Category Archives: Popular Reading Collection

The powerfully emotional “Missoula”, available in the Popular Collection

According to a 2014 report from the Department of Justice, about 110,000 women between 18 and 24 are raped each year. Between 2008 and 2012, the Department of Justice investigated 350 sexual assaults reported to the police department of Missoula, … Continue reading

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In the Popular Collection: Lies We Tell Ourselves by Robin Talley

It’s 1959 in Virginia when the lives of two girls from opposite sides of the civil rights movement change forever. Sarah is one of the first black students at a previously all-white high school. An obvious outsider, she experiences constant … Continue reading

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Yann Martel’s The High Mountains of Portugal

In The High Mountains of Portugal, Martel takes readers on a century long story that is part quest, part ghost story, and part contemporary fable. It begins in 1904 with young Tomas’s discovery of a journal hinting at a mysterious … Continue reading

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Blind date with a book in the Popular Collection

Come celebrate Valentine’s Day with Tina Fey, Judd Apatow, Han Solo, and many more! Starting next week, select titles from the Popular Collection will be wrapped up and waiting for you as part of our Blind Date With a Book … Continue reading

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History comes to life in “The Witch of Lime Street: Séance, Seduction and Houdini in the Spirit World”

Against the backdrop of glamour and jazz that is 1920’s America, two paranormal icons vie for the spotlight at a time when science is on the verge of accepting the supernatural. Harry Houdini, the most famous escape artist and unmasker … Continue reading

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The Japanese Lover by Isabel Allende

The year is 1939 and Alma Belasco has just escaped the Nazi takeover of Poland. Now safe in her Aunt and Uncle’s luxurious San Francisco mansion, Alma meets and quickly falls in love with Ichimei, the son of her family’s … Continue reading

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Take a journey through the deepest point on Earth in bestselling author Neal Shusterman’s latest book – Challenger Deep

Caden Bosch is a boy who is torn. A brilliant student with odd mannerisms, the resident artist on a ship bound for the deepest point on Earth in the Marianas Trench who vacillates between allegiance and mutiny, and a “pretend … Continue reading

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New in the Popular Collection – Welcome to Night Vale, a novel based on the #1 international hit podcast.

Night Vale is a friendly desert community in the American Southwest. It’s a town like any other, except for the fact that ghosts, angels, aliens, and government conspiracies are a parts of everyday life. The lives of two women intertwine. … Continue reading

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Bream Gives Me Hiccups & Other Stories

In his debut collection of short stories, already deemed one of the essential books of the year by The Guardian, Jesse Eisenberg showcases his true creative talent and knack for comedy. Known primarily for his roles in popular films like … Continue reading

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Just Released Yesterday, Mitch Albom’s The Magic Strings of Frankie Presto

An enchanting new novel about the life of Music’s most devoted disciple, Frankie Presto, and his epic journey through the musical world. In classic epic fashion, the novel is narrated by Music, the art personified. It is the tale of … Continue reading

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