The Lock-Up: A Novel by John Banville Booker Prize winner and “Irish master” (The New Yorker) John Banville’s most ambitious crime novel yet brings two detectives together to solve a globe-spanning mystery In 1950s Dublin, Rosa Jacobs, a young history scholar, is found Continue reading New Books for Adults at Big Flats – October 2023
Sing, Wild Bird, Sing: A Novel by Jacqueline O’Mahony A courageous woman journeys from nineteenth-century Ireland to the American West in a powerful novel about the indomitable will to survive—and to flourish—against nearly impossible odds. It’s 1849 on the west Continue reading New Books for Adults at Big Flats – September 2023
Flight Paths: How a Passionate and Quirky Group of Pioneering Scientists Solved the Mystery of Bird Migration by Rebecca Heisman The captivating, little-known true story of a group of scientists and the methods and technology they developed to uncover the Continue reading New Books for Adults at Big Flats Library
Pharaohs of the Sun: The Rise and Fall of Tutankhamun’s Dynasty by Guy de la Bédoyère A vivid story of an astonishing period in ancient Egypt’s history—1550 BC to 1295 BC—that tears away the gold and glamour to reveal how Continue reading New Book Recommendations for Adults at Big Flats
If These Apples Should Fall: Cézanne and the Present by T.J. Clark An illuminating analysis of the work of Paul Cézanne, one of the most influential painters in the history of modern art, by T. J. Clark, one of the Continue reading New Book Recommendations for Adults at Big Flats
An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us by Ed Yong A thrilling tour of the radically different ways that animals perceive the world that will fill you with wonder and forever alter your perspective, by Continue reading New Adult Book Recommendations at Big Flats for November
Indian Horse: A Novel by Richard Wagamese After being taken forcibly from his family, Saul Indian Horse is placed in an abusive boarding school determined to expunge his Ojibway traditions and knowledge. But he finds salvation each morning at dawn, Continue reading New Adult Book Recommendations at Big Flats for October
The Maker of Swans by Paraic O’Donnell In the dead of night, shots ring out over the grounds of a sprawling English estate. The world-weary butler Eustace recognizes the gunman―his employer, Mr. Crowe―and knows he must think and act quickly. Continue reading New Adult Book Recommendations at Big Flats for September
Dune Messiah by Frank Herbert Book two in the Magnificent Dune Chronicles—the Bestselling Science Fiction Adventure of All Time Dune Messiah continues the story of Paul Atreides, better known—and feared—as the man christened Muad’Dib. As Emperor of the known universe, Continue reading New Adult Book Recommendations at Big Flats
Gravel Heart: By Abdulrazak Gurnah, winner of the 2021 Nobel Prize in Literature Salim has always known that his father does not want him. Living with his parents and his adored Uncle Amir in a house full of secrets, he Continue reading New Adult Book Recommendations at Big Flats