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. Come in and check out these and many more hot titles! We also have a new collection of Playaways – all in one devices for you to listen to a favorite book.

Find Me by Andre Aciman
Watership Down by Richard Adams
A Long Petal of the Sea by Isabel Allende
Afterlife by Julia Alvarez
Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line by Deepa Anappara
The Testaments by Margaret Atwood
The Scent Keeper by Erica Bauermeister
Lady Clementine by Marie Benedict
The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett
The Secret Guests by Benjamin Black
The Red Lotus by Chris Bohjalian
Little Constructions by Anna Burns
If I Had Your Face by Frances Cha
A Single Thread by Tracy Chevalier
Blue Moon by Lee Child
The Water Dancer by Ta Nehisi Coates
A Boy From The Woods by Harlan Coben
Domincana by Angie Cruz
American dirt by Jeanine Cummins
The Girl with the Louding Voice by Abi Daré
Akin by Emma Donoghue
The Night Watchman by Louise Erdrich
Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo
Sometimes I Lie by Alice Feeney
A Particular Kind of Black Man by Tope Folarin
A Good Neighborhood by Therese Fowler
The Guardians by John Grisham
Camino Winds by John Grisham
The Second Sleep by Robert Harris
The Beach Read by Emily Henry
The World We Knew by Alice Hoffman
The Gifted School by Bruce Holsinger
The Sentence is Death by Anthony Horowitz
The Resisters by Gish Jen
little gods by Meng Jen
Simon The Fiddler by Paulette Jiles
This Tender Land by William Kent Krueger
The Book of Longings by Sue Monk Kidd
The Institute by Stephen King
Writers and Lovers by Lily King
If It Bleeds by Stephen King
The Ditch by Herman Koch
The Other Mrs. by Mary Kubica
Sex and Vanity by Kevin Kwan
Searching for Sylvie Lee by Jean Kwok
Agent Running in the Field by Jean Le Carre
The Beekeeper of Aleppo by Christy Lefteri
The Topeka School by Ben Lerner
Lady in the Lake by Laura Lippan
Heaven, My Home by Attica Locke
The Kennedy Debutante by Kerri Maher
A Burning by Megha Majumdar
Apeirogon by Colum McCann
The Chain by Adrian McKinty
Long, Bright River by Liz Moore
The Holdout by Graham Moore
Starless Sea by Erin Morganstern
The Love Story of Missy Carmichael by Beth Morrey
Cilka's Journey by Heather Morris
The Giver of Stars by Jojo Moyes
Dear Edward by Ann Napolitano
Behold by TaraShea Nesbit
Inland by Tea Obreht
Weather by Jenny Offill
The Dutch House by Ann Patchett
A Better Man by Louise Penny
The Secrets We Kept by Lara Prescott
Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid
Normal People by Sally Rooney
The Yellowfins Bird Sings by Jennifer Rosner
Chosen Ones by Veronica Roth
Chances Are by Richard Russo
Masked Prey by John Sandford
Ghosts of Harvard by Francesca Scavitella
The Fountains of Silence by Ruta Sepetys
The Grammarians by Cathleen Shine
Rodham by Curtis Sitterfeld
Grand Union by Zadie Smith
The Book of V. by Anna Solomon
The Sun Down Motel by Simone St. James
The Women in Black by Madeline St. John
The Glass Hotel by Emily St. John Mandel
Mr. Nobody by Catherine Steadman
All Adults Here by Emma Straub
Olive, Again by Elizabeth Strout
Friends and Strangers by J. Courtney Sullivan
The Kind Worth Killing by Peter Swanson
Eight Perfect Murders by Peter Swanson
The Last Trial by Scott Turow
Redhead by the Side of the Road by Anne Tyler
Carnegie Hill by Jonathan Vatner
On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong
A Door in the Earth by Amy Waldman
The Dearly Beloved by Cara Wall
The Jetsetters by Amanda Eyre Ward
The Bookish Life of Nina Hill by Abbi Waxman
Big Summer by Jennifer Weiner
Minor Dramas & Other Catastrophes by Kathleen West
Valentine by Elizabeth Wetmore
Nothing To See Here by Kevin Wilson
Red at the Bone by Jacqueline Woodson
The End of October by Lawrence Wright
How Much of Those Hills is Gold by C Pam Zhang

Pelosi by Molly Ball
The Great Influenza by John M. Barry
The Yellow House by Sarah Broom
The Body by Bill Bryson
Pastry Love by Joanne Chang
Big Sister, Little Sister, Red Sister by Jung Chang
Dinner in French by Melinda Clark
The Conscious Closet by Elizabeth Cline
No Stopping Us Now: The Adventures of Older Women in American History by Gail Collins
Finding Your Artistic Voice: The Essential Guide to Working Your Creative Magic by Lisa Congdon
Fashion Climbing by Bill Cunningham
The Club: Johnson, Boswell and the Friends Who Shaped an Age by Leo Damrosch
White Fragility by Robin DiAngelo
Untamed by Glennon Doyle
Catch and Kill by Ronan Farrow
We Are The Weather by Jonathan Safran Foer
Tiny Habits by B. J. Fogg
Bad Feminist by Roxane Gay
Talking to Strangers by Malcolm Gladwell
In Hoffa's Shadow by Jack Goldsmith
Raising White Kids by Jennifer Harvey
Midnight in Chernobyl by Adam Higginbotham
Spying on the South by Tony Horwitz
The Art of Her Deal by Mary Jordan
Nobody Will Tell You This But Me by Bess Kalb
How to be an Antiracist by Ibram Kendi
Milk Street: The New Rules: Recipes that will change the way you cook by Christopher Kimball
Tightrope: Americans Reaching For Hope by Nicholas Kristof
How to Raise a Reader by Pamela Paul and Maria Russo
The Pioneers by David McCullough
She Said: Breakingthe Sexual Harassment Story by Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey
Together Human Connections and Social Isolation by Vivek Murthy
How To Do Nothing by Jenny Odell
So You Want to Talk about Race by Iyeoma Oluo
Education of an Idealist by Samantha Power
A Woman of No Importance by Sonia Purcell
Nothing Fancy by Alison Roman
Joy of Cooking 2019 by Irma Rombauer
Inconspicuous Consumption: The Environmental Impact You Don't Know You Have by tatiana Schlossberg
Year of the Monkey by Patti Smith
Sababa: Fresh, Sunny Flavors from my Israeli Kitchen by Adeena Sussman
Three Women by Lisa Taddeo
The Complete Baby and Toddler Cookbook by America's Test Kitchen
Too Much and Never Enough by Mary L. Trump
And Then They Stopped Talking to me by Judith Warner
Uncanny Valley by Anaa Weiner
Cool Beans: The Ultimate Guide to Cooking by Joe Yonan

Board Books

Peek-a-Bruce by Ryan T. Higgins

Picture Books

How To Read a Book by kwane Alexander
Square by Mac Barnett
The Great Santa Stakeout by Betsy Bird
I Will Be Fierce by Bea Birdsong
Max and Maria by Alexandra Boiger
Good Morning, Snowplow by Deborah Bruss
Freedom Soup by Tami Charles
Hair Love by Matthew Cherry
Love From the Crayons by Drew & Oliver Deywalt & Jeffers
The Scarecrow by Beth Ferry
Kokko and the Drum by Matthew Forsythe
My Winter City by James Gladstone
No More Naps by Chris Grabenstein
Southwest Sunrise by Nikki Grimes
P is for Pterodactyl by Raj Haldar
Field Trip to the Moon by John Hare
Bruce's Big Storm by Ryan T. Higgins
The Oldest Student by Rita Lorraine Hubbard
All-of-a-Kind Family Hanukkah by Emily Jenkins
Black is a Rainbow Color by Angela Joy
Roar Like a Dandelion by Ruth Krauss
What kind of a Car Does a T-Rex Drive? by Mark Lee
Lift by Minh Li
A Big Bed for Little Snow by Grace Lin
Fry Bread: A Native American Family Story by Kevin Maillard
The Camping Trip by Jennifer Mann
Vroom! by Barbara McClintock
Listen by Holly McGhee
What is Given From the Heart by Patricia McKissack
Camilla Cartographer by Julie Millemuth
Saturday by Oga More
Inkling by Kenneth Oppel
Nine Months by Miranda Paul
My Papi Has a Motorcycle by Isabel Quintero
The Bell Rang by James Ransome
You Matter by Christian Robinson
Don't Blink by Amy Rosenthal
Straw by Amy Krouse Rosenthal
Chopsticks by Amy Krouse Rosenthal
Why? by Laura Vaccaro Seeger
Dr. Seuss's Horse Museum by Dr. Seuss
The Wonkey Donkey by Craig Smith
Small in the City by Sydney Smith
We are Grateful: Otsalihiga by Traci Sorrel
Tiny T. Rex and the Impossible Hug by Jonathan Stutzman
Vamos! Let's Go Eat by Raul The Third
A Stone Sat Still by Brendan Wenzel
The Pigeon Needs to go to School by Mo Willems

Easy Readers/Beginning Chapter

Pug Pals: Two's A Crowd #1 by flora Ahn
A Piglet Named Mercy by Kate DiCamillo
Mae and June and the Wonder Wheel by Charise Mericle Harper
Penny and her Sled by Kevin Henkes
What About Worms? by Ryan Higgins
Rowley Jefferson's Awesome Friendly Adventure by Jeff Kinney
Juana & Lucas by Juana Medina
See Otto (The Adventures of Otto) by David Milgrim
Waylon! Even More Awesome by Sara Pennypacker
Baloney and Friends by Greg Pizzoll
Harold & Hog Pretend for Real! by Dan Santat
Fox the Tiger by Cory R. Tabor
I Survived the Children’s Blizzard, 1988 by Lauren Tarshis
I Survived the Battle of D-Day, 1944 by Lauren Tarshis
An Elephant and Piggy Biggie Book Vol 2 by Mo Willems

Junior Fiction

The One and Only Bob by Katherine Applegate
Sweep: The Story of a Girl and Her Monster by Jonathan Auxier
Land of Stories: The Enchantress Returns by Chris Colfer
The Fowl Twins by Eoin Colfer
Beverly, Right Here by Kate DiCamillo
The Little Prince by Antoine du Saint-Exupery
We Dream of Space by Erin Entrada Kelly
The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise by Dan Gemeinhart
Wink by Rob Harrell
Sweeping Up the Heart by Kevin Henkes
Shouting at the Rain by Lynda Hunt
Lalani of the Distant Sea by Erin Estrada Kelly
Where the Heart is by Jo Knowles
Pie in the Sky by Remi Lai
Season of Styx Malone by Kemal Magoon
From the Desk of Zoe Washington by Janse Marks
Chirp by Kate Messner
Up for Air by Laura Morrison
Dear Sweet Pea by Julie Murphy
Prairie Lotus by Linda Sue Park
Strange Birds: A Field Guide to Ruffling Feathers by Celia Perez
Max and the Midknights by Lincoln Pierce
The Secret Commonwealth: The Book of Dust (Book Two) by Philip Pullman
Lu by Jason Reynolds
Look Both Ways by Jason Reynolds
The Burning Maze (The Trials of Apollo) by Rick Riordan
The Tyrant's Tomb: Trials of Apollo (book four) by Rick Riordan
Pay Attention Carter Jones by Gary Schmidt
The List of things That Will Not Change by Rebecca Stead
Clean Getaway by Nic Stone
I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919 by Lauran Tarshis
Echo Mountain by Lauren Wolk
The Unsung Hero of Birdson, USA by Brenda Woods

Non-Fiction

Infinite Hope by Ashley Bryan
Liberty Arrives: How America's Greatest Statue Found Her Home by Robert Byrd
Untangled: Guiding Teen-age Girls the 7 Transitions into Adulthood by Lisa Damour
The Rise and Fall of Charles Lindbergh by Candance Fleming
Stolen Justice by Lawrence Goldstone
Torpedoed: The True Story of WWII Sinking of "The Children's Ship" by Deborah Heiligman
We Are Power: How Non Violent Activism Can Change The World by Todd Husain-Lowery
My Body's Superpower by Maryann Jacobsen
A Girl Like Me by Angela Johnson
Homes in the Wild: Where Baby Animals and their Parents Live by Lita Judge
The Miracle and Tragedy of the Dionne Quintuplets by Sarah Miller
Stamped: Racism, Antiracism & You by Jason & Ibram Reynolds & Kendi
Born to Fly: The First Women's Air Race by Steve Sheinkin
You Are Home: An Ode to the National Parks by Evan Turk
The Roots of Rap by Carole Boston Weatheford
Hector by Adrienne Wright

Junior Graphic Novels

The Unwanted: Stories of Syrian Refugees by Don Brown
Cub by Cynthia Copeland
New Kid by Jerry Craft
Almost American Girl by Robin Ha
Best Friends by Shannon Hale
Displacement by Kiku Hughes
When Stars Are Scattered by Victoria Jamieson
Stepping Stones by Lucy Knisley
Dragon Hoops by Gene Luan Yang
Queen of the Sea by Dylan Medonis
White Bird by R.J. Palacio
Pumpkin Heads by Rainbow Rollins
Odd Gods by David Slavin
Guts by Raina Telgemeier
Spinning by Tillie Walden
Stargazing by Jen Wang

Teens

Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevado
With the Fire on High by Elizabeth Acevedo
The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins
Picture Us in the Light by Kelly Gilbert
We Are OK by Nina LaCour
Butterfly Yellow by Thanhha Lai
The Downstairs Girl by Stacey Lee
Wilder Girls by Rory Power
We Are Not From Here by Jenny Torres Sanchez
What the Night Sings by Vesper Stamper
On the Come Up by Angie Thomas
Other Words for Home by Jasmine Warga
Piecing Me Together by Renee Watson
Parachutes by Kelly Yang
Frankly in Love by David Yoon