We have a lot of popular best sellers at the Waban Library Center – books that typically have long waiting lists at other libraries. We are also happy to take recommendations for books from our patrons. We also have a new collection of Playaways – all in one devices for you to listen to a favorite book. To request a book, please fill out the online form or call us during our open hours. We can not take book requests by email or by filling out the ask the librarian form.
- Martyr by Kaveh Akbar
- My Name is Emilia del Valle by Isabella Allende
- The Women on Platform Two by Laura Anthony
- 33 Place Brugmann by Alice Austen
- My Friends by Fredrik Backman
- Venetian Vespers by John Banville
- We Pretty Pieces of Flesh by Colwill Brown
- The Secret of Secret by Dan Brown
- Flashlight by Susan Choi
- The Waiting by Michael Connelly
- King of Ashes by S. A. Cosby
- The Bright Years by Sarah Damoff
- Clear by Clarys Davies
- The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny by Kiran Desai
- Paris Express by Emma Donahue
- The Correspondent by Virginia Evans
- Bonding by Mariel Franklin
- Heartwood by Amity Gaige
- More or Less Maddy by Lisa Genova
- The Widow by John Grisham
- Rabbit Moon by Jennifer Haigh
- Broken Country by Clare Leslie Hall
- Amity by Nathan Harris
- Clown Town by Mick Herron
- Fever Beach by Carl Hiaason
- The Academy by Erin Hilderbrand
- Culpability by Bruce Holsinger
- Marble Hall Murders by Anthony Horowitz
- Black Woods, Blue Sky by Eowyn Ivey
- Bad Bad Girl by Gish Jen
- The Homemade God by Rachel Joyce
- Fonseca by Jessica Francis Kane
- The Martha Vineyard Beach and Book Club by Martha Kelly
- Never Flinch by Stephen King
- Heart The Lover by Lily King
- The Names by Florence Knapp
- Katabasis by R. F. Kuang
- River is Waiting by Wally Lamb
- A Family Matter by Claire Lynch
- These Summer Storms by Sarah MacLean
- World Pacific by Peter Mann
- Twist by Colum McCann
- Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy
- What We Can Know by Ian McEwan
- Darkenbloom by Eva Menasse
- We Would Never by Tova Mirvis
- We All Live Here by Jojo Moyes
- Room for Vanishing by Stuart Nadler
- Wreck by Catherine Newman
- Nesting by Roisin O'Donnell
- Touch by Olaf Olaffson
- The Impossible Fortune by Richard Osmand
- The Doorman by Chris Pavone
- The Hounding by Xenobe Purvis
- Atmosphere by Taylor Jenkins Reid
- When the Cranes Fly South by Lisa Ridzen
- The Magnificent Ruins by Nayantara Roy
- The Antidote by Karen Russell
- Buckeye by Patrick Ryan
- Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil by V. E. Schwab
- The Island of the Missing Trees by Elif Shafak
- There are Rivers in the Sky by Elif Shafak
- Show Don't Tell by Curtis Sittenfeld
- This is a Love Story by Jessica Soffer
- Parallel Lines by Edward St. Aubyn
- Flesh by David Szalay
- Pick A Color by Souvankham thammavongsa
- Three Days in June by Anne Tyler
- The Emperor of Gladness by Ocean Vuong
- The Woman in Suite 11 by Ruth Ware
- Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh
- Good Dirt by Charmaine Wilkerson
- Run for the Hills by Kevin Wilson
- Stone Yard Devotional by Charlotte Wood
- The Mysterious Barry on Rue de Paris by Evie Wood
- Little Great Island by Kate Woodworth
- The Human Scale by Lawrence Wright
- A Marriage at Sea by Sophie Elmhirst
- The Tell by Amy Griffin
- We The People by Jill Lapore
- Good Things: Recipes & Rituals by Samin Nosrat
- Kingmaker: Pamela Harriman's Astonishing Life of Power by Sonia Purnell
- Coming Up Short by Robert Reich
- The Let Them Theory by Mel Robbins
- Mother Mary Comes to Me by Arundhati Roy
- Anti-Semitism in America by Charles Schumer
- On Tyranny by Timothy Snyder
- The Elements of Marie Curie by Dava Sobel
- Moo, Baa, La-La-La by Sandra Boynton
- The Pigeon WON'T Count to 10 by Mo Willems
- 100 Goats and Granny! by Atinuke
- Every Monday Mabel by Jashar Awan
- This Baby, That Baby by Cari Best
- If We Were Dogs by Sophie Blackall
- To See An Owl by Matthew Cordell
- Little Freddie Two Pants by Drew Daywalt
- The Wrong Book by Drew Daywalt
- Knight Owl and Early Bird by Christopher Denise
- Bert the Bowerbird by Julia Donaldson
- Duckie & Snaps: We Cannot Be Friends by Ame Dyckman
- Island Storm by Bian Floca
- Zebra and Yak: The Backwards Alphabet Book by Paul Freidrich
- The World Needs the Wonder You See by Joanna Gaines
- Snow is by Laura Gehl
- No More Chairs by Dan Gill
- Buzz, Boom, Bang: The Book of Sounds by Benjamin Gottwald
- Everyday Bean: (Tiny Bean's Big Adventures, Book #1) by Stephanie Graegin
- Fox and the Mystery Letter by Alex Griffiths
- Duck, Duck, Goose by John Hare
- A Book of Maps by Lourdes Heuer
- How We Share Cake by Kim Hyo-eun
- Caboose by Travis Jonker
- Bakery Dragon by Devin Elle Kurtz
- Cap Nap by Brian Lies
- Touch the Sky by Stephanie V.W. Lucianovic
- Home in a Lunchbox by Cherry Mo
- Fancy Nancy - Besties for Eternity by Jane O'Connor
- A Map for Falasteen by Maysa Odeh
- Don't Lose Mr. Cuddles: Life Lessons from Chip the Dog by Dev Petty
- Victor, the wolf with worries by Catherine Rayner
- Don't Trust Fish by Neil Sharpson
- We Want Leaves: A Fall Chant by James Swenson
- Five Little Friends: A Collection of Finger Rhymes by Sean Taylor
- Bear's Lost Glasses by Leo Timmers
- E-I-UFO: Old MacDonald had a Farm by Zach Von Zonk
- Two Together by Brendan Wentzel
- Bob the Vampire Snail by Andrea Zuill
- Bear and Bird: The Picnic and Other Stories by N/A Jarvis
- Welcome to Scare School by Jarrett Lerner
- Earl & Worm: The Bad Idea and Other Stories by Greg Pizzoli
- Jasper Rabbit's Creepy Tales by Aaron Reynolds
- Lone Wolf Goes to School by Kiah Thomas
- Lone Wolf Goes to the Library by Kiah Thomas
- Squid in Pants by Kaz Windness
- The Liberty of Unruly Treasures by Jeanne Birdsall
- When Sally O'Malley Discovered the Sea by Karen Cushman
- Buffalo Dreamer by Violet Duncan
- The Nine Moons of Han Yu and Luli by Karina Yan Glaser
- Rebellion 1776 by Laurie Halse Anderson
- Wrecker by Carl Hiassen
- Safiyyah's War by Hiba Noor Khan
- Benny on the Case by Wesley King
- Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Partypooper by Jeff Kinney
- The Trouble with Heroes by Kate Messner
- Magnolia Wu Unfolds It All by Chanel Miller
- El Nino by Pam Munoz Ryan
- The Midwatch Institute for Wayward Girls by Judith Rossell
- Scarlet Morning by ND Stevenson
- Chef's Secret by Kelly Yang
- Dear Acorn(Love Oak): Letter Poems to Friends by Joyce Sidman
- Sea Legs by Jules Bakes
- Creaky Acres by Calista & Nilah Bill & MacGruder
- J vs. K by Calista & Jerry Brill & Nilah Macgruder
- Gameville by Johnnie Christmas
- Don't Cause Trouble by Arree Chung
- Big Nate: No Harm Done by Lincoln Pierce
- Dog Man: Big Jim Believes by Dave Pilkey
- Death in the Jungle by Candace Fleming
Board Books
Picture Books
Easy Readers/Beginning Chapter
Junior Fiction
Non-Fiction
Junior Graphic Novels
Teen Non-Fiction
Teens
- Our Shouts Echo by Jade Adia
- Sisters in the Wind by Angeline Boulley
- Sisters in the Wind by Angeline Boulley
- The Last Bookstore on Earth by Lily Braun-Arnold
- Death in the Jungle by Candace Fleming
- On Again, Awkward Again by Erin & Kwame Kelly & Mbalia