New Books
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.
- The Testaments by Margaret Atwood
- This Tender Land by William Kent Krueger
- The Institute by Stephen King
- Lady in the Lake by Laura Lippan
- Heaven, My Home by Attica Locke
- Inland by Tea Obreht
- The Dutch House by Ann Patchett
- A Better Man by Louise Penny
- The Secrets We Kept by Lara Prescott
- Chances Are by Richard Russo
- The Grammarians by Cathleen Shine
- On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong
- Talking to Strangers by Malcolm Gladwell
- How to Raise a Reader by Pamela Paul and Maria Russo
- The Pioneers by David McCullough
- Three Women by Lisa Taddeo
- Be Bold, Baby by Alison Oliver
- Tiny T. Rex and the Impossible Hug by Jonathan Stutzman
- The Wonkey Donkey by Craig Smith
- We are Grateful: Otsalihiga by Traci Sorrel
- Another by Christian Robinson
- Good Boy by Sergio Ruzzier
- My Papi Has a Motorcycle by Isabel Quintero
- The Bell Rang by James Ransome
- Inkling by Kenneth Oppel
- Nine Months by Miranda Paul
- The Book Hog by Greg Pizzoli
- What is Given From the Heart by Patricia McKissack
- Vroom! by Barbara McClintock
- My Heart by Corinna Luyken
- Dragon Nights by J. R. Krause
- The Rough Patch by Brian Lies
- Julian is a Mermaid by Jessica Love
- Now What? A Math Tale by Robie Harris
- You Are New by Lucy Knisley
- P is for Pterodactyl by Raj Haldar
- Tomorrow Most Likely by Dave Eggers
- If I was the Sunshine by Julie Fogliano
- Patchwork Bike by Maxine Beneba Clarke
- Otto & Pio by by Marianne Dubuc
- Tomorrow Most Likely by Dave Eggers
- Tiny, Perfect Things by M. H. Clark
- Good Morning, Snowplow by Deborah Bruss
- The Little Guys by Vera Brosgol
- Square by Mac Barnett
- The King of Kindergarten by Derrick Barnes
- Circle by Mac Barnett
- Charlotte the Scientist Finds a Cure by Caille Andros
- I Survived the Children’s Blizzard, 1988 by Lauren Tarshis
- I Survived the Battle of D-Day, 1944 by Lauren Tarshis
- Fox the Tiger by Cory R. Tabor
- See Otto (The Adventures of Otto) by David Milgrim
- Harold & Hog Pretend for Real! by Dan Santat
- A Piglet Named Mercy by Kate DiCamillo
- Juana & Lucas by Juana Medina
- Pay Attention Carter Jones by Gary Schmidt
- The Unsung Hero of Birdson, USA by Brenda Woods
- Lu by Jason Reynolds
- Up for Air by Laura Morrison
- Max and the Midknights by Lincoln Pierce
- Caterpillar Summer by Gillian McDunn
- Cinder by Marisa Meyer
- Where the Heart is by Jo Knowles
- Pie in the Sky by Remi Lai
- Season of Styx Malone by Kemal Magoon
- A Place to Belong by Cynthia Kadohata
- Shouting at the Rain by Lynda Hunt
- Sweeping Up the Heart by Kevin Henkes
- The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise by Dan Gemeinhart
- Blended by Sharon Draper
- Land of Stories: The Enchantress Returns by Chris Colfer
- Sweep: The Story of a Girl and Her Monster by Jonathan Auxier
- Hector by Adrienne Wright
- Enemy Child: Story of Normal Mineta by Andrea Warren
- The Roots of Rap by Carole Boston Weatheford
- Spinning by Tillie Walden
- Odd Gods by David Slavin
- New Kid by Jerry Craft
- Dog Man: Brown of the Wild #6 by Dan Pilkey
- The Unwanted: Stories of Syrian Refugees by Don Brown
Board Books
Picture Books
Easy Readers/Beginning Chapter
Junior Fiction
Non-Fiction
Junior Graphic Novels
Teens
- The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo
- With the Fire on High by Elizabeth Acevedo
- Picture Us in the Light by Kelly Gilbert
- We Are OK by Nina LaCour
- Wilder Girls by Rory Power
- What the Night Sings by Vesper Stamper
- On the Come Up by Angie Thomas
- Other Words for Home by Jasmine Warga