New Books: Faculty and Staff Recommendations! '23

CALLIE GALLO. Lenny Abramov, living in a society in which books are not valued, immortality is highly sought after, and America is in a credit crisis, falls in love with Eunice Park and attempts to convince her that holding on to one's humanity in a cruel world is still important.

RIVA ROSEN. The whirlwind rise of an iconic 1970s rock group and their beautiful lead singer, revealing the mystery behind their infamous breakup.

JULIE ZUCKER, KENDRA O'DWYER. Spanning thirty years, from Cambridge, Massachusetts, to Venice Beach, California, and lands in between and far beyond, it is a dazzling and intricately imagined novel that examines the multifarious nature of identity, disability, failure, the redemptive possibilities in play, and above all, our need to connect: to be loved and to love.

TAMARA NOZIK. Follows Circe, the banished witch daughter of Helios, as she hones her powers and interacts with famous mythological beings before a conflict with one of the most vengeful Olympians forces her to choose between the worlds of the gods and mortals.

FIONA O'DOHERTY. Chemist Elizabeth Zott is not your average woman. In fact, she would be the first to point out that there is no such thing as an average woman. But it’s the early 1960s and her all-male team at Hastings Research Institute takes a very unscientific view of equality. Except for one: Calvin Evans; the lonely, brilliant, Nobel–prize nominated grudge-holder who falls in love with—of all things—her mind.

ELIZABETH DAVIS. The teenage son of an Appalachian single mother who dies when he is eleven uses his good looks, wit, and instincts to survive foster care, child labor, addiction, disastrous loves, and crushing losses.

ROBYN LIPMAN. William Waters grew up in a house silenced by tragedy, where his parents could hardly bear to look at him, much less love him--so when he meets the spirited and ambitious Julia Padavano in his freshman year of college, it's as if the world has lit up around him. With Julia comes her family, as she and her three sisters are inseparable. With the Padavanos, William experiences a newfound contentment; every moment in their house is filled with loving chaos.

NETTIE McCORMICK. The Delaneys are a nice family. Stan and Joy sold their tennis school and retired, and they have good relationships with their adult children, Amy, Troy, Logan, and Brooke. But one Valentine's Day, Joy goes missing.

KATIE SPERCO. Nora Hamilton knows the formula for love better than anyone. As a romance channel screenwriter, it's her job. But when her too-good-to work husband leaves her and their two kids, Nora turns her marriage's collapse into cash and writes the best script of her life.

AARON FOWLKES. Set on the desert planet Arrakis, Paul Atreides, avenges the traitorous plot against his noble family -- and brings to fruition humankind's most ancient and unattainable dream.

VIET NGUYEN. Written against the backdrop of contemporary Argentina, and with resounding tenderness towards those in pain, in fear, and in limbo, this collection walks the uneasy line between urban realism and horror.

SIMON DYTON. British stories from late nineteenth and early twentieth century that embrace the supernatural, horror, and the Gothic.

CLEVIE YOUNGBLOOD. Charts the extraordinary life of Ulysses Brooke, a rising political star in Old Virginia, who's not all he seems. When, in 1845, he's arrested for theft and treason, the world learns the truth: Brooke is an abolitionist and secret revolutionary, with a trove of buried treasure. We'll learn, too, of the ripples he leaves across centuries, from the suspicious rise of Gilded Age icon Sam Billings, to hard-charging investigations by FBI agent Alvin Starkman and his wife Faye.

MARIE O'BRIEN. Set in Northern Ireland during the Troubles, a shattering debut novel about a young woman caught between allegiance to community and unsanctioned love.

DANO MADDEN. The Ramseys, a wealthy family in early twentieth-century England, attract many friends to their vacation home in Scotland, but the intrusion of the Great War causes changes in their world and relationships.

KRISTA LaBELLA. During the Dust Bowl era, Elsa Martinelli--like so many of her neighbors--must make an agonizing choice: fight for the land she loves or go west, to California, in search of a better life.

ANNIE KLOIMWIEDER. From injuries caused by lead poisoning to the devastating effects of atmospheric pollution, infectious disease, and industrial waste, Americans of color are harmed by environmental hazards in staggeringly disproportionate numbers. This systemic onslaught of toxic exposure and institutional negligence causes irreparable physical harm to millions of people across the country.

FIONA WILLIAMS. Shows the forces in the American health-care system and in American society that cause Black people to "live sicker and die quicker" compared to their white counterparts.

KELLY ROOT. Explains the cognitive and biological basis for learning and provides insight on how teachers can use story, emotion, memory, context, and routine to improve student knowledge and the learning experience.

MATTHEW SPEISER. Reveals the full tragedy and importance of the war: a fiery 19-year-old Kentucky woman who went to wartime Spain on her honeymoon, a Swarthmore College senior who was the first American casualty in the battle for Madrid, a pair of fiercely partisan, rivalrous New York Times reporters who covered the war from opposite sides, and more.

ANNA BEREZKINA. One hundred thousand years ago, at least six different species of humans inhabited Earth. Yet today there is only one—homo sapiens. What happened to the others?

MARGARET GUNTHER. The nation's foremost leader in efforts to abolish the death penalty, shares the story of her growth as a spiritual leader, speaks out about the challenges of the Catholic Church, and shows that joy and religion are not mutually exclusive.

JENNIFER LILJEGREN. Drawing from her experiences as a mother, daughter, spouse, friend, and First Lady, Obama shares the habits and principles she has developed to successfully adapt to change and overcome various obstacles--the earned wisdom that helps her continue to 'become'