New Books | Waban Library Center

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.

Anxious People by Fredrik Backman
Snow by John Banville
The Women of Troy by Pat Barker
Florence Adler Swims Forever by Rachel Beanland
The Personal Librarian by Marie Benedict
Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett
Sentinel by Lee Child
Postmistress by Meg Waite Clayton
State of Terror by Hillary & Louise Clinton & Penny
One Hundred Years of Lenni and Margot by Marianne Cronin
Damnation Spring by Ash Davidson
Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr
The Sentence by Louise Erdrich
Rock Paper Scissors by Alice Feeney
Lying Life of Adults by Elena Ferrante
Crossroads by Jonathan Franzen
Go Tell the Bees that I'm Gone by Diana Gabaldon
A Time for Mercy by John Grisham
The Judge's List by John Grisham
Matrix by Lauren Groff
More Than I Love My Life by David Grossman
Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi
Sweetness of Water by Nathan Harris
A Slow Fire Burning by Paula Hawkins
The Paper Palace by Miranda Cowley Heller
A Line to Kill by Anthony Horowitz
The Love Songs of W. E. B. Du Bois by Honoree Fannonne Jeffers
Five Tuesdays in Winter by Lily King
Something New Under the Sun by Alexandra Kleeman
We are the Brennans by Tracey Lange
Silverview by John Le Carre
The War for Gloria by Atticus Lish
When Books Go To War by Molly Guptil Manning
A Wonderful Light by Freya Marske
Once There Were Wolves by Charlotte McConaghy
Apples Never Fall by Liane Moriarty
What Are You Going Through by Sigrid Nunez
The Man Who Did Twice by Richard Osman
The Book of Form and Emptiness by Ruth Ozeki
All the Devils are Here by Louise Penny
Madness of Crowds by Louise Penny
Wish You Were Here by Jodi Picoult
The vixen by Francine Prose
London House by Katherine Reay
Beautiful World, Where Are You by Sally Rooney
Last Chance Library by Freya Sampson
Our Country Friends by Gary Shteyngart
Oh, William by Elizabeth Strout
A Woman of Intelligence by Karin Tanabe
The Magician by Colm Toibin
The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles
Churchill Sisters by Rachel Trethewey
We Run the Tides by Vendela Vida
Memorial by Bryan Washington
Harlem Shuffle by Colson Whitehead
Still Life: A Novel by Sarah Winman

Madam: The Biography of Polly Adler by Debbie Applegate
A Life on our Planet by David Attenborough
We Keep the Dead Close by Becky Cooper
Vanderbilt: The Rise and Fall of an American Dynasty by Anderson Cooper
Let Me Tell You What I Mean by Joan Didion
Playlist for the Apocalypse by Rita Dove
Modern Comfort Foods by Ina Garten
Baking with Dorrie by Dorrie Greenspan
The 1619 Project by Nikole Hannah-Jones
Cook, Eat, Repeat by Nigella Lawson
The Boy, The Mole, The Fox, and the Horse by Charlie Mackesy
When Books Went to War by Molly Manning
His Truth is Marching On by Jon Meacham
Forever Young: A Memoir by Hayley Mills
A Promised Land by Barack Obama
So You Want to Talk about Race by Ijeoma Oluo
Those Precious Days by Ann Patchett
The Family Roe by Joshua Prager
Dessert Person by Claire Saffitz
Ethel Rosenberg by Anne Sebba
The Best of Me by David Sedaris
What It's Like to be a Bird by David Sibley
Memorial Drive by Natasha Trethewey
Taste: My Family Through Food by Stanley Tucci
The Sisters of Auschwitz by Rosane van Iperen
Beautiful Country: A Memoir by Qian Wang
Caste by Isabel Wilkerson
This Time New Year We'll be Laughing by Jacqueline Winspear
Peril by Bob & Robert Woodward & Costa

Board Books

Little Blue Truck's Valentine by Alice Schertle
Dishwasher's Big Job by Steven Weinberg
Fridge and Oven's big Job by Steven Weinberg

Picture Books

Are You a Cheeseburger? by Monica Arnaldo
Art is Life by Tami Brown
Don't Hug Doug by Carrie Finison
Cub in the Tub by Candance Fleming
The Littlest Yak by Lu Fraser
The Little Wooden Robot and the Log Princess by Tom Gauld
Giving Thanks by Nikki Grimes
The 1619 Project: Born on the Water by Nicole Hannah-Jones
Circle Under Berry by Cartier Higgins
Mindful Mr. Sloth by Katy Hudson
Dumplings for Lili by Melissa Iwai
The Rock from the Sky by Jon Klassen
Louis by Tom Lichtenheld
The Story of the Mandarin Duck by Bette & Michiko Medler & Kakutani
Bright Star by Yuyi Morales
The Museum of Everything by Lynne Rae Perkins
Time for Kenny by Brian Pickney
On Account of the Gum by Adam Rex
Our Table by Peter Reynolds
Mell Fell by Corey Tabor
Nibi's Water Song by Sunshine Tenasco
Wishes by Moon Thi Van
Love in the Library by Maggie Tpkuda-Hall
The Pencil by Maren Vaetula
Nana Akua Goes to School by Tried Elam Walker
Dream Street by Tricia Walker
Inside Cat by Brendan Wenzel
The Year We Learned to Fly by Jacqueline Woodson
Everybody in the Red brick Building by Anne Wynter
The Longest Storm by Dan Yaccarino

Easy Readers/Beginning Chapter

Too Small Tola by Atinuke
Sydney and Taylor Explore the Whole World by Jacqueline Davies
Maybe Maybe Marisol Rainey by Erin E Kelly
Kalamata's Kitchen by Sarah Thomas
I Want to Sleep Under the Stars by Mo Willems

Junior Fiction

Amari and the Night Brothers by B. B. Alston
Amari and the Night Brothers by B. B. Alston
King and the Dragonflies by Kacen Callender
The Beatrice Prophecy by Kate DiCamillo
Starfish by Lisa Fibbs
Frankie and Bug by Gayle Forman
Belly Up by Stuart Gibbs
Billy Miller Makes a Wish by Kevin Henkes
The Lion of Mars by Jennifer Holm
Ophie's Ghosts by Justina Ireland
Rowley Jefferson's Awesome Friendly Spooky Stories by Jeff Kinney
Diary of a wimpy Kid Big Shot by Jeff Kinney
Mulan: Before the Sword by Grace Lin
Finding Junie Kim by Ellen Oh
The One Thing You'd Save by Linda Sue Park
Northwind by Gary Paulsen
Cat Kid Comic Club by Dav Pilkey
Daughter of the Deep by Rick Riordan
The Elephant in the Room by Holly Sloan
We Are Still Here by Traci Sorell
Giving Thanks by Chief Jake Swamp
The Many Meanings of Meilan by Andrea Want
Room to Dream by Kelly Yang
The Genius Under the Table by Eugene Yelchin

Non-Fiction

Our Country's Presidents by Ann Bausum
Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre by Carole Boston Weatherford
Honeybee: the Busy Life of Apis Melliferra by Candace Fleming
Ground Zero by Alan Gratz
History Smashers: The Mayflower by Kate Messner
Wow in the World: The How and Why of the Human Body by Guy and Mindy Raz and Thomas
Fallout: Spies, Super powers and the Ultimate Cold War by Steve Sheinkin
Chance: Escape for the Holocaust by Uri Shulevitz
Unforgotten: The Wild Life of Dian Fossey by Anita Silvey
Nano: The Spectacular Science of the Very, Very Small by Dr. Jesus Wade
From a Whisper to a Rallying Cry by Paula Yoo

Junior Graphic Novels

Otto: A Palindroma by Jon Agee
The Curie Society by Heather Einhorn
Run by John Leis
Truly Tyler by Terri Libenson
Allergic by Megan Lloyd
The Magic Fish by Yrung Nguyen
Stunt boy in the Meantime by Jason Reyonolds

Teens

Ace of Spades by Faridah Abike-Lylmide
Himawari House by Harmony Becker
Fire Keeper's Daughter by Angelique Boulley
Firekeeper's Daughter by Angelique Boulley
Don't Ask Me Where I'm From by Jennifer De Leon
The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton
Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Melinda Lo