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Weston Public Library Upcoming Book News - September 2, 2025

Schools and Libraries

September 12, 2025

From: Weston Public Library

Thank you for making our Summer Reading season a big success! We've got lots of great books arriving in September. Stop in regularly to see what is on our shelves!

Apostle's Cove 
by William Kent Krueger

Just before Halloween, former sheriff Cork O'Connor reopens a decades-old murder case at his son's urging as whispers of the Windigo grow louder and bodies begin to fall in the latest addition to the long-running series following Spirit Crossing.

To the Moon and Back
by Eliana Ramage

After fleeing domestic violence for the Cherokee Nation, Steph Harper dedicates her life to escaping Oklahoma and reaching NASA, but her relentless pursuit of independence strains her ties with her sister Kayla, her girlfriend Della and her mother Hannah.

The Girl in the Green Dress : a mystery featuring Zelda Fitzgerald
by Mariah Fredericks

Based on the real story of the unsolved deaths of Joseph Elwell and New Yorker writer Morris Markey, a new mystery is a glittering homage to the dawn of the Jazz Age.

Buckeye
by Patrick Ryan

In postwar Ohio, a stolen moment between Cal Jenkins and Margaret Salt reverberates through generations, as a small town's buried secrets and a wife's spiritual gift expose the longing for love and goodness.

Amity
by Nathan Harris

In 1866 New Orleans, formerly enslaved siblings Coleman and June are separated, only to embark on perilous, individual journeys through the Mexican desert to reunite and seize the freedom they were promised.

The Secret of Secrets
by Dan Brown

When Katherine Solomon vanishes and her manuscript disappears following a murder in Prague, symbologist Robert Langdon races across three cities to uncover a hidden truth about consciousness, pursued by ancient myths, secret societies, and a revelation that could upend humanity's understanding of the mind.

All the Way to the River : Love, Loss, and Liberation
by Elizabeth Gilbert

A raw and unflinching memoir of love, addiction, heartbreak, and transformation from the author of Eat Pray Love traces her journey from deep friendship to destructive passion and the hard-won freedom from patterns that once felt impossible to escape.

Clown Town
by Mick Herron

While recovering from injury, former MI5 agent River Cartwright investigates a missing book tied to his late grandfather's secrets that draws in the disgraced spies of Slough House, in the ninth novel of the series following Bad Actors.

The Elements
by John Boyne

An acclaimed Irish novelist has created an epic saga that weaves together four interconnected narratives, each representing a different perspective on crime: the enabler, the accomplice, the perpetrator, and the victim.

Dark Renaissance : the dangerous times and fatal genius of Shakespeare's greatest rival
by Stephen Greenblatt

The story of how Christopher Marlowe, Shakespeare's greatest rival, leveraged his classical education to ignite an explosion of English literature, nourished the literary talent of Shakespeare and challenged societal norms with his transgressive genius.

Play Nice
by Rachel Harrison

Clio's mother Alex lost custody of Clio and her sisters when Alex wrote a book saying their house was possessed; after Alex's sudden death, the house passes to the sisters, and as the home makeover begins and Clio finally reads the book, the presence in the house becomes real and sinister.

Middle Spoon
by Alejandro Varela

The narrator has a husband, two children, and a comfortable bourgeois life—and a sexy younger boyfriend to accompany him to farmers markets and cocktail parties, but when his boyfriend dumps him, he is heartbroken and must confront a world struggling to understand polyamorous relationships.

Life, and Death, and Giants
by Ronald J. Rindo

An orphan, born weighing eighteen pounds and measuring twenty-seven inches long is taken in by his devout grandparents who disapprove of all the attention and hide him away from the world.

One of Them
by Kitty Zeldis

No one knows that typical Vassar sophomore Anne is Jewish, or that her real name is Miriam, and she ignores the casual anti-Semitism at Vassar; her secret life is threatened by her friendship with unashamedly Jewish Delia.

Little Movements 
by Lauren Morrow

Layla becomes choreographer-in-residence for Black dancers at Briar House in rural Vermont, temporarily leaving behind Brooklyn, her job, her friends and her husband; helped by a handsome composer, neurotic costume designer, witty communications director and austere program director, she navigates this enormous feat in a very white town.

The Academy
by Elin Hilderbrand

When a surprise national ranking thrusts underachieving Tiffin Academy into the spotlight, a viral gossip app begins exposing students' and staff's secrets, unraveling reputations and relationships as the boarding school's carefully curated image gives way to chaos, scandal and unexpected alliances.

Gray Dawn
by Walter Mosley

Running a successful detective agency in 1970s L.A., Easy Rawlins is hired to find a dangerous woman whose secrets threaten to upend the city's fragile balance in the latest addition to the long-running series following Farewell, Amethystine.

Replaceable You : Adventures in Human Anatomy
by Mary Roach

From the New York Times best-selling author of Stiff and Fuzz comes a rollicking exploration of the quest to recreate the impossible complexities of human anatomy including difficult questions prompted by the human body's failings.

The Wilderness
by Angela Flournoy

Five young Black women?—?Desiree, Danielle, January, Monique, and Nakia?—?navigate strained family ties, motherhood, ambition, and identity as they support and challenge each other while forging their adulthoods in New York and Los Angeles across two turbulent decades.

Boy from the North Country
by Sam Evan Sussman

Summoned home to his dying mother, Evan uncovers the astonishing truth of his origins and the secrets of her life, including a hidden romance with Bob Dylan, as he finally understands her profound wisdom.

What We Can Know
by Ian McEwan

In a future drowned by climate disaster, solitary scholar Thomas Metcalfe uncovers a trail to a lost 2014 poem that once stirred scandal, unraveling a century-old mystery of love, betrayal and artistic legacy in a world longing for what it has lost.

The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny 
by Kiran Desai

When Sonia and Sunny meet again by chance on an overnight train, their rekindled connection propels them through a journey shaped by family expectations, artistic disillusionment and personal upheaval as they seek meaning, love and belonging across continents and generations.

6:40 to Montreal  
by Eva Jurczyk

A luxury train ride turns deadly after a fellow passenger dies under mysterious circumstances, causing Agatha's quiet writing retreat in the Canadian wilderness to become a chilling fight for survival against an unseen threat.

Famous
by Blake Crouch

The basis for the upcoming A24 film; a man goes to terrifying extremes to adopt his celebrity doppelganger's life in this darkly comedic psychological suspense novel from the New York Times bestselling author of Dark Matter and Upgrade.

The Irish Goodbye
by Heather Aimee O'Neill

Three adult sisters grapple with a shared tragedy over a Thanksgiving weekend spent in their childhood home, navigating complex relationships and old tensions.

The Persian
by David McCloskey

Hoping to fund a new life in California, Stockholm dentist Kamran Esfahani becomes a Mossad spy in Iran but when he is captured, he must confront the personal and political costs of betrayal, loyalty and love amid a brutal covert war between nations.

Saltcrop
by Yume Kitasei

Two sisters sail across oceans to find their missing third sister— an epic journey spanning oceans and continents and a wistful rumination on sisterhood, friendship, and ecological disaster.