Billion-Dollar Ransom
A Thriller
by James Patterson,Duane Swierczynski
April 29, 2025
ReserveIt would take a perfect plan to collect a billion-dollar ransom.
So here's the plan.
Five members of a billionaire's family.
In different locations.
All kidnapped at the same moment.
Two children taken from a private-school bus.
A film producer and a movie star grabbed at a hideaway resort.
A beautiful wife whisked off the streets of Beverly Hills.
A patriarch wants his family back.
The cash, gold, jewels, are crypto are all ready.
There's only one problem: a brilliant, very stubborn FBI agent.
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Good Intentions
A Novel
by Marisa Walz
November 11, 2025
ReserveA deft and immersive psychological suspense debut about a luxury party planner who becomes obsessed with a woman she encounters in a hospital waiting room.
Cady has worked hard to have a good life. She has a thriving luxury event-planning business, the man she’s loved since she was seventeen, and a social calendar she can barely keep up with. She also has Dana, her identical twin, her beyond best friend, her most trusted confidante. When Cady gets a call that Dana has been in a serious accident and arrives moments too late to say goodbye, her world falls apart.
But to Cady’s...
The Girl from Devil's Lake
A Brady Novel of Suspense
by J. A. Jance
April 29, 2025
ReserveArizona County Sheriff Joanna Brady solves her biggest case yet, from a body in the desert to crimes spanning decades and countries, in the thrilling latest installment in the New York Times bestselling suspense series.
Sheriff Joanna Brady is looking forward to the holidays with her busy family, and to celebrating her daughter Jenny's graduation from the police academy. But the family is interrupted when a body is discovered beneath a flooded bridge in the Arizona desert, and Joanna is called onto the case. A young boy was murdered, and the details of the crime scene tell Joanna two things:...
Gone Before Goodbye
by Harlan Coben,Reese Witherspoon
July 24, 2025
ReserveCombining the storytelling talents of Reese Witherspoon and Harlan Coben into one masterpiece of suspense fiction, Gone Before Goodbye is the unforgettable story of an indomitable woman, trapped in a conspiracy she helped create but can't understand. Her harrowing search for the truth could expose a plot woven throughout the exclusive world of the global über elite--but at an unfathomable cost to Maggie herself.
Maggie McCabe is teetering on the brink. A highly skilled and renowned Army combat surgeon, she has always lived life at the edge, where she could make the most impact. And it was all going...
The Sunshine Man
A Novel
by Emma Stonex
September 17, 2025
Reserve“The week I shot a man clean through the head began like any other . . .”
A taut, electrifying thriller about a woman determined to avenge her sister’s murder—and the killer who must confront his own ghosts
Birdie Keller wakes one freezing January morning to the news she’s been waiting eighteen years to hear. Jimmy Maguire, the man who killed her sister, has been freed from jail. She leaves for London with a pistol and a plan: to find this man and make him pay.
But every story has two sides. Jimmy can sense he’s being hunted. He knew Birdie a...
The Golem and the Jinni
A Novel
by Helene Wecker
June 25, 2020
ReserveA chance meeting between mythical beings takes readers on a dazzling journey through cultures in turn-of-the-century New York.
Chava is a golem, a creature made of clay, brought to life to by a disgraced rabbi who dabbles in dark Kabbalistic magic and dies at sea on the voyage from Poland. Chava is unmoored and adrift as the ship arrives in New York harbor in 1899.
Ahmad is a jinni, a being of fire born in the ancient Syrian desert, trapped in an old copper flask, and released in New York City, though still not entirely free
Ahmad and Chava become...
The Martian
A Novel
by Andy Weir
June 25, 2020
ReserveSix days ago, astronaut Mark Watney became one of the first people to walk on Mars. Now, he's sure he'll be the first person to die there.
Howl's Moving Castle (Teen)
by
July 14, 2020
ReserveIn this giant jigsaw puzzle of a fantasy, people and things are never quite what they seem.
The Shadow of the Wind
Cemetery of Forgotten Books #1
by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
June 25, 2020
ReserveWonderous... masterful... ultimately a love letter to literature, intended for readers as passionate about storytelling as its young hero
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...
His Mortal Demise
by Vanessa Le
February 21, 2025
ReserveThese Violent Delights meets Divine Rivals in the explosive finale to The Last Bloodcarver duology -- with a riveting medical magic system and lush Vietnam-inspired romantasy world.
Kochin is a heartsooth -- a rare being with the ability to heal any wound. Any wound, that is, except death.
Intent on defying nature and bringing Nhika back to life, Kochin keeps her body in a life-preserving casket and waits for a miracle. Stricken with grief and descending into madness, Kochin realizes the answer to his desperate quest can only lie in one place: Yarong, the lush yet battle-ridden island the first heartsooths called...
Beth Is Dead
by Katie Bernet
January 16, 2026
ReserveThree starred reviews!
Beth March’s sisters will stop at nothing to track down her killer—until they begin to suspect each other—in this “brilliantly snappy…electrifying” (Publishers Weekly, starred review) debut thriller that’s also a bold, contemporary reimagining of the beloved classic Little Women.
When Beth March is found dead in the woods on New Year’s Day, her sisters vow to uncover her murderer.
Suspects abound. There’s the neighbor who has feelings for not one but two of the girls. Meg’s manipulative best friend. Amy’s flirtatious mentor. And Beth’s lionhearted first love. But it doesn’t take the surviving sisters much digging to...
After We Burned
by Marieke Nijkamp
October 21, 2025
Reserve**This limited edition includes designed edges**
She deserved more. They all did. A gripping and emotional new suspense novel from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of This is Where it Ends.
A terrible accident. A horrible loss. A regrettable tragedy. That's all anyone in Fenix can talk about when a fire consumes the local high school, taking the life of a student. The town mourns, except who really knew--let alone cared about--Eden when she was alive? And why was she in the building that night?
Five teens each hold a piece of the truth about what happened. They...
Acts of Resistance: A Novel
by CARRILLO DOMINIC.
February 21, 2025
ReserveBetween 1943 and 1944, nearly 50,000 Bulgarian Jews were rescued from the Holocaust, including thousands who had already been rounded up and put on trains bound for death camps in Poland. Dominic Carrillo's suspenseful novel Acts of Resistance is based on the true story of this incredibly heroic effort by the citizens of Bulgaria. In Carrillo's powerful account, he skillfully weaves together a thrilling tale told by three alternating teenage narrators: Misho, Peter, and Lily.
Misho, an 18-year-old Jewish boy, is a prominent archbishop's driver, hiding his identity while helping his boss directly challenge the Bulgarian government's pro-Nazi policies.
Peter, 17, is...
White Widow: Secret Sisters
by Tess Sharpe
August 13, 2025
ReserveJoin Marvel’s breakout super spy, Yelena Belova AKA the White Widow, in a new YA espionage adventure.
On a top secret mission, top spy Yelena Belova discovers something very familiar about her next target.
Yelena is used to the brutal, cutthroat world of the Red Room—the elite, mysterious spy-training facility that raised her. But when her handlers send her on a top secret mission to the US—what they call “the American Outpost”—she finds barely capable girls who can’t even take a punch. Yelena doesn’t make many friends, but the freedom Americans enjoy gives her a glimpse of what her life could...
Just Like Rabbit
by Katy Hudson
December 18, 2025
ReserveIt was spring. Rabbit's season to shine. But this year, Frog was taking over. He had always wanted to be just like Rabbit. He already had the hops, and the rest he could learn with the help of his friends. But when disaster strikes, Frog must decide who he's really meant to be. With her stunning illustrations and relatable storytelling, best-selling author/illustrator Katy Hudson seamlessly weaves themes of friendship, self-acceptance, personal growth, and self-worth into this heartwarming picture book.
Tomas and the Library Lady
by Pat Mora
October 16, 2025
ReserveA Common Core Exemplar Text by an award-winning author-illustrator team
Tomás is a son of migrant workers. Every summer he and his family follow the crops north from Texas to Iowa, spending long, arduous days in the fields. At night they gather around to hear Grandfather's wonderful stories. But before long, Tomás knows all the stories by heart. "There are more stories in the library,"Papa Grande tells him. The very next day, Tomás meets the library lady and a whole new world opens up for him.
Based on the true story of the Mexican-American author and educator Tomás Rivera, a...
Stalactite & Stalagmite
A Big Tale from a Little Cave
by Drew Beckmeyer
December 31, 2025
ReserveFour starred reviews!
“Both gloriously expansive and goofy—in short, everything young readers could ask for.” —Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
A hilarious and thought-provoking picture book about two little cave rock formations who witness the entire history of the world, perfect for fans of Oliver Jeffers, Jon Klassen, and Mac Barnett.
DRIP. DRIP. DRIP.
Time flies for two charming little cave nubs, Stalactite and Stalagmite. Over millions of years, creatures and things pass in and out of their cave, everything from a trilobite, an ichthyostega, and a triceratops, to a ground sloth and a bat.
When...
The Pigeon WON't Say the ABCs!
by Mo Willems Workshop
December 31, 2025
ReserveFrom Mo Willems Workshop, the team behind the #1 bestselling Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!, comes this hilarious and engaging alphabet early-learning concept board book with touch-and-trace features throughout.
The Pigeon won't say the ABCs! He has at least 26 reasons and excuses why not! From absolutely no way to zero chance!
The Pigeon WON'T Say the ABCs! is part of a collection of original board books featuring the beloved character: The Pigeon.
Ideal for babies, toddlers, and fans of the picture book series.
A Book of Loves
by Cynthia Rylant
December 18, 2025
ReserveCelebrate the small, often overlooked things that cats, dogs, and children love in this sweet and gentle picture book from Newbery Medal winner and author of the Henry and Mudge series, Cynthia Rylant.
Cats love boxes and windows and toys…and other things. Dogs love sticks and biscuits and puddles…and other things. Children love bubbles and cake and stories…and other things. But what do they all love? Love.