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.
- Mary Jane by Jessica Anya Blau
- Horse by Geraldine Brooks
- Fellowship Point by Alice E. Dark
- Booth by Karen Joy Fowler
- Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus
- The Woman in the Library by Sulari Gentill
- Sparring Partners by John Grisham
- The Boys by Katie Hefner
- Book Lovers by Emily Henry
- The Hotel Nantucket by Elin Hilderbrand
- Bloomsbury Girls by Natalie Jenner
- The Latecomer by Jean Hanff Korelitz
- Yerba Buena by Nina Lacour
- The Foundling by Ann Leary
- Give Unto Others by Donna Leon
- Very Cold People by Sarah Manguso
- The Island by Adrian McGinty
- True Biz by Sara Novic
- Ocean State by Stewart O'Nan
- Two Nights in Lisbon by Chris Pavone
- Tracy Flick Can't Win by Tom Perrotla
- The Diamond Eye by Kate Quinn
- The Book woman's Daughter by Kim Michelle Richardson
- D Day Girls by Sarah Rose
- One Italian Summer by Rebecca Serle
- Metropolis by B. A. Shapiro
- The Cartographers by Peng Shepherd
- Sea of Tranquility by Emily St John Mandel
- This Time Tomorrow by Emma Straub
- Young Mungo by Douglas Stuart
- Nine Lives by Peter Swanson
- The Good Left Undone by Adriana Trigiani
- French Braid by Anne Tyler
- Honor by Thrify Umrigar
- The Lost Summers of Newport by Beatriz, Lauren & Karen Williams, Willig & White
- A Sunlit Weapon by Jacqueline Winspear
- Tomorrow, Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin
- Four Treasures From the Sky by Jenny Zhang
- Snacking Cakes by Yossy Are
- Jackie and Me by Louis Bayard
- In Love: A Memoir of Love and Loss by Amy Bloom
- From Strength to Strength: Finding Success by Arthur Brooks
- Freezing Order: A True Story of Money Laundering by Bill Browder
- Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management by Oliver Burkeman
- Revolutionary Summer: The Birth of American Independence by Joseph Ellis
- Left on Tenth by Delia Ephron
- Manifesto: Never Giving Up by Bernardino Evisto
- The Essential New York Times Cookbook by Amanda Hesser
- Fly Girl: A Memoir by Ann Hood
- The Devil Never Sleeps by Juliette Kayyem
- 52 Shabbats: Friday Night Dinners by Faith Kramer
- The Hummingbirds' Gift by Sy Montgomery
- We Don't Know Ourselves: Personal History of Ireland by fintan O'Toole
- James Patterson by James Patterson
- Graceland at Last: Notes .. American South by Margaret Renkl
- Never Simple by Liz Scheier
- Lost and Found by Kathryn Schultz
- Time is a Mother by Ocean Vuong
- Ollie's Hug by Olivier Dunrea
- Stacey's Extraordinary Words by Stacey Abrams
- Believe in Yourself: What We Learned from Arthur by Marc Brown
- Milk and Juice: A Recycling Romance by Meredith Brown
- Cub in the Tub by Candance Fleming
- The Littlest Yak by Lu Fraser
- The Little Wooden Robot and the Log Princess by Tom Gauld
- Chester van Chime who forgot how to rhyme by Avery Hanlon
- The 1619 Project: Born on the Water by Nicole Hannah-Jones
- Little Houses by Kevin Henkes
- Circle Under Berry by Cartier Higgins
- Mindful Mr. Sloth by Katy Hudson
- Dumplings for Lili by Melissa Iwai
- Bright Star by Yuyi Morales
- All From a Walnut by Ammi-Joan Paquette
- The Old Truck by Jerome & Jarrett Pumphrey
- Our Table by Peter Reynolds
- Hot dog by Doug Salati
- A Gift for Nana by Lane Smith
- Endlessly Ever After:Pick Your Path by Laurel Snyder
- Nibi's Water Song by Sunshine Tenasco
- Wishes by Moon Thi Van
- Abdul's Story by Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow
- Love in the Library by Maggie Tpkuda-Hall
- The garden we share by Zoe Tucker
- The Pencil by Maren Vaetula
- Big truck Little Island by Chris Van Dusen
- Little Witch Hazel: A Year in the Forest by Phoebe Wahl
- Dream Street by Tricia Walker
- Inside Cat by Brendan Wenzel
- Does a Bulldozer Have a Butt? by Derick Wilder
- The Year We Learned to Fly by Jacqueline Woodson
- The World Belongs to Us by Jacqueline Woodson
- Everybody in the Red brick Building by Anne Wynter
- The Longest Storm by Dan Yaccarino
- I'm On It (Elephant & Piggy book) by Andrea Tsurumi
- Blackbird Girls by Anne Blankman
- Duet by Elise Broach
- The Marvellers by Dhonielle Clayton
- Anybody Here Seen Frenchie? by Leslie Connor
- The Beatrice Prophecy by Kate DiCamillo
- Frankie and Bug by Gayle Forman
- The Last Cuentista by Donna Barba Higuera
- Jennifer Chan is Not Alone by Tae Keller
- Diary of a wimpy Kid Big Shot by Jeff Kinney
- Answers in the Pages by David Levithan
- Northwind by Gary Paulsen
- Daughter of the Deep by Rick Riordan
- A Wish in the Dark by Christina Soontornvat
- The Many Meanings of Meilan by Andrea Want
- Best Friends, Bikinis, ... by Kristi Wientge
- Room to Dream by Kelly Yang
- The Genius Under the Table by Eugene Yelchin
- New From Here by Kelly Yeng
- Honeybee: the Busy Life of Apis Melliferra by Candace Fleming
- The Big Book of Festivals by Joan-Maree Hargreaves
- Discover Her Art: Women Artists by Jean and Lisa Leibowitz & Rogers
- Fallout: Spies, Super powers and the Ultimate Cold War by Steve Sheinkin
- Chance: Escape for the Holocaust by Uri Shulevitz
- Listen How Evelyn Glennie, a deaf girl.. by Shannon Stocker
- Nano: The Spectacular Science of the Very, Very Small by Dr. Jesus Wade
- From a Whisper to a Rallying Cry by Paula Yoo
- Antarctica: The Melting Continent by Karen Young
- Otto: A Palindroma by Jon Agee
- The First Cat in Space Ate Pizza by Mac Barnett
- Swim Team by Johnnie Christmas
- Allergic by Megan Lloyd
- The Prisoner of ShiverStone by Linette Moore
- Stunt boy in the Meantime by Jason Reyonolds
- Sir Ladybug by Corey Tabor
- Frazzled: Everyday Disasters & Impending Doom by Booki Vivat
Board Books
Picture Books
Easy Readers/Beginning Chapter
Junior Fiction
Non-Fiction
Junior Graphic Novels
Teens
- Himawari House by Harmony Becker
- Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Melinda Lo
- Family of Liars by E. Lockhart
- Miles Morales: Spider Man by Jason Reynolds
- All My Rage by Sabaa Tahir