January New Books

Fiction
Alice I Have Been by Melanie Benjamin
Altar of Eden by James Rollins
Among Thieves by David Hosp
Blue Orchard by Jackson Taylor
The Brightest Star in the Sky by Marian Keyes
The Burning Land by Bernard Cornwell
The Crossing Places by Elly Griffiths
Damaged by Kia DuPree
Death by the Book by Lenny Bartulin
The First Rule by Robert Crais
Heard It All Before by Michele Grant
Hot Rocks by Nora Roberts
I, Sniper by Stephen Hunter
Impact by Douglas Preston
Kisser by Stuart Woods
The Lacuna by Barbara Kingsolver
The Murderer's Daughters by Randy Susan Meyers
Noah's Compass by Anne Tyler
Not My Daughter by Barbara Delinsky
Raining Cat Sitters and Dogs by Blaize Clement
Remarkable Creatures by Tracy Chevalier
Roses by Leila Meacham
Snapped by Tracy Brown
The Swan Thieves by Elizabeth Kostova
Ticking Is the Bomb by Nick Flynn
Treasure Hunt by John Lescroat
The Unbearable Lightness of Scones by Alexander McCall Smith
The Unnamed by Joshua Ferris
Virtually Dead by Peter May
Where the God of Love Hangs Out by Amy Bloom
Wild Child by T.C. Boyle
The Wolf at the Door by Jack Higgins

Nonfiction
Committed by Elizabeth Gilbert
Darker Than Blue by Paul Gilroy
Full Plate Diet by Stuart Seale
Game Change by John Heilemann
Green Jobs for a New Economy
Homeland by George Obama
Hopes and Prospects by Noam Chomsky
I Walked with Giants by Jimmy Heath
Lady in the Tower by Alison Weir
Living Oprah by Robyn Okrant
Making of African America by Ira Berlin
Marriage and Other Acts of Charity by Kate Braestrup
New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander
Searching for Tina Turner by Jacqueline Luckett
Secrets of Timeless Appeal by Raquel Welch
Superstress Solution by Roberta Lee
Tea with Hezbollah by Ted Dekker
Tupac Shakur by Fred Johnson
Unfinished Desires by Gail Godwin
You Are Not a Gadget by Jaron Lanier
Your Skin, Younger by Alan Logan

Read-alikes

Read-alikes are books that have a similar feel. For example, read-alikes would share similar plots, characters, settings, pacing, tone, or general writing style. Here are a few random author read-alikes.

If you like...then try...

Like: Carl Weber, Mary Monroe
Try: Michele Grant

Like: Sarah Waters, Geraldine Brooks, Jacqueline Winspear
Try: Katharine McMahon

Like: Castle Freeman, Jr., C.J. Box
Try: Paul Doiron

Like: Nicholas Sparks
Try: Jeffrey Stepakoff

Like: Laura Joh Rowland
Try: Jenny White

Like: Luis Alberto Urrea, Don Winslow
Try: David Corbett

For more read-alikes, try searching for an author you like on NoveList. Your user name is your Park Forest Public Library barcode number. Your password is your last name.

Street Lit

• Alibi by Teri Woods (CD FIC WOO)
• Bad Girlz 4 Life by Shannon Holmes (FIC HOL)
• The Hood Life by Meesha Mink and De'Nesha Diamond (FIC MIN)
• Love & a Gangsta by Erick S. Gray (FIC GRA)
• Nikki Turner Presents Backstage Street Chronicles (FIC TUR)
• Notorious by Kiki Swinson (FIC SWI)
• The Reason Why by Vickie Stringer (FIC STR)
• Section 8 by K'wan (FIC KWA)
• Thug Lovin' by Wahida Clark (FIC CLA)