Category: book list

Here we are in February already!  Wow!  Here’s what we’re looking forward to this month!

Non-Fiction
Bissinger, Buzz…The Mosquito Bowl (football & WWII)
Cline, Adam…Dahomey Amazons (movie Woman King is based on them)
Diemer, Andrew…Vigilance: William Still & Underground RR
Glass, Cathy…Negelected (child abandonment; by Foster Mom)
Hucklebridge, Dane…No Beast So Fierce (Champawat Tiger)
O’Reilly/Dugard…Killing the Legends (dangers of celebrity)

Fiction
Black, Holly…The Stolen Heir: Folk of the Air #4/Stolen Heir Duology #1 (Fantasy)
Brown, Carolyn…Sandcastle Hurricane (Women’s; OK author)
Deveraux/Sheets…An Impossible Promise: Providence Falls #2 (Romance)
Dugoni, Robert…What She Found: Crosswhite #9 (Mystery)
Gilman, Laura…Uncanny Times: Huntsmen #1 (Paranormal)
Gray, Shelley S…Happily Ever Amish: Amish of Apple Creek #1 (Christian)
Margolin, Phillip…The Darkest Place: Robin Lockwood #5 (Mystery)
McCauley, Terrence…Dark Territory: Sheriff Mackey #2 (Western)
Naigle, Nancy…The Wedding Ranch (Romance)
Nix, David…Dead Man’s Hand: Jake Paynter #1 (Western)
Palmer, Diana…Wyoming Heart (Romance)
Patterson/Karp…NYPD Red 7: Murder Sorority (Mystery)
Patterson/Sitts…The Perfect Assassin: Doc Savage #1 (Mystery)
Patterson, James…Steal: Instinct #3 (Mystery)
Patterson, James…20th Victim: Women’s Murder Club #20 (Mystery; fill in)
Patterson, James…21st Birthday: Women’s Murder Club #21 (Mystery)
Preston/Child…The Cabinet of Dr. Leng: Agent Pendergrast #21 (Mystery)
Reid, Taylor Jenkins…Malibu Rising (Romance)
Sandford, John…Righteous Prey: Lucas Davenport/Prey #32(Mystery)
Shine, A.M….The Creeper (Horror)
Traviss, Karen…Gears of War: Aspho Fields: Gears of War #1 (GameLit, SciFi)
Traviss, Karen…Gears of War: Jacinto’s Remnant: Gears of War #2 (GameLit, SciFi)
Turow, Scott…Suspect: Kindle County #12 (Mystery)
Woods, Stuart…Class Act: Barrington #58 (Mystery; fill in)
Woods, Stuart…Distant Thunder: Barrington #63 (Mystery)

Wow, is it almost 2023 already?  We certainly hope 2023 is an improvement over 2022.  At any rate, here’s our book list for January.

FICTION
Archer, Jeffrey- Next In Line: William Warwick #5
Baldacci, David- The 6:20 Man: No series
Bunn, Davis- The Christmas Hummingbird: Miramar Bay #7
Child, Lee & Andrew- No Plan B: Jack Reacher #27
Dailey, Janet- Hope Creek: New Americana #6
Dailey, Janet- Calder Grit: Calder Brand #2
Evans, Richard Paul- A Christmas Memory: No series
Haines, Carolyn- Bones of Holly: Sarah Booth Delaney #25
Mallery, Susan- Home Sweet Christmas: Wishing Tree #2
Michaels, Fern- Falling Stars: No series
Patterson, James- Triple Cross: Alex Cross #30
Perry, Marta- The Second Christmas: Amish Holiday #1
Warren, Susan May- Sunburst: Sky King Ranch #2
Warren, Susan May- Sundown: Sky King Ranch #3

JUVENILE & CHILDREN’S BOOKS

FICTION
Catanese, Elizabeth- The Amazing Catapult: Mt. Olympus Theme Park (2nd Grade)
Catanese, Elizabeth- The Hunting House: Mt. Olympus Theme Park (2nd Grade)
Catanese, Elizabeth- Pandora’s Phone: Mt. Olympus Theme Park (2nd Grade)
Folktales- The Great Race (Chinese Zodiac; appreciating differences) (2nd Grade)
Folktales- Raven the Trickster (NW Coast Tribes; doing what’s right) (2nd Grade)
Folktales- John Henry (African American Folk Heroes; proving yourself) (2nd Grade)
Keene, Carolyn- The Curse of the Arctic Star: Nancy Drew Diaries (3rd Grade)
Keene, Carolyn- Strangers on the Train: Nancy Drew Diaries (3rd Grade)
Keene, Carolyn- Midnight Rider: Nancy Drew Diaries (3rd Grade)
Miedoso/Riveras- The Haunted House Next Door: Desmond Cole Ghost Patrol (2nd Grade)

Halloween themed reads at Fairview City Library… Just a skip from the paranormal, we have fantasy fiction.  This includes many popular series that are great cable or TV shows – Game of Thrones for instance!

Alice in Wonderland, Lewis Carroll (junior)
Arafel’s Saga, C. J. Cherryh
Bartimaeus Trilogy, Jonathon Stroud (young adult)
Book of Ember, Jeanne DuPrau (young adult)
Chronicles of Narnia, C. S. Lewis (junior)
Crescent City, Sarah Maas
Deltora Quest, Emily Rodda (junior)
Edge Chronicles, Stewart & Riddell (junior)
Flip Side, Kristin Stecklein
Guardians of Ga’hoole, Kathryn Lasky (junior)
Harry Potter, J. K. Rowling (young adult)
Hobbit, J. R. R. Tolkein (high school)
Hunger Games, Suzanne Collins (high school)
Inheritance Saga, Christopher Paolini (young adult)
Keeper of the Lost Cities, Shannon Messenger (young adult)
Kiesha’ra, Amelia Atwater-Rhodes (young adult)
Leven Thumps, Obert Skye (junior)
Magnus Chase & Gods of Asgard, Rick Riordan (young adult)
Maximum Ride, James Patterson (young adult)
Merlin Saga, T. A. Barron (junior)
Mistborn, Brandon Sanderson
Percy Jackson & Olympians, Rick Riordan (young adult)
Pern, Anne McCaffrey
Ranger’s Apprentice, John Flanagan (junior)
Redwall, Brian Jacques (junior)
Sword of Truth, Terry Goodkind
Throne of Glass, Sarah Maas
Warriors; Seekers, Erin Hunter (young adult)
Wheel of Time, Robert Jordan
Wingfeather Saga, Andrew Peterson (junior)
Wings of Fire, Tui Sutherland (junior)
Wizard of Oz, L. Frank Baum (junior)

For Halloween this year, we’re posting Halloween themed reads from our library.  Today we’re going from ‘reality’ to ‘extraordinary’- the paranormal! Check out these authors and series for some stories that are beyond the normal…

Arcane Society & Sub-Series by Quick & Krentz
Bishop/Special Crimes Unit by Kay Hooper
Cousins O’Dwyer by Nora Roberts
House of Night by P.C. & Kristin Cast (high school fiction)
Hush Hush Saga by Becca Fitzpatrick (young adult fiction)
Krewe of Hunters by Heather Graham
Lizzy & Diesel by Janet Evanovich
Midnight Texas by Charlaine Harris
Miss Peregrine by Ransom Riggs (young adult fiction)
Mortal Instruments by Cassandra Clare (young adult fiction)
Poison Apple by various authors (junior fiction)
Sign of Seven Trilogy by Nora Roberts
Twilight Saga by Stephenie Meyer (high school fiction)
Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead (high school fiction)

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