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Reviewed by: Keith Chaffee, Librarian, Central Library
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Fiction Hot Titles
The cuckoo's calling
W is for wasted
And the mountains echoed.
Never go back : a Jack Reacher novel.
Inferno
The English girl : a novel.
The lowland : a novel
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Allegiant [Book]
Gone girl : a novel
The fault in our stars
The House of Hades
Doctor Sleep : a novel
The Interestings
Sycamore row
Life after life : a novel
Night film : a novel
Someone
The gods of guilt
The husband's secret
The silent wife : a novel
The ocean at the end of the lane
The light between oceans : a novel
The signature of all things : a novel
Me before you
Revenge wears Prada : the Devil returns
Divergent
The silver star : a novel
Bleeding edge
Takedown twenty : a Stephanie Plum novel.
The quest
The longest ride
Crazy rich Asians
How the light gets in
The goldfinch
Sisterland : a novel
Fifty shades of Grey
Mistress
Catching fire
Insurgent
Dissident gardens : a novel
Where'd you go, Bernadette : a novel
The Hunger Games
Gone
Thankless in death
The circle
The hit
Bad monkey
Who asked you? : a novel.
Transatlantic : a novel
Bridget Jones : mad about the boy.
Non-Fiction Hot Titles
Still foolin' 'em : where I've been, where I'm going, and where the hell are my keys?
Zealot : the life and times of Jesus of Nazareth
This town : two parties and a funeral--plus, plenty of valet parking!--in America's gilded capital
David and Goliath : underdogs, misfits, and the art of battling giants
Lean in : women, work, and the will to lead
Empty mansions : the mysterious life of Huguette Clark and the spending of a great American fortune
Let's explore diabetes with owls
Simple dreams : a musical memoir
Orange is the new black : my year in a woman's prison
Daring greatly : how the courage to be vulnerable transforms the way we live, love, parent, and lead
Killing Jesus : a history
The unwinding : an inner history of the new America
Five days at Memorial : life and death in a storm-ravaged hospital
Wild : from lost to found on the Pacific Crest Trail
The smartest kids in the world : and how they got that way
Shirley Jones : a memoir
Ava Gardner : the secret conversations
The gifts of imperfection : let go of who you think you're supposed to be and embrace who you are
My beloved world
On the noodle road : from Beijing to Rome, with love and pasta
Going clear : scientology, hollywood, and the prison of belief
I am Malala : the girl who stood up for education and was shot by the Taliban
Wheat belly : lose the wheat, lose the weight, and find your path back to health
Men we reaped : a memoir
Salinger
Brilliant blunders : from Darwin to Einstein - colossal mistakes by great scientists that changed our understanding of life and the universe
A house in the sky : a memoir
Behind the beautiful forevers
Mind over medicine : scientific proof you can heal yourself
Sister, mother, husband, dog, etc.
Empress of fashion : a life of Diana Vreeland
Cooked : a natural history of transformation
Unbreakable : my story, my way : a memoir
Lawrence in Arabia : war, deceit, imperial folly and the making of the modern Middle East
Command and control
Wilson
Manson : the life and times of Charles Manson
Johnny Carson
Outliers : the story of success
Eleven rings : the soul of success
Difficult men : behind the scenes of a creative revolution: from The Sopranos and The wire to Mad men and Breaking bad
Quiet : the power of introverts in a world that can't stop talking
Steve Jobs
Daily rituals : how artists work
Vb6 : eat vegan before 6:00 P. M. to lose weight and restore your health ... for good
Unbroken : a World War II story of survival, resilience, and redemption
Sleepless in Hollywood : tales from the new abnormal in the movie business
Thinking, fast and slow
One summer : America, 1927
It's all good : delicious, easy recipes that will make you look good and feel great
Children's Hot Titles
Babymouse
Diary of a wimpy kid : the ugly truth
Diary of a wimpy kid : the third wheel
Diary of a wimpy kid : cabin fever
Diary of a wimpy kid : dog days
Diary of a wimpy kid : the last straw
Diary of a wimpy kid : Rodrick rules
Diary of a wimpy kid : Greg Heffley's journal
Pokémon adventures
Are you my mother?
Tales from a not-so-talented pop star
Tales from a not-so-popular party girl
Dork diaries : tales from a not-so-fabulous life
Tales from a not-so-graceful ice princess
Wonder
Tales from a not-so-smart Miss Know-It-All
Harry Potter and the sorcerer's stone
Dork diaries. Tales from a not-so-happy heartbreaker
The red pyramid
The throne of fire
Hurry up, Houdini!
The wide window
The one and only Ivan
The serpent's shadow
The giver
Matilda
One crazy summer
Big Nate : game on!
Mrs. Frisby and the rats of Nimh
Pete the Cat : I love my white shoes
Creepy carrots!
Artemis Fowl
The witches
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Thea Stilton. by Thea Stilton ; [story by Francesco Artibani and Caterina Mognato ; art by Cristina Giorgilli and Raffaella Seccia ; translation by Nanette McGuinness]. 1, The secret of Whale Island
The journey to Atlantis
The dragon prophecy : the fourth adventure in the Kingdom of Fantasy
Pete the cat and his four groovy buttons
Abe Lincoln at last!
The quest for paradise : the return to the Kingdom of Fantasy
Fantastic beasts and where to find them
The kissing hand
Lone wolf
Pete the cat : rocking in my school shoes
Dinosaurs before dark
The action of subtraction
The Kingdom of Fantasy
Everything on a waffle
The giver
Harry Potter and the sorcerer's stone
Racso and the rats of NIMH
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