Robert B. Parker's Booked
by Alison Gaylin
November 19, 2025
ReserveBoston PI Sunny Randall investigates a popular book critic on a mean streak . . . only for her to wind up dead, in the latest thriller in Robert B. Parker’s bestselling series.
World famous author Melanie Joan Hall asks for Sunny's help in tracking down Book Babe, the screen-name of an enormously popular book reviewer, who has trolled her with a deeply insulting one-star review. This usually wouldn’t matter except that Book Babe has thousands of followers, and her unwarranted blast has Melanie's publisher threatening to pull all her books.
But Sunny's investigation reveals that the reviewer and Melanie have a...
Hope Rises
by David Baldacci
January 07, 2026
ReserveWalter Nash began a journey down a dark path of seemingly no return, and now he finds himself questioning everything that got him there in this thrilling sequel to Nash Falls from #1 New York Times bestselling author David Baldacci.
Walter Nash, working under the alias of Dillon Hope, is on the road to revenge after becoming an informant for the FBI against a global criminal operation headed up by Victoria Steers. Steers has ripped everything Nash held dear away from him. He has nothing left to lose and with long, rigorous training under his belt the...
She Kills
The Murderous Socialite, the Cross-Dressing Bank Robber, and Other True Crime Tales
by Skip Hollandsworth
July 24, 2025
Reserve"I love Skip Hollandsworth. I love his extraordinary stories, I love his rabid curiosity, and I love that as a writer, he personifies toeing the line between horror, humor, and absurdity. I am inspired by every single character he has introduced us to. "--Laura Dern
A superb collection of true-crime stories--written by Texas Monthly's legendary feature writer Skip Hollandsworth--that reminds us why America is perennially obsessed with the genre.
Skip Hollandsworth has been covering true crime since long before the podcasts, networks, and television shows discovered it. Texas born and bred, the revered journalist joined Texas Monthly in 1989, and...
Haven't Killed in Years
by Amy K. Green
August 19, 2025
ReserveNo one is supposed to know harmless office worker Gwen Tanner is the vanished daughter of serial killer Abel Haggerty. But a low profile and a new name aren’t going to cut it when an obsessive new killer starts targeting her, in this lively and propulsive thriller with a standout voice.
Marin Haggerty, the daughter of a notorious serial killer, was only a child when they arrested her father. Ripped from her home and given a new identity, Marin disappeared.
Twenty years later, Gwen Tanner keeps everyone at a distance, preferring to satirize the world around her than participate in it. It’s...
Everyone in This Bank Is a Thief
A Novel
by Benjamin Stevenson
January 05, 2026
ReserveTen heists. Ten suspects. A murder mystery only Ernest Cunningham can solve in this delightfully clever and twisty new novel in Benjamin Stevenson's bestselling series--perfect for fans of Richard Osman and Anthony Horowitz.
I've spent the last few years solving murders. But a bank heist is a new one, even for me. I've never been a hostage before.
The doors are chained shut. No one in or out. Which means that when someone in the bank is murdered, everyone is a suspect.
THE BANK ROBBER
THE MANAGER
THE SECURITY GUARD
THE KID
THE FILM PRODUCER
THE PRIEST
THE RECEPTIONIST
THE...
The Thursday Murder Club
A Novel
by Richard Osman
January 11, 2023
ReserveFour septuagenarians with a few tricks up their sleeves
A female cop with her first big case
A brutal murder
Welcome to...
THE THURSDAY MURDER CLUB
In a peaceful retirement village, four unlikely friends meet weekly in the Jigsaw Room to discuss unsolved crimes; together they call themselves the Thursday Murder Club.
When a local developer is found dead with a mysterious photograph left next to the body, the Thursday Murder Club suddenly find themselves in the middle of their first live case.
As the bodies begin to pile up, can our unorthodox but brilliant...
The Graveyard Book (Children)
by Neil Gaiman
June 25, 2020
ReserveIt takes a graveyard to raise a child.
Nobody Owens, known as Bod, is a normal boy. He would be completely normal if he didn’t live in a graveyard, being raised by ghosts, with a guardian who belongs to neither the world of the living nor the dead. There are adventures in the graveyard for a boy—an ancient Indigo Man, a gateway to the abandoned city of ghouls, the strange and...
Blood Water Paint (Teen)
by
July 23, 2020
ReserveAnd listen to me love, when a woman risks her place, her very life to speak a truth the world despises? Believe her. Always.
Beartown
A Novel
by Fredrik Backman
June 25, 2020
ReserveA poignant, charming novel about a forgotten town fractured by scandal, and the amateur hockey team that might just change everything. Winning a junior ice hockey championship might not mean a lot to the average person, but it means everything to the residents of Beartown, a community slowly being eaten alive by unemployment and the surrounding wilderness. A victory like this would draw national attention to the ailing town: it could attract government funding and an influx of talented athletes who would choose Beartown over the big nearby cities. A victory like this would certainly mean everything to Amat, a...
Lessons in Chemistry
A Novel
by Bonnie Garmus
January 11, 2023
ReserveChemist Elizabeth Zott is not your average woman. In fact, Elizabeth Zott would be the first to point out that there is no such thing as an average woman. But it’s the early 1960s and her all-male team at Hastings Research Institute takes a very unscientific view of equality. Except for one: Calvin Evans; the lonely, brilliant, Nobel–prize nominated grudge-holder who falls in love with—of all things—her mind. True chemistry results.
But like science, life is unpredictable. Which is why a few years later Elizabeth Zott finds herself not only a single mother, but the reluctant star of...
All Better Now
by Neal Shusterman
December 31, 2024
ReserveFrom New York Times bestselling author Neal Shusterman comes a young adult thriller about a world where happiness is contagious but the risks of catching it may be just as dangerous as the cure.
A deadly and unprecedented virus is spreading. But those who survive it experience long-term effects no one has ever seen before: utter contentment. Soon after infection, people find the stress, depression, greed, and other negative feelings that used to weigh them down are gone.
More and more people begin to revel in the mass unburdening. But not everyone. People in power—who depend on malcontents and prey on...
A Forgery of Fate
by Elizabeth Lim
May 23, 2025
ReserveA breathtaking romantic fantasy inspired by Beauty and the Beast about a girl who paints the future and a cursed dragon lord, bound by love and deception in a plot to bring down the gods.
From the New York Times bestselling author of Six Crimson Cranes!
“Everything I love in a story—danger, complex characters, romance, betrayal and gorgeous writing.” —Mary E. Pearson, New York Times bestselling author of Dance of Thieves
Truyan Saigas didn't choose to become a con artist, but after her father is lost at sea, it’s up to her to support her mother and two younger sisters. A gifted art...
Heir of Storms
by Lauryn Hamilton Murray
May 07, 2025
ReserveDeluxe Edition with Purple Sprayed Edge
Red Queen meets Shadow and Bone in this explosive start to a YA romantasy trilogy about dangerous magic, forbidden love, and a cut-throat competition for the throne in an empire where crowns are not inherited -- they're won.
"This is going to be huge.” —Laura Steven, #1 New York Times-bestselling author of Our Infinite Fates
The very day Blaze came into the world, she almost drowned it. A Rain Singer born into one of the most powerful fire-wielding families in the empire, Blaze's birth summoned a devastating storm that left...
Seven for a Secret
by Mary E. Roach
August 25, 2025
ReserveOne of Marie Claire's 18 Most-Anticipated Mystery-Thrillers of 2025
Sadie meets The Female of the Species in this YA thriller starring Nev, one of eight missing girls from a group home called Sister's Place-and the only one who returned.
In the town of Avan Island, there was a group home called Sister's Place. It housed girls no one cared about, girls who had nothing and no one but each other. Over the course of six months, eight girls from the home seemingly disappeared, never to return.
But one girl did.
Nev is the girl who returned....
Fearful
A Powerless Story
by Lauren Roberts
August 13, 2025
ReserveSet during the time of Fearless, a mysterious figure arrives in the kingdom of Ilya to witness the fight for the throne and the price it costs those sworn to defend the land in this beautiful and heart-wrenching story in the #1 New York Times bestselling Powerless trilogy.
Love too grand, it kills.
Mara never intended to set foot in Ilya again. But when the king makes a life-altering decision, her interest is piqued, and Death is determined to understand Kitt Azer’s mind if he is destined to join her in the Mors.
Spending time with the king while observing the...
Together, Right Now
by Olga Fadeeva
January 27, 2026
Reserve"A brilliant, uplifting, and world-embracing tale to unite us in divisive times."
-- Kirkus Reviews, STARRED REVIEW
Right now, you are here . . . reading this book. Now imagine what someone else is doing at this exact moment across the world, in a beautifully illustrated picture book that encourages empathy and global connections.
Right now you are here . . . reading this book.
Now imagine what someone else is doing at this exact moment two blocks away.
What about someone across the country? Or an animal on the other side of our big, beautiful...
The Princess and the Grain of Rice
by Tina Cho
December 31, 2025
ReserveA sweet, funny Korean Princess and the Pea retelling, written by critically acclaimed Korean American author Tina Cho. A new classic in the making!
In the mountains of Joseon, Jeongsoon has a heart as gentle as jade, but she might just be the clumsiest girl in the kingdom. She wants to be a princess, so she enters the grand princess challenge where she must complete the Manners Test, the Wisdom Test, and finally—the Sleep Test. Throughout each examination, Jeongsoon is far from flawless but in staying true to herself, wins the favor of the queen and the competition itself.
Includes backmatter...
Bedslime Blues
by Kris Tarantino
January 27, 2026
ReserveBedtime routines get a jolt of silliness and some sweetness as four monster friends try to resist bedtime in this wonderful bedtime tale.
It's time for bed... except monsters DON'T DO bedtime!
Iggy doesn’t want to take a bath. Zee-Zee’s jammies are icky. Fleck whines and stomps when it’s story time. The bedslime blues are impossible to escape—even for the usually cheerful and enthusiastic Snoodle!
With all their stomping and clomping, how on earth will these gruffy, grumpy monsters lie down for a peaceful night of ZZZ’s?
Author Kris Tarantino and New York Times bestselling illustrator Cori Doerrfeld partner once again with this...
Cat Nap
by Brian Lies
December 18, 2025
ReserveAn Indie Next Pick
"Utterly beautiful, playfully fun, and, above all, breathtaking."--Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
"Mr. Lies has set a new standard for ingenuity" --Wall Street Journal
With lush paintings and intricately constructed 3-D artwork, bestselling and Caldecott Honor-winning author-illustrator Brian Lies introduces a sleepy kitten whose afternoon nap transforms into an epic journey through art, time, and history. Perfect for fans of They All Saw a Cat, Museum Trip, and Jumanji. Includes a note from the author about how the illustrations were created.
In the warm, late afternoon sunlight, a girl sits on the couch reading a book. Her kitten dozes nearby....
Dream Big (Clifford the Big Red Dog)
by Norman Bridwell,Meredith Rusu
December 18, 2025
ReserveClifford the Big Red Dog and his best friend, Emily Elizabeth, inspire readers to dream big and keep growing in this beautiful original picture book. It's perfect for graduations, baby showers, and fans of Oh, the Places You'll Go!
When I was little, my parents used to tell me if I dreamed big, anything was possible.
They said the sky was the limit.
And I would tell Clifford the same thing!
Clifford and his best friend, Emily Elizabeth, both started out small in a big world. But they grew big together and learned to keep dreaming, even when they felt...