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.
- Violeta by Isabel Allende
- Mary Jane by Jessica Anya Blau
- Kindred by Octavia Butler
- The School for Good Mothers by Jessamine Chan
- The Match by Harlan Corben
- The Candy House by Jennifer Egan
- The Paris Apartment by Lucy Foley
- Booth by Karen Joy Fowler
- The Promise by Damon Galgut
- Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus
- Olga Dies Dreaming by Xochiti Gonzalez
- Mercy Street by Jennifer Haigh
- Anthem by Noah Hawley
- Clark and Division by Naomi Hirahara
- Intimacies by Katie Kitamura
- The Anomaly by Herve le Tellier
- Give Unto Others by Donna Leon
- The Paris Bookseller by Kerri Maher
- Very Cold People by Sarah Manguso
- Recitatif by Toni Morrison
- True Biz by Sara Novic
- The Swimmers by Julie Otsuka
- The Maid by Nita Prose
- The Diamond Eye by Kate Quinn
- The Book woman's Daughter by Kim Michelle Richardson
- 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
- Joan is Okay by Weike Wang
- Black Cake by Charmaine Wilkerson
- A Sunlit Weapon by Jacqueline Winspear
- Four Treasures From the Sky by Jenny Zhang
- Snacking Cakes by Yossy Are
- In Love: A Memoir of Love and Loss by Amy Bloom
- All About Me by Mel Brooks
- 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
- Left on Tenth by Delia Ephron
- Manifesto: Never Giving Up by Bernardino Evisto
- The Essential New York Times Cookbook by Amanda Hesser
- 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
- 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
- Cub in the Tub by Candance Fleming
- The Littlest Yak by Lu Fraser
- The Little Wooden Robot and the Log Princess by Tom Gauld
- 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
- Bright Star by Yuyi Morales
- The Old Truck by Jerome & Jarrett Pumphrey
- Our Table by Peter Reynolds
- 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
- 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
- I'm On It (Elephant & Piggy book) by Andrea Tsurumi
- The Beatrice Prophecy by Kate DiCamillo
- Frankie and Bug by Gayle Forman
- The Last Cuentista by Donna Barba Higuera
- Diary of a wimpy Kid Big Shot by Jeff Kinney
- Northwind by Gary Paulsen
- Daughter of the Deep by Rick Riordan
- The Many Meanings of Meilan by Andrea Want
- Room to Dream by Kelly Yang
- The Genius Under the Table by Eugene Yelchin
- Honeybee: the Busy Life of Apis Melliferra by Candace Fleming
- Fallout: Spies, Super powers and the Ultimate Cold War by Steve Sheinkin
- Chance: Escape for the Holocaust by Uri Shulevitz
- Nano: The Spectacular Science of the Very, Very Small by Dr. Jesus Wade
- From a Whisper to a Rallying Cry by Paula Yoo
- 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
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