Category Archives: Popular Reading Collection

New in the Popular Reading Collection: Anna Quindlen’s Miller’s Valley

The Millers have lived in Miller’s Valley for decades. The most recent generation’s story is told through the eyes of Mimi Miller, an intimate and honest narrator. As Mimi listens and observes her parents and the people around her, she … Continue reading

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For a daily dose of inspiration: When Breath Becomes Air

At the age of 36 and with nearly a decade’s worth of training as a neurosurgeon under his belt, Dr. Paul Kalanithi was diagnosed with stage IV lung cancer. In an instant, he went from a doctor treating the sick … Continue reading

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Books One and Two of the Red Queen Trilogy, in the Popular Collection Now!

The Red Queen trilogy follows the life of Mare Barrow, a lowly red blood in a world run by the supernatural silver-blooded elite. In book one, Red Queen, Mare gambles everything to win the freedom of her friend who has … Continue reading

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Coming of age in the Popular Collection: Exit, Pursued by a Bear

Hermione Winters is a high school student who seems to have it all: captain of the cheerleading team, envied girlfriend, the undisputed queen bee. But in her final year, those labels are disappearing quickly. Everything in Hermione’s world changes forever … Continue reading

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New Nonfiction in the Popular Collection: One Child

The goal of the Communist Party’s one-child policy in 1980 was to raise some of China’s poorest and fortify the country’s global stature. However, this policy came with some unforeseen consequences. Now more than thirty years later the country faces … Continue reading

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Free Country: A new graphic novel from Neil Gaiman

When children go missing in a small English town, the Dead Boy Detectives are led to Free Country, a thousand-year-old land in which children never grow up and are free from the oppression of adults. However, this place is falling … Continue reading

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Just in the Popular Collection: All the Birds in the Sky

It’s sometime in the future in a world where magical powers and time machines are nothing out of the ordinary. Childhood friends Patricia and Laurence have grown up and are living in San Francisco. Patricia has graduated from a hidden … Continue reading

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Through the years with Terry Pratchett

A Blink of the Screen takes readers through four decades of the best-selling and beloved author’s writing career from his early schooldays to his creation of the wildly successful Discworld series. For the first time, Pratchett’s short stories and other … Continue reading

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Acclaimed photographer Sally Mann’s memoir Hold Still in the Popular Collection

Sally Mann’s stunning memoir uses both word and image to cover topics such as family, race, mortality, and the unique landscape of the American South. As she journeys through boxes of family documents she finds more than she intended from … Continue reading

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The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins

Paula Hawkins’ debut psychological thriller follows a girl named Rachel. Every morning, Rachel boards the same commuter train, stops at the same signal, and observes the same couple as they eat breakfast on their patio. She’s named them Jess and … Continue reading

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