Category: book list

In honor of Halloween, we’re featuring horror and paranormal related reads.
How about we start off with some real-life horror?
Sometimes the truth is stranger, and more horrifying, than fiction.

The 57 Bus
Dashka Slater

Bloodletters and Badmen….American Criminals from the Pilgrims to the Present
Jay Robert Nash

The Blood of Emmett Till
Timothy B. Tyson

Deliver Us…Infamous I-95 Texas Killing Fields
Kathryn Casey

Filthy Rich…Shocking True Story of Jeffrey Epstein
James Patterson

Heart Full of Lies: A True Story of Desire & Death
Ann Rule

Hell in the Heartland: Murder, Meth…Two Missing Girls
Jax Miller

Killers of the Flower Moon
David Grann

Little Demon in the City of Light
Steven Levingston

Mrs. Sherlock Holmes…New York’s Greatest Female Detective
Brad Ricca

Murder Beyond the Grave- True Crime Thrillers
James Patterson

Public Enemies…Birth of the FBI
Bryan Burrough

Red River Prosecutor: True Cases of Oklahoma Crime
Kenneth D. Bacon

Seattle Vice
Rick Anderson

Smoke, Mirrors, & Murder
Ann Rule

Tommy Gun Winter: Jewish Gangsters…Trial That Shocked 1930s Boston
Nathan Gorenstein

Without Pity…Most Dangerous Killers
Ann Rule

We’re starting to get our October books in here at the library! So many great titles to look forward to!

Non-Fiction
Ham, Ken: Creation to Babel (creation science)
Swenson, Kate: Forever Boy (Autism & parenting)

Fiction
Austin, Lynn: Long Way Home (Christian)
Brooks, Geraldine: Horse (General)
Cameron, Marc: Cold Snap (Thriller)
Carlson, Melody: Heartland Skies (Christian)
Cussler/Maden: Hellburner (Adventure)
Dailey, Janet: Paradise Peak (fill in, Romance)
Dailey, Janet: Quicksand (Romance)
Fielding, Joy: The Housekeeper (Thriller)
Griffin, Laura: Hidden (Thriller)
Hawker, Olivia: One for the Blackbird, One for the Crow (Historical)
Hawker, Olivia: The Rise of Light (Historical)
Henry, Emily: Book Lovers (Women’s)
Higgins, Kristan: Out of the Clear Blue Sky (Women’s)
Hoover, Colleen: Layla (Romance)
Kelly, Cathy: Other Women (Women’s)
King, Stephen: Fairytale (Horror)
King, Stephen: The Body (Horror)
Maas, Sarah J.: Heir of Fire (fill in, Fantasy)
Maas, Sarah J.: House of Earth & blood (fill in, Fantasy)
Michaels, Fern: Secrets (Mystery)
Oke, Janette: Unfailing Love (Christian)
Parker/Lupica: Fallout (Mystery)
Patterson, James: Shattered (Mystery)
Robards, Karen: The Girl from Guernica (Thriller)
Warren, Susan May: Sunrise (Christian)

Junior & Young Adult Reads
Reynolds, Aaron: Creepy Crayon (Children)
Reynolds, Aaron: Creepy Carrots (Children)
Reynolds, Aaron: Creepy Pair of Underwear (Children)
St. Clair, Scarlett: Touch of Darkness (Young Adult)
St. Clair, Scarlett: Touch of Ruin (Young Adult)

How about a list of books we here at the library are looking forward to adding to our collection?
We’re going by when the hardback comes out, allowing about a month after that.
So you may not see some really popular authors here yet (like Debbie Macomber).

HARDBACK OUT IN AUGUST-DECEMBER 2022, BEST GUESS:
Askew, Rilla: Prize for the Fire
Baldacci, David: Long Shadows
Brown, Sandra: Overkill
Box, CJ: Treasure State
Child, Lee: No Plan B
Cameron, Marc (Clancy): Red Winter
Carr, Robyn: Holidays in Virgin River
Deaver, Jeffrey: Hunting Time
Dailey, Janet: Quicksand
Dailey, Janet: Blue Moon Haven
Dallas, Sandra: Tenmile
Deveraux, Jude: Thief of Fate
Evanovich, Janet: Going Rogue
Evans, Richard Paul: A Christmas Memory
Fielding, Joy: The Housekeeper
Griffin, Laura: Vanishing Hour
Grisham, John: Boys from Bilouxi
Haines, Carolyn: Bones of Holly
Hilderbrand, Elin: Endless Summer
Hopkins, Ellen: Sanctuary Highway
Howard, Catherine Ryan: Run Time
Hyde, Catherine Ryan: So Long Chester Wheeler
Johansen, Iris: Captive
Johansen, Iris: More Than Meets The Eye
Johnson, Craig: Hell and Back
King, Stephen: Fairy Tale
Kingsolver, Barbara: Demon Copperhead
Krueger, William Kent: Fox Creek
Mallery, Susan: Home Sweet Christmas
Morris, Heather: Listening Well

HARD BACK OUT IN 2023, BEST GUESS:
Box, CJ: Storm Watch
Coben, Harlan: I Will Find You
Child, Lincoln (& Preston): The Cabinet of Dr. Leng
Cameron, Marc: Breakneck
Coble, Colleen: Dark of Night
Dallas, Sandra: Where Coyotes Howl
Griffin, Laura: Deep Tide
Grippando, James: Code 6
Hillerman, Anne: The Way of the Bear
Hyde, Catherine Ryan: Just a Regular Boy
Iles, Greg: Southern Man
Jenoff, Pam: Code Name Sapphire
Kingsbury, Karen: Just Once
Koontz, Dean: The House at the End of the World
Krentz, Jayne Ann: Sleep No More
Kubica, Mary: Just the Nicest Couple
Mallery, Susan: The Sister Effect
Moyes, JoJo: Someone Else’s Shoes

SEPTEMBER 2022 – titles are large print unless italicized

No nonfiction this month, so we’re putting a list of our
existing nonfiction titles on the subject of
‘school shootings’.
As always, if you have title suggestions,
please let us know!

SEPTEMBER 2022 FICTION LIST
Belden, Emily: Husband Material (ROMANCE)
Brown, Carolyn: The Sunshine Club (WOMEN’S FICTION)
Bunn, Davis: The Emerald Tide (CHRISTIAN)
Carr, Jack: In the Blood (MYSTERY)
Clay, James: Justice Rider (WESTERN)
Coble, Colleen: Aloha Series #2-#4 (CHRISTIAN)
Cole, Lee: Groundskeeping (WOMEN’S FICTION)
Coulter, Catherine: Reckoning (MYSTERY)
Egan, Jennifer: The Candy House (MYSTERY)
Fay, Kim: Love & Saffron (ROMANCE)
Gabhart, Ann: When the Meadow Blooms (CHRISTIAN)
Haines, Carolyn: Lady of Bones (HUMOR, MYSTERY)
Hogan, Ray: Betrayal in Tombstone (WESTERN)
Jenoff, Pam: The Woman with the Blue Star (HIST.)
Jewel, Lisa: The Family Returns (MYSTERY)
Koontz, Dean: The Big Dark Sky (HORROR)
Martin, Charles: The Record Keeper (CHRISTIAN)
McAuley, Terrence: Blood on the Trail (WESTERN)
Mitchard, Jacqueline: The Good Son (FICTION)
Olsen, Gregg: The Last Thing She Ever Did (MYSTERY)
Simon, Christine: The Patron Saint of 2nd Chances (HUMOR)
Walsh, Courtney: Things Left Unsaid (FICTION)
Webber, Heather: Midnight @ the Blackbird Cafe (MYST.)
Woods, Stuart: Black Dog (MYSTERY)

HIGH SCHOOL & YOUNG ADULT BOOK LIST
Asher, Jay: Thirteen Reasons Why (HS)
Bowden, Oliver: Assassin’s Creed full series (HS)
Kirby, Matthew: Assassin’s Creed: Last Descendants Trilogy (HS)
Messenger, Shannon: Unlocked: Keeper of Lost Cities (YA)

SCHOOL SHOOTINGS TITLES:
Columbine Victims/Survivors-
Bernall, Misty: She Said Yes
Scott, Darrell & Nimmo, Beth: Rachel’s Tears
Nickel Mines School Tragedy (Amish School)-
Monville, Marie & Lambert, Cindy: One Light Still Shines
Yoder, Harvey: The Happening
Kent State University, Ohio-
Charles River Editors: The Kent State Massacre
General-
Newman, Katherine: Rampage: The Social Roots of School Shootings
Grieving a child’s death-
Wiersbe, David: Gone But Not Lost

AUGUST 2022 – titles are large print unless italicized

NON-FICTION
O’Reilly/Dugard: Killing the Killers (Mob)
Yaffa, Joshua: Between Two Fires (Ukraine)

FICTION
Andrews, Mary Kay: Savannah Breeze (FICTION)
Austin, Lynn: Chasing Shadows (CHRISTIAN)
Castillo, Linda: The Hidden One (MYSTERY)
Cussler/Brown: Dark Vector (MYSTERY)
Dailey, Janet: Someone Like Santa (ROMANCE)
Doiron, Paul: Hatchet Island (MYSTERY)
Golden, Christopher: Ararat (FICTION)
Grisham, John: Sparring Partners (FICTION-COLLECTION)
Harmel, Kristin: The Book of Lost Names (FICTION)
Hilderbrand, Elin: Hotel Nantucket (WOMEN’S FICTION)
Hoover, Colleen: Confess (ROMANCE)
Hoover, Colleen: Verity (ROMANCE)
Hunter, Denise: Mulberry Hollow (CHRISTIAN)
Hunter, Stephen: Targeted (MYSTERY)
Hyde, Catherine: Dreaming of Flight (FICTION)
Jackson, Lisa: The Girl Who Survived (MYSTERY)
Mallery, Susan: The Boardwalk Bookshop (ROMANCE)
Miller, Linda Lael: Country Proud (ROMANCE)
Patterson, James: Ali Cross, The Secret Detective (MYSTERY)
Richardson, Kimberly: The Book Woman’s Daughter (WOMEN’S FICTION)
Steel, Danielle: Suspects (ROMANCE)
Thayer, Nancy: Summer Love (ROMANCE)
Webber, Heather: South of the Buttonwood Tree (FICTION)
Weiner, Jennifer: The Summer Place (ROMANCE)
White, Kate: The Fiancee (MYSTERY)
Wiggs, Susan: Summer by the Sea (ROMANCE)

JULY 2022 – all titles are large print unless italicized

FICTION
Clancy/Bentley: Zero Hour
Clipson, Amy: The View from Coral Cove
Colgan, Jenny: Welcome to the School by the Sea
Giffin, Emily: Meant to Be

OCEANS OF POSSIBILITIES THEME
‘Ocean Animals’ nonfiction set for K-3rd
‘Zoom In On…Sharks’ nonfiction set for Pre-K – 2nd

JUNIOR & YOUNG ADULT TITLES-SOME ARE ‘OCEANS OF POSSIBILITIES’ THEME
NON-FICTION
Barton, Chris: All of a Sudden & Forever (Juvenile)
Delargy, Flora: Rescuing Titanic (Juvenile)
Loh-Hagen, Virginia: The Titanic (Child’s)
FICTION
Baskin, Nora: Consider the Octopus (Juvenile)
Brody, Walt: Spooky Ghost Ships (Children’s)
Doleski, Shannon: Mary Underwater (YA)
Farid, Diana: Wave (YA)
Farook, Nizrana: The Boy Who Met a Whale (Juvenile)
Riordan, Rick: The Daughter of the Deep (YA)
Strohm, Stephanie: A Mermaid’s Tale (Juvenile)
Tingle, Tim: How I Became a Ghost (Juvenile)

Here’s a run-down of the titles we are looking forward to this month!

Title requests:
Pioneer Woman Cooks Super Easy, by Ree Drummond
The Happiness Paradox, by Richard Eyre
Finding Twigs, by Charles Tabb

Subject requests:
Salem Witch Trials-
Witches: Salem 1692, by Stacy Schiff

FICTION
The Girl Who Could Breathe Underwater, Erin Bartels (Women’s)
Flying at Night, Rebecca Brown (Autism representation)
The Devil’s Sea, by Dirk Cussler & Clive Cussler (Adventure & Maritime)
The Midnight Lock, Jeffrey Deaver (Mystery & Thriller)
Grandfather Anonymous, Anthony Eichenlaub (Seniors, Hackers)
The Calligraphy of a Witch, Alicia Gaspar de Alba (Historical Fiction, Latin Voices)
Ararat, Christopher Golden (Horror)
This is How I Lied, Heather Gudenkauf (Women’s)
Reminders of Him, Colleen Hoover (Women’s)
The Bookshop by the Sea, Denise Hunter (Inspirational Romance)
The Stepsisters, Susan Mallery (Romance)
Saving Mrs. Roosevelt, Candice Patterson (Historical)
Diablo Mesa, Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child (Mystery)
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo, Taylor Jenkins Reid (Romance, Women’s)
Abandoned in Death, JD Robb (Mystery, Investigative)
Adulting, Liz Talley (Romance, Humor)
The Words We Whisper, Mary Ellen Taylor (General, Death as subject)

 

 

 

We’ve had requests for our Sequoyah books, so we’re planning on getting in some Young Adult and High School Sequoyah books.

These books come from the Intermediate Master List and the High School Master List.

The grade levels given are just the reading levels, and do not necessarily reflect the area of the library where they will be placed.

If you are concerned about any topics these books discuss, you can check the arbookfinder.com website, and it will tell you the reading level and any  major issues the book deals with, as well as the interest level of the book. You can also call the library at 580-227-2190, and talk to Library Staff.

The Black Flamingo, by Dean Atta (unknown grade level) (LGBTQ)
The Blackbird Girls, by Anne Blankman (4.8/12.0) (historical fiction; Chernobyl)
Efren Divided, by Ernesto Cisneros (4.9/7/0) (immigration & racism)
Don’t Ask Me Where I’m From, by Jennifer De Leon (4.2/11.0) (Latinx experience)
Golden Arm, by Carl Deuker (4.5/10.0) (sports & poverty)
Almost American Girl, by Robin Ha (3.4/2.0) (immigration & racism)
What I Carry, by Jennifer Longo (4.6/12.0) (foster care)
Circus of Stolen Dreams, by Lorelei Savaryn (5.8/9.0) (urban fantasy; missing persons; escapism)
Dragon Hoops, by Gene Luen Yang (3.9/3.0) (sports; racism; gender bias; graphic novel format)
The Great Pet Heist, by Emily Ecton (3.8/6.0) (humor; pets)