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Beyond the Bestsellers highlights new and notable authors
not often found on bestseller lists.
Discover new books and writers you might enjoy!
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You can also click / tap an author's name to locate any additional titles by that writer in the library catalog.
General Fiction
 After Sappho - Selby Wynn Schwartz - "The first thing we
did was change our names. We were going to be Sappho," so begins
this intrepid debut novel, centuries after the Greek poet penned her lyric
verse. Ignited by the same muse, a myriad of women break from their
small, predetermined lives f or seemingly disparate paths: in 1892, Rina
Faccio trades her needlepoint for a pen; in 1902, Romaine Brooks sails
for Capri with nothing but her clotted paintbrushes; and in 1923, Virginia
Woolf writes: "I want to make life fuller and fuller." Wade in the Water - Nyan Nkrumah - "Set in 1982, in rural,
racially divided Ricksville, Mississippi Wade in the Water tells the story of
Ella, a black, unloved, precocious eleven year old, and Ms. St. James, a
mysterious white woman from Princeton who appears in Ella’s
community to carry ou t some research. Soon, Ms. St. James befriends
Ella, who is willing to risk everything to keep her new friend in a town
that does not want her there."
Other titles to consider:
Historical Fiction
Another title to consider:
Horror
 A History of Fear - Luke Dumas - "Grayson Hale, the most infamous murderer in Scotland, is better known by a different name: the Devil's Advocate. The twenty-five-year-old American grad student rose to instant notoriety when he confessed to the slaughter of his classmate Liam Stewart, claiming the Devil made him do it. When Hale is found hanged in his prison cell, officers uncover a handwritten manuscript that promises to answer the question that's haunted the nation for years: was Hale a lunatic, or had he been telling the truth all along?"
Titles to consider:
Mysteries
 Everyone in my Family Has Killed Someone - Benjamin Stevenson - "Everyone in my family has killed someone. Some of us, the high achievers, have killed more than once. I'm not trying to be dramatic, but it is the truth. Some of us are good, others are bad, and some just unfortunate. I'm Ernest Cunningham. Call me Ern or Ernie. I wish I'd killed whoever decided our family reunion should be at a ski resort, but it's a little more complicated than that. Have I killed someone? Yes. I have. Who was it? Let's get started."
Another title to consider:
Romance
 Exes & O’s - Amy Lea - "Romance book conn oisseur
Tara Chen has had her heart broken ten times by ten different men
all of whom dumped her because of her "stage five clinger"
tendencies. Nevertheless, Tara is determined to find The One. The
only problem? Classic meet cutes are dead, thanks to mode rn dating
apps. So Tara decides to revisit her exes in hopes of securing her
very own trope worthy second chance romance."
Other titles to consider:
Sci-Fi / Fantasy
Another title to consider:
Thrillers
- A History of Fear - Luke Dumas - "Grayson Hale, the most infamous murderer in Scotland, is better known by a different name: the Devil's Advocate. The twenty-five-year-old American grad student rose to instant notoriety when he confessed to the slaughter of his classmate Liam Stewart, claiming the Devil made him do it. When Hale is found hanged in his prison cell, officers uncover a handwritten manuscript that promises to answer the question that's haunted the nation for years: was Hale a lunatic, or had he been telling the truth all along?"
 The Blackhouse - Carole Johnstone - "Robert Reid moved his family to Scotland's Outer Hebrides in the 1990s, driven by hope, craving safety and community, and hiding a terrible secret. But despite his best efforts to fit in, Robert is always seen as an outsider. …For her entire life, Maggie MacKay has sensed something was wrong with her. When Maggie was five years old, she announced that a man on Kilmeray-a place she'd never visited-had been murdered. Her unfounded claim drew media attention and turned the locals against each other, creating rifts that never mended. Nearly twenty years later, Maggie is determined to find out what really happened, and what the islanders are hiding. But when she begins to receive ominous threats, Maggie is forced to consider how much she is willing to risk to discover the horrifying truth." City Under One Roof - Iris Yamashita - "When a local teenager discovers a severed hand and foot washed up on the shore of the small town of Point Mettier, Alaska, Cara Kennedy is on the case. A detective from Anchorage, she has her own motives for investigating the possible murder in this isolated place, which can be accessed only by a tunnel…. After a blizzard causes the tunnel to close indefinitely, Cara is stuck among the odd and suspicious residents of the town… Will she be able to unravel their secrets before she unravels?"
Other titles to consider:
Beyond the Bestsellers
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