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Adult Fiction

Action and Adventure Fiction

DESOLATION CODE: A NOVEL     Brown, Graham    
LB 0001144


Detective and Mystery Fiction and Thrillers

INMATE     McFadden, Freida
LB 0001152

LAST MAN STANDING     Baldacci, David    
LB 0001225

TALKING TO STRANGERS     Barton, Fiona    
LB 0001026

I THINK I WAS MURDERED     Coble, Colleen; Acker, Rick    
LB 0001211

CATHEDRAL     DeMille, Nelson    
LB 0001185

UNWEDDING     Condie, Allyson Braithwaite    
LB 0001295

NOW OR NEVER: THIRTY-ONE ON THE RUN     Evanovich, Janet    
LB 0001244

FAMILY CORLEONE     Falco, Edward    
LB 0001183

KILLER CHRISTMAS     Fletcher, Jessica; Moran, Terrie Farley    
LB 0001138

STILL SEE YOU EVERYWHERE     Gardner, Lisa    
LB 0001236

RETURN TO WYLDCLIFFE HEIGHTS     Goodman, Carol    
LB 0001291

GRAVE DANGER     Grippando, James    
LB 0001207

CLOSE TO DEATH     Horowitz, Anthony    
LB 0001277

ACCOMPLICE     Jackson, Curtis; Clark, Aaron Philip    
LB 0001224

WE SOLVE MURDERS     Osman, Richard    
LB 0001031

PARANOIA: A DETECTIVE MICHAEL BENNETT THRILLER     Patterson, James; Born, James O.    
LB 0001210

GREY WOLF     Penny, Louise    
LB 0001135

GUARDIAN     Sparks, Nicholas    
LB 0001158

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

Fantasy Fiction

BRIGHT SWORD: A NOVEL OF KING ARTHUR     Grossman, Lev    
LB 0001160

General Fiction and Novels

STONE YARD DEVOTIONAL     Wood, Charlotte    
LB 0001265

Historical Fiction

SECRET WAR OF JULIA CHILD: A NOVEL     Chambers, Diana R.    
LB 0001257

HAUNTED     Martin, Kat    
LB 0001233

ACROSS THE AGES     Meyer, Gabrielle    
LB 0001228

HARLEM RHAPSODY     Murray, Victoria Christopher    
LB 0001243

TRUTH REVEALED     Peterson, Tracie    
LB 0001215

GOLDEN LORD     Putney, Mary Jo    
LB 0001156

COMFORT OF GHOSTS     Winspear, Jacqueline    
LB 0001269

Horror and Paranormal Fiction

I’LL BE WAITING: A NOVEL     Armstrong, Kelley    
LB 0001227

MIRROR     Roberts, Nora    
LB 0001136

Psychological Fiction

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

HOUSEMAID     McFadden, Freida    
LB 0001198

Romance Fiction

SILKEN WEB     Brown, Sandra    
LB 0001202

EDUCATING CAROLINE     Cabot, Meg    
LB 0001237

CHRISTMAS IN BETHEL     Evans, Richard Paul    
LB 0001213

AMISH CHRISTMAS MATCH     Griggs, Winnie    
LB 0001315

SHATTERING DAWN     Krentz, Jayne Ann    
LB 0001234

SONG OF ASH AND MOONLIGHT     Legrand, Claire    
LB 0001133

POWER OF PERSUASION     Montgomery, Selena; Abrams, Stacey    
LB 0001239

CHURCH GIRL     Simone, Naima    
LB 0001278

RENTAL HOUSE     Wang, Weike    
LB 0001248

Western Fiction

ON THE ROYLE RANGE     Johnstone, William W.; Johnstone, J. A.    
LB 0001137

Adult Non-Fiction

Autobiographies and Biographies

CHER     Cher    
LB 0001238

SOMETHING LOST, SOMETHING GAINED: REFLECTIONS ON LIFE, LOVE, AND LIBERTY     Clinton, Hillary Rodham    
LB 0001284

LOVELY ONE: A MEMOIR     Jackson, Ketanji Brown    
LB 0001209

Psychology and Self-Help

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

Religion

PRACTICING THE WAY: BE WITH JESUS, BECOME LIKE HIM, DO AS HE DID     Comer, John Mark    
LB 0001195

Social Sciences

ON FREEDOM     Snyder, Timothy    
LB 0001066

U.S. History

HIGHEST CALLING: CONVERSATIONS ON THE AMERICAN PRESIDENCY     Rubenstein, David M.    
LB 0001235

Juvenile Fiction

Historical Fiction

BLACK STAR     Alexander, Kwame    
LB 0001151

Humorous Fiction

PIGEON NEEDS A BATH!     Willems, Mo    
LB 0001173

DIARY OF A WIMPY KID: HOT MESS     Kinney, Jeff    
LB 0001145

PIGEON FINDS A HOT DOG!     Willems, Mo    
LB 0001166

Books Similar to the Movie A Man Called Otto

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So, you just saw the movie A Man Called Otto starring Tom Hanks. It was heartwarming and sweet! And you want to keep those warm fuzzies going. Well, there are a good number of books that are similar, starting with the book that the movie was based on, A MAN CALLED OVE. However, we have lots of other books with protagonists who are rejuvenated by an interaction with a new friend or a new experience. We’ve listed some of them below.

100-YEAR-OLD MAN WHO CLIMBED OUT THE WINDOW AND DISAPPEARED by Jonas Jonasson (DB 75820; LB 07275)
AVAILABLE MAN by Hilma Wolitzer (BR 19617)
BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL by Deborah Moggach (DB 89071)
BIG FINISH by Brooke Fossey (DB 100114; BR 24769)
BRILLIANT LIFE OF EUDORA HONEYSETT by Annie Lyons (DB 103795; BR 24721)
CURIOUS CHARMS OF ARTHUR PEPPER by Phaedra Patrick (DB 85718; BR 21656)
ELEANOR OLIPHANT IS COMPLETELY FINE by Gail Honeyman (DB 87829; LB 09081)
ETTA AND OTTO AND RUSSELL AND JAMES by Emma Hooper (DB 81826; BRG 03833; LB 08102)
EVVIE DRAKE STARTS OVER by Linda Holmes (DB 95700, BR 22754)
HOW NOT TO DIE ALONE by Richard Roper (DB 95289)
JOAN IS OKAY by Weike Wang (DB 106795)
LILLIAN BOXFISH TAKES A WALK by Kathleen Rooney (DB 86852)
LITTLE OLD LADY WHO BROKE ALL THE RULES by C. Ingelman-Sundberg (DBC 06241)
LOST AND FOUND by Brooke Davis (DB 80899)
LOVE STORY OF MISSY CARMICHAEL by Beth Morrey (DB 99047)
MAJOR PETTIGREW’S LAST STAND by Helen Simonson (DB 70760; BR 18827; LB 06441)
MY GRANDMOTHER ASKED ME TO TELL YOU SHE’S SORRY by Fredrik Backman (DB 83204)
REMARKABLY BRIGHT CREATURES by Shelby Van Pelt (DB 107924; BR 24204; LB 14401)
STORIED LIFE OF A.J. FIKRY by Gabrielle Zevin (DB 78978; LB 09180)
STORY OF ARTHUR TRULUV by Elizabeth Berg (DB 89990; BR 22155)
SWITCH by Beth O’Leary (DB 100417)
UNLIKELY PILGRIMAGE OF HAROLD FRY by Rachel Joyce (DB 76196; BR 20792)
VERA WONG’S UNSOLICITED ADVICE FOR MURDERERS by Jesse Q. Sutanto (DB 113039; LB 14540)

Contemporary Southern Gothic Literature

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Do you just love the creepy, atmospheric novels set in the south? Where clinging wisteria vines smother moldering plantation houses and hide the rotting wood beneath. Where the characters are trying to keep up appearances but beneath the surface, secrets and corruption lurk.

What if you’ve already read all of the classics by Faulkner, McCullers, O’Connor, and their ilk, and you’d like to read some books with a new spin on an old, classic subgenre? Well, you’re in luck. Below are some of the contemporary southern gothic novels in the NLS collection.

BASTARD OUT OF CAROLINA by Dorothy Allison (DB 39353)
CHILD OF GOD by Cormac McCarthy (DB 61930, BR 10633)
DEMON COPPERHEAD by Barbara Kingsolver (DB 110786, LB 14284)
DEVIL ALL THE TIME by Donald Ray Pollock (DB 74278)
FAY by Larry Brown (DB 51786)
HACIENDA by Isabel Cañas (DB 107997)
HEAVEN OF MERCURY by Brad Watson (DB 57135)
IF THE CREEK DON’T RISE by Leah Weiss (DB 91901)
LAND MORE KIND THAN HOME by Wiley Cash (DB 102621)
LITTLE FRIEND by Donna Tartt (DB 55856)
LOST COUNTRY by William Gay (DB 97646)
MEXICAN GOTHIC by Silvia Moreno-Garcia (DB 99404, BR 23483)
MIDNIGHT IN THE GARDEN OF GOOD AND EVIL: A SAVANNAH STORY by John Berendt (DB 38077, BR 11463, LB 04494)
RUBY by Cynthia Bond (DB 81110, BRG 03613)
SERENA by Ron Rash (DB 68405, BRG 03689)
SING, UNBURIED, SING: A NOVEL by Jesmyn Ward (DB 89552, BR 22096)
SWAMPLANDIA by Karen Russell (DB 72823, LB 06768)
THOUSAND FALLING CROWS by Larry D. Sweazy (DBC 26472)
VINE THAT ATE THE SOUTH: A NOVEL by J. D. Wilkes (DB 94173)
WEIGHT OF BLOOD by Laura McHugh (DB 79247)
WHEN WE WERE ANIMALS by Joshua A. Gaylord (DB 81361)

Time: Counting the Days

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“To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven” Ecclesiastes 3:1

Human beings like to carve our world into bite sized manageable bits: Years, seasons, months, weeks, and days. The first part of this bibliography, tracking time, looks at the ways we do that. The second is a list of devotional calendars and almanacs; these are a type of publication that allows the reader to consider a verse from the Bible or a historical fact for each day of the year. Or choose a knitting project for each month, or a household chore for each season. Be creative and pick a new way to track time with books from our collection!

Tracking Time

Adult

APOLLO’S FIRE: A DAY ON EARTH IN NATURE AND IMAGINATION by Michael Sims (DB 66861)
BRIEF HISTORY OF TIMEKEEPING: THE SCIENCE OF MARKING TIME, FROM STONEHENGE TO ATOMIC CLOCKS by Chad Orzel (DB 113502)
CALENDAR: HUMANITY’S EPIC STRUGGLE TO DETERMINE A TRUE AND ACCURATE YEAR by David Ewing Duncan (DB 48474)
HISTORY OF TIME: A VERY SHORT INTRODUCTION by Leofranc Holford-Strevens
(DB 86447)
KEEPING WATCH: A HISTORY OF AMERICAN TIME by Michael O’Malley (DB 38333)
QUESTIONING THE MILLENNIUM: A RATIONALIST’S GUIDE TO A PRECISELY ARBITRARY COUNTDOWN by Stephen Jay Gould (DB 46057)
SEVEN DAYS FROM SUNDAY by Thomas Galt (BT 02305)
SPRING FORWARD: THE ANNUAL MADNESS OF DAYLIGHT SAVING by Michael Downing (DB 60538)

Juvenile

CALENDAR by Patricia K. Kummer (DB 63593) Grades 5-8
RIDDLE OF TIME by Thelma Harrington Bell (BR 00431) Grades 6-9
SECOND, A MINUTE, A WEEK WITH DAYS IN IT: A BOOK ABOUT TIME by Brian P. Cleary (DBC 06717, BRC 01809) Grades Kindergarten-3
TIME BOOK: A BRIEF HISTORY FROM LUNAR CALENDARS TO ATOMIC CLOCKS by Martin Jenkins (DB 69885) Grades 3-6

General Calendars

Adult

AMERICAN MINUTE: NOTABLE EVENTS OF AMERICAN SIGNIFICANCE REMEMBERED ON THE DATE THEY OCCURRED (DB 87449)
AMERICAN PATRIOT’S ALMANAC by William J. Bennett (DB 68700)
CHESAPEAKE ALMANAC: FOLLOWING THE BAY THROUGH THE SEASONS by John Page Williams (DBC 12242)
COLORADO WEATHER ALMANAC by Mike P. Nelson (DBC 02906)
DAILY STOIC: 366 MEDITATIONS ON WISDOM, PERSEVERANCE, AND THE ART OF LIVING by Ryan Holiday (DBC 13081)
ELIZABETH ZIMMERMANN’S KNITTER’S ALMANAC: PROJECTS FOR EACH MONTH OF THE YEAR by Elizabeth Zimmermann (BR 18547)
I HATE TO COOK ALMANACK by Peg Bracken (DB 10831)
NEW YORK TIMES HOME REPAIR ALMANAC: A SEASON-BY-SEASON GUIDE FOR MAINTAINING YOUR HOME by Edward R. Lipinsky (DB 54745)
READER’S BOOK OF DAYS: TRUE TALES FROM THE LIVES AND WORKS OF WRITERS FOR EVERY DAY OF THE YEAR by Tom Nissley (DB 77901)
YEAR AND A DAY OF EVERYTHING WITCHCRAFT: 366 WAYS TO WITCHIFY YOUR LIFE by Deborah Blake (DB109940, BR 24424)

Juvenile

CHICKEN SOUP WITH RICE: A BOOK OF MONTHS by Maurice Sendak (DB 55651) Grades Kindergarten-3
DAYS TO CELEBRATE: A FULL YEAR OF POETRY, PEOPLE, HOLIDAYS, HISTORY, FASCINATING FACTS, AND MORE by Lee Bennett Hopkins (DB 60093, BR 15962) Grades 4-7

Devotional Calendars

En español

CONMIGO DIA TRAS DIA: MOMENTOS PARA LA REFLEXION por Pope John Paul II
(DB 56985)
MEDITACIONES PARA MUJERES QUE HACEN DEMASIADO por Anne Wilson Schaef (DB 79962)
MOMENTOS DE QUIETUD CON DIOS DEVOCIONARIO: 365 INSPIRACIONES DIARIAS por Joyce Meyer (DB 102859)
TRESCIENTOS SESENTA Y CINCO SANTOS: SU GUIA DIARIA DE MEDITACION por Woodeene Koenig-Bricker (DB 65973)
YO DECLARO: TREINTA Y UNA PROMESAS PARA PROCLAMAR SOBRE SU VIDA por Joel Osteen (DB 76974)

English

ACTS OF FAITH: DAILY MEDITATIONS FOR PEOPLE OF COLOR by Iyanla Vanzant
(DB 38262, BR 09565)
BACK PORCH FAITH: WEEKLY MEDITATIONS by Paul Prather (DBC 24523)
BOOK OF DAYS: REFLECTIONS INSPIRED BY THE LITURGICAL YEAR by Bertha Catherine Madott (DBG 02203)
BOOK OF MYSTERIES by Jonathan Cahn (DB 87066)
BREAKFAST WITH BILLY GRAHAM: 120 DAILY READINGS by Billy Graham (LB 09465)
CHRISTIAN MYSTICS: 365 READINGS AND MEDITATIONS by Matthew Fox
(DBC 27433)
CLOSER TO GOD EACH DAY: 365 DEVOTIONS FOR EVERYDAY LIVING by Joyce Meyer (LB 08373)
DAILY DEVOTIONS INSPIRED BY NINETY MINUTES IN HEAVEN: NINETY READINGS FOR HOPE AND HEALING by Don Piper (DBC 02402)
DAILY READINGS FROM YOUR BEST LIFE NOW: NINETY DEVOTIONS FOR LIVING AT YOUR FULL POTENTIAL by Joel Osteen (DB 63057, BR 16436)
DAILY REFLECTIONS by Helen Steiner Rice (DB 34978; BR 08872)
DAILY REFLECTIONS: A BOOK OF REFLECTIONS BY A.A. MEMBERS FOR A.A. MEMBERS (BRC 00374)
EACH NEW DAY by Corrie Ten Boom (LB 02205)
EXPERIENCING GOD DAY-BY-DAY: THE DEVOTIONAL AND JOURNAL by Henry T. Blackaby (DB 115874, BR 25255)
FATHER OF LOVE: LOVE COMES SOFTLY, SELECTIONS by Janette Oke (DB 34103)
FINISHING TOUCH by Charles R. Swindoll (DB 40559)
GLIMPSES OF GRACE: DAILY THOUGHTS AND REFLECTIONS by Madeleine L’Engle (DBC 27534)
GOD CALLING (DB 51750, BR 05153)
LIVING WATER: DAILY READINGS WITH ST. TERESA OF AVILA by St. Teresa of Avila (DBG 01490)
LOVE OUT LOUD: 365 DEVOTIONS FOR LOVE GOD, LOVING YOURSELF, AND LOVING OTHERS by Joyce Meyer (LB 07001)
MEDITATIONS FOR WOMEN WHO DO TOO MUCH by Anne Wilson Schaef
(DB 33368, BR 08625)
MISSION POSSIBLE ONE-YEAR-DEVOTIONAL: 365 DAYS OF INSPIRATION FOR PURSUING YOUR GOD-GIVEN PURPOSE by Tim Tebow (DB 114878)
MY UTMOST FOR HIS HIGHEST: GOLDEN BOOK OF OSWALD CHAMBERS, SELECTIONS FOR THE YEAR by Oswald Chambers (DB 19090)
OIL OF JOY FOR MOURNING: 365 DAILY MEDITATIONS TO COMFORT THE WIDOWED by Jan Sheble (DBG 06574, BRG 00024)
ONE YEAR BOOK OF HYMNS (DBC 05122)
PAT BOONE DEVOTIONAL BOOK by Pat Boone (LB 02243)
REDEEMED: DEVOTIONS FOR THE LONGING SOUL by Will Graham (DB 94508)
SIMPLE ABUNDANCE: 365 DAYS TO A BALANCED AND JOYFUL LIFE by Sarah Ban Breathnach (LB 12958)
SIMPLE ABUNDANCE: A DAYBOOK OF COMFORT AND JOY by Sarah Ban Breathnach (DB 42044)
SONGS OF JESUS: A YEAR OF DAILY DEVOTIONS IN THE PSALMS by Timothy Keller (DB 83058)
SPECTACLE OF GLORY: GOD’S LIGHT SHINING THROUGH ME EVERY DAY by Joni Eareckson Tada (DB 87637)
STREAMS IN THE DESERT by Mrs. Charles E. Cowman (DB 18624)
STREAMS IN THE DESERT, VOL.TWO: FROM THE FILES AND UNPUBLISHED WRITINGS OF MRS. CHARLES E. COWMAN by Mrs. Charles E. Cowman (DB 18917)
STRENGTH FOR EACH DAY: 365 DEVOTIONS TO MAKE EVERY DAY A GREAT DAY by Joyce Meyer (DB 114781)
THROUGH THE YEAR WITH FULTON SHEEN by Fulton J. Sheen (DB 28062)
TIME TO GET SERIOUS: DAILY DEVOTIONS TO KEEP YOU CLOSE TO GOD by Anthony T. Evans (DBC 18634)
UNTIL TODAY! DAILY DEVOTIONS FOR SPIRITUAL GROWTH AND PEACE OF MIND by Iyanla Vanzant (DB 51659)
UNTO THE HILLS by Billy Graham (DB 26132, LB 09118)
WHO DO YOU SAY I AM?: DAILY REFLECTIONS ON THE BIBLE, THE SAINTS, AND THE ANSWER THAT IS CHRIST by Timothy Michael Dolan (DB 97304)

Gabriel García Márquez

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Although the famed Colombian novelist died a decade ago, he has recently been in the news. His sons, Rodrigo and Gonzalo Garcia, have decided to publish his last unfinished novel—against his wishes. His sons explain that their father found his own writing to be nonsensical only because he was suffering from dementia at that point. However, they have read the book and believe that even though it is unfinished it still makes sense and is very moving. They think it is worthy of publication and should be shared with the world.

On the other hand, fellow Nobel laureate Salman Rushdie disagrees. He is concerned that the new book might not live up to the rest of Garcia Márquez’s body of work and could tarnish his legacy. He believes that Garcia Márquez’s sons should honor their father’s wishes in this matter.

What are your thoughts? Do you agree with Rodrigo and Gonzalo Garcia? Or do you agree with Mr. Rushdie that Garcia Márquez’s unfinished book should not be published?

The book, EN AGOSTO NOS VEMOS or UNTIL AUGUST, in English, was released on March 6. The English version was published on March 12.

The National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled (NLS) has not added this book to the collection yet. Generally, we are six to nine months behind the publishing schedule. So, while we all wait, here is a list of García Márquez’s books in our collection. We’ve listed those titles in both Spanish and English Language. We also have 100 YEARS OF SOLITUDE, as well as a few more of his books in Italian, French, and Vietnamese. Let us know if you’re interested in reading his books in those languages, and we can hook you up.  

En Espanol

AMOR EN LOS TIEMPOS DEL COLERA (DB 43969)
CIEN ANOS DE SOLEDAD (DB 60988)
CRONICA DE UNA MUERTE ANUNCIADA (DB 56964)
DEL AMOR Y OTROS DEMONIOS (DB 43952)
FUNERALES DE LA MAMA GRANDE (DB 72990)
GENERAL EN SU LABERINTO (DB 56982)
INCREIBLE Y TRISTE HISTORIA … (DB 14890)
MALA HORA (DBG 17410)
MEMORIA DE MIS PUTAS TRISTES (DB 58968)
NOTICIA DE UN SECUESTRO (DBG 18205)
OLOR DE LA GUAYABA: CONVERSACIONES CON PLINIO APULEYO MENDOZA (DB 81974)
OTONO DEL PATRIARCA (DB 72957)
VIVIR PARA CONTARLA (DB 54963)
YO NO VENGO A DECIR UN DISCURSO (DB 71000)

English

AUTUMN OF THE PATRIARCH (DB 21157)
CHRONICLE OF A DEATH FORETOLD (DB 19217, French DBG 10800)
CLANDESTINE IN CHILE (DB 26557)
COLLECTED NOVELLAS (DB 34384)
COLLECTED STORIES (DB 22862)
GENERAL IN HIS LABYRINTH (DB 32309)
LIVING TO TELL THE TALE (DB 57362)
LOVE IN THE TIME OF CHOLERA (DB 26981)
MEMORIES OF MY MELANCHOLY WHORES (DB 61195)
NEWS OF A KIDNAPPING (DB 44812)
OF LOVE AND OTHER DEMONS (DB 40555)
ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF SOLITUDE (BT 13348, DB 25181, DB 59490, LB 11710)
STORY OF A SHIPWRECKED SAILOR: WHO DRIFTED ON A LIFE RAFT FOR TEN DAYS WITHOUT FOOD OR WATER, WAS PROCLAIMED A NATIONAL HERO, KISSED BY BEAUTY QUEENS, MADE RICH THROUGH PUBLICITY, AND THEN SPURNED BY THE GOVERNMENT AND FORGOTTEN FOR ALL TIME (BR 06470)
STRANGE PILGRIMS: TWELVE STORIES (DB 37754)