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The Romantic Fiction Book Discussion Group will meet on December 4, 2024 at 10:30 a.m. inside the library and on Zoom. Contact Janette Pardo at pardoj@waynepubliclibrary.org for more information and an invite.

 

The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue

V. E. Schwab · Tor Books
Format: Hardcover

In the vein of The Time Traveler's Wife and Life After Life, The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue is New York Times bestselling author V. E. Schwab's genre-defying tour de force. A Life No One Will Remember. A Story You Will Never Forget.France, 1714: in a moment of desperation, a young...
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The Evening Book Discussion Group will meet in person on December 10, 2024 @ 7:00 p.m. Contact Patty Slezak at slezakp@waynepubliclibrary.org for more information and an invite.

 

The Only Woman in the Room: A Novel

Marie Benedict · Sourcebooks Landmark
Format: Hardcover

She possessed a stunning beauty. She also possessed a stunning mind. Could the world handle both?Her beauty almost certainly saved her from the rising Nazi party and led to marriage with an Austrian arms dealer. Underestimated in everything else, she overheard the Third Reich's plans while...
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The Page Turners Discussion Group will meet on December 11, 2024 at 10:30 a.m. inside the library and on Zoom. Contact Janette Pardo at pardoj@waynepubliclibrary.org for more information and an invite.

Wish You Were Here: A Novel

Jodi Picoult · Ballantine Books
Format: Hardcover

Diana O'Toole is perfectly on track. She will be married by thirty, done having kids by thirty-five, and move out to the New York City suburbs, all while climbing the professional ladder in the cutthroat art auction world. She's an associate specialist at Sotheby's now, but her boss...
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The Monthly Monday Book Talk Group will meet on December 16, 2024 @ 6:15 p.m. on Zoom. Any questions please contact Eleana Cordova at 973-694-4272 X 5406

Varina

Charles Frazier · HarperAudio
Format: Audiobook

In his powerful fourth novel, Charles Frazier returns to the time and place of Cold Mountain, vividly bringing to life the chaos and devastation of the Civil WarWith her marriage prospects limited, teenage Varina Howell agrees to wed the much-older widower Jefferson Davis, with whom she expects...
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The Non-Fiction Book Discussion Group will meet on December 18, 2024 @ 10:00 a.m. on Zoom. Contact Nick Bastean at basteann@waynepubliclibrary.org for more information and an invite.

Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law

Mary Roach · W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Hardcover

One of Bookpage's Most Anticipated Nonfiction Books of 2021 Join "America's funniest science writer" (Peter Carlson, Washington Post) , Mary Roach, on an irresistible investigation into the unpredictable world where wildlife and humans meet.What's to be done about...
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The Cozy Mystery Book Discussion Group will meet on January 10, 2024 @ 10:30 a.m. in the meeting room. Any questions please contact Karen Wronko at 973-694-4272 X 5401.

 

Dirty Thirty

Janet Evanovich · ‎Atria Books
Format: Book

Stephanie Plum, Trenton’s hardest working, most underappreciated bounty hunter, is offered a freelance assignment that seems simple enough. Local jeweler Martin Plover wants her to locate his former security guard, Andy Manley (a.k.a. Nutsy), who he is convinced stole a fortune...

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