Schools and Libraries
October 8, 2025
From: Weston Public LibraryFall is a big season for publishing, with new titles by popular authors including John Grisham, Louise Penny, Michael Connelly, and more! Take a look at our featured titles for this month and visit the library to see what's new.
Twice
by Mitch Albom
Young Alfie Logan can rewind any moment for a do-over - but must accept the results of his second try - and having navigated through adolescence and finding seemingly lasting love with Gianna, he must confront an impossible choice when his power unravels during a casino arrest.
Cry Havoc
by Jack Carr
Amidst the turbulent backdrop of 1968, Navy SEAL Tom Reece navigates a clandestine mission across Vietnam and beyond, uncovering a Soviet plot that threatens to reshape global power in a high-stakes tale of espionage, betrayal and brutal realism.
Venetian Vespers
by John Banville
Struggling writer Evelyn Dolman faces eerie disappearances and sinister events at a decaying palazzo in 1899 Venice, as his marriage to disinherited heiress Laura and the treachery of Count Barbarigo plunge him into a nightmarish web of mystery and doubt.
Overdue
by Stephanie Perkins
Ingrid and Cory have been dating for eleven years and feel pressured to consider their future. They'll take a break to date other people, then they'll reunite and move toward marriage but plans go awry.
The Women of Wild Hill
by Kirsten Miller
Summoned back to their ancestral home on Wild Hill, three generations of Duncan women-estranged sisters and an unknowing daughter-must embrace their magical legacy and reconcile old grievances to stop a rising elemental force bent on reshaping humanity's future.
Hole in the Sky
by Daniel H. Wilson
As a mysterious object hurtles toward Earth, a Cherokee father, a NASA astrophysicist, and a shadowy government agent each uncover pieces of an impending first contact, forcing humanity to confront what it means to meet the unknown.
Gone Before Goodbye
by Reese Witherspoon
When disgraced combat surgeon Maggie McCabe takes a secretive job treating a powerful man overseas, his sudden disappearance pulls her into a deadly conspiracy forcing her on the run to uncover the truth and clear her name.
Remain
by Nicholas Sparks and M. Night Shyamalan
After his sister's death and his treatment at a psychiatric facility, New York architect Tate moves to a Cape bed-and-breakfast, where he has an immediate connection with Wren, but hate and greed fester below the surface of Wren's life, and Tate must unearth the truth about her past.
Boleyn Traitor
by Philippa Gregory
The untold story of Jane Boleyn, peeling back the myths to reveal a complex portrait of a woman who dared to survive at any cost. Perfect for fans of thrilling historical drama and readers captivated by the intrigue of the Tudor period.
Red City
by Marie Lu
The Godfather meets The Magicians in this dark and deadly contemporary fantasy of magical warfare, star-crossed ambition, and the pursuit of perfection at any cost, set in a glittering alternate Los Angeles.
The Dogs of Venice
by Steven Rowley
Reeling from the collapse of his marriage, Paul travels alone to Venice, where an unexpected bond with a confident stray dog leads him through the city’s beauty and warmth toward healing, self-discovery, and a new sense of independence.
1929 : Inside the Greatest Crash in Wall Street History-and How It Shattered a Nation
by Andrew Ross Sorkin
The author of Too Big to Fail offers a gripping account of the 1929 stock market crash, revealing how ambition, greed and denial among financiers and politicians fueled a historic economic collapse whose echoes still resonate today. Illustrations.
A Guardian and a Thief
by Megha Majumdar
In a near-future Kolkata, India, which has been ravaged by climate change and food scarcity, two families seeking to protect their children must battle each other.
Bog Queen
by Anna North
Flashing between the uncertainty of post-Brexit England and the druidic order of Celtic Europe at the dawn of the Roman era, Bog Queen brims with contemporary urgency and ancient wisdom as it connects across time two gifted, farsighted young women.
Menu of Happiness
by Hisashi Kashiwai
Welcome to the Kamogawa Diner, where every meal is a mystery ready to be solved. This unique establishment is run by a father-daughter duo who offer more than just mouth-watering meals. They act as “food detectives,” delving into the past to produce nostalgia-infused dishes for their hungry clientele.
The Unveiling
by Quan Barry
On a luxury Antarctic cruise, Black film scout Striker becomes stranded with wealthy tourists after disaster strikes, and as the hostile environment exposes deadly secrets and inner demons, she must confront haunting truths about herself and those around her.
Minor Black Figures
by Brandon Taylor
New York simmers with heat and unrest as Wyeth, a painter, finds himself at an impasse in his own work in this vividly etched portrait, both sweeping and tender, of friendship, creativity, belief, and the deep connections among them.
Always Remember : The Boy, the Mole, the Fox, the Horse and the Storm
by Charlie Mackesy
In a moving companion to the author's best-selling novel about friendship, kindness and resilience, four unlikely friends journey through life's wilds once more, discovering love, strength and the quiet courage it takes to weather the storm. Illustrations.
The Widow
by John Grisham
Already struggling at work and at home, rural Virginia attorney Simon Latch finds himself accused of her murder after he secures wealthy widow Eleanor Barnett's secret inheritance only to see her fortunes unravel in the wake of a car crash.
The Proving Ground
by Michael Connelly
The Lincoln Lawyer is back with a case against an AI company whose product may have been responsible for the murder of a young girl.
The Land of Sweet Forever : Stories and Essays
by Harper Lee
Spanning her early short stories and later nonfiction, this collection reveals the iconic author's evolving voice and sharp insights into childhood, creativity, justice and Southern identity, offering a fuller portrait beyond her two landmark novels.
Bad Bad Girl
by Gish Jen
Spanning continents and generations, traces the turbulent bond between a brilliant Chinese immigrant mother and her headstrong American daughter, as they navigate a lifetime of love, ambition and aching misunderstanding, in the new novel by the author of The Resisters. Illustrations.
The Black Wolf
by Louise Penny
Weeks after foiling an attack in Montréal and arresting the so-called Black Wolf, Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, confined by his injuries to Three Pines, quietly leads a covert investigation with agents Beauvoir and Lacoste, fearing the conspiracy he uncovered is only a deliberate misdirection.
Wreck
by Catherine Newman
In Western Massachusetts, Rocky juggles family life with her husband, adult children and aging father, until her fixation on a local accident and an ominous medical concern stirs up anxieties that threaten to upend her fragile sense of normalcy.
The Devil Is a Southpaw
by Brandon Hobson
Haunted by jealousy and past trauma, Milton Muleborn recounts his volatile friendship with gifted Cherokee artist Matthew Echota, blending dark humor, unreliable memory, and surreal reflections on their shared time in a brutal juvenile detention center and the enduring scars it left behind.
The White Octopus Hotel
by Alex Bell
In London in 2015, art appraiser Eve Shaw is stunned when the touch of silver-haired Max Everly’s hand evokes memories of a bygone era, transporting her to the snowy White Octopus Hotel of 1935 where she and a younger Max wander the halls, lost in time.
The Hong Kong Widow
by Kristen Loesch
In 1950s Hong Kong, refugee Mei enters a deadly séance competition in a haunted mansion to seek revenge against the man who ruined her life, but decades later, the horrors of that final night return, demanding she confront what truly happened.