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Exciting new reads for spring and summer!

Whether you are planning for spring break, summer vacation or just looking for something new to read, place your holds today for these new and exciting titles.

Stark Library

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  • A sweeping story about four women whose lives are shaped by love, longing, and pain. Chiamaka is a Nigerian travel writer living in the U.S. who is unlucky in love and coping with the pandemic on her own. Zikora is a successful lawyer living in…
    Book, 2025New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2025. — F ADI
  • From the author of "A Man Called Ove" and “Anxious People” comes a new tale of the transcendent power of friendship and art. In “My Friends,” a woman seeks real-life inspiration for one of the most famous paintings in the world – three tiny figures…
    Book, 2025New York : Atria Books, 2025. — F BAC
  • Gail Baines is long divorced from her husband, Max, and not especially close to her grown daughter, Debbie. Today is the day before Debbie's wedding. To start, Gail loses her job-or quits, depending who you ask. Then, Max arrives unannounced on…
    Book, 2025New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2025. — F TYL
  • From Brooke Shields, the icon who has inspired generations of women, comes a thoughtful, intimate, and candid exploration of the humility and power of aging.
    Book, 2025New York : Flatiron Books, 2025. — B SHIELDS BROOKE
  • Sci-fi and fantasy writer Schwab is best known for “The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue” and returns this summer with “Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil.” This genre-defying novel follows three young women – from the 1500s, 1800s and 2019.
    Book, 2025New York, NY : Tor, Tor Publishing Group, 2025. — F SF SCH
  • After restaurateur Paddy is murdered, his wife and 20-something daughter receive a package and note from an old friend of Paddy’s. In the same town, an emergency makes florist Martha realize her money-strapped life with an absent husband needs to…
    Book, Atria Books 6/24/2025
  • People Pleaser

    Breaking Free From the Burden of Imaginary Expectations

    Vuolo, Jinger,
    From childhood to early adulthood, Jinger Duggar Vuolo followed the expectations of others, never taking the time to discover who she truly was. It wasn't until she asked herself the question, "Who am I?" that she realized she was a people pleaser.…
    Book, 2025Nashville, Tennessee : W Publishing Group, an imprint of Thomas Nelson, [2025] — 248.843 VUO
  • The author of “The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo” returns with an epic love story set during the 1980s Space Shuttle program. In “Atmosphere,” Joan Goodwin joins a team of NASA’s first female scientists in space.
    Book, 2025New York : Ballantine Books, [2025]. — F REI
  • A witty, warm and brilliantly told debut that is at once a love story, a story of female friendship and motherhood, and an irresistible mystery surrounding an extraordinary British family. Arriving at the University of Edinburgh for her first term,…
    eBook, 2025[New York] : Pamela Dorman Books, Viking, [2025]
  • There's no such thing as a perfect guy, but Xavier Rush comes disastrously close. A gorgeous veterinarian giving Greek god vibes—all while cuddling a tiny kitten? Immediate yes. That is until Xavier opens his mouth and proves that even sculpted gods…
    Book, 2025New York, NY : Forever, 2025. — F ROM JIM