“That’s what winter is: an exercise in remembering how to still yourself then how to come pliantly back to life again.” – Ali Smith, Winter

This winter’s publishing calendar is filled with new books by many of our patrons' favorite authors. The titles below are just some of the offerings we expect to be popular at the Library this season. For a more complete account of our recent acquisitions, check out New Books, a list published at the beginning of every month and available on the website or at the Circulation Desk. If there is something you're looking forward to reading, but don't find in our catalog, simply request it from the Acquisitions Department by filling out a request slip at the Circulation Desk or log in to our website and use the Suggest a Purchase form.

January

FICTION

• Bardugo, Leigh | Hell Bent
• Benedict, Marie | The Mitford Affair
• Blauner, Peter | Picture in the Sand
• Carlsson, Christoffer | Blaze Me a Sun
• Cosimano, Elle | Finlay Donovan Jumps the Gun
• Cotterill, Colin | The Motion Picture Teller
• de Giovanni, Maruizio | Winter Swallows
• Ellis, Bret Easton | The Shards
• Fellowes, Jessica | The Mitford Secret
• Goodman, Allegra | Sam
• Hallett, Janice | The Twyford Code
• Hawkins, Rachel | The Villa
• Harding, Paul | This Other Eden
• Harper, Jane | Exiles
• Hemon, Aleksandar | The World and All That It Holds
• Kapoor, Deepti | Age of Vice
• Krentz, Jayne Ann | Sleep No More
• Markley, Stephen | The Deluge
• May, Peter | A Winter Grave
• Modiano, Patrick | Scene of the Crime
• Perry, Thomas | Murder Book
• Preston, Douglas and Lincoln Child | The Cabinet of Dr. Leng
• Steavenson, Wendell | Margot
• Stevenson, Benjamin | Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone
• Tracy, P. J. | The Devil You Know

NONFICTION

• Auster, Paul | Bloodbath Nation
• Dennison, Matthew | Roald Dahl: Teller of the Unexpected: A Biography
• Fraser, Flora | Flora MacDonald: Pretty Young Rebel: Her Life and Story
• Graeber, David | Pirate Enlightenment, or the Real Libertalia
• Iyer, Pico | The Half Known Life: In Search of Paradise
• Kagan, Robert | The Ghost at the Feast: America and the Collapse of World Order, 1900-1941
• Kidder, Tracy | Rough Sleepers: Dr. Jim O’Connell’s Urgent Mission to Bring Healing to Homeless People
• Malcolm, Janet | Still Pictures: On Photography and Memory
• Richardson, Robert D. | Three Roads Back: How Emerson, Thoreau, and William James Responded to the Greatest Losses of Their Lives
• Self, Will | Why Read: Selected Writings 2001-2021
• Turner, Marion | The Wife of Bath: A Biography
• Vargas Llosa, Mario | The Call of the Tribe

February

FICTION

• Adebayo, Ayobami | A Spell of Good Things
• Bausch, Richard | Playhouse
• Beaton, M. C. | Death of a Traitor
• Box, C. J. | Storm Watch
• Crombie, Deborah | A Killing of Innocents
• Harrod-Eagles, Cynthia | Before I Sleep
• Hurwitz, Gregg | The Last Orphan
• Jenoff, Pam | Code Name Sapphire
• Kellerman, Jonathan | Unnatural History
• Makkai, Rebecca | I Have Some Questions for You
• Mallon, Thomas | Up with the Sun
• Mosley, Walter | Every Man a King
• Moyes, Jojo | Someone Else’s Shoes
• Quartey, Kwei | Last Seen in Lapaz
• Robb, J. D. | Encore in Death
• Robotham, Michael | Lying Beside You
• Rushdie, Salman | Victory City
• Ryan, Donal | The Queen of Dirt Island
• Santopolo, Jill | Stars in an Italian Sky
• Todd, Charles | The Cliff’s Edge

NONFICTION

• Cohen, Roger | An Affirming Flame: Meditations on Life and Politics
• Garfield, Simon | All the Knowledge in the World: The Extraordinary History of the Encyclopedia
• Glenconner, Anne | Whatever Next?: Lessons from an Unexpected Life
• Olson, Lynne | Empress of the Nile: The Daredevil Archaeologist Who Saved Egypt’s Ancient Temples from Destruction
• Schulman, Michael | Oscar Wars: A History of Hollywood in Gold, Sweat, and Tears
• Stavans, Ilan | The People’s Tongue: Americans and the English Language
• Thunberg, Greta | The Climate Book
• Wilson, Peter H. | Iron and Blood: A Military History of the German-Speaking Peoples Since 1500

March

FICTION

• Atwood, Margaret | Old Babes in the Wood: Stories
• Berg, Elizabeth | Earth’s the Right Place for Love
• Black, Cara | Night Flight to Paris
• Bollen, Christopher | The Lost Americans
• Bowen, Rhys | All That Is Hidden
• Brody, Frances | A Mansion for Murder
• Brown, Rita Mae | Hiss and Tell
• Catton, Eleanor | Birnham Wood
• Coban, Harlan | I Will Find You
• Dugoni, Robert | Her Deadly Game
• Jance, J. A. | Collateral Damage
• Lacey, Catherine | Biography of X
• Landay, William | All That Is Mine I Carry with Me
• Oates, Joyce Carol | 48 Clues into the Disappearance of My Sister
• Raybourn, Deanna | A Sinister Revenge
• Schine, Cathleen | Künstlers in Paradise
• Simpson, Mona | Commitment
• Swanson, Peter | The Kind Worth Saving
• Vásquez, Juan Gabriel | Retrospective
• Walls, Jeannette | Hang the Moon

NONFICTION

• Bakewell, Sarah | Humanly Possible: Seven Hundred Years of Humanist Freethinking, Inquiry, and Hope
• Buruma, Ian | The Collaborators: Three Stories of Deception and Survival in World War II
• Desomond, Matthew | Poverty, by America
• Loftis, Larry | The Watchmaker’s Daughter: The True Story of World War II Heroine Corrie Ten Boom
• Odell, Jenny | Saving Time: Discovering a Life Beyond the Clock