New Large Print Books Added in January 2025

Adult Fiction

Detective and Mystery Fiction and Thrillers

DEATH AT THE SIGN OF THE ROOK     Atkinson, Kate         
LB 0001032    

TO DIE FOR     Baldacci, David         
LB 0001131    

FATAL GROOVE     Blacke, Olivia         
LB 0001036    

PROTECTOR     Brunstetter, Wanda E.         
LB 0001070    

IN THE HOUR OF CROWS     Elmendorf, Dana         
LB 0001072    

BAD LIAR: A NOVEL     Hoag, Tami         
LB 0001069    

DEN OF INIQUITY     Jance, Judith A.         
LB 0001124    

ONE BY ONE     McFadden, Freida         
LB 0001113    

JUDGMENT PREY     Sandford, John         
LB 0001058    

Domestic Fiction

BLANK: A NOVEL     Owens, Zibby         
LB 0001011    

Fantasy Fiction

BURIED DEEP AND OTHER STORIES     Novik, Naomi         
LB 0001043    

General Fiction and Novels

STELLAR DEBUT OF GALACTICA MACFEE     McCall Smith, Alexander         
LB 0001075   

Historical Fiction

ROSE ARBOR: A NOVEL     Bowen, Rhys         
LB 0001003    

KILLING ON THE HILL     Dugoni, Robert         
LB 0001000    

WICKED AND THE DEAD: THE HAIR-RAISING TALE OF HACK LONG AND HIS OUTLAW GANG    Johnstone, William W.; Johnstone, J. A.         
LB 0001025    

BOTANIST’S GUIDE TO FLOWERS AND FATALITY    Khavari, Kate         
LB 0001088    

BOTANIST’S GUIDE TO PARTIES AND POISONS     Khavari, Kate         
LB 0001071    

MEDICINE WOMAN OF GALVESTON     Skenandore, Amanda         
LB 0001077    

ROYAL LIBRARIAN     Wood, Daisy         
LB 0001065    

Magical Realism Fiction

VOLCANO DAUGHTERS: A NOVEL     Balibrera, Gina María         
LB 0001037    

Psychological Fiction

ENTITLEMENT     Alam, Rumaan         
LB 0001038    

WHAT HAVE YOU DONE?   Lapena, Shari         
LB 0001046    

LOCKED DOOR     McFadden, Freida         
LB 0001109    

Romance Fiction

SAWMILL BOOK CLUB     Brown, Carolyn         
LB 0001001    

IDENTITY UNKNOWN     Cornwell, Patricia Daniels         
LB 0001132    

DATING AN AMISH FLIRT     Good, Rachel J.         
LB 0001082    

LAST ONE     Hall, Rachel Howzell         
LB 0001074    

BEFORE WE WERE US     Hunter, Denise         
LB 0000998    

AMISH BEEKEEPER’S DILEMMA     Lewis, Patrice         
LB 0001068    

NEVER SAY NEVER: A NOVEL     Steel, Danielle         
LB 0001120    

CHRISTMAS GRACE     Steele, Mindy         
LB 0001067    

Science Fiction

BURN: A NOVEL     Heller, Peter         
LB 0001041    

BOOK OF ELSEWHERE: A NOVEL     Reeves, Keanu         
LB 0001119    

Adult Non-Fiction

Autobiographies and Biographies

BE READY WHEN THE LUCK HAPPENS: A MEMOIR     Garten, Ina         
LB 0001017    

JUST ADD WATER     Ledecky, Katie         
LB 0001016    

HERE AFTER: A MEMOIR     Lin, Amy         
LB 0001106    

SONNY BOY: A MEMOIR     Pacino, Al         
LB 0001033    

FROM HERE TO THE GREAT UNKNOWN: A MEMOIR    
Presley, Lisa Marie; Keough, Riley         
LB 0001056    

KINGMAKER: PAMELA HARRIMAN’S ASTONISHING LIFE OF POWER, SEDUCTION, AND INTRIGUE     Purnell, Sonia         
LB 0001057    

Psychology and Self-Help

INFECTIOUS GENEROSITY: THE ULTIMATE IDEA WORTH SPREADING     Anderson, Chris         
LB 0001062    

IN MY TIME OF DYING: HOW I CAME FACE-TO-FACE WITH THE IDEA OF AN AFTERLIFE     Junger, Sebastian         
LB 0000999    

Social Sciences

FRAMED: ASTONISHING TRUE STORIES OF WRONGFUL CONVICTIONS     Grisham, John; McCloskey, Jim         
LB 0001022    

CHALLENGER: A TRUE STORY OF HEROISM AND DISASTER ON THE EDGE OF SPACE     Higginbotham, Adam         
LB 0000857    

SIEGE: A SIX-DAY HOSTAGE CRISIS AND THE DARING SPECIAL-FORCES OPERATION THAT SHOCKED THE WORLD     Macintyre, Ben         
LB 0001054    

ON FREEDOM     Snyder, Timothy         
LB 0001066    

COUNTDOWN 1960: THE BEHIND-THE-SCENES STORY OF THE 312 DAYS THAT CHANGED AMERICA’S POLITICS FOREVER     Wallace, Chris; Weiss, Mitch         
LB 0001029    

True Crime

BARN: THE SECRET HISTORY OF A MURDER IN MISSISSIPPI    
Thompson, Wright         
LB 0001044    

U.S. History

AMERICA FIRST: ROOSEVELT VS LINDBERGH IN THE SHADOW OF WAR     Brands, H. W.       
LB 0001047    

CITIZEN: MY LIFE AFTER THE WHITE HOUSE     Clinton, Bill         
LB 0001028    

Juvenile Fiction

Humorous Fiction

DON’T LET THE PIGEON STAY UP LATE!   Willems, Mo         
LB 0001128    

PIGEON LOVES THINGS THAT GO!: A SMIDGEON OF A PIGEON    
Willems, Mo         
LB 0001129    

Novels in Verse

AND THEN, BOOM!    Fipps, Lisa         
LB 0001006    

In Their Own Words: George Foreman

George Edward Foreman was an American professional boxer, businessman, minister, and author who passed away on March 21. Born in Marshall, Texas, and raised in Houston’s Fifth Ward community, Foreman went on to become a two-time world heavyweight champion and an Olympic gold medalist. Below are books that he’s written in the TBP collection.

BY GEORGE: THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF GEORGE FOREMAN (DB 40645)
GEORGE FOREMAN’S GUIDE TO LIFE: HOW TO GET UP OFF THE CANVAS WHEN LIFE KNOCKS YOU DOWN (DB 57421)
GEORGE FOREMAN’S KNOCK-OUT-THE-FAT BARBECUE AND GRILLING COOKBOOK (BRE 00001)

New Large Print Books Added in December 2024

Adult Fiction

Action and Adventure Fiction

TOM CLANCY SHADOW STATE     Woodward, M. P.  
LB 0000872    

Detective and Mystery Fiction and Thrillers

DEATH AT THE SIGN OF THE ROOK     Atkinson, Kate    
LB 0001032    

TALKING TO STRANGERS     Barton, Fiona    
LB 0001026    

STUART WOODS’ SMOLDER     Battles, Brett    
LB 0000801    

FATAL GROOVE     Blacke, Olivia    
LB 0001036    

RHYTHM AND CLUES     Blacke, Olivia    
LB 0000868    

BURNING     Castillo, Linda    
LB 0000902    

PITCH DARK     Doiron, Paul    
LB 0000923    

ON THE HUNT     Johansen, Iris    
LB 0000858    

HOLLY     King, Stephen    
LB 0000802    

WE SOLVE MURDERS     Osman, Richard    
LB 0001031    

FIRE AND BONES     Reichs, Kathy    
LB 0000915    

THIS IS WHY WE LIED     Slaughter, Karin    
LB 0000865    

TRIANGLE: A NOVEL     Steel, Danielle    
LB 0000862    

Fantasy Fiction

BURIED DEEP AND OTHER STORIES     Novik, Naomi    
LB 0001043    

General Fiction and Novels

VOLCANO DAUGHTERS: A NOVEL     Balibrera, Gina María    
LB 0001037    

LOOK IN THE MIRROR: A NOVEL     Steadman, Catherine    
LB 0001039    

Historical Fiction

HOUSE ON BISCAYNE BAY     Cleeton, Chanel    
LB 0000800    

FORTY-NINERS: A NOVEL OF THE GOLD RUSH     Johnstone, William W.; Johnstone, J. A. 
LB 0000987    

DAYS I LOVED YOU MOST     Neff, Amy    
LB 0000806    

Legal Fiction

WESTPORT     Comey, James    
LB 0000807    

Psychological Fiction

ENTITLEMENT     Alam, Rumaan    
LB 0001038    

AND SO I ROAR: A NOVEL     Daré, Abi    
LB 0001048    

WHAT HAVE YOU DONE?     Lapena, Shari    
LB 0001046    

Religious Fiction

FOR A LIFETIME     Meyer, Gabrielle    
LB 0000874    

Romance Fiction

TWELVE DOGS OF CHRISTMAS     Wiggs, Susan    
LB 0000917    

NOVEL SUMMER     Brenner, Jamie    
LB 0000876    

FINDING YOU     Clipston, Amy    
LB 0000821    

WHAT WE HIDE     Coble, Colleen; Acker, Rick    
LB 0001012   

OUR LITTLE SECRET     Jackson, Lisa    
LB 0000798    

CHRISTMAS DUET: A NOVEL     Macomber, Debbie    
LB 0000869    

PLAIN JANE     Michaels, Fern    
LB 0000864    

TINY BLESSINGS     Michaels, Fern; Brown, Carolyn; Finz, Stacy    
LB 0000841    

MIND GAMES     Roberts, Nora    
LB 0000803    

COUNTING MIRACLES: A NOVEL     Sparks, Nicholas    
LB 0000861   

JOY: A NOVEL     Steel, Danielle    
LB 0000860    

TRIAL BY FIRE: A NOVEL     Steel, Danielle    
LB 0000859    

Science Fiction

BURN: A NOVEL     Heller, Peter    
LB 0001041    

SPACE ODDITY     Valente, Catherynne M. 
LB 0000799    

Spy Fiction

SHADOW OF DOUBT: A THRILLER     Thor, Brad    
LB 0000877    

Western Fiction

EDGE OF NOWHERE     Johnstone, William W.; Johnstone, J. A.
LB 0000887    

WICKED AND THE DEAD: THE HAIR-RAISING TALE OF HACK LONG AND HIS OUTLAW GANG     Johnstone, William W.; Johnstone, J. A.
LB 0001025    

Adult Non-Fiction

Autobiographies and Biographies

CITIZEN: MY LIFE AFTER THE WHITE HOUSE     Clinton, Bill    
LB 0001028    

SONNY BOY: A MEMOIR     Pacino, Al    
LB 0001033   

FROM HERE TO THE GREAT UNKNOWN: A MEMOIR     Presley, Lisa Marie; Keough, Riley    
LB 0001056    

KINGMAKER: PAMELA HARRIMAN’S ASTONISHING LIFE OF POWER, SEDUCTION, AND INTRIGUE     Purnell, Sonia    
LB 0001057    

COUNTDOWN 1960: THE BEHIND-THE-SCENES STORY OF THE 312 DAYS THAT CHANGED AMERICA’S POLITICS FOREVER     Wallace, Chris; Weiss, Mitch    
LB 0001029    

Psychology and Self-Help

OBSTACLE IS THE WAY: THE TIMELESS ART OF TURNING TRIALS INTO TRIUMPH     Holiday, Ryan    
LB 0001042   

Social Sciences

AMERICA’S DEADLIEST ELECTION: THE CAUTIONARY TALE OF THE MOST VIOLENT ELECTION IN AMERICAN HISTORY     Bash, Dana; Fisher, David    
LB 0001014    

FRAMED: ASTONISHING TRUE STORIES OF WRONGFUL CONVICTIONS     Grisham, John; McCloskey, Jim    
LB 0001022   

SIEGE: A SIX-DAY HOSTAGE CRISIS AND THE DARING SPECIAL-FORCES OPERATION THAT SHOCKED THE WORLD     Macintyre, Ben    
LB 0001054    

True Crime

BARN: THE SECRET HISTORY OF A MURDER IN MISSISSIPPI     Thompson, Wright    
LB 0001044    

U.S. History

AMERICA FIRST: ROOSEVELT VS LINDBERGH IN THE SHADOW OF WAR     Brands, H. W. 
LB 0001047  

2025 British Book Awards Book of the Year Shortlist

The British Book Awards, aka The Nibbies, is a celebration of books: it affirms, connects, and energizes the world of reading by showcasing those who create stories and everyone who plays a role in bringing those stories to life.

The Books of the Year spotlight the titles that have stirred imaginations, started conversations, and been part of book clubs and bestseller lists. The winners will be chosen on May 12.

For more information check out the British Book Awards Website.

Here are the Book of the Year Shortlisted books for 2025 that are in the TBP collection.

Book of the Year Fiction

INTERMEZZO by Sally Rooney (DB 124516, en español DB 125537, BR 25681
IN PROCESS)
JAMES by Percival Everett (DB 120063, BR 25513 IN PROCESS, LB 0000436)
LONG ISLAND by Colm Tóibín (DB 121434, en español DB 123317)
YOU ARE HERE by David Nicholls (DB 122159)

Book of the Year – Pageturner

DAYDREAM by Hannah Grace (DB 124185)
HOUSE OF FLAME AND SHADOW by Sarah J. Maas (DB 120413)
SOMEONE ELSE’S SHOES by Jojo Moyes (DB 112338, BR 25197, LB 14576)
CHRISTMAS TREE FARM by Laurie Gilmore (DB 125088)

Book of the Year – Crime and Thriller

ALL THE COLORS OF THE DARK by Chris Whitaker (DB 122210, LB 0000688)
HAS ANYONE SEEN CHARLOTTE SALTER by Nicci French (LB 0000437)
HUNTED by Abir Mukherjee (DB 120968)
WE SOLVE MURDERS by Richard Osman (DB 124180, LB 0001031)

Book of the Year – Début Fiction

BUTTER by Asako Yuzuki and translated by Polly Barton (DB 121229)
GLORIOUS EXPLOITS by Ferdia Lennon (DB 125459)
MINISTRY OF TIME by Kaliane Bradley (DB 121556, BR 25559 IN PROCESS)
WHEN THE MOON HATCHED by Sarah A. Parker (IN PROCESS)

Book of the Year – Non-Fiction: Narrative

PATRIOT: A MEMOIR by Alekseĭ Navalʹnyĭ and translated by Arch Tait and Stephen Dalziel (DB 125530)
UNLEASHED by Boris Johnson (DB 126270)

Book of the Year – Non-Fiction: Lifestyle & Illustrated

WHAT I ATE IN ONE YEAR by Stanley Tucci (DB 125284)

Book of the Year Discover

AN AFRICAN HISTORY OF AFRICA by Zeinab Badawi (IN PROCESS)
OUT ON A LIMB by Hannah Bonam-Young (DB 123689)

Book of the Year – Children’s Fiction

TEMPEST OF TEA by Hafsah Faizal (DB 119619)
DIARY OF A WIMPY KID: HOT MESS by Jeff Kinney (DB 127010 IN PROCESS, LB 0001145)
RECKLESS by Lauren Roberts (DB 123147, en español DB 123437)
REAPPEARANCE OF RACHEL PRICE by Holly Jackson (DB 120240)

Book of the Year – Audiobook Non-Fiction

NEXUS: A BRIEF HISTORY OF INFORMATION NETWORKS FROM THE STONE AGE TO AI by Yuval N. Harari and narrated by Vidish Athavale (DB 123839, LB 0001427,en español DB 124345)
SOCIOPATH: A MEMOIR written and narrated by Patric Gagne (DB 120977, LB 0001397)
UNLEASHED written and narrated by Boris Johnson (DB 126270)

Book of the Year – Audiobook Fiction

LIFE IMPOSSIBLE by Matt Haig and narrated by Joanna Lumley (DB 123847, LB 0001349)
YOU ARE HERE by David Nicholls and narrated by Lee Ingleby and Lydia Leonard (DB 122159)

2025 Texas Topaz Adult Nonfiction Reading List

The Texas Library Association has created a list that highlights outstanding nonfiction published during the past three years that stimulates reading for pleasure and personal learning. This list is the Texas Topaz Reading List. Here are the items from the 2025 list that are in the TBP collection.

For more information check out the Texas Library Association’s Website.

AGE OF MAGICAL OVERTHINKING: NOTES ON MODERN IRRATIONALITY by Amanda Montell (DB 123290)
AMERICAN GIRLS: ONE WOMAN’S JOURNEY INTO THE ISLAMIC STATE AND HER SISTER’S FIGHT TO BRING HER HOME by Jessica Roy (DB 119214)
BIRDGIRL: A YOUNG ENVIRONMENTALIST LOOKS TO THE SKIES IN SEARCH OF A BETTER FUTURE by Mya-Rose Craig (DB 118312)
CHAMBER DIVERS: THE UNTOLD STORY OF THE D-DAY SCIENTISTS WHO CHANGED SPECIAL OPERATIONS FOREVER by Rachel Lance (DB 120888)
EYELINER: A CULTURAL HISTORY by Zahra Hankir (DB 119371)
FOUR THOUSAND PAWS: CARING FOR THE DOGS OF THE IDITAROD: A VETERINARIAN’S STORY by Lee Morgan (DB 122275)
HIDDEN POTENTIAL: THE SCIENCE OF ACHIEVING GREATER THINGS by Adam Grant (DB 117392, LB 0000582)
HIS MAJESTY’S AIRSHIP: THE LIFE AND TRAGIC DEATH OF THE WORLD’S LARGEST FLYING MACHINE by S. C. Gwynne (DB 123529)
HOW TO BE PERFECT: THE CORRECT ANSWER TO EVERY MORAL QUESTION by Michael Schur (DB 106773)
HOW TO SURVIVE HISTORY: HOW TO OUTRUN A TYRANNOSAURUS, ESCAPE POMPEII, GET OFF THE TITANIC, AND SURVIVE THE REST OF HISTORY’S DEADLIEST CATASTROPHES by Cody Cassidy (DB 118800)
MAKING IT SO by Patrick Stewart (DB 116785)
MAN OF TWO FACES: A MEMOIR, A HISTORY, A MEMORIAL by Viet Thanh Nguyen (DB 122406, BR 25523 IN PROCESS)
ONE IN A MILLENNIAL: ON FRIENDSHIP, FEELINGS, FANGIRLS, AND FITTING IN by Kate Kennedy (DB 118984)
ROGUES: TRUE STORIES OF GRIFTERS, KILLERS, REBELS AND CROOKS by Patrick Radden Keefe (DB 108725, LB 14056)
SAYS WHO?: A KINDER, FUNNER USAGE GUIDE FOR EVERYONE WHO CARES ABOUT WORDS by Anne Curzan (DB 120286)
SWANS OF HARLEM: FIVE BLACK BALLERINAS, FIFTY YEARS OF SISTERHOOD, AND THEIR RECLAMATION OF A GROUNDBREAKING HISTORY by Karen Valby
(DB 120913, LB 0000347)
TWELVE TREES: THE DEEP ROOTS OF OUR FUTURE by Daniel Lewis (DB 120510)
UNCLAIMED: ABANDONMENT AND HOPE IN THE CITY OF ANGELS by Pamela Prickett (DB 120500)
WAGER: A TALE OF SHIPWRECK, MUTINY, AND MURDER by David Grann
(DB 113965, BR 25435 IN PROCESS, LB 14399)
WALK IN THE PARK: THE TRUE STORY OF A SPECTACULAR MISADVENTURE IN THE GRAND CANYON by Kevin Fedarko (DB 122177)
WALKING WITH SAM: A FATHER, A SON, AND FIVE HUNDRED MILES ACROSS SPAIN by Andrew McCarthy (DB 114419)
YOU NEVER KNOW: A MEMOIR by Tom Selleck (DB 125747, LB 0000518)

National Book Critics Circle Award Finalists 2024

The National Book Critics Circle (NBCC) honors outstanding writing and fosters a national conversation about reading, criticism, and literature. Each March, the National Book Critics Circle presents awards for the finest books published in English the previous calendar year. These are the only national literary awards chosen by critics themselves. The finalists were announced January 19, and the winners were announced on March 20.

For more information check out the National Book Critics Circle Awards.

Here are the NBCC Award Finalists for the 2024 publishing year that are in the TBP collection.

Fiction

ANTHROPOLOGISTS by Ayşegül Savaş (DB 123838)
BEAUTYLAND by Marie-Helene Bertino (DB 119680)
GODWIN by Joseph O’Neill (DB 121915)
GREAT EXPECTIONS by Vinson Cunningham (DB 121347)
JAMES by Percival Everett (DB 120063, BR 25513 IN PROCESS, LB 0000436)
MY FRIENDS by Hisham Matar (DB 124799)

Autobiography

LAST FIRE SEASON: A PERSONAL AND PYRONATURAL HISTORY by Manjula Martin (DB 119115)
PATRIOT: A MEMOIR by Alekseĭ Navalʹnyĭ (DB 125530)

Biography

JOHN LEWIS: A LIFE by David Greenberg (DB 125436, BR 25696 IN PROCESS)
MONET: THE RESTLESS VISION by Jackie Wullschläger (DB 124423 IN PROCESS)
REAGAN: HIS LIFE AND LEGEND by Max Boot (DB 125355)
TRUE BELIEVER: HUBERT HUMPHREY’S QUEST FOR A MORE JUST AMERICA by James Traub (DB 120753)

Nonfiction

ACHILLES TRAP: SADDAM HUSSEIN, THE C.I.A., AND THE ORIGINS OF AMERICA’S INVASION OF IRAQ by Steve Coll (DB 119811)
CHALLENGER: A TRUE STORY OF HEROISM AND DISASTER ON THE EDGE OF SPACE by Adam Higginbotham (DB 122096, LB 0000857)
KENT STATE: AN AMERICAN TRAGEDY by Brian VanDeMark (DB 124654)
LIGHT EATERS: HOW THE UNSEEN WORLD OF PLANT INTELLIGENCE OFFERS A NEW UNDERSTANDING OF LIFE ON EARTH by Zoë Schlanger (DB 121476)
THERE’S ALWAYS THIS YEAR: ON BASKETBALL AND ASCENSION by Hanif Abdurraqib (DB 120391)

Translation

HERSCHT 07769: Florian Herscht’s Bach novel by László Krasznahorkai and translated from the Hungarian by Ottilie Mulzet (DB 125872 IN PROCESS)
V13: CHRONICLE OF A TRIAL by Emmanuel Carrère and translated from the French by John Lambert (DB 127283 IN PROCESS, en español DB 121177)

2025 Texas Topaz Youth Nonfiction Reading List

The Texas Library Association has created a list that highlights outstanding nonfiction published during the past three years that stimulates reading for pleasure and personal learning. This list is the Texas Topaz Youth Reading List. Here are the items from the 2025 list that are in the TBP collection.

For more information, check out the Texas Library Association’s website.

GRADES K-2

FEW BEAUTIFUL MINUTES: EXPERIENCING A SOLAR ECLIPSE by Kate Allen Fox
(BR 25059)
MARCEL’S MASTERPIECE: HOW A TOILET SHAPED THE HISTORY OF ART by Jeff Mack (DB 111802)
YOSHI, SEA TURTLE GENIUS: A TRUE STORY ABOUT AN AMAZING SWIMMER by Lynne Cox (DB 115907)

GRADES 3-5

MY LOST FREEDOM: A JAPANESE AMERICAN WORLD WAR II STORY by George Takei (DB 122066)
SWEET JUSTICE: GEORGIA GILMORE AND THE MONTGOMERY BUS BOYCOTT by Mara Rockliff (DB 107576, BR 24874)

GRADES 6-8

ABSURD WORDS: A KIDS’ FUN AND HILARIOUS VOCABULARY BUILDER FOR FUTURE WORD NERDS by Tara Lazar (DB 107111, BR 24261)
TOTAL GARBAGE: A MESSY DIVE INTO TRASH, WASTE, AND OUR WORLD by Rebecca Donnelly (DB 113913)

GRADES 9-12

AMERICA REDUX: VISUAL STORIES FROM OUR DYNAMIC HISTORY by Ariel Aberg-Riger (DB 117993)
DISAPPEARING ACT: A TRUE STORY by Jiordan Castle (DB 116145, BR 25250 IN PROCESS)
ENIGMA GIRLS: HOW TEN TEENAGERS BROKE CIPHERS, KEPT SECRETS, AND HELPED WIN WORLD WAR II by Candace Fleming (DB 119821)
IMPOSSIBLE ESCAPE: A TRUE STORY OF SURVIVAL AND HEROISM IN NAZI EUROPE by Steve Sheinkin (DB 116406)
MARKED MAN: FRANK SERPICO’S INSIDE BATTLE AGAINST POLICE CORRUPTION by John Florio (DB 120346)
SPIRIT SLEUTHS: HOW MAGICIANS AND DETECTIVES EXPOSED THE GHOST HOAXES by Gail Jarrow (DB 126167)

Audie Awards Finalists 2025

The Audio Publishers Association (APA) has announced the finalists for the 2025 Audie Awards, “recognizing distinction in audiobooks and spoken-word entertainment.” Winners were announced at the Audie Awards Gala at The Avalon in Los Angeles on March 4, 2025.

For more information check out the Audie Awards website.

Here are the finalists for 2025 that are in the TBP collection.

Audiobook of the Year

MY NAME IS BARBRA by Barbra Streisand and narrated by the author (DB 116687)
PLAYGROUND: A NOVEL by Richard Powers and narrated by Edoardo Ballerini, Robin Siegerman, Eunice Wong, Pun Bandhu, Krys Janae, and Kevin R. Free (DB 124700)
POOR DEER by Claire Oshetsky and narrated by Sophie Amoss (DB 122755)
SING SING FILES: ONE JOURNALIST, SIX INNOCENT MEN, AND A TWENTY-YEAR FIGHT FOR JUSTICE by Dan Slepian and narrated by the author (DB 126173)

Autobiography/Memoir

IN MY TIME OF DYING: HOW I CAME FACE TO FACE WITH THE IDEA OF AN AFTERLIFE by Sebastian Junger and narrated by the author (DB 123521)
KNIFE: MEDITATIONS AFTER AN ATTEMPTED MURDER by Salman Rushdie and narrated by the author (DB 120670)
MY NAME IS BARBRA by Barbra Streisand and narrated by the author (DB 116687)
THIRD GILMORE GIRL: A MEMOIR by Kelly Bishop and narrated by the author
(DB 124981)

Best Fiction Narrator

Elle Fanning for MARGO’S GOT MONEY TROUBLES by Rufi Thorpe (DB 122178)
Dominic Hoffman for JAMES by Percival Everett (DB 120063)
Saskia Maarleveld for BRIAR CLUB by Kate Quinn (DB 122866)
Julia Whelan for WOMEN by Kristin Hannah (DB 118896)

Best Nonfiction Narrator

Peter Noble for WIDE WIDE SEA: IMPERIAL AMBITION, FIRST CONTACT AND THE FATEFUL FINAL VOYAGE OF CAPTAIN JAMES COOK by Hampton Sides (DB 120831)
Malcolm Gladwell for REVENGE OF THE TIPPING POINT: OVERSTORIES, SUPERSPREADERS, AND THE RISE OF SOCIAL ENGINEERING by Malcolm Gladwell (DB 124574)

Business/Personal Development

AND THEN WE RISE: A GUIDE TO LOVING AND TAKING CARE OF SELF by Common and narrated by the author (DB 118989)
FLUKE: CHANCE, CHAOS, AND WHY EVERYTHING WE DO MATTERS by Brian Klaas and narrated by the author (DB 120430)

Español – Spanish Language

ISLA OCULTA por Abraham Jiménez Enoa narrated by Ernesto Rumbaut and Javier Lacroix (DB 121746)

Faith-Based Fiction or Nonfiction

AMERICAN QUEEN by Vanessa Miller and narrated by Angel Pean
(DB 125706 IN PROCESS)
DO THE NEW YOU by Steven Furtick and narrated by the author (DB 120437)
MOSTLY WHAT GOD DOES: REFLECTIONS ON SEEKING AND FINDING HIS LOVE EVERYWHERE by Savannah Guthrie and narrated by the author (DB 120654)

Fantasy

BLACK SHIELD MAIDEN by Willow Smith and Jess Hendel and narrated by Willow Smith (DB 126966 IN PROCESS)
BRIGHT SWORD: A NOVEL OF KING ARTHUR by Lev Grossman and narrated by the author and Nicholas Guy Smith (DB 122990)
GODDESS OF THE RIVER by Vaishnavi Patel and narrated by Sneha Mathan
(DB 125631)

Fiction

MINISTRY OF TIME by Kaliane Bradley and narrated by George Weightman and Katie Leung (DB 121556)
WOMEN by Kristin Hannah and narrated by Julia Whelan (DB 118896)

History/Biography

CHALLENGER: A TRUE STORY OF HEROISM AND DISASTER ON THE EDGE OF SPACE by Adam Higginbotham and narrated by Jacques Roy (DB 122096)
CODENAME NEMO: THE HUNT FOR A NAZI U-BOAT AND THE ELUSIVE ENIGMA MACHINE by Charles Lachman and narrated by Qarie Marshall (DB 123531)
DEMON OF UNREST: A SAGA OF HUBRIS, HEARTBREAK, AND HEROISM AT THE DAWN OF THE CIVIL WAR by Erik Larson and narrated by the author and Will Patton (DB 120675)
LOVES OF THEODORE ROOSEVELT: THE WOMEN WHO CREATED A PRESIDENT by Edward F. O’Keefe and narrated by the author (DB 123403)
SHOWMAN: INSIDE THE INVASION THAT SHOOK THE WORLD AND MADE A LEADER OF VOLODYMYR ZELENSKY by Simon Shuster and narrated by Daniel Gamburg (DB 119252)

Humor

GLORY DAYS: STORIES by Simon Rich and narrated by John Mulaney (DB 124328)

Judges Category- Horror

ANGEL OF INDIAN LAKE by Stephen Graham Jones and narrated by the author and Isabella Star LaBlanc, Barbara Crampton, Angela Goethals, Andrew J. Robinson, with Stephen King (DB 120300)
I WAS A TEENAGE SLASHER by Stephen Graham Jones narrated by the author and Michael Crouch (DB 123048)
SWARM by Jennifer D. Lyle and narrated by Krystal Hammond (DB 117572)

Literary Fiction and Classics

JAMES by Percival Everett and narrated by Dominic Hoffman (DB 120063)
MIGHTY RED by Louise Erdrich and narrated by Marin Ireland (DB 124843)

Multi-Voiced Performance

BUTCHER: FATHER OF MODERN GYNO-PSYCHIATRY by Joyce Carol Oates and narrated by Amy Shiels, Edoardo Ballerini, Cassandra Campbell, Robert Fass, Tavia Gilbert, Jeremy Carlisle Parker, Danny Campbell, and Max Meyers (DB 121699)
FROM HERE TO THE GREAT UNKNOWN: A MEMOIR by Lisa Marie Presley and Riley Keough and narrated by Julia Roberts and Riley Keough (DB 124764)
WHEN THE SEA CAME ALIVE: AN ORAL HISTORY OF D-DAY by Garrett M. Graff and narrated by Edoardo Ballerini, Garrett M. Graff, Arthur Bishop, Nicholas Boulton, Holter Graham, Imogen Church, Raphael Corkhill, Kevin R. Free, Billie Fulford-Brown, Gary Furlong, Adam Grupper, Graham Halstead, Simon Jones, Elizabeth Lagelée, James Langton, Matthew Lloyd Davies, Saskia Maarleveld, Ron May, Leon Nixon, Jacques Roy, Rob Shapiro, and Eunice Wong (DB 122991)

Mystery

LISTEN FOR THE LIE by Amy Tintera and narrated by Will Damron and January LaVoy (DB 119654)
MIDNIGHT FEAST by Lucy Foley and narrated by Joe Eyre, Sarah Slimani, Roly Botha, Laurence Dobiesz, and Tuppence Middleton (DB 122574)
STILL SEE YOU EVERYWHERE by Lisa Gardner and narrated by Hillary Huber
(DB 119891)
THIS IS WHY WE LIED by Karin Slaughter and narrated by Kathleen Early (DB 124323)

Narration by Author

BITS AND PIECES: MY MOTHER, MY BROTHER, AND ME written and narrated by Whoopi Goldberg (DB 121637)
KNIFE: MEDITATIONS AFTER AN ATTEMPTED MURDER written and narrated by Salman Rushdie (DB 120670)

Nonfiction

SITUATION ROOM: THE INSIDE STORY OF PRESIDENTS IN CRISIS by George Stephanopoulos with Lisa Dickey and narrated by George Stephanopoulos, Peter Ganim, and Elisabeth Rodgers (DB 121216)
WHEN WOMEN RAN FIFTH AVENUE: GLAMOUR AND POWER AT THE DAWN OF AMERICAN FASHION by Julie Satow and narrated by Karen Murray (DB 122466)

Romance

LOVE YOU A LATKE by Amanda Elliot and narrated by Kelli Tager (DB 124977)
ROM-COMMERS by Katherine Center and narrated by Patti Murin (DB 122047)

Science Fiction

BOOK OF DOORS: A NOVEL by Gareth Brown and narrated by Miranda Raison
(DB 119678)
LAKE OF SOULS: THE COLLECTED SHORT FICTION by Ann Leckie and narrated by Adjoa Andoh (DB 120243)
MAL GOES TO WAR by Edward Ashton and narrated by John Pirhalla and Katharine Chin (DB 121330)
SYSTEM COLLAPSE by Martha Wells and narrated by Kevin R. Free (DB 117861)

Thriller/Suspense

FIRST LIE WINS by Ashley Elston and narrated by Saskia Maarleveld (DB 118733)
FOREST OF LOST SOULS by Dean R. Koontz and narrated by January LaVoy
(DB 125187 IN PROCESS)
LONE WOLF by Gregg Hurwitz and narrated by Scott Brick (DB 119099)
RETURN OF ELLIE BLACK by Emiko Jean and narrated by Mizuo Peck, Tessa Albertson, Nicole Lewis, Rebecca Lowman, Joy Osmanski, Angel Pean, Shaun Taylor-Corbett, Erin Ruth Walker, and CJ Wilson (DB 121780)

Young Adult

HEIR by Sabaa Tahir and narrated by Vidish Athavale, Esme Lonsdale, Joe Pitts, Marco Young, and Rachel Petladwala (DB 124830)

Lariat Adult Fiction Reading List 2025

Since 2009, the Texas Library Association has created a list that highlights outstanding fiction published during the year that merits special attention from adult readers. This list is the Lariat Adult Fiction Reading List. Here are the items from the 2025 list that are in the TBP collection.

For more information: https://txla.org/tools-resources/reading-lists/lariat/current-list/

BOOK OF DOORS by Gareth Brown (DB 119678)
BORROWED LIFE OF FREDERICK FIFE by Anna Johnston (DB 124326)
BY ANY OTHER NAME by Jodi Picoult (DB 123719)
EXPIRATION DATES by Rebecca Serle (DB 120246, BR 25514, LB 0000623)
EXTINCTION by Douglas Preston (DB 120861)
FAMILY FAMILY by Laurie Frankel (DB 119034)
FROZEN RIVER by Ariel Lawhon (DB 117781, LB 0000144)
FUNNY STORY by Emily Henry (DB 120998, BR 25494, LB 0000348)
GOD OF THE WOODS by Liz Moore (DB 122747, LB 0000606)
HOW THE LIGHT GETS IN by Joyce Maynard (LB 0000605)
HOW TO READ A BOOK by Monica Wood (DB 121701)
JAMES by Percival Everett (DB 120063, BR 25513 In Process, LB 0000436)
LISTEN FOR THE LIE by Amy Tintera (DB 119654)
MALAS by Marcela Fuentes (DB 122759, LB 0000549)
SPELLSHOP by Sarah Beth Durst (DB 123077)
WE SOLVE MURDERS by Richard Osman (DB 124180, LB 0001031)
WEDDING PEOPLE by Alison Espach (DB 123160)
WHERE THEY LAST SAW HER by Marcie Rendon (DB 123805)
WOMEN by Kristin Hannah (DB 118896, LB 0000104)
WORST CASE SCENARIO by T. J. Newman (DB 123285)
WREN IN THE HOLLY LIBRARY by K. A. Linde (DB 122207)

New Large Print Books Added in November 2024

Adult Fiction

Action and Adventure Fiction

DEATH IN CORNWALL: A NOVEL     Silva, Daniel
LB 0000758

Biographical Fiction

LIKE MOTHER, LIKE DAUGHTER     McCreight, Kimberly
LB 0000782

Detective and Mystery Fiction and Thrillers

CHASING ENDLESS SUMMER     Andrews, V. C.
LB 0000689

CLETE     Burke, James Lee
LB 0000793

FLASHPOINT     Coulter, Catherine
LB 0000686

LOST COAST: A NOVEL     Kellerman, Jonathan; Kellerman, Jesse
LB 0000789

CONDITIONS OF UNCONDITIONAL LOVE     McCall Smith, Alexander
LB 0000704

HARD TO KILL: A JANE SMITH THRILLER     Patterson, James; Lupica, Mike
LB 0000723

Domestic Fiction

WATERS: A NOVEL     Campbell, Bonnie Jo
LB 0000696

General Fiction and Novels

VERY BAD COMPANY     Rosenblum, Emma
LB 0000690

Historical Fiction

SWIFT RIVER     Chambers, Essie
LB 0000783

GLASSMAKER: A NOVEL     Chevalier, Tracy
LB 0000796

CHOICE CONSIDERED     Peterson, Tracie
LB 0000792

LONG ISLAND COMPROMISE: A NOVEL     Brodesser-Akner, Taffy
LB 0000694

BRIAR CLUB: A NOVEL     Quinn, Kate
LB 0000695

ALL THE COLORS OF THE DARK: A NOVEL     Whitaker, Chris
LB 0000688

Psychological Fiction

NEVER LIE     McFadden, Freida
LB 0000708

ONE PERFECT COUPLE     Ware, Ruth
LB 0000727

CONFESSIONS OF THE DEAD     Patterson, James; Barker, J. D.
LB 0000684

Romance Fiction

LETTERS OF WISDOM     Brunstetter, Wanda E.
LB 0000784

BLACK BIRD ORACLE: A NOVEL     Harkness, Deborah E.
LB 0000786

FOR THE LOVE OF SUMMER     Mallery, Susan
LB 0000760

YEAR OF WHAT IF     Patrick, Phaedra
LB 0000794

SOME MURDERS IN BERLIN     Robards, Karen
LB 0000687

RESURRECTION: A NOVEL     Steel, Danielle
LB 0000685

SUMMER PACT: A NOVEL     Giffin, Emily
LB 0000691

Science Fiction

THIS GREAT HEMISPHERE: A NOVEL     Askaripour, Mateo
LB 0000693

Short Stories

YOU LIKE IT DARKER: STORIES     King, Stephen
LB 0000702

Western Fiction

ANGRY LAND     Johnstone, William W.; Johnstone, J. A.
LB 0000791

GUNS OF THE VIGILANTES     Johnstone, William W.; Johnstone, J. A.
LB 0000739

Adult Non-Fiction

Autobiographies and Biographies

OATH AND HONOR: A MEMOIR AND A WARNING     Cheney, Liz
LB 0000703

TIGER, TIGER     Patterson, James
LB 0000777

Psychology and Self-Help

GRIEF IS FOR PEOPLE     Crosley, Sloane
LB 0000797

Social Sciences

AUTOCRACY, INC.: THE DICTATORS WHO WANT TO RUN THE WORLD     Applebaum, Anne
LB 0000705

WE’VE GOT ISSUES: HOW YOU CAN STAND STRONG FOR AMERICA’S SOUL AND SANITY     McGraw, Phillip C.
LB 000079

Juvenile Fiction

Domestic Fiction

DRAWING DEENA     Khan, Hena
LB 0000788

Young Adult Fiction

Fantasy Fiction

FATE BREAKER     Aveyard, Victoria
LB 0000787