Monday, August 15, 2016

Top Ten Adult Fiction Titles at the Brigham City Library

See which titles have circulated the most over the last 6 months in our adult fiction collection:



A Girl's Guide to Moving on
A Girl's Guide to Moving on
By Macomber, Debbie
2016-02 - Ballantine Books
9780553391923 CHECK CATALOG
"NEW YORK TIMES" BESTSELLER In this powerful and uplifting novel, a mother and her daughter-in-law bravely leave their troubled marriages and face the challenge of starting over. Leaning on each other, Nichole and Leanne discover that their inner strength and capacity for love are greater than they ever imagined.

When Nichole discovers that her husband, Jake, has been unfaithful, the
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Forever and Forever: The Courtship of Henry Longfellow and Fanny Appleton
Forever and Forever: The Courtship of Henry Longfellow and Fanny Appleton
By Kilpack, Josi S.
2016-04 - Shadow Mountain
9781629721422 CHECK CATALOG
It's 1836, and nineteen-year-old Fanny Appleton, a privileged daughter of a wealthy, upper-class Boston industrialist, is touring Europe with her family. Like many girls of her day, she enjoys the fine clothes, food, and company of the elite social circles. But unlike her peers, Fanny is also drawn to education, literature, and more intellectual pursuits.Published author and poet Henry Wadsworth …More


Lord Fenton's Folly
Lord Fenton's Folly
By Kilpack, Josi S.
2015-10 - Shadow Mountain
9781629720661 CHECK CATALOG
Lord Fenton is a gambler, a dandy, and a flirt and he must marry or else he will be disinherited, stripped of his wealth and his position. He chooses Alice Stanbridge for two simple reasons: he once knew her as a young girl, and she is the least objectionable option available to him.

However, Alice has harbored feelings for Fenton since their first meeting ten years ago, and she
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The Nightingale
The Nightingale
By Hannah, Kristin
2015-02 - St. Martin's Press
9780312577223 CHECK CATALOG
Awards:
National Jewish Book Award (2015), Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Award (2016)


#1 "New York Times" bestseller
Named a top five book of the year by Amazon
Named a best book of the year by: Buzzfeed, iTunes, "Library Journal," "Paste," self.com, "The Wall Street Journal," "The Week"
In love we find out who we want to be.

In war we find out who we are.

FRANCE, 1939
In the quiet village of Carriveau, Vianne Mauriac says goodbye to her husband, Antoine, as …More


A Heart Revealed
A Heart Revealed
By Kilpack, Josi S.
2015-04 - Shadow Mountain
9781609079901 CHECK CATALOG
Amber Marie Sterlington, the Rage of the Season in Regency-era London, has her pick of men, and she knows what she wants most in a husband: a title and a fortune. Why would she ever marry for something as fickle as love? And why would she ever look twice at Thomas Richards, a third son of a country lord?

But when Amber's social standing is threatened, the character of her future
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All the Light We Cannot See
All the Light We Cannot See
By Doerr, Anthony
2014-05 - Scribner Book Company
9781476746586 CHECK CATALOG
Awards:
ALA Notable Books (2015), Alex Awards (2015), Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence (2015), Colorado Blue Spruce Award (2016), Dayton Literary Peace Prize (2015), Idaho Library Association Book Award (2014), Indies Choice Book Awards (2015), National Book Awards (2014), Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Award (2015), Pulitzer Prize (2015)

From the highly acclaimed, multiple award-winning Anthony Doerr, a stunningly ambitious and beautiful novel about a blind French girl and a German boy whose paths collide in occupied France as both try to survive the devastation of World War II. …More


The Eye of Heaven
The Eye of Heaven
By Cussler, Clive
Author Blake, Russell
2014-09 - Putnam Adult
9780399167300 CHECK CATALOG
The outstanding new Fargo adventure from the #1 "New York Times" bestselling author.

Baffin Island: Husband-and-wife team Sami and Remi Fargo are on a climate-control expedition in the Arctic, when to their astonishment they discover a Viking ship in the ice, perfectly preserved and filled with pre Columbian artifacts from Mexico.

How can that be? As they plunge into their
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Secret Daughter
Secret Daughter
By Gowda, Shilpi Somaya
2011-04 - William Morrow & Company
9780061928352 CHECK CATALOG
Reminiscent of the Academy Award-winning film "Slumdog Millionaire," Gowda's stunning debut explores the emotional terrain of motherhood, loss, and belonging. …More


A Fall of Marigolds
A Fall of Marigolds
By Meissner, Susan
2014-02 - New American Library
9780451419910 CHECK CATALOG
A beautiful scarf, passed down through the generations, connects two women who learn that the weight of the world is made bearable by the love we give away....

September 1911. On Ellis Island in New York Harbor, nurse Clara Wood cannot face returning to Manhattan, where the man she loved fell to his death in the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire. Then, while caring for a fevered immigrant whose
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A Few of the Girls: Stories
A Few of the Girls: Stories
By Binchy, Maeve
2016-03 - Knopf Publishing Group
9781101947418 CHECK CATALOG
From Maeve Binchy's earliest writings to the most recent, her work is filled with wisdom and common sense and also a sharp, often witty voice that is insightful and reaches out to her readers around the world and of all ages. Whether it is one of her best-selling novels or a short story, Maeve shows us that times may have changed, but people often remain the same: they fall in love, sometimes …More

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