As the cold weather arrives, the readers among us take advantage of the time indoors by curling up with a good book.  Not missing a beat, publishers deliver a slate of noteworthy new books sure to keep their customers engaged.  Things look particularly promising for mystery fans – new novels of espionage, detection, and crime are abundant this winter.  Upcoming publications also include new translations of novels by two Nobel Prize winners, follow-ups to recent best sellers, and collections of writing by Langston Hughes and Saul Bellow. What follows is a list of the books sure to be popular with our members.  Click on the titles to see the status of books in our online catalog and to place holds. 

JANUARY

• Bradley, Alan | As Chimney Sweepers Come to Dust 
• Carey, Peter | Amnesia 
• Cornwell, Bernard | The Empty Throne 
• Cusk, Rachel | Outline 
• Foner, Eric | Gateway to Freedom: The Hidden History of the Underground Railroad 
• Freud, Esther | Mr. Mac & Me 
• Godwin, Gail | Publishing: A Writer’s Memoir 
• Grippando, James | Cane and Abe 
• Fuller, Alexandra | Leaving Before the Rains Come 
• Hill, Susan | Soul of Discretion 
• Hoag, Tami | Cold Cold Heart 
• McBride, Stewart | The Missing and the Dead 
• Mo Yan | Frog 
• Muldoon, Paul | One Thousand Things Worth Knowing 
• Muller, Marcia & Bill Pronzini | The Body Snatchers Affair 
• Oates, Joyce Carol | The Sacrifice 
• O’Nan, Stewart | West of Sunset 
• Pearlman, Edith | Honeydew 
• Pelacanos, George | The Martini Shot 
• Perry, Thomas | A String of Beads 
• Simsion, Graeme | The Rosie Effect 
• Todd, Charles | A Fine Summer’s Day 
• Yu Hua | The Seventh Day 

FEBRUARY

• Adler-Olsen, Jussi | The Alphabet House 
• Alcott, Kate | A Touch of Stardust 
• Archer, Jeffrey | Mightier Than the Sword 
• Baxter, Charles | There’s Something I Want to Do to You 
• Beaton, M.C. | Death of a Liar 
• Berenson, Alex | Twelve Days 
• Brandt. Harry (penname of Richard Price)| The Whites 
• Dickstein, Morris | Why Not Say What Happened: A Sentimental Education 
• Hughes, Langston | Selected Letters of Langston Hughes 
• Kellerman, Jonathan | Motive 
• King, Laurie R. | Dreaming Spies 
• Lethem, Jonathan | Lucky Alan and Other Stories 
• Lippman, Laura | Hush Hush 
• McCarthy, Tom | Satin Island 
• Mendelson, Edward | Moral Agents: Eight Twentieth Century American Writers
• Rhodes, Richard | Hell and Good Company: The Spanish Civil War and the World it Made 
• Robb, J.D. | Obsession in Death 
• Soli, Tatjana | The Last Good Paradise 
• Tursten, Helene | The Beige Man 
• Tyler, Anne | A Spool of Blue Thread 
• Yrsa Sigurdardottir | Someone to Watch Over Me 

MARCH

• Bellow, Saul | There is Simply Too Much to Think About: Collected Nonfiction 
• Black, Cara | Murder on the Champ de Mars 
• Bowen, Rhys | The Edge of Dreams 
• Box, C.J. | Endangered 
• Boyle, T.C. | The Harder They Come 
• Coben, Harlan | The Stranger 
• Ishiguro, Kazuo | The Buried Giant 
• Jance, J.A. | Cold Betrayal 
• Joyce, Rachel | The Love Song of Miss Queenie Hennessy 
• Kanon, Joseph | Leaving Berlin 
• Kureishi, Hanif | The Last Word 
• Larson, Erik | Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania 
• Lehane, Dennis | World Gone By 
• McGuane, Thomas | Crow Fair 
• O’Hagan, Andrew | Illuminations 
• Perry, Anne | The Angel Court Affair 
• Shnayerson, Michael | The Contender: Andrew Cuomo, a Biography 
• Steinhauer, Olen | All the Old Knives 
• Vargas Llosa, Mario | The Discreet Hero 
• Winspear, Jacqueline | A Dangerous Place