NEW BOOKS - SEPTEMBER 2023
Archived Lists
IN THE LOBBY
NONFICTION
- Acemoglu, Daron - Power and progress: our thousand-year struggle over technology and prosperity
- Casey, Susan - The underworld: journeys to the depths of the ocean
- Cumming, Laura - Thunderclap: a memoir of art and life & sudden death (ebook available)
- Dern, Laura - Honey, baby, mine: a mother and daughter talk life, death, love (and banana pudding)
- Eilenberger, Wolfram - The visionaries: Arendt, Beauvoir, Rand, Weil, and the power of philosophy in dark times (ebook available)
- Ellis, Helen - Kiss me in the Coral Lounge: intimate confessions from a happy marriage
- Faust, Drew Gilpin - Necessary trouble: growing up at midcentury (ebook available)
- Finkelstein, Daniel - Hitler, Stalin, mum and dad: a family memoir of miraculous survival
- Frayn, Michael - Among others: friendships and encounters
- Hansen, James R. - Completely mad: Tom McClean, John Fairfax, and the epic race to row solo across the Atlantic
- Izgil, Tahir Hamut - Waiting to be arrested at night: a Uyghur poet's memoir of China's genocide (translated from the Uyghur)
- Leland, Andrew - The country of the blind: a memoir at the end of sight
- Michaud, Jon - Last call at Coogan's: the life and death of a neighborhood bar
- Patterson, Scott - Chaos kings: how Wall Street traders make billions in the new age of crisis
- Peiffer, Prudence - The Slip: the New York City street that changed American art forever (ebook available)
- Stark, Lizzie - Egg: a dozen ovatures
- Wallach, Janet - Flirting with danger: the mysterious life of Marguerite Harrison, socialite spy (ebook available)
- Z︠hadan, Serhiĭ - Sky above Kharkiv: dispatches from the Ukrainian front (translated from the Ukrainian)
FICTION
- Acevedo, Elizabeth - Family lore: a novel
- Andrade, Mário de - Macunaíma: the hero with no character (translated from the Portuguese)
- Atkins, Luc - Windmill Hill
- Beattie, Ann - Onlookers: stories
- Binge, Nicholas - Ascension
- Bishop, Stephanie - The anniversary
- Blum, Hila - How to love your daughter (translated from the Hebrew) (ebook available)
- Boullosa, Carmen - The book of Eve (translated from the Spanish)
- Boyd, William - The romantic: the real life of Cashel Greville Ross: a novel (ebook available)
- Brinkley, Jamel - Witness: stories (ebook available)
- Cantor, Rachel - Half-life of a stolen sister
- Dostoyevsky, Fyodor - The brothers Karamazov (newly translated from the Russian by Michael R. Katz)
- Etter, Sarah Rose - Ripe: a novel
- Flattery, Nicole - Nothing special: a novel (ebook available)
- France, Emily - Daughter Dalloway
- Griffiths, Rachel Eliza - Promise: a novel
- Harrison, Nicola - Hotel Laguna
- Harrod-Eagles, Cynthia - The affairs of Ashmore castle
- Heighton, Steven - Instructions for the drowning: stories (ebook available)
- Kilroy, Claire - Soldier sailor
- Kraus, Daniel - Whalefall: a novel (ebook available)
- Labuskes, Brianna - The librarian of burned books: a novel
- Lipstein, Andrew - The vegan (ebook available)
- MacInnes, Martin - In ascension
- Maroo, Chetna - Western lane (ebook available)
- Millhauser, Steven - Disruptions: stories
- Murray, Paul - The bee sting (ebook available)
- Patchett, Ann - Tom Lake: a novel (ebook and e-audiobook available)
- Piñeiro, Claudia - A little luck (translated from the Spanish) (ebook available)
- Rabess, Cecilia - Everything's fine: a novel (ebook available)
- Rothschild, Hannah - High time
- Smith, Zadie - The fraud (ebook available)
- Venturini, Aurora - Cousins: a novel
- Walsh, Colin - Kala: a novel (ebook available)
- Wolfgang-Smith, Olivia - Glassworks
- more fiction below
MYSTERIES & CRIME FICTION
- Adeleke, Remi - Chameleon
- Bowen, Rhys - The Paris assignment: a novel
- Brown, Sandra - Out of nowhere
- Day, Elizabeth - Magpie
- Hantover, Jeffrey - The three deaths of Giovanni Fumiani
- Housewright, David - Something wicked
- Jaworowski, Ken - Small town sins: a novel
- Jewell, Lisa - None of this is true: a novel
- Kepler, Lars - The spider (translated from the Swedish)
- Koryta, Michael - An honest man (ebook available)
- Lamar, Jake - Viper's dream
- Lapena, Shari - Everyone here is lying (ebook available)
- Lippman, Laura - Prom mom: a novel (ebook available)
- Lord, Clive Graham - Murder make$ the world go round
- Malliet, G. M. - Death in print
- McAllister, Gillian - Just another missing person*
- McKinty, Adrian - The detective up late
- Mina, Denise - The second murderer: a Philip Marlowe mystery* (ebook available)
- Mina, Denise - Three fires* (ebook available)
- Moehling, Joshua - Where the dead sleep: a novel
- Reichs, Kathy - The bone hacker
- Slaughter, Karin - After that night (ebook available)
- Sutton, Halley - The hurricane blonde
- *indicates a UK mystery
POETRY
- Eilbert, Natalie - Overland
- Okpik, Dg Nanouk - Blood snow
IN THE STACKS
LITERATURE
- Bailey, Colin B. - J. Pierpont Morgan's Library: building the bookman's paradise 727 B
- Drimmer, Sonja - The art of allusion: illuminators and the making of English literature, 1403-1476 757.1 D
- Hartigan, Patti - August Wilson: a life 92 W7467 H
- Motion, Andrew - Sleeping on islands: a life in poetry 92 M9184 M
- Orgel, Stephen - The idea of the book and the creation of literature 002 O
- Wright, Jay - Soul and substance: a poet's examination papers 824 W
FICTION
- Angress, Antonia - Sirens & muses: a novel (2022 novel about art students in NYC) F A
- Bean, Henry - The nenoquich (McNally Editions; originally published as False Match in 1982) F B
- Edwards, Martin - I remember you (1993 Harry Devlin mystery) F E
- Plunket, Robert - My search for Warren Harding (widely acclaimed 1983 comic novel republished by New Directions) F P
- Simenon, Georges - The widow Couderc (new translation) F S
THE ARTS
- De Luca, Maurizi - Renaissance secrets: a lifetime working with wall paintings by Michelangelo, Raphael, and others at the Vatican 751.7 D
- Dillon, Brian - Affinities: on art and fascination 704 D
- Foster, Alicia - Gwen John: art and life in London and Paris 759.2 J
- Hough, Stephen - Enough: scenes from childhood 780.92 H
- Mackie, Patrick - Mozart in motion: his work and his world in pieces 780.92 M
- McCartney, Paul - 1964: eyes of the storm 779 M
- Mitchell, Greg - The beginning or the end: how Hollywood-and America-learned to stop worrying and love the bomb 791.4 M
- Pearman, Hugh - About architecture: an essential guide in 55 buildings 720.9 P
BIOGRAPHIES & MEMOIRS
- Blais, Madeleine - Queen of the court: the many lives of tennis legend Alice Marble 92 M3122 B
- Gort, Enid - A bridge to justice: the life of Franklin H. Williams (civil rights lawyer) 92 W7231 G
- Koester, Nancy - We will be free: the life and faith of Sojourner Truth 92 T8745 K
- Lipstadt, Deborah E. - Golda Meir: Israel's matriarch 92 M5145 L
- Meinander, Henrik - Mannerheim, marshal of Finland: a life in geopolitics 92 M2825 M
- Szwed, John F. - Cosmic scholar: the life and times of Harry Smith 92 S64872 S
HISTORY
- Jackson, Julian - France on trial: the case of Marshal Pétain 944.081 J
- Johnson, David K. - The lavender scare: the Cold War persecution of gays and lesbians in the federal government 353 J
- Leebaert, Derek - Unlikely heroes: Franklin Roosevelt, his four lieutenants, and the world they made 973.917 L
- Paul, Joel Richard - Indivisible: Daniel Webster and the birth of American nationalism 973.5 P
- Reid, Michael - Spain: the trials and triumphs of a modern European country 946.083 R
- Swarns, Rachel L. - The 272: the families who were enslaved and sold to build the American Catholic Church 326 S
- Wilson-Lee, Kelcey - Daughters of chivalry: the forgotten princesses of King Edward Longshanks 942.03 W
ANTIQUITY
- Ehret, Christopher - Ancient Africa: a global history, to 300 CE 960 E
- Manley, Bill - The oldest book in the world: philosophy in the age of the pyramids 893 M
- Schellinger, Sarah M. - Nubia 939.7 S
RELIGION
- Andrews, Edward Deming - The people called Shakers: a search for the perfect society 289.8 A
- Leith, Mary Joan Winn - The Virgin Mary: a very short introduction 232.9 L
- A cathedral for the 21st century: an oral biography of the cathedral church of Saint John the Divine New York City (complied by Bill Smith and Wayne Pearson; edited by
Rebecca Merrill) 277.471 C OVERSIZE
PSYCHOLOGY
- Braitman, Laurel - What looks like bravery: an epic journey through loss to love 155.9 B
- Goleman, Daniel - Why we meditate: the science and practice of clarity and compassion 158 G
- Grant, Adam - Think again: the power of knowing what you don't know 153 G
ECONOMICS & FINANCE
- Ballou, Brendan - Plunder: private equity's plan to pillage America 332.6 B
- McKenzie, Benjamin - Easy money: cryptocurrency, casino capitalism, and the golden age of fraud 332.4 M
POLITICS & GOVERNMENT
- Dickey, Colin - Under the eye of power: how fear of secret societies shapes American democracy 366 D
- Naím, Moisés - The revenge of power: how autocrats are reinventing politics for the 21st century 321.9 N
- Wolf, Martin - The crisis of democratic capitalism 330.1 W
- Ziegler, Mary - Dollars for life: the anti-abortion movement and the fall of the Republican establishment 363.4 Z
SOCIOLOGY
- Abbott, Carl - City planning: a very short introduction 307.76 A
- Jones, Landon Y. - Celebrity nation: how America evolved into a culture of fans and followers 306.4 J
- Low, Setha M. - Why public space matters 307.76 L
- Rose-Stockwell, Tobias - Outrage machine: how tech amplifies discontent, disrupts democracy--and what we can do about it 302 R
- Ross, Andrew - Sunbelt blues: the failure of American housing 363.5 R
- Storr, Will - The status game 305.5 S
NEW YORK
- Butcher, Barbara - What the dead know: learning about life as a New York City death investigator 614.1 B
- Schneier, Edward V. - New York politics: a tale of two states 320.9 S
- Wark, McKenzie - Raving 306.4 W
SCIENCE
- Allen, Jessica L. - Urban lichens: a field guide for northeastern North America: including New York City, Chicago, Toronto, Boston, New Haven, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington, D.C. 579 A
- Broberg, Gunnar - The man who organized nature: the life of Linnaeus 92 L7583 B
- Hoel, Erik - The world behind the world: consciousness, free will, and the limits of science 153.7 H
- Nicholls, Steve - Alien worlds: how insects conquered the Earth & why their fate will determine our future 595.7 N