Thursday, May 12, 2016

Top Ten New Books at the Brigham City Library

See which titles have circulated the most over the last 6 months in some of our new book collections:

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


Make Me (with Bonus Short Story Small Wars): A Jack Reacher Novel
Make Me (with Bonus Short Story Small Wars): A Jack Reacher Novel
By Child, Lee
2016-03 - Dell
9780804178792 CHECK CATALOG

#1 "NEW YORK TIMES "BESTSELLER NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY "LOS ANGELES TIMES, THE GUARDIAN, "AND "SUSPENSE MAGAZINE" Stephen King calls Jack Reacher the coolest continuing series character and now he's back in this masterly new thriller from Lee Child.

" Why is this town called Mother's Rest? " That's all Reacher wants to know. But no one will tell him. It's a tiny
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The Guilty
The Guilty
By Baldacci, David
2015-11 - Grand Central Publishing
9781455586424 CHECK CATALOG

Will Robie is the government's most professional, disciplined, and lethal assassin. He infiltrates the most hostile countries in the world, defeats our enemies' advanced security measures, and eliminates threats before they ever reach our shores.

But now, his skills have left him. Sent overseas on a critical assignment, he fails, unable to pull the trigger. Absent his talents, Robie is
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Depraved Heart: A Scarpetta Novel
Depraved Heart: A Scarpetta Novel
By Cornwell, Patricia
2015-10 - William Morrow & Company
9780062325402 CHECK CATALOG


Dr. Kay Scarpetta is working a suspicious death scene in Cambridge, Massachusetts, when she receives a text message with a video link that appears to be from her niece Lucy. But how can it be? It's clearly a surveillance film of Lucy taken almost twenty years ago.
As Scarpetta watches she comes to grips with frightening secrets. That first clip and others sent soon after raise dangerous …More


Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Old School
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Old School
By Kinney, Jeff
2015-11 - Amulet Books
9781419717017 CHECK CATALOG

Life was better in the old days. Or was it?

That's the question Greg Heffley is asking as his town voluntarily unplugs and goes electronics-free. But modern life has its conveniences, and Greg isn't cut out for an old-fashioned world.

With tension building inside and outside the Heffley home, will Greg find a way to survive? Or is going old school just too hard for a kid
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Brotherhood in Death
Brotherhood in Death
By Robb, J. D.
2016-02 - Berkley Books
9780399170898 CHECK CATALOG

The new novel featuring homicide detective Eve Dallas from the #1 "New York Times" bestselling author of "Devoted in Death."

"Sometimes brotherhood can be another word for conspiracy. . . ."

Dennis Mira just had two unpleasant surprises. First he learned that his cousin Edward was secretly meeting with a real estate agent about their late grandfather's magnificent West
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Killing Reagan: The Violent Assault That Changed a Presidency
Killing Reagan: The Violent Assault That Changed a Presidency
By O'Reilly, Bill
Author Dugard, Martin
2015-09 - Henry Holt & Company
9781627792417 CHECK CATALOG


From the bestselling team of Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard comes "Killing Reagan," a page-turning epic account of the career of President Ronald Reagan that tells the vivid story of his rise to power -- and the forces of evil that conspired to bring him down.
Just two months into his presidency, Ronald Reagan lay near death after a gunman's bullet came within inches of his heart. His …More


Thomas Jefferson and the Tripoli Pirates: The Forgotten War That Changed American History
Thomas Jefferson and the Tripoli Pirates: The Forgotten War That Changed American History
By Kilmeade, Brian
Author Yaeger, Don
2015-11 - Sentinel
9781591848066 CHECK CATALOG

Another blockbuster "Thomas Jefferson and the Tripoli Pirates" reads like an edge-of-your-seat, page-turning thriller. You will love this book and also wonder why so few people know this story. No one captures the danger, intrigue, and drama of the American Revolution and its aftermath like Brian Kilmeade and Don Yaeger. Brad Thor

This is the little-known story of how a newly
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The Bazaar of Bad Dreams: Stories
The Bazaar of Bad Dreams: Stories
By King, Stephen
2015-11 - Scribner Book Company
9781501111679 CHECK CATALOG

A master storyteller at his best the O. Henry Prize winner Stephen King delivers a generous collection of stories, several of them brand-new, featuring revelatory autobiographical comments on when, why, and how he came to write (or rewrite) each story.

Since his first collection, "Nightshift," published thirty-five years ago, Stephen King has dazzled readers with his genius as a writer
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The Lake House
The Lake House
By Morton, Kate
2015-10 - Atria Books
9781451649321 CHECK CATALOG

One of "People" magazine's Best Books of Fall Morton's moody, suspenseful latest is the perfect page-turner for a chilly night.

From the "New York Times" and internationally bestselling author of "The Secret Keeper" and "The Distant Hours," an intricately plotted, spellbinding new novel of heartstopping suspense and uncovered secrets.

Living on her family's idyllic lakeside
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