The Bright Sword, by Lev Grossman A gifted young knight named Collum arrives at Camelot to compete for a spot on the Round Table, only to find he’s too late. The king died two weeks ago at the Battle of Continue reading September Recommended Reads
Hombrecito, by Santiago Jose Sanchez In this groundbreaking novel, Santiago Jose Sanchez plunges us into the heart of one boy’s life. His mother takes him and his brother from Colombia to America, leaving their absent father behind but essentially disappearing Continue reading Books to Enjoy in August
One Dark Window (The Shepherd King #1), by Rachel Gillig Elspeth needs a monster. The monster might be her. Elspeth Spindle needs more than luck to stay safe in the eerie, mist-locked kingdom of Blunder—she needs a monster. She calls Continue reading New Fiction at Steele
The Glass Box, by J. Michael Straczynski Riley Diaz was born to fight back. When she’s incarcerated under the authority of a shadowy new defense act, Riley is sent to one of a growing number of American Renewal Centers (ARCs)–institutions Continue reading Great Fiction for April at Steele
Straw Dogs of the Universe: A Novel, by Ye Chun A sweeping historical novel of the American West from the little-seen perspective of those who helped to build it, Straw Dogs of the Universe traces the story of one Chinese Continue reading New Fiction this month at Steele
A Sword of Bronze and Ashes, by Anna Smith Spark A Sword of Bronze and Ashes combines the fierce beauty of Celtic myth with grimdark battle violence. It’s a lyrical, folk horror high fantasy. Kanda has a good life until Continue reading Recommended Fiction Titles for November at Steele
SECRETS OF THE RABBI’S MAFIA: A Jake Cooper Novel, by Irv Sega It is 1995 in Chicago, IL USA. Jake Cooper is a former Ultra-Orthodox scholar of Jewish Talmudic law turned amateur sleuth. In this suspenseful thriller he investigates a Continue reading Top Reads for October at Steele
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
Every Rising Sun, by Jamila Ahmed In twelfth century, Persia, clever and dreamy Shaherazade stumbles on the Malik’s beloved wife entwined with a lover in a sun-dappled courtyard. When Shaherazade recounts her first tale, the story of this infidelity, to Continue reading Exceptional Reads for September at Steele
The Will of the Many (The Hierarchy #1), by James Islington The Catenan Republic – the Hierarchy – may rule the world now, but they do not know everything. I tell them my name is Vis Telimus. I tell them Continue reading New Fiction Titles for August at Steele