dangerous Apollo 8 mission and ranges in topic from a fictional Amish story to the nonfictional exploration of addiction.   Alternate…