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New Books for 2011/12

Oprah's Picks

Staff Favorites

New Books for 2011/12

February 2012

FICTION
NON-FICTION
  • Bungalow by Sarah Jio
  • Death Benefit by Robin Cook
  • Sleepwalker by Karen Robards
  • Down the Darkest Road by Tami Hoag
  • Breakdown by Sara Paretsky
  • The Hunter by John T. Lescroart
  • A Devil is Waiting by Jack Higgins
  • Need You Now by James Grippando
  • Love in a Nutshell by Janet Evanovich
  • Deadline by Fern Michaels
  • Private #1 Suspect by James Patterson
  • Copper Beach: A Dark Legacy Novel by Jayne Ann Krentz
  • The Jaguar by T. Jefferson Parker
  • Gideon's Corpse by Douglas J. Preston
  • Incognito by Gregory Murphy
  • The Strangers on Montagu by Karen White
  • Believing the Lie by Elizabeth George
  • Outlaw: A novel of Robin Hood by A. Donald
  • Kill Switch by Neal Baer and Jonathan Greene
  • More Than Words Can Say by Robert Barclay
  • How it all Began by Penelope Lively
  • The Keeper by Suzanne Woods Fisher

Young Adult Fiction

  • How to Save a Life by Sara Zarr
  • The Crazy Things Girls Do for Love by Dyan Sheldon
  • Bloodhound: Beka Cooper Book 2 by Tamora Pierce
  • Wintertown by Stephen Emond
  • Ruthless: A pretty little liars novel by Sara Shepard
  • The Long Walk to Water by Linda Sue Park
  • Ashfall by Mike Mullin
  • Kiss of Frost by Jennifer Estep
  • Crossed by Allyson Braithwaite Condie
  • Your Rights in the Workplace by Barbara Kate Repa
  • Christ to Coke: How image becomes icon by Martin Kemp
  • 50 Popular Beliefs that People Think are True by Guy P. Harrison
  • God's Right Hand by Michael Sean Winters
  • Roosevelt's Lost Alliances by Frank Costigliola
  • One on One: Behind the scenes with the greats in the game by John Feinstein
  • EcoMind: Changing the way we think, to create the world we want by Frances Moore Lappe

Biographies

  • The Real Romney by Michael and Scott Helman
  • Regis Philbin: How I got this way
  • Elizabeth the Queen: Inside the life of modern Monarch by Sally Bedell Smith

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

January 2012

FICTION
NON-FICTION
    • The Territory by Tricia Fields
    • Naomi's Gift by Amy Clipston
    • Mercury's Rise by Ann Parker
    • All Our Wordily Goods by Irene Nemirovsky
    • I Am Half-Sick of Shadows by Alan Bradley
    • Come a Little Closer by Dorothy Garlock
    • Sunrise Cedar Key by Terri Dulong
    • Proof of Heaven by Mary Curran Hackett
    • Valley of Dreams by Lauraine Snelling
    • The House of Silk, a Sherlock Holmes Novel by Anthony Horwitz
    • The Next Always by Nora Roberts
    • The Wedding Quilt by Jennifer Chiaverini
    • The Prague Cemetery by Umberto Eco
    • Out of Oz by Gregory Maguire
    • Vigilante by Stephen J. Cannell
    • Red Mist by Patricia Cornwell
    • Dead Last by James W. Hall
    • Longing by Karen Kingsbury
    • Breaking Point by Dana Haynes
    • The Scottish Prisoner by Diana Gabaldon
    • The Temple Mount Code by Charles Brokaw
    • Ranchero by Rick Gavin

    Young Adult Fiction

    • The Future of Us by Jay Asher and Carolyn Mackler
    • Terrier by Tamora Pierce
    • Mastiff by Tamora Pierce
    • Trash by Andy Mulligan
    • Rot and Ruin by Jonathan Maberry
    • Bruiser by Neal Shusterman
    • Hey, Back Off!: tips for stopping teen harassment by Jennie Withers
    • The Running Dream by Wendelin Van Draanen

     

    • After Shock, Protect Yourself and Profit in the Next Global Financial Meltdown by David Wiedemer
    • Going Home, Finding Peace When Pets Die by Jon Katz
    • Civilization by Niall Ferguson
    • Hungry Girl Supermarket Survival by Lisa Lillien
    • Photography and the Art of Seeing by Freeman Patterson
    • Managing Anxiety in People with Autism by Anne M. Chalfant, Psy. D.
    • Imperfect Justice, Prosecuting Casey Anthony by Jeff Ashton
    • The Collapse of the American Criminal Justice by William J. Stuntz
    • The Price of Civilization: Reawakening American virtue and prosperity by Jeffrey Sachs
      Biographies
    • H.G. Wells: Another Kind of Life by Michael Sherborne
    • Then Again by Diane Keaton
    • Dear Cary: My life with Cary Grant by Dyan Cannon
    • Tolstoy: a Russian Life by Rosamund Barlett
    • James Madison by Richard Brookhiser
    • Howard Cosell: the man, the myth and the transformation of American sports by Mark Ribowsky

December 2011

FICTION
NON-FICTION
  • The Litigators by John Grisham
  • City of Whispers by Marcia Muller
  • Hotel Vendome by Danielle Steele
  • Prince of Ravenscar by Catherine Coulter
  • Kill Alex Cross by James Patterson
  • V is for Vengeance by Sue Grafton
  • Devil's Gate by Clive Cussler
  • The Corn Maiden by Joyce C. Oates
  • Book of Dreams by Davis Bunn
  • The Dark at the End by F. Paul Wilson
  • The Art of Saying Goodbye by E. Bache
  • The Best of Me by Nicholas Sparks
  • Blood Red Indian Summer by D. Handler
  • The Christmas Shoppe by M. Carlson
  • A Mortal Terror by James Benn
  • Headhunters by Jo Nesbo
  • Shadow in Serenity by Terri Blackstock
  • The Devil's Puzzle by Clare O'Donohue
  • Lost December by Richard Evans
  • House of Secrets by T. Peterson
  • Zero Day by David Baldacci

 

Young Adult Fiction

  • The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
  • Tiger's Voyage by Colleen Houck
  • Inheritance by Christopher Paolini
  • The Iron King by Julie Kagawa
  • The Scorch Trials by James Dashner
  • Death Cure by James Dashner
  • Art of the Chicken Coop by Chris Gleason
  • Holiday Crafting and Baking w/kids by J. Strand
  • Rome, A Cultural, Visual and Personal History by Robert Hughes
  • The Time of Our Lives by Tom Brokaw
  • Back to Work by Bill Clinton
  • The Oprah Winfrey Show, Reflections on an American Legacy by Deborah Davis
  • The Price of Civilization, Reawakening American Virtue and Prosperity by Jeffrey Sachs
  • The Collapse of the American Criminal Justice by William J. Stuntz

Biographies

  • Condoleeza Rice, No Higher Honor
  • Jack Kennedy, Elusive Hero by Chris Matthews
  • Margaret Sanger, a Life of Passion by Jean Baker
  • The Garner Files, a Memior by James Garner and John Winokur
  • Gabby, A Story of Courage and Hope by Gabrielle Giffords and Mark Kelly
  • This is Herman Cain, My Journey to the White House
  • Prince Philip, The Turbulent Early Life of the Man Who Married Queen Elizabeth II by Philip Eade

 

November 2011

FICTION
NON-FICTION
  • The Leftovers by Tom Perrotta
  • Yankee Doodle Dixie by Lisa Patton
  • A Mortal Terror by James Benn
  • Commencement by J. Courtney Sullivan
  • Shadow in Serenity by Terri Blackstock
  • Headhunters by Jo Nesbo
  • The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck        
  • The Best of Me by-Nicholas Sparks  
  • The Dark at the End by F. Paul Wilson
  • The Art of Saying Goodbye by Ellyn.Bache
  • House of Secrets by Tracie.Peterson
  • The Betrayal by Jerry Jenkins
  • Flashback by Dan Simmons
  • Under the Dog Star by Sandra Parshall
  • Wicked by Gregory Macguire
  • They Never Came Home by Lois Duncan 
  • Hello, Hollywood by Janice Thompson
  • The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton      
  • Falling Together by Marisa delos Santos
  • Wife-In-Lawby Haywood Smith
  • Defensive Wound by Lisa Black  
  •  Sanctus bySimon Toyne
  • Boundries by Elizabeth Nunez

Young Adult Fiction

  • Locked in Time by Louis Duncan
  • Home Improvement by C. Harris
  • A Beautiful Friendship by David Weber
  • And Both Were Young by Madeleine L’Engle
  • Annie On My Mind by Nancy Garden
  • The Boyfriend List by E. Lockhart
  • The Amber Spyglass by Philip Pullman
  • I Will Always Love You by Cecily Von Ziegesar

 

  •  Suicide of a Superpower by Patrick Buchanan
  •  Prime Time by Jane Fonda
  •  Arguably Essays by Chris Hitchens
  •  The Secret Life of Pronouns - J. Pennebaker
  •  Cinch by Cynthia Sass, MPH
  •  The Other Side of the World by Vision & Reality
  •  One Nation Under AARP by Frederick R. Lynch
  •  Signing Their Rights Away by Denise Kiernan
  •  The Secret Language of Dreams by David Fontana
  •  Remedy and Reaction by Paul Starr
  •  The Space Shuttle, celebrating 30 years
  •  Rin Tin Tin, The Life and Legend by Susan Orlean
  •  Who Stole My Soul? by Vishwa Prakash
  •  Monsters in the Movies by John Land
  •  Smithsonian Timelines of History
  •  Evolution the Human Story by Dr. Alice Roberts

Biographies

  • Piers Morgan, The Biography by Emily Herber
  • Cleopatra, A Life by Stacy Schiff
  • In My Time, A Personal and Political Memoir by Dick Chaney
  • Marty Feldman, The Biography of a Comedy Legend by Robert Moss

 

October 2011

FICTION
NON-FICTION
  • The Taker by Alma Katsu
  • Pirate King by Laurie R. King
  • Prey by Linda Howard
  • The Race by Clive Cussler
  • Second Nature by Jacquelyn Mitchard
  • Plugged by Eoin Colfer
  • The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
  • The Vault by Ruth Rendell
  • Lamb by Bonnie Nadzam
  • New York to Dallas by J.D. Robb
  • A Deadly Cliche by Ellery Adams
  • Pampered to Death by Laura Levine
  • A Light From A distant Star by Mary McGarry Morris
  • Goddess of Vengeance by Jackie Collins
  • Killing the Blues by Robert Parker
  • There but for the by Ali Smith
  • Kill Me If You Can by James Patterson
  • Rip Tide by Stella Rimington
  • Heartwishes by Jude Deveraux
  • The Cut by George Pelecanos
  • Saint's Gate by Carla Neggers
  • Full Black by Brad Thor
  • The Mercy by Beverly Lewis
  • The Dog Who Knew Too Much by Spencer Quinn
  • I Married You for Happiness by Lily Tuck
  • Turn Right at Machu Picchu by Mark Adams
  • The Interrogation by Glenn L. Carle
  • The Secrets of the FBI by Ronald Kessler
  • What it is Like to Go To War by Karl Marlantes
  • A First Rate Madness by Nassir Ghaemi
  • After America by Mark Steyn
  • How to Get a Grip by Matthew Kimberly
  • The Thinking Life: How to Thrive in the Age of Distraction by P.M. Forni
  • Have a New Teenager by Friday by Dr. Kevin Leman
  • Every Day a Friday by Joel Osteen
  • A Planet of Viruses by Carl Zimmer
  • Following Atticus by Tom Ryan
  • Hemingway's Boat by Paul Hendrickson

Biographies

  • Roger Ebert: A Life
  • Here Comes Trouble by Michael Moore
  • Harold: The Boy Who Became Mark Twain by Hal Holbrook
  • An Unquenchable Thirst: Following Mother Theresa in Search of Love, Science and Authentic Life by Mary Johnson
  • Stieg Larsson: The Real Story of the Man Who Played With Fire by Jan-Eric Pettersson
  • Favorite Wife: Escape From Polygamy by Susan Ray Schmidt
  • Jane Fonda: The Private Life of a Public Woman by Patricia Bosworth
  • Ethan Allen: His Life and Times by Willard Sterne Randall
  • Just One Catch: The Biography of Joseph Heller by Joseph Daugherty

 

Oprahs' Picks

Oprah's Book Club

 

Oprah's Classics List

 

Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver

While I Was Gone by Sue Miller

The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison

Back Roads by Tawni O'Dell

Daughter of Fortune by Isabel Allende

Gap Creek by Robert Morgan

A Map of the World  by Jane Hamilton

Vinegar Hill by A. Manette Anysay

River, Cross My Heart  by Breena Clarke

Tara Road by Maeve Binchy

Mother of Pearl by Melinda Haynes

White Oleander by Janet Fitch

The Pilot's Wife by Anita Shreve

The Reader by Bernhard Schlink

Jewel  by Bret Lott

Where the Heart Is by Billie Letts

Midwives by Chris Bohjalian

What Looks Like Crazy on an Ordinary Day  by Pearl Cleage

I Know This Much Is True by Wally Lamb

Breath, Eyes, Memory by Edwidge Danticat

Black and Blue by Anna Quindlen

Here on Earth by Alice Hoffman

Paradise by Toni Morrison

Meanest Thing to Say by Bill Cosby

The Treasure Hunt by Bill Cosby

The Best Way to Play by Bill Cosby

Ellen Foster by Kaye Gibbons

A Virtuous Woman by Kaye Gibbons

A Lesson Before Dying by Ernest J. Gaines

Songs in Ordinary Time by Mary McGarry Morris

The Heart of a Woman by Maya Angelou

Rapture of Canaan by Sheri Reynolds

Stones from the River by Ursula Hegi

She's Come Undone by Wally Lamb

The Book of Ruth by Jane Hamilton

Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison

The Deep End of the Ocean  by Jacquelyn Mitchard

Drowning Ruth by Christina Schwarz

House of Sand and Fog by Andre Dubus III

We were the Mulvaneys by Joyce Carol Oates

Icy sparks by Gwen Hyman Rubin

Stolen lives: Twenty Years in a Desert Jail by Malika Oufkir, et al

Cane River by Lalita Tademy

The Corrections by Jonathan Franzen 

A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry

Fall on Your Knees by Ann Marie MacDonald

Sula by Toni Morrison

A Million Little Pieces by James Frey

Night by Elie Wiesel

The Road by Cormac McCarthy

Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follet

New Earth by Eckhart Tolle

Story of Edgar Sawtelle by David Wroblewski

Say You're One of Them by Uwen Akpan

Freedom by Jonathan Franzen 

East of Eden by John Steinbeck

Cry the beloved country by Alan Paton

One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez 

Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy

Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck

As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner

Light in August by William Faulkner

The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner

Great Expectations by Charles Dickens

Tale of two cities by Charles Dickens

Staff Favorites

Lynn White - Director Gretchen Durley - Children' s Librarian
  • I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
  • The Christmas Train by David Baldacci
  • Mayflower by Nathaniel Philbrick
  • The Thief by Megan by Whalen Turner
  • The Diamond Throne by David Eddings
  • The South Beach Diet by Arthur Agatston
  • The Gardener by Sarah Stewart
  • The Little House by Virginia Lee Burton
  • Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney

 

Lisa Bower Courtney - Reference Librarian Linda Goodwin - Circulation Supervisor
  • The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
  • Story Sisters by Alice Hoffman
  • The Miss Zukas Series by Jo Dereske
  • Cutting for Stone byAbraham Verghese
  • Talk Before Sleep by Elizabeth Berg
  • A Year in Japan by Kate Williamson
  • Felted Knits by Beverly Galeskas

 

  • The Firm by John Grisham
  • Small Town Girl by LaVyrle Spencer
  • Cry in the Night by Mary Higgins Clark
  • Fix-it-and- forget-it Cookbook Series
  • Scrapbook Journaling Made Simple
  • Scrapbook Memorabila by Cori Dahmen

Laurie Marconis - Administrative Assistant Amy Empoliti - Reference Assistant
  • Woman in Red by Eileen Goudge
  • The Woods by Harlan Coben
  • Sweetwater Creek by Anne Rivers Siddons
  • Summer of Roses by Luanne Rice
  • Move to Strike by Perri O' Shaughnessy
  • Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkein
  • Harry Potter Series by J. K. Rowling

Lisa Bilodeau - Technical Services Linda Russo - Children's Assistant
  • World With No End by Ken Follet
  • Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett
  • Hide by Lisa Gardner
  • Gone by Lisa Gardner
  • 10th Anniversary by James Patterson
  • Women and Money by Suze Orman
  • The House of Abraham by Stephen Berry
  • Thunderstruck by Erik Larson
  • Issac's Storm by Erik Larson
  • Becoming A Better You by Joel Osteen

Mary Barbieri - Circualtion Assistant
Kathleen Lyga - Circualtion Assistant
  • Tell No One by Harlan Coben
  • Great Lion of God by Taylor Caldwell
  • Open Season by C.J. Box
  • Choke by Stuart Woods
  • Irish Mist by Andrew Greeley
  • The Bone Vault by Linda Fairstein
  • Weekend Warriors by Fern Michaels
  • In Defense of Food: An eater's manifesto by Michael Pollan

Shawna Pelletier – Page

Dacie Pratt - Page

  • Harry Potter Series by J.K. Rowling
  • Anything by Nicholas Sparks
  • Pretty little liars series by Sara Shepard
  • Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling
  • Twilght Series Stephanie Meyers
  • Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

 

 

 
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