Picture Books
An American Story by Kwame Alexander, ill. by Dare Coulter [Jan]
Caldecott and Newbery award winner Alexander tells the story of a people’s struggle and strength.
Once Upon a Book by Grace Lin and Kate Messner [Feb]
Caldecott, Newbery and Geisel award winner Lin tells the story of a girl who imagines herself in the magical pages of her favorite book.
Evergreen by Matthew Cordell [Feb]
Caldecott award winner Cordell’s latest picture book explores feelings and friendship.
Juvenile Fiction
The Enchanted Bridge by Zetta Elliott [Jan]
Continuing the Dragons in a Bag series, Jaxon and his friends are back in the magical realm of Palmera, and things are even more complicated than they realized.
Finally Seen by Kelly Yang [Feb]
Ten-year-old Lina Gao is finally able to join her parents and sister for a fabulous life in America! Except, it’s not exactly like they described in their postcards.
Whale Done by Stuart Gibbs [Feb]
Another Funjungle novel! Teddy Fitzroy returns to find the culprits behind a blown-up whale and a string of beach sand thefts.
Young Adult Science Fiction
The Stolen Heir by Holly Black [Jan]
A new series set in Elfhame. A runaway queen, a reluctant prince and a quest that may destroy them both.
These Infinite Threads by Tahereh Mafi [Feb]
Sequel to The Woven Kingdom. Alizeh, the heir to the Jinn throne is destined to free her people from the half-lives they’ve been forced to live under human rule. When Kamran, the heir to the human throne, falls in love with her, he’s forced to question everything he’s been taught about Jinn.
Adult Nonfiction
The Creative Act: A Way of Being by Rick Rubin [Jan]
Author and nine-time GRAMMY winning producer Rubin noted “I set out to write a book about what
to do to make a great work of art. Instead, it revealed itself to be a book on how to be."
Orchid Muse: A History of Obsession in Fifteen Flowers by Erica Hannickel [Dec]
Historian and self-proclaimed "orchiholic" Hannickel guides readers through four centuries of the orchid, a flower known to inspire obsession and devotion in people who cultivate its many varieties.
The Matter of Everything: How Curiosity, Physics and Improbable Experiments Changed the World by Suzie Sheehy [Jan]
An accelerator physicist’s fascinating journey through the experiments that uncovered the nature of matter and made the modern world.
Adult Fiction
Devil’s Delight by M.C. Beaton [Dec]
A new Agatha Raisin mystery, this time embroiling her with a naturist group, a disappearing corpse, fantasy games, witchcraft, an ice cream empire, intrigue and, of course, a murder.
Every Man a King by Walter Mosley [Feb]
Multiple award-winning Mosley’s sequel to Down the River Unto the Sea, this carefully plotted mystery is at once a classic caper, a family saga and an examination of fealty, pride and how deep debt can go.
Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone by Benjamin Stevenson [Jan]
“Knives Out” and Clue meet Agatha Christie and The Thursday Murder Club in this fiendishly clever mystery.
The Mitford Affair by Marie Benedict [Jan]
Nancy Mitford must choose between family and country when she realizes to her shock that two of her sisters support the Nazis' rise to power.