This week's bestsellers are available in eBook and/or eAudio in the library's digital collections, free with your Durham County Library card number and PIN. If you are looking for more great books while library locations are closed:
OverDrive/Libby has a wide selection of eBooks - many available for Kindle- and eAudiobooks. For help using OverDrive/Libby, click here.
Hoopla has eBooks and eAudiobooks available with no waiting. For help using hoopla click here.
RBdigitalhas many popular eAudiobooks, including titles by Jojo Moyes, James Patterson and Terry McMillan. For help with RBdigital click here.
And, of course, be sure to check out all of the library's other digital collections. Happy reading!
A black woman who was given a white man's name by her parents shares her journey to finding her own worth and what stands in the way of racial justice.
6. Becoming by Michelle Obama Available in eBook and eAudio on OverDrive The former first lady describes how she balanced work, family and her husband's political ascent.
7. Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates Available in eBook and eAudio on OverDrive Winner of the 2015 National Book Award for nonfiction. A meditation on race in America as well as a personal story, framed as a letter to the author's teenage son.
Ways to understand and possibly counteract white privilege.
9. Educated by Tara Westover Available in eBook and eAudio on OverDrive The daughter of survivalists, who is kept out of school, educates herself enough to leave home for university.
Available in eBook and eAudio on OverDrive A critique of how today's mainstream feminism overlooks basic needs such as access to food, education, living wages and medical care.
A version of this list appears in the July 5, 2020 issue of The New York Times Book Review. Rankings reflect sales for the week ending June 20, 2020.
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