"I have only to break into the tightness of a strawberry, and I see summer – its dust and lowering skies." ―Toni Morrison, The Bluest Eye

If you were searching for the books to accompany you on your summer adventures, look no further. The titles below are just some of the new books you'll find at the Library this season. For a more complete account of our recent acquisitions, check out New Books, a list published at the beginning of every month and available on the website or at the Circulation Desk. If there is something you're looking forward to reading, but don't find in our catalog, simply request it from the Acquisitions Department by filling out a request slip at the Circulation Desk or log in to our website and use the Suggest a Purchase form.

June

FICTION

• Barton, Fiona | Local Gone Missing
• Bayard, Louis | Jackie and Me
• Belfer, Lauren | Ashton Hall
• Brett, Simon | Blotto, Twinks, and the Suspicious Guests
• Brooks, Geraldine | Horse
• Cercas, Javier | Even the Darkest Night
• Crosley, Sloane | Cult Classic
• Doiron, Paul | Hatchet Island
• Edwards, Martin | The Girl They All Forgot
• Estleman, Loren | Monkey in the Middle
• Fowler, Therese Anne | It All Comes Down to This
• Gentill, Sulari | The Woman in the Library
• Griffiths, Elly | The Locked Room
• Herzog, Werner | The Twilight World
• Hilderbrand, Elin | The Hotel Nantucket
• Holleran, Andrew | The Kingdom of Sand
• Macy, Caitlin | A Blind Corner
• Moshfegh, Ottessa | Lapvona
• Oates, Joyce Carol | Extenuating Circumstances
• Perrotta, Tom | Tracy Flick Can’t Win
• Quirk, Matthew | Red Warning
• Ragnar Jonasson | Outside
• Sager, Riley | The House Across the Lake
• Taddeo, Lisa | Ghost Lover
• Walter, Jess | The Angel of Rome: And Other Stories

NONFICTION

• Blackwell, Chris | The Islander: My Life in Music and Beyond
• Calhoun, Ada | Also a Poet: Frank O’Hara, My Father, and Me
• Doidge, Kristin Marguerite | Nora Ephron: A Life
• Keefe, Patrick Radden | Rogues: True Stories of Grifters, Killers, Rebels and Crooks
• Kendi, Ibram X. | How to Raise an Antiracist
• Kertzer, David I. | The Pope at War: The Secret History of Pius XII, Mussolini, and Hitler
• Lieven, Dominic | In the Shadow of the Gods: The Emperor in World History
• Oz, Amos | What Makes an Apple?: Six Conversations about Writing, Love, Guilt, and Other Pleasures
• Scutts, Joanna | Hotbed: Bohemian Greenwich Village and the Secret Club That Sparked Modern Feminism

July

FICTION

• Baldacci, David | The 6:20 Man
• Beauman, Ned | Venomous Lumpsucker
• Billingham, Mark | The Murder Book
• Brett, Simon | Death and the Decorator
• Child, Lincoln | Chrysalis
• Fesperman, Dan | Winter Work
• Holsinger, Bruce | The Displacements
• McCall Smith, Alexander | The Sweet Remnants of Summer
• Miller, Rebecca | Total: Stories
• Mina, Denise | Confidence
• Miranda, Megan | The Last to Vanish
• Moreno-Garcia, Silvia | The Daughter of Doctor Moreau
• Murata, Sayaka | Life Ceremony
• Pearse, Sarah | The Retreat
• Reichs, Kathy | Cold, Cold Bones
• Roy, Anuradha | The Earthspinner
• Silva, Daniel | Portrait of an Unknown Woman
• Talty, Morgan | Night of the Living Rez
• Vaughan, Sarah | Reputation
• Ware, Ruth | The It Girl
• Wayner, Teddy | The Great Man Theory
• Zevin, Gabrielle | Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow

NONFICTION

• Auletta, Ken | Hollywood Ending: Harvey Weinstein and the Culture of Silence
• Calasso, Roberto | The Tablet of Destinies
• Leibovich, Mark | Thank You for Your Servitude: Donald Trump's Washington and the Price of Submission

August

FICTION

• Barnes, Julian | Elizabeth Finch
• Bowen, Rhys | Where the Sky Begins
• Bradby, Tom | Yesterday’s Spy
• Brown, Sandra | Overkill
• Burton, Jessie | The House of Fortune
• Donogue, Emma | Haven
• Feeney, Alice | Daisy Darker
• Fielding, Joy | The Housekeeper
• Galbraith, Robert | The Ink Black Heart
• Gurnah, Abdulrazak | Afterlives
• Hamid, Mohsin | The Last White Man
• Hannaham, James | Didn’t Nobody Give a Shit What Happened to Carlotta
• Jewell, Lisa | The Family Remains
• Kellerman, Faye | The Hunt
• Krueger, William Kent | Fox Creek
• Marra, Anthony | Mercury Pictures Presents
• Oates, Joyce Carol | Babysitter
• Olaf Olafsson | Touch
• Osborne, Lawrence | On Java Road
• Reid, Taylor Jenkins | Carrie Soto is Back
• Slaughter, Karin | Girl, Forgotten
• Walker, Martin | To Kill a Troubadour
• Wiggins, Marianne | Properties of Thirst
• Woods, Stuart | Black Dog

NONFICTION

• Ackerman, Elliot | The Fifth Act: America’s End in Afghanistan
• Ball, Jesse | Autoportrait
• Lowell, Robert | Memoirs
• Macy, Beth | Raising Lazarus: Hope, Justice, and the Future of America's Overdose Crisis
• Mayes, Frances | A Place in the World: Finding the Meaning of Home
• Nevala-Lee, Alec | Inventor of the Future: The Visionary Life of Buckminster Fuller
• Rodgers, Mary | Shy: The Alarmingly Outspoken Memoirs of Mary Rodgers