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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.

  • All the Sinners Bleed Jacket Cover
  • The Vaster Wilds Jacket Cover
  • North Woods Jacket Cover
  • The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store Jacket Cover
  • Tom Lake Jacket Cover
  • Somebody's Fool Jacket Cover
  • Lady Tan's Circle of Women Jacket Cover
  • The Fraud Jacket Cover
  • The It Girl Jacket Cover
  • Crook Manifesto Jacket Cover
  • Tomorrow, Tomorrow and Tomorrow Jacket Cover
  • Shrines of Gaiety by Kate Atkinson
  • The Rabbit Hutch by Tess Aunty
  • The Magic Kingdom by Russell Banks
  • The Lock Up by John Banville
  • Old God's Time by Sebastian Barry
  • The House is on Fire by Rachel Beanland
  • The Postcard by Anne Berest
  • All the Broken Places by John Boyne
  • Little Monsters by Adrienne Brodeur
  • The House of Fortune by Jessie Burton
  • The House of Fortune by Jessie Burton
  • Birnam Wood by Eleanor Catton
  • I Will Find You by Harlan Coben
  • All the Sinners Bleed by S. A. Cosby
  • All Sinners Bleed by S. A. Cosby
  • Trust by Herman Diaz
  • Learned by Heart by Emma Donoghue
  • The Wren, The Wren by Anne Enright
  • Maame by Jessica George
  • The Boys from Biloxi by John Grisham
  • The Vaster Wilds by Lauren Groff
  • The Last White Man by Mohsin Hamid
  • Act of Oblivion by Robert Harrie
  • Slow Horses by Mick Herron
  • Flying Solo by Linda Holmes
  • Reminders of Him by Colleen Hoover
  • The Twist of a Knife by Anthony Horowitz
  • The Berlin Exchange by Joseph Kanon
  • Happiness Falls by Angie Kim
  • Holly by Stephen King
  • House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune
  • The River We Remember by William Kent Krueger
  • Yellowface by R. F. Kuang
  • Stolen by Ann-Helen & Rachel Laestadius & Wilson-Broyles
  • All That is Mind I Carry With Me by William Landay
  • Independent People by Halldor Laxness
  • Small Mercies by Dennis Lehane
  • So Shall You Reap by Donna Leon
  • The Book of Goose by Yiyun LI
  • The Vegan by Andrew LIPSTEIN
  • Amazing Grace Adams by Fran Littlewood
  • Mercury Pictures Presents by Anthony Marra
  • North Woods by Daniel Mason
  • Ancestry by Simon Mawer
  • Wrong Place Wrong Time by Gillian McAllister
  • The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store by James McBride
  • Stella Marris by Cormac McCarthy
  • Lesson by Ian McEwan
  • Galatea by Madeline Miller
  • The Lost Wife by Susanna Moore
  • I Am Homeless If This Is Not My Home by Lorrie Moore
  • Homecoming by Kate Morton
  • Tom Lake by Ann Patchett
  • Night Watch by Jayne Anne Phillips
  • Somebody's Fool by Richard Russo
  • The Queen of Dirt Island by Donal Ryan
  • Lady Tan's Circle of Women by Lisa See
  • Signal Fires by Dani Shapiro
  • Portrait of an Unknown Woman by Daniel Silva
  • The Collector by Daniel Silva
  • How Can I Help You? by Laura Sims
  • Romantic Comedy by Curtis Sittenfeld
  • A Dangerous Business by Jane Smiley
  • The Fraud by Zadie Smith
  • Remarkably Bright Creatures by Selby Van Pelt
  • Covenant of Water by Abraham Verghese
  • Hang the Woom by Jeannette Walls
  • The It Girl by Ruth Ware
  • Zero Days by Ruth Ware
  • The Breakaway by Jennifer Weiner
  • The Midcoast by Adam White
  • Crook Manifesto by Colson Whitehead
  • Now is Not the Time to Panic by Kevin Wilson
  • The White Lady by Jacqueline Winspear
  • Tomorrow, Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin
  • Necessary Trouble Jacket Cover
  • Democracy Awakening Jacket Cover
  • What Do You Say? How to Talk to Kids... Jacket Cover
  • Solito Jacket Cover
  • The Everlasting Meal Cookbook: Leftovers A to Z by Tamar Adler
  • Valiant Women by Lena Andrews
  • Outlive by Peter Attia
  • American Prometheus by Kai & Martin J. Bird & Sherwin
  • Corrections in Ink by Keri Blakinger
  • Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story by Bono
  • The Palace Papers: Inside the House of Windsor by Tina Brown
  • My Vermont Table by Gesine Bullocks-Prado
  • Dinner in One by Melissa Clark
  • The Emotional Lives of Teenagers by Lisa Damour
  • Poverty, By America by Matthew Desmond
  • A Fever in the Heartland: the Ku Klux Plan by Timothy Egan
  • Fabric by Victoria Finlay
  • G-Man: J. Edgar Hoover by Beverly Gage
  • Go-To Dinners by Ina Garten
  • Necessary Trouble by Drew Faust Gilpin
  • The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder by David Grann
  • Confidence Man by Maggie Haberman
  • Elon Musk by Walter Isaacson
  • Rogue: True Stories of Grifters, Killers.. by Patrick Hadden Keefe
  • Rough Sleepers by Tracy Kidder
  • Who's Raising the Kids by Susan Linn
  • enchantment: Awakening Wonder in an Anxious Age by Katherine May
  • Smitten Kitchen Keepers by Deb Perelman
  • Democracy Awakening by Heather Cox Richardson
  • Revolutionary: Samuel Adams by Stacy Schiff
  • What Do You Say? How to Talk to Kids... by William and Ned Stixrud and Johnson
  • The Tennis Partner by Abraham Verghese
  • The Good Life: Lessons from world's longest scientific study of happiness by Robert Waldinger
  • The odyssey of Phillis Wheatley by David Waldstreicher
  • An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal The Hidden Realms around us by Ed Yong
  • Solito by Javier Zamora
  • In The Night Garden Jacket Cover
  • Blackbird Girls Jacket Cover
  • Simon Sort of Says Jacket Cover
  • Milk and Juice: A Recycling Romance Jacket Cover
  • Anybody Here Seen Frenchie? Jacket Cover
  • This Book is Banned Jacket Cover
  • Choosing Brave Jacket Cover
  • The Skull Jacket Cover
  • Ghost Book Jacket Cover
  • Discover Her Art: Women Artists Jacket Cover
  • Answers in the Pages Jacket Cover
  • Surprisingly Sarah Jacket Cover
  • Once Upon a Book Jacket Cover
  • Big Nate: Move it or Lose it Jacket Cover
  • Big Nate Nailed It! Jacket Cover
  • Percy Jackson: Chalice of the Gods Jacket Cover
  • Time for School, Little Blue Truck Jacket Cover
  • My Barbar's Garden Jacket Cover
  • A Gift for Nana Jacket Cover
  • Skandar and the Unicorn Thief Jacket Cover
  • Listen How Evelyn Glennie, a deaf girl.. Jacket Cover
  • Sir Ladybug Jacket Cover
  • Big truck Little Island Jacket Cover
  • Best Friends, Bikinis, ... Jacket Cover
  • Antarctica: The Melting Continent Jacket Cover

    Board Books

    Picture Books

  • 20 Questions by Mac Barnett
  • Like by Annie Barrows
  • In The Night Garden by Carin Berger
  • Milk and Juice: A Recycling Romance by Meredith Brown
  • The Hospital Book by Lisa Brown
  • My Dog Just Speaks Spanish by Andrea Caceres
  • What Happened to you? by James Catchpole
  • Night Market Rescue by Charlotte Cheng
  • Evergreen by Matthew Cordell
  • Yoshi, Sea Turtle Genius by Lynne Cox
  • You Need to Chill by Juno Dawson
  • Knight Owl by Christopher Denise
  • A Very Cranky Book by Angela & Tony Di Terlizzi
  • Mine! by Candice Fleming
  • Dear Unicorn by Josh Funk
  • A Library by Nikki Giovanni
  • Something, Someday by Amanda Gorman
  • This Book is Banned by Raj Haldar
  • Flora’s Wish by Fiona Halliday
  • Chester van Chime who forgot how to rhyme by Avery Hanlon
  • Big by Vashti Harrison
  • Little Houses by Kevin Henkes
  • Say My Name by Joanna Ho
  • Choosing Brave by Angela Joy
  • The Train Home by Dan-ah Kim
  • The Skull by Jon Klassen
  • It's Fall by Renee Kurilla
  • Once Upon a Book by Grace Lin
  • The Scariest Kitten in the World by Kate Messner
  • I Am Stuck by Julia Mills
  • Meowl-o-ween by Diane Muldrow
  • Challah Day by Charlotte Offsay
  • All From a Walnut by Ammi-Joan Paquette
  • Nubby by Dan Richards
  • Hot dog by Doug Salati
  • Time for School, Little Blue Truck by Alice Schertle
  • My Barbar's Garden by Jordan Scott
  • A Gift for Nana by Lane Smith
  • A Practical Present for Phillippa by Briony May Smith
  • Endlessly Ever After:Pick Your Path by Laurel Snyder
  • The Tower of Life:How Yaffa Eliach Rebuilt her Town by Channa Steiffel
  • I Will Read to You by Gideon STERER
  • Abdul's Story by Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow
  • Big truck Little Island by Chris Van Dusen

    • Easy Readers/Beginning Chapter

  • Starla Jean: Which Came First by Elana Arnold
  • Henry Like Always by Jenn Bailey
  • Frank and the Bad Surprise by Martha Brockenbrough
  • I'm On It (Elephant & Piggy book) by Andrea Tsurumi
  • Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Sleigh by Mo Willems

    • Junior Fiction

  • The One and Only Ruby by Katherine Applegate
  • Dogtown by Katherine & Gennifer Applegate & Choldenko
  • Blackbird Girls by Anne Blankman
  • Simon Sort of Says by Erin Bow
  • Duet by Elise Broach
  • The Marvellers by Dhonielle Clayton
  • Anybody Here Seen Frenchie? by Leslie Connor
  • Jennifer Chan is Not Alone by Tae Keller
  • Diary of a Wimpy Kids: No Brainer Book 1 by Jeff Kinney
  • Answers in the Pages by David Levithan
  • The Swifts: A Dictionary of Scoundrels by Beth Lincoln
  • The Lost Year by Katherine Marsh
  • Firefly Summer by Morgan Matson
  • The Sun and the Star by Rick Riordan
  • Percy Jackson: Chalice of the Gods by Rick Riordan
  • Ellen Outside the Lines by A.J. Sass
  • Big Tree by Brain Selznick
  • A Wish in the Dark by Christina Soontornvat
  • Skandar and the Unicorn Thief by A.F. Steadman
  • A Flag for Juneteenth by Kim Taylor
  • Greenwild by Pari Thomson
  • Mascot by Charles Waters
  • Best Friends, Bikinis, ... by Kristi Wientge
  • Remember Us by Jacqueline Woodson
  • Jawbreaker by Christina Wyman
  • Finally Seen by Kelly Yang
  • Key Player by Kelly Yang
  • Maizy Chen's Last Chance by Lisa Yee
  • New From Here by Kelly Yeng

    • Non-Fiction

  • Where I Live by Paul Faneczko
  • Stand as Tall as the Trees by Patricia Gualinga
  • The Big Book of Festivals by Joan-Maree Hargreaves
  • 96 Facts about Taylor Swift by Arie Kaplan
  • A Vaccine is Like a Memory by Rajani LaRocca
  • Butt or Face by Kari Lavelle
  • Discover Her Art: Women Artists by Jean and Lisa Leibowitz & Rogers
  • Chinese Menu: the history, miss and legends behind your favorite foods by Grace Lin
  • The Book of Turtles by Sy Montgomery
  • Accountable: The True Story of a Racist Social Media Account by Dashka Slater
  • Listen How Evelyn Glennie, a deaf girl.. by Shannon Stocker
  • Antarctica: The Melting Continent by Karen Young

    • Junior Graphic Novels

  • The First Cat in Space Ate Pizza by Mac Barnett
  • School Trip by Jerry Craft
  • Flamer by Mike Curato
  • Weenie Starring Frank and Beans by Maureen Fergens
  • Things in the Basement by Ken Hatke
  • Ghost Book by Remy Lai
  • Enlighten Me by Minh Le
  • Surprisingly Sarah by Terri Libensen
  • Mexikid by Pedro Martin
  • The Prisoner of ShiverStone by Linette Moore
  • Muhammed Najem, War Reporter by Muhammed & Nora Najem & Neus
  • The Moth Keeper by K. O'Neill
  • Big Nate: Move it or Lose it by Lincoln Peirce
  • Big Nate Nailed It! by Lincoln Pierce
  • Dog Man: 20 Thousand Fleas Under the Sea by Dav Piley
  • Sir Ladybug by Corey Tabor
  • Parachute Kids by Betty Tang
  • Hoops by Matt Tavares
  • Frazzled: Everyday Disasters & Impending Doom by Booki Vivat

Teens

  • I Kick and I Fly Jacket Cover
  • All My Rage Jacket Cover
  • Phoebe’s Diary Jacket Cover
  • Nigeria Jones Jacket Cover
  • Promise Boys by Nick Brooks
  • I Kick and I Fly by Ruchira Gupta
  • We Deserve Monuments by Jas Hammonds
  • The Girl in the Blue Coat by Monica Hesse
  • Star Splitter by Matthew Kirby
  • Buffalo Flats by Martine Leavitt
  • Hidden systems: water, electricity… by Dan Nott
  • Miles Morales: Spider Man by Jason Reynolds
  • Ain't Burned All the Bright by Jason Reynolds
  • I Am Not Alone by Francisco X. Stork
  • All My Rage by Sabaa Tahir
  • Phoebe’s Diary by Phoebe Wahl
  • Nigeria Jones by Ibi Zoboi
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