Books & Materials / Digital Library / Services / Branches / Newsletter Archive
 
AN ELGIN COUNTY LIBRARY COLUMN DEDICATED TO INTRODUCING YOU
TO NEW LIBRARY MATERIALS THAT WE THINK YOU'LL LOVE :)
 
   UPCOMING FICTION TITLES:
Sooley
by John Grisham
 
Publish date: 4.2021
 
You should read this book if you like: Compelling sports fiction, college basketball, fulfilling dreams, family and home, Later.
 
Other recent books by this author: A Time for Mercy, Camino Winds
Ocean prey
by John Sandford

Publish date: 4.2021
 
You should read this if you like: Thrillers & suspense, detectives,  flawed characters, organized crime, murder written in gritty detail, Florida.
 
Series: Prey
Finding Ashley
by Danielle Steel

Publish date: 4.2021
 
You should read this book if you like: Relationship fiction, home renovations, long lost family, strong women, life changing events. 
A distant shore : a novel
by Karen Kingsbury

Publish date: 4.2021
 
You should read this if you like: Christian romantic suspense, arranged marriages, rescues, FBI secret agents, falling in love.
 
Other books by this author: Never Grow Up,  Truly, Madly, Deeply
Good company : a novel
by Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney
 
Publish date: 4.2021
 
You should read this if you like: Literary fiction, relationships, secrets, acting, grown-ups growing up, cross country moves, Daughter's of the Bride, A Nantucket Wedding.
 
Other books by this author: The Nest
21st birthday
by James Patterson
 
Publish date: 5.2021
 
You should read this book if you like: Mystery & suspense, fast paced detective stories, plot-driven books, serial killers, California.
 
Series: Women's murder club
Project Hail Mary
by Andy Weir

Publish date: 5.2021
 
You should read this if you like: Science fiction thrillers, space exploration, survival, suspense, last-chance missions. 
 
Other books by this author: The Martian, Artemis
The Final Twist
by Jeffery Deaver
 
Publish date: 5.2021

You should read this if you like: Thrillers & suspense, cat and mouse games,  corporate espionage, compelling writing that's intricately plotted, bounty hunters.
 
Series: Colter Shaw
Malibu Rising
by Taylor Jenkins Reid

Publish date: 5.2021
 
You should read this if you like: Sibling relationships, summer, wild parties, secrets, celebrities. 
 
Other books by this author: Daisy Jones & the Six, The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
Legacy
by Nora Roberts
 
Publish date: 5.2021

You should read this if you like: Romantic suspense, yoga, complex & likeable characters, childhood crushes, assault & battery, small towns, mother daughter relationships.
Golden Girl
by Elin Hilderbrand
 
Publish date: 6.2021
 
You should read this if you like: Relationship fiction, life-after-death, alternative choices, books about authors, beach novels, heartfelt messages. 
Jackpot
by Stuart Woods

Publish date: 6.2021
 
You should read this if you like: Thrillers & suspense, organized crime, film festivals, casinos, action-packed & fast-paced stories, political corruption, undercover operations.

 Series: Teddy Fay
The president's daughter
by Bill Clinton & James Patterson

Publish date: 6.2021
 
You should read this if you like: Thrillers, Navy SEAL officers, Presidential kidnappings, special-ops mission, terrorists, fast-paced mysteries, The President is Missing.
The bullet
by Iris Johansen

Publish date: 6.2021
 
You should read this if you like: Fast-paced thrillers, murder & deceit, ex-husbands, medical discoveries, secrets.
 
Series: Eve Duncan
The maidens
by Alex Michaelides

Publish date: 6.2021
 
You should read this book if: Secret societies, murder, obsession, University, thrillers & suspense, credibility. 
 
Other books by this author: The Silent Patient
The Recovery Agent
by Janet Evanovich

Publish date: 6.2021
 
You should read this if you like: Escapades, spinoff series, fashionista, foodies, Miami.
 
Series: Gabrielle Plum (#1)
The Third Grave
by Lisa Jackson

Publish date: 6.2021
 
You should read this if you like: Suspenseful murder mystery, Georgia, hurricanes, skeletons, books about authors, missing persons.
 
Series: Pierce Reed / Nikki Gillette
   UPCOMING NON-FICTION TITLES:    
The light of days : the untold story of women resistance fighters in Hitler's ghettos
by Judith Batalion

Publish date: 4.2021
 
You should read this if you like: World War II, female resistance fighters, courageous women.
The Happiest Man on Earth : The Beautiful Life of an Auschwitz Survivor
by Eddie Jaku

Publish date: 5.2021
 
You should read this if you like: Centenarians, Holocaust survivor stories, gratitude, reflections on life.  
Killing the Mob : The Fight Against Organized Crime in America
by Bill O'Reilly

Publish date: 5.2021
 
You should read this if you like: 20th Century organized crime in the U.S., criminals, true crime, mafia stories.
 
Series: Killing series
Brat : an '80s story
by Andrew McCarthy

Publish date: 5.2021
 
You should read this if you like: The 80's, coming of age stories, Hollywood, memoirs, emotional and engaging writing, Stories I Only Tell My Friends.
How the Word Is Passed : A Reckoning With the History of Slavery Across America
by Clint Smith

Publish date: 6.2021
 
You should read this if you like: The American South,  intergenerational stories, learning about slavery & systemic racism, revealing stories.
   CURRENT FAVES: 
At ECL, we're an eclectic team of readers who are passionate about the books on our shelves...
Here's a look at what our staff are reading and loving right now!
 
 
A Town Called Solace
Mary Lawson
 
Finlay Donovan is Killing It 
Elle Cosimano
 
The Stranger in the Mirror
Liv Constantine


Anxious People
Fredrik Backman


Gutter Child
Jael Richardson


Breath: The New
Science of a Lost Art
James Nestor
   WANT MORE SUGGESTIONS?
   Sign up for Genre Newsletters!
     Love Mystery?  Want to know about the newest Memoirs?  
     Sign up for genre newsletters delivered to your inbox each month! 
 
   On social media
     We post newly acquired books regularly on instagram and
     newsletters get posted to facebook.  Follow our accounts  
     to keep up with all the great materials being highlighted!   
 
 
     
 
 
Love this newsletter and want to subscribe?  Click here and check BookGossip!