Southlake Public Library Blog
"A good book should leave you... slightly exhausted at the end. You live several lives while reading it." ~William Styron, American novelistThe New Shelf is stocked with more books than I've seen on it in a while. Run in now while you can and get that book you've been waiting for!
FICTION HARDCOVER
The HELP, by Kathryn Stockett. (Amy Einhorn/Putnam, $24.95.) A young white woman and two black maids in 1960s Mississippi.
Call #: F STO
CAUGHT, by Harlan Coben. (Dutton, $27.95.) A suburban girl goes missing.
Call #: F COB
DECEPTION, by Jonathan Kellerman. (Ballantine, $28.) The Los Angeles psychologist-detective Alex Delaware collaborates with the detective Milo Sturgis to help solve a murder at a prestigious prep school.
Call #: F KEL
HOUSE RULES, by Jodi Picoult. (Atria, $28.) A teenage boy with Asperger’s syndrome is accused of murder.
Call #: F PIC
THE SILENT SEA, by Clive Cussler and Jack Du Brul. (Putnam, $27.95.) Juan Cabrillo and the crew of the Oregon make discoveries that lead back to an ancient Chinese expedition.
Call #: F CUS
ABRAHAM LINCOLN: VAMPIRE HUNTER, by Seth Grahame-Smith. (Grand Central, $21.99.) Lincoln fights the undead; by the author of “Pride and Prejudice and Zombies."
Call #: F GRA
BITE ME, by Christopher Moore. (Morrow/HarperCollins, $23.99.) Saving San Francisco from a vampyre cat.
Call #: F MOO
WITHOUT MERCY, by Lisa Jackson. (Kensington, $25.) Students are dying at an Oregon boarding school for wayward kids, and the concerned new teacher may be the next target.
Call #: F JAC
THINK TWICE, by Lisa Scottoline. (St. Martin’s, $26.99.) A woman takes over her twin sister’s life.
Call #: F SCO
THE LOST SYMBOL, by Dan Brown. (Doubleday, $29.95.) Robert Langdon among the Masons.
Call #: F BRO
SHATTERED, by Karen Robards. (Putnam, $25.95.) Investigating a cold case about a family that disappeared in 1981, a woman discovers that she resembles the missing girl.
Call #: F ROB
NONFICTION HARDCOVER
THE BIG SHORT, by Michael Lewis. (Norton, $27.95.) The people who saw the real estate crash coming and made billions from their foresight.
Call#: 330.973 LEW
CHELSEA CHELSEA BANG BANG, by Chelsea Handler. (Grand Central, $25.99.) More humorous personal essays from the comedian.
Call#: 814.6 HAN
THE PACIFIC, by Hugh Ambrose. (NAL Caliber, $26.95.) Stories of Marines and a Navy pilot during World War II; companion volume for an HBO mini-series.
Call#: 640.545 AMB
COURAGE AND CONSEQUENCE, by Karl Rove. (Threshold Editions, $30.) President George W. Bush’s senior adviser and deputy chief of staff explains his choices.
Call#: BIO ROV
CHANGE YOUR BRAIN, CHANGE YOUR BODY, by Daniel G. Amen. (Harmony, $25.99.) Using the brain-body connection to lose weight and avoid depression.
Call#: 613 AME
NO APOLOGY, by Mitt Romney. (St. Martin’s, $25.99.) The former Massachusetts governor and Republican presidential candidate calls for economic and civic¬ ¬revitalization.
Call#: 320.609 ROM
GAME CHANGE, by John Heilemann and Mark Halperin. (Harper/HarperCollins, $27.99.) Behind the scenes at the 2008 election with Barack Obama, Bill and Hillary Clinton, John and Elizabeth Edwards, John McCain and Sarah Palin.
Call#: 324.973 HEI
THE BIG SHORT, by Michael Lewis. (Norton, $27.95.) The people who saw the real estate crash coming and made billions from their foresight.
Call#: 330.973 LEW
THE IMMORTAL LIFE OF HENRIETTA LACKS, by Rebecca Skloot. (Crown, $26.) Race, poverty and science intertwine in the story of the woman whose cancer cells were cultured without her permission in 1951 and have supported a mountain of research undertaken since then.
Call#: BIO LAC
OUTLIERS, by Malcolm Gladwell. (Little, Brown, $27.99.) Why some people succeed — it has to do with luck and opportunities as well as talent.
Call#: 302 GLA
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