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Spring 2024 Featured Reads

Mar 22, 2024 - Waterloo Public Library
Featured Reads

Whether you’re basking in the gentle warmth of sunshine or cozied up inside, prepare to immerse yourself in the ideal springtime read from our carefully selected list of Featured Reads. We’ve curated a list of 12 new fiction and 12 new non-fiction books that we think you will love. Many of these titles come in physical copy, ebook and audiobook formats.

Fiction

Jump into captivating worlds and unforgettable stories with our carefully chosen selection of fiction Featured Reads.

The Bullet Swallower
Elizabeth Gonzalez James
A Fate Inked in Blood
Danielle L. Jensen
Welcome to the Hyunam-dong Bookshop
Hwang Bo-Reum
Help Wanted
Adelle Waldman
Big Time
Ben H. Winters
Dixon, Descending
Karen Outen
Among the Living
Tim Lebbon
Greta & Valdin
Rebecca K Reilly
Parasol Against the Axe
Helen Oyeyemi
The Great Divide
Cristina Henríquez
The Cleaner
Brandi Wells
Sylvia’s Second Act
Hillary Yablon

Non-Fiction

Get curious and explore a selection of informative and diverse topics with our non-fiction Featured Reads.

Hits, Flops, and Other Illusions: My Fortysomething Years in Hollywood
Ed Zwick
Grief is for People
Sloane Crosley
Fluke: Chance, Chaos, and Why Everything We Do Matters
Brian Klaas
Black Boys Like Me: Confrontations with Race, Identity, and Belonging
Matthew R. Morris
Filterworld: How Algorithms Flattened Culture
Kyle Chayka
Unshrinking: How to Face Fatphobia
Kate Manne
The House of Hidden Meanings: a Memoir
RuPaul
The Riddles of the Sphinx: Inheriting the Feminist History of the Crossword Puzzle
Anna Shechtman
Our Moon: How Earth's Celestial Companion Transformed the Planet, Guided Evolution, and Made Us Who We Are
Rebecca Boyle
Witchcraft: a History in Thirteen Trials
Marion Gibson
Get the Picture: a Mind-bending Journey Among the Inspired Artists and Obsessive Art Fiends Who Taught Me How to See
Bianca Bosker
Otter Country: an Unexpected Adventure in the Natural World
Miriam Darlington
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