New York Times Fiction Bestsellers: December 26, 2021
An up-to-date list of the New York Times Fiction Bestsellers. Weekly.
Delivered: 12/21/2021 8:00:00 PM
Delivered: 12/21/2021 8:00:00 PM
'All Her Little Secrets' asks whether we can reinvent ourselves
Wanda M. Morris' All Her Little Secrets is a carefully constructed thriller wrapped in a narrative about racism, gentrification, and being the only Black person in an all-white environment.
(Image credit: William Morrow )
Four Poets Write New Histories
The past and the future are very much present in new collections from Tracy K. Smith, Raymond Antrobus, Tishani Doshi and Jane Wong.
Fantasy and Science Fiction: December 2021
Whether fueled by magic or advanced technology, imagination is the engine of speculative fiction. This newsletter brings you the best of fantasy, science fiction, and everything in between. Monthly.
Delivered: 12/21/2021 12:00:00 AM
Delivered: 12/21/2021 12:00:00 AM
'Mothers, Fathers, and Others' addresses the realities of motherhood
Siri Hustvedt's essays bring into focus the profound contradictions of motherhood — often eclipsed by the cultural idealization of mothers as the model of self-sacrificing nurturance.
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The 1619 Project
UnCovered review by Collette Jones, Librarian, ACLS Pleasantville Branch
THE 1619 PROJECT, created by Nikole Hannah-Jones, is the new book expansion version of the 2019 New York Times essays written by journalists. The new book adds to the collection of essays with historical points of view and poems reflecting racial injustice and a narrative explaining the historical perspective of the criminalization of enslaved people. History is not just about learning what happened, but it is just as important how we think about what happened. Re-framing America’s beginning from 1776 to 1619, when the first slave ship arrived, brings slavery and racism as central points of reference to the origin story of American people. Hannah-Jones refers to Black Americans as the country’s “true founding fathers as so deserving as those men cast in alabaster in the nation’s capital.”
Civil Rights Lawyer Bryan Stevenson’s chapter titled “Punishment,” and another chapter titled “Fear” written by legal scholar Michelle Alexander, push the reader to examine and trace the 13th Amendment. It is eye-opening that there is a loophole which ended involuntary servitude except as a punishment for crime whereby the party shall be convicted.
The suggestion that the New Jim Crow author is tracing this part of American history and tying it into the current crisis with private prisons and mass incarceration is riveting.
Historian Carol Anderson writes a piece “Self-Defense” and traces the second amendment, claiming it did not concede the right of Black Americans to bear arms because enslaved people were not considered citizens.
Ibram X. Kendi writes that America requires a Third Reconstruction to address unfulfilled promises. The final chapter by Hannah-Jones identifies priorities currently that need attention that include: wages, universal healthcare, childcare, college, student loan debt, and cash repartitions for Black Americans.
Other “targeted investments” include enforcing civil rights laws for housing, education, employment in Black communities across the country.
Poignant writing. Compelling storytelling. Timely. Provocative. Controversial.
In 'Sea State,' life gets rocky when a journalist gets involved with her subject
Tabitha Lasley spent six months in Aberdeen, Scotland, interviewing men who work on offshore oil rigs. Along the way, she had an all-consuming affair with one of the very first men she interviewed.
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As a Black Bard of the South, Randall Kenan Toppled Monuments
Through his fictional North Carolina town of Tims Creek, the author brought his buried lineage front and center.
One night in Miami... [DVD]
Author: King, Regina, film director. Powers, Kemp, screenwriter. Odom, Leslie, Jr., 1981- actor. Hodge, Aldis, actor. Ben-Adir, Kingsley, actor.
Published: 2021 2020
Call Number: ONE
Format: Video disc
Summary: A fictional account of one amazing night where icons Muhammad Ali, Malcolm X, Sam Cooke, and Jim Brown gathered discussing their roles in the Civil Rights Movement and cultural turmoil of the '60s.
Published: 2021 2020
Call Number: ONE
Format: Video disc
Summary: A fictional account of one amazing night where icons Muhammad Ali, Malcolm X, Sam Cooke, and Jim Brown gathered discussing their roles in the Civil Rights Movement and cultural turmoil of the '60s.
Saint Maud [DVD]
Author: Glass, Rose, film director, screenwriter. Kassman, Oliver, film producer. Cornwell, Andrea (Producer), film producer. Clark, Morfydd, actor. Ehle, Jennifer, 1969- actor.
Published: 2021 2019
Call Number: SAINT
Format: Video disc
Summary: Maud, a newly devout hospice nurse, becomes obsessed with saving her dying patient's soul, but sinister forces, and her own sinful past, threaten to put an end to her holy calling.
Published: 2021 2019
Call Number: SAINT
Format: Video disc
Summary: Maud, a newly devout hospice nurse, becomes obsessed with saving her dying patient's soul, but sinister forces, and her own sinful past, threaten to put an end to her holy calling.
Grantchester [DVD]. Season 6
Author: Coulam, Daisy, creator, screenwriter. Evans, Rob, television director. Julien, Jermain, television director. Jackson, John (Screenwriter), screenwriter. Cookson, Richard, 1980- screenwriter, television producer.
Published: 2021
Call Number: GRANTCHE SEASON 6
Format: Video disc
Summary: The year is 1958: Rev. Will Davenport is at odds with his own ideals when Leonard Finch is caught up in a scandal. It will take all of Will's skill and empathy to navigate the choppy waters and help the ones he loves.
Published: 2021
Call Number: GRANTCHE SEASON 6
Format: Video disc
Summary: The year is 1958: Rev. Will Davenport is at odds with his own ideals when Leonard Finch is caught up in a scandal. It will take all of Will's skill and empathy to navigate the choppy waters and help the ones he loves.
One night in Miami... [DVD]
Author: King, Regina, film director. Powers, Kemp, screenwriter. Odom, Leslie, Jr., 1981- actor. Hodge, Aldis, actor. Ben-Adir, Kingsley, actor.
Published: 2021 2020
Call Number: ONE
Format: Video disc
Summary: A fictional account of one amazing night where icons Muhammad Ali, Malcolm X, Sam Cooke, and Jim Brown gathered discussing their roles in the Civil Rights Movement and cultural turmoil of the '60s.
Published: 2021 2020
Call Number: ONE
Format: Video disc
Summary: A fictional account of one amazing night where icons Muhammad Ali, Malcolm X, Sam Cooke, and Jim Brown gathered discussing their roles in the Civil Rights Movement and cultural turmoil of the '60s.
Saint Maud [DVD]
Author: Glass, Rose, film director, screenwriter. Kassman, Oliver, film producer. Cornwell, Andrea (Producer), film producer. Clark, Morfydd, actor. Ehle, Jennifer, 1969- actor.
Published: 2021 2019
Call Number: SAINT
Format: Video disc
Summary: Maud, a newly devout hospice nurse, becomes obsessed with saving her dying patient's soul, but sinister forces, and her own sinful past, threaten to put an end to her holy calling.
Published: 2021 2019
Call Number: SAINT
Format: Video disc
Summary: Maud, a newly devout hospice nurse, becomes obsessed with saving her dying patient's soul, but sinister forces, and her own sinful past, threaten to put an end to her holy calling.
Grantchester [DVD]. Season 6
Author: Coulam, Daisy, creator, screenwriter. Evans, Rob, television director. Julien, Jermain, television director. Jackson, John (Screenwriter), screenwriter. Cookson, Richard, 1980- screenwriter, television producer.
Published: 2021
Call Number: GRANTCHE SEASON 6
Format: Video disc
Summary: The year is 1958: Rev. Will Davenport is at odds with his own ideals when Leonard Finch is caught up in a scandal. It will take all of Will's skill and empathy to navigate the choppy waters and help the ones he loves.
Published: 2021
Call Number: GRANTCHE SEASON 6
Format: Video disc
Summary: The year is 1958: Rev. Will Davenport is at odds with his own ideals when Leonard Finch is caught up in a scandal. It will take all of Will's skill and empathy to navigate the choppy waters and help the ones he loves.
Dava Shastri's last day : a novel
Author: Ramisetti, Kirthana, author.
Published: 2021
Call Number: F RAMISETT
Format: Books
Summary: "Dava Shastri, one of the world's wealthiest women, has always lived with her sterling reputation in mind. A brain cancer diagnosis at the age of seventy, however, changes everything, as she decides to take her death-like all matters of her life-into her own hands. Summoning her four adult children to her private island, she discloses shocking news: in addition to having a terminal illness, she has arranged for the news of her death to break early, so she can read her obituaries. As someone who dedicated her life to the arts and the empowerment of women, Dava expects to read articles lauding her philanthropic work. Instead, her "death" reveals two devastating secrets, truths she thought she had buried forever. And now the whole world knows, including her children. In the time she has left, Dava must come to terms with the decisions that have led to this moment-and make peace with those closest to her before it's too late. Compassionately written and chock-full of humor and heart, this powerful novel examines public versus private legacy, the complexities of love, and the never-ending joys-and frustrations-of family"--
Published: 2021
Call Number: F RAMISETT
Format: Books
Summary: "Dava Shastri, one of the world's wealthiest women, has always lived with her sterling reputation in mind. A brain cancer diagnosis at the age of seventy, however, changes everything, as she decides to take her death-like all matters of her life-into her own hands. Summoning her four adult children to her private island, she discloses shocking news: in addition to having a terminal illness, she has arranged for the news of her death to break early, so she can read her obituaries. As someone who dedicated her life to the arts and the empowerment of women, Dava expects to read articles lauding her philanthropic work. Instead, her "death" reveals two devastating secrets, truths she thought she had buried forever. And now the whole world knows, including her children. In the time she has left, Dava must come to terms with the decisions that have led to this moment-and make peace with those closest to her before it's too late. Compassionately written and chock-full of humor and heart, this powerful novel examines public versus private legacy, the complexities of love, and the never-ending joys-and frustrations-of family"--
Five Tuesdays in winter : stories
Author: King, Lily, author.
Published: 2021
Call Number: F KING
Format: Books
Summary: "Told in the intimate voices of complex, endearing characters, Five Tuesdays in Winter intriguingly subverts expectations as it explores desire, loss, jolting violence, and the inexorable tug toward love at all costs."--Dust jacket flap. "With Writers & Lovers and Euphoria, Lily King's books catapulted onto bestseller and best-of-the-year lists across the country, further cementing her reputation as one of the most "brilliant" (NYTBR), "wildly talented" (Chicago Tribune), and beloved authors in contemporary fiction. Now, for the first time, King collects ten of her finest short stories-half published in leading literary magazines and half brand new-opening fresh realms of discovery for fans and new readers alike. Told in the intimate voices of uniquely endearing characters of all ages, these tales explore desire and heartache, loss and discovery, moments of jolting violence and the inexorable tug toward love at all costs. A bookseller's unspoken love for his employee rises to the surface, a neglected teenage boy finds much-needed nurturing from an unlikely pair of college students hired to housesit, a girl's loss of innocence in her summer job becomes a catalyst for strength and confidence, and a proud nonagenarian rages helplessly in his granddaughter's hospital room. Romantic, hopeful, brutally raw, and unsparingly honest, some even slipping slyly into the surreal, these stories are, above all, about King's enduring subject of love"--
Published: 2021
Call Number: F KING
Format: Books
Summary: "Told in the intimate voices of complex, endearing characters, Five Tuesdays in Winter intriguingly subverts expectations as it explores desire, loss, jolting violence, and the inexorable tug toward love at all costs."--Dust jacket flap. "With Writers & Lovers and Euphoria, Lily King's books catapulted onto bestseller and best-of-the-year lists across the country, further cementing her reputation as one of the most "brilliant" (NYTBR), "wildly talented" (Chicago Tribune), and beloved authors in contemporary fiction. Now, for the first time, King collects ten of her finest short stories-half published in leading literary magazines and half brand new-opening fresh realms of discovery for fans and new readers alike. Told in the intimate voices of uniquely endearing characters of all ages, these tales explore desire and heartache, loss and discovery, moments of jolting violence and the inexorable tug toward love at all costs. A bookseller's unspoken love for his employee rises to the surface, a neglected teenage boy finds much-needed nurturing from an unlikely pair of college students hired to housesit, a girl's loss of innocence in her summer job becomes a catalyst for strength and confidence, and a proud nonagenarian rages helplessly in his granddaughter's hospital room. Romantic, hopeful, brutally raw, and unsparingly honest, some even slipping slyly into the surreal, these stories are, above all, about King's enduring subject of love"--
Death draws five
Author: Miller, John J., 1954- author. Martin, George R. R., editor.
Published: 2021 2006
Call Number: F MILLER
Format: Books
Summary: "Edited by bestselling author George R.R. Martin, in the next Wild Cards adventure we follow John Fortune, son of two of the most powerful and popular Aces the world has ever seen. In Death Draws Five, John Fortune's card has finally turned. He's an Ace! And proud of it . . . except that his new powers put him on a collision course with enemies he never knew he had. Is he the new messiah? Or the Anti-Christ? Or is he just a kid who's in over his head and about to drown? It's really quite simple. Mr. Nobody wants to do his job. The Midnight Angel wants to serve her Lord. Billy Ray, dying from boredom, wants some action. John Nighthawk wants to uncover the awful secret behind his mysterious power. Fortunato wants to rescue his son from the clutches of a cryptic Vatican office. John Fortune just wants to catch Siegfried and Ralph's famous Vegas review. The problem is that all roads, whether they start in Turin, Italy, Las Vegas, Hokkaido, Japan, Jokertown, Snake Hill, the Short Cut, or Yazoo City, Mississippi, lead to Leo Barnett's Peaceable Kingdom, where the difference between the Apocalypse and Peace on Earth is as thin as a razor's edge and where Death himself awaits the final, terrible turn of the card"--
Published: 2021 2006
Call Number: F MILLER
Format: Books
Summary: "Edited by bestselling author George R.R. Martin, in the next Wild Cards adventure we follow John Fortune, son of two of the most powerful and popular Aces the world has ever seen. In Death Draws Five, John Fortune's card has finally turned. He's an Ace! And proud of it . . . except that his new powers put him on a collision course with enemies he never knew he had. Is he the new messiah? Or the Anti-Christ? Or is he just a kid who's in over his head and about to drown? It's really quite simple. Mr. Nobody wants to do his job. The Midnight Angel wants to serve her Lord. Billy Ray, dying from boredom, wants some action. John Nighthawk wants to uncover the awful secret behind his mysterious power. Fortunato wants to rescue his son from the clutches of a cryptic Vatican office. John Fortune just wants to catch Siegfried and Ralph's famous Vegas review. The problem is that all roads, whether they start in Turin, Italy, Las Vegas, Hokkaido, Japan, Jokertown, Snake Hill, the Short Cut, or Yazoo City, Mississippi, lead to Leo Barnett's Peaceable Kingdom, where the difference between the Apocalypse and Peace on Earth is as thin as a razor's edge and where Death himself awaits the final, terrible turn of the card"--
Psycho by the sea
Author: Truss, Lynne, author.
Published: 2021
Call Number: F TRUSS
Format: Books
Summary: It's September in Brighton and the city is playing host to weeks of endless rain and lashings of villainy. A trusted member of a local gang has disappeared part way through planning a huge heist; a violent criminal obsessed with boiling the heads of policemen has escaped Broadmoor and is rumored to be headed towards the city, while at Gosling's department store an American researcher has been found dead in the music section. Inspector Steine has other things on his mind--since the triumphant conclusion to his last case, Steine has so many awards and invitations coming his way that he has had to take on a secretary--but Sergeant Brunswick and Constable 'Clever Clogs' Twitten are both on the case. If only they could work out just who is behind these dastardly acts...
Published: 2021
Call Number: F TRUSS
Format: Books
Summary: It's September in Brighton and the city is playing host to weeks of endless rain and lashings of villainy. A trusted member of a local gang has disappeared part way through planning a huge heist; a violent criminal obsessed with boiling the heads of policemen has escaped Broadmoor and is rumored to be headed towards the city, while at Gosling's department store an American researcher has been found dead in the music section. Inspector Steine has other things on his mind--since the triumphant conclusion to his last case, Steine has so many awards and invitations coming his way that he has had to take on a secretary--but Sergeant Brunswick and Constable 'Clever Clogs' Twitten are both on the case. If only they could work out just who is behind these dastardly acts...
The library : a fragile history
Author: Pettegree, Andrew, author. Weduwen, Arthur der, author.
Published: 2021
Call Number: 027.009
Format: Books
Summary: "Famed across the known world, jealously guarded by private collectors, built up over centuries, destroyed in a single day, ornamented with gold leaf and frescoes, or filled with beanbags and children's drawings--the history of the library is rich, varied, and stuffed full of incident. In The Library, the first major work of its kind, historians Andrew Pettegree and Arthur der Weduwen trace this extraordinary history, from the famous collections of the ancient world to the embattled public resources we cherish today." --Front jacket flap
Published: 2021
Call Number: 027.009
Format: Books
Summary: "Famed across the known world, jealously guarded by private collectors, built up over centuries, destroyed in a single day, ornamented with gold leaf and frescoes, or filled with beanbags and children's drawings--the history of the library is rich, varied, and stuffed full of incident. In The Library, the first major work of its kind, historians Andrew Pettegree and Arthur der Weduwen trace this extraordinary history, from the famous collections of the ancient world to the embattled public resources we cherish today." --Front jacket flap
Renegades : born in the USA : dreams, myths, music
Author: Springsteen, Bruce, author. Obama, Barack, author.
Published: 2021
Call Number: 306
Format: Books
Summary: "Two longtime friends share an intimate and urgent conversation about life, music, and their enduring love of America, with all its challenges and contradictions, in this stunningly produced expansion of their groundbreaking Higher Ground podcast, featuring more than 350 photographs, exclusive bonus content, and never-before-seen archival material"--
Published: 2021
Call Number: 306
Format: Books
Summary: "Two longtime friends share an intimate and urgent conversation about life, music, and their enduring love of America, with all its challenges and contradictions, in this stunningly produced expansion of their groundbreaking Higher Ground podcast, featuring more than 350 photographs, exclusive bonus content, and never-before-seen archival material"--
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