Spotlight Books for Winter

In addition to new books by YPL favorite authors, like  Lisa Genova, Curtis Sittenfeld, Jojo Moyes, and Ann Tyler, here are some titles that might otherwise be overlooked. 

Nonfiction

History
The Plot against Native America: The Fateful Story of Native American Boarding Schools and the Theft of Tribal Lands
     by Bill Vaughn

Biography
The Scapegoat: The Brilliant Brief Life of the Duke of Buckingham 
     by Lucy Hughes-Hallett

Memoir
Memorial Days: A Memoir
    by Geraldine Brooks

Gardening 
A Year in Bloom: Flowering Bulbs for Every Season
    by Lucy Bellamy

Fiction

Spies: Gabriel's Moon by William Boyd

Fictional biography: The Champagne Letters
     by Kate Macintosh

Family drama and humor: Rental House
     by Weike Wang

Classics retold: Fagin the Thief
     by Allison Epstein

And coming soon with good reviews:

Story of the Forest by Linda Grant

The Voyage Home by Pat Barker

Gliff by Ali Smith

We Do Not Part by Han Kang, Nobel Prize winner

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