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.
- The Wind Knows My Name by Isabel Allende
- Death at the Sign of the Rook by Kate Atkinson
- The Consequence of Anna by Kate Birkin
- Welcome to the Huynam-Dong Bookshop by Hwang Bo-reum
- Long Island Compromise by Taffy Brodesser-Akner
- The Book of Doors by Gareth Brown
- Miss Morgan's Book Brigade by Janet Charles
- Think Twice by Harlan Coben
- Think Twice by Harlan Corben
- The Extinction of Irena Rey by Jennifer Croft
- Day by Michael Cunningham
- The Night We Lost Him by Laura Dave
- Becoming Madame Secretary by Stephanie Dray
- The Mighty Red by Louise Erdrich
- Kairos by Kerry Erpenbect
- Notes on Your Sudden Disappearance by Alison Espach
- The Wedding People by Alison Espach
- James by Percival Everett
- Mrs. Quinn's Rise to Fame by Olivia Ford
- Anita Demonte Laughs Last by Xochitl Gonzalez
- Camino Ghost by John Grisham
- The Vaster Wilds by Lauren Groff
- The Life Impossible by Matt Haig
- Precipice by Robert Harris
- The Heiress by Rachel Hawkins
- The Blue Hour by Paula Hawkins
- Funny Story by Emily Henry
- Murder Your Employer by Rupert Holmes
- Close to Death by Anthony Horowitz
- All Fours by Miranda July
- Lion Women of Tehran by Marjan Kamali
- Trespasses by Louise Kennedy
- American Sycamore by Charles Kenney
- Real Americans by Rachen Khong
- Somewhere Beyond the Sea by T. J. Klume
- Memory Piece by Lisa Ko
- The Sequel: A Novel by Jean Hanff Korelitz
- Creation Lake by Rachel Kushner
- Lies and Weddings by Kevin Kwan
- Shred Sisters by Betsy Lerner
- The Road from Belhaven by Margot Livesey
- Same As it Ever Was by Claire Lombardo
- The Housemaid by Freida McFadden
- Shanghailand by Julie Min
- The God of the Woods by Liz Moore
- Here One Moment by Lianne Moriarty
- Within Arm's Reach by Ann Napolitano
- Sandwich by Catherine Newman
- The Morningside by Tea Obrecht
- We Solve Murders by Richard Osman
- The Grey Wolf by Louise Penny
- How to Solve Your Own Murder by Kristen Perrin
- The Bear by Julia Phillips
- By Any Other Name by Jodi Picoult
- Playground by Richard Powers
- After Annie by Anna Quindlen
- The Briar Club by Kate Quinn
- The Paris Novel by Ruth Reichl
- Greta and Valdin by Rebecca K. Reilly
- Expiration Dates by Rebecca Serles
- A Death in Cornwall by Daniel Silva
- The Havelbourne Ladies Motorcycle & Flying Club by Helen Simonsen
- Your Absence is Darkness by Jon Stefansson
- Everyone in my Family Has Killed Someone by Benjamin Stevenson
- Tell Me Everything by Elizabeth Strout
- The Cliffs by J. Courtney Sullivan
- Listen For the Lie by Amy Tintera
- Long Island by Colm Toibin
- Table for Two: Fictions by Amor Towles
- Jackie: A Novel by Dawn Tripp
- Help Wanted by Adelle Waldman
- One Perfect Couple by Ruth Ware
- All the Colors of the Dark by Chris Whitaker
- Shelterwood by Lisa Wingate
- Comfort of Ghosts by Jacqueline Winspear
- How to Read a Book by Monica Wood
- Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros
- This is the Honey: An Anthology of Contemporary Black Poets by Kwame Alexander
- Lidia's From Our Table to Yours by Lidia Bastianich
- More is More: Get Looks in the Kitchen by Molly Baz
- Super Communicators by Charles Duhigg
- Chasing Beauty: The Life is Isabella Stewart Gardner by Nalaie Dykstra
- On Call by Anthony Fauci
- Zoe Bakes Cookies by Zoe Francois
- An Unfinished Love Story by Doris Kearns Goodwin
- The Anxious Generation by Jonathan Haidt
- Nexus by Yuval Harari
- Lovely One by Katanji Brown Jackson
- That Librarian: The Fight Against Book Banning by Amanda Jones
- The Ride of Her Life by Elizabeth Letts
- Secrets of the Octopus by Sy Montgomery
- Ottolenghi Comfort by Yotam Ottolenghi
- The World She Edited by Amy Reading
- The Comfort of Crows: A Backyard Year by Margaret Renkl
- The Best Minds by Jonathan Rosen
- The Slow Road North by Rosie Schapp
- How To Say Babylon:A Memoir by Safiya Sinclair
- Backyard Bird Chronicles by Amy Tan
- The body Keeps the Score by Bessel van der Kolk
- Master Slave Husband Wife by Ilyon Woo
- Play With Me: A Playdate Book by Kat Chen
- Spider in the Well by Jess Hannigan
- Little Kids First Board Book: Frogs by Ruth Musgrave
- Bee-BimBop by Linda Sue Park
- First 100 Words (Bright Baby) by Roger Priddy
- Can I Sit in the Middle? by Susanne Strasserf
- Ahoy! by Sophie Blackall
- The Puppy Bus by Drew Brockington
- Just Like Millie by Lauren Castillo
- Our Pool by Lucy Cummins
- Dalmartian: A Mars Rover's Story by Lucy Cummins
- Show Up and Vote by Ani DeFranco
- The Last Stand by Antwan Eady
- We are Definitely Human by X Fang
- The Teeny-Weeny Unicorn by Shawn Harris
- Finding Things by Kevin Henkes
- Bunny Should Be Sleeping by Amy Hest
- When Rosie Walks George by Amy Hest
- Where To Hide a Star by Oliver Jeffers
- What Can a Mess Make by Bee Johnson
- Buffalo Fluffalo by Bess Kalb
- Noodles on a Bicycle by Kyo Laclear
- Built To Last by Minh & Dan Lee and Santa
- The Truth about Dinosaurs by Julie Leung
- Itty Bitty Betty Blog by Constance Lombardo
- The Yellow Bus by Loren Long
- 365: How to Count a Year by Miranda & Julien Paul & Chung
- There Was A Party for Langston by Jason Reynolds
- Construction Site: Garbage Crew to the Rescue by Sherri Rinker
- The Zebra's Great Escape by Katherine Rundell
- Angela's Glacier by Jordan Scott
- Pretty Ugly by David Sedaris
- Being Home by Traci Sorell
- The Good Little Mermaid's Guide to Bedtime by Eija Sumner
- Baby Dunks-A-Lot by Jason Tatum
- The man who didn't like animals by Deborah Underwood
- Five Stories by Ellen Weinstein
- Stell & Marigold by Annie Barros
- The Best Worse Campout Ever by Joe Cepeda
- Orris and Timble: The Beginning by Kate DiCamillo
- The Cozy Home by Anne Dyckman
- Fluffie Bunnies: Buns Gone Bad by Annie Humphrey
- Gigi and Ojiji by Melissa Iwai
- Puggleton Park by Deanna Kizis
- The Apartment House on Poppy Hill by Nina LaCouer
- Grumpy Monkey Too Many Bugs by Suzanne Lang
- Bunny and Clyde by Megan McDonald
- Little Shrew by Akiko Miyakoshi
- Fox Has a Problem by Corey Tabor
- Elf Dog and Owl Head by M.T. Anderson
- Nana in the Country by Lauren Castillo
- The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman by Gennifer Choldenko
- the Frindle files by Andrew Clements
- Ferris by Kate DiCamillo
- And then Boom by Lisa Fipps
- Not Nothing by Gayle Forman
- Liars Society by Alyson Gerber
- Max the House of Spies: A Tale of World War II by Adan Gidwitz
- Heroes by Alan Grantz
- The Luminous Life of Lucy Landry by Anna Rose Johnson
- First State of Being by Erin Entrada Kelly
- Phillips Fisher and the Dream-Maker's Daughter by Liz Kessler
- Westfallen by Ann Kinney
- Tree. Table. Book by Lois Lowry
- Painting the Game by Patricia MacLanchlan
- Medusa: The Myth of Monsters, Book One by Katherine Marsh
- Gracie Under the Waves by Linda Sue Park
- Hope in the Valley by Mitali Perkins
- Sherlock Society by James Ponti
- Percy Jackson: Wrath of the Triple Goddess by Rick Riordan
- Impossible Creatures by Katherine Runsell
- Kareem Between by Shifa Saltagi Safadi
- Labors of Hercules Beal by Gary Schmidt
- The Bletchley Riddle by Ruta Sepetys
- Not Quite a Ghost by Anne Ursu
- Mid Air by Alicia Williams
- Finally Heard by Kelly Yang
- The Misfits: A Royal Conundrum by Lisa Yee
- Life After Whale: The Amazing Ecosystem of a Whale Fall by Lynn Brunelle
- How do You Spell Unfair? by MacNolia Cox
- Timelines from Black History by DK
- The Enigma Girls by Candace Fleming
- The Mona Lisa Vanishes by Chris Harris
- Jumper by Jessica Lahan
- Impossible Escape by Steve Sheinkin
- Houses With A Story by Seiji Yoshida
- Duel by Jessica Bagley
- Plain Jane and the Mermaid by Vera Brosgol
- New Girl by Cassandra Calin
- Tiger vs, Nightmare by Emily Easter
- Taxi Ghost by Sophie Escabasse
- Spy Camp by Stuart Gibbs
- Sunny Makes Her Case by Jennifer Holm
- How It All Ends by Emma Hunsinger
- Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Hot Mess by Jeff Kinney
- Sunshine by Jarrett Krosoczka
- The Girl Who Sang by Estelle Nadel
- Dog Man: The Scarlet Shedder by Dar Pilkey
- Pearl by Sherri Smith
- Camp Prodigy by Emily Tetri
- Timid by Jonathan Todd
- Ash's Cabin by Jen Wang
Board Books
Picture Books
Easy Readers/Beginning Chapter
Junior Fiction
Non-Fiction
Junior Graphic Novels
Teens
- The Blood Years by Elana Arnold
- Twelfth Knight by Alexene Farol Follmuth
- Rez Ball by Byron Graves
- Snow Globe by Soyoung Park
- Stunt Boy, In-Between Time by Jason Reynolds
- Twenty-Four Seconds: A Love Story by Jason Reynolds