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Fiction to mark Asian Pacific American Heritage Month

5/3/2022

 
  • Homeland Elegies, Ayad Akhtar, print | audio CD | ebook | eaudio
  • America Is Not the Heart, Elaine Castillo, print | ebook
  • The Wangs vs. The World, Jade Chang, large print | ebook | eaudio
  • Songs of Willow Frost, Jamie Ford, print | audio CD | ebook | eaudio
  • Clark and Division, Naomi Hirahara, print | large print | ebook | eaudio
  • A Map of Betrayal, Ha Jin, print | ebook
  • Searching for Sylvie Lee, Jean Kwok, print | ebook | eaudio
  • Native Speaker, Chang-rae Lee, print | ebook
  • Last Night at the Telegraph Club, Malinda Lo, print | ebook | eaudio
  • Minari, DVD | Blu-ray
  • A Place for Us, Fatima Farheen Mirza, print | large print | playaway | ebook | eaudio
  • Everything I Never Told You, Celeste Ng, print | ebook | eaudio
  • The Magic Fish, Trung Le Nguyen, print | ebook
  • When the Emperor Was Divine, Julie Otsuka, print | ebook | eaudio
  • Gold Diggers, Sanjena Sathian, print | ebook | eaudio
  • China Dolls, Lisa See, print | ebook | eaudio
  • The Joy Luck Club, Amy Tan, print | large print | ebook | eaudio
  • The Son of Good Fortune, Lysley Tenorio, print | ebook
  • The Color of Air, Gail Tsukiyama, print | ebook
  • On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous, Ocean Vuong, print | large print | ebook | eaudio
  • Interior Chinatown, Charles Yu, print | ebook | eaudio
  • O Beautiful, Jung Yun, print | ebook | eaudio​​
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Memoirs & Other Nonfiction to mark Asian Pacific American Heritage Month

5/2/2022

 
  • The Best We Could Do, Thi Bui, print | ebook
  • Family in Six Tones, Lan Cao & Harlan Margaret Van Cao, print
  • All You Can Ever Know, Nicole Chung, print | ebook | eaudio
  • Missed Translations, Sopan Deb, print
  • The Donut King, DVD
  • The Truths We Hold, Kamala Harris, print | large print | ebook | eaudio
  • Heart of Fire, Mazie K. Hirono, print | ebook | eaudio
  • Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning, Cathy Park Hong, print | ebook | eaudio
  • Fresh off the Boat, Eddie Huang, print | ebook | eaudio
  • Good Talk, Mira Jacob, print | ebook | eaudio
  • Why Not Me?, Mindy Kaling, print | ebook | eaudio
  • An American Family, Khizr Khan, print | large print | audio CD | ebook
  • We Were Dreamers, Simu Liu, coming in May
  • My Life: Growing up Asian in America, coming in May
  • You Can’t Be Serious, Kal Penn, print | ebook | eaudio
  • They Called Us Enemy, George Takei, print | ebook
  • Amy Tan: Unintended Memoir, DVD
  • Dear America: Notes of an Undocumented Citizen, Jose Antonio Vargas, print | ebook | eaudio
  • Dear Girls, Ali Wong, print | ebook | eaudio
  • Rise: A Pop History of Asian America from the Nineties to Now, Jeff Yang, et al., print | ebook | eaudio
  • The Latehomecomer, Kao Kalia Yang, print | ebook | eaudio
  • Crying in H Mart, Michelle Zauner, print | ebook | eaudio
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What's New for Adults?

4/26/2022

 
NEW NONFICTION
  • The Impossible City, Karen Cheung, print
  • Let's Get Physical: How Women Discovered Exercise and Reshaped the World, Danielle Friedman, print
  • Making Numbers Count, Chip Heath & Karla Starr, print
  • The Believer, Sarah Krasnostein, print
  • The Treeline, Ben Rawlence, print
  • Seven Games, Oliver Roeder, print
  • The Founders, Jimmy Soni, print
  • Rise: A Pop History of Asian America from the Nineties to Now, Jeff Yang, et al., print | ebook | eaudio
NEW FICTION
  • The One Hundred Years of Lenni and Margot, Marianne Cronin, print | ebook | eaudio
  • Alice's Trading Post, Kerry Dean Feldman, print
  • W.E.B. Griffin Rogue Asset, Brian Andrews & Jeffrey Wilson, print | ebook | eaudio
  • The Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, Eva Jurczyk, print | ebook | eaudio
  • Scot Mist, Catriona McPherson, print
  • How High We Go in the Dark, Sequoia Nagamatsu, print | ebook | eaudio
  • When You Are Mine, Michael Robotham, print | ebook | eaudio
  • The Rebel and the Rake, Emily Sullivan, print
NEW NONFICTION VIDEO
  • Ailey, DVD
  • Belushi, DVD
  • Nova: The Cannabis Question, DVD
  • Flee, Blu-ray
  • Last Man Fishing, DVD
  • Nature: My Garden of a Thousand Bees, DVD
  • Pariah: The Lives and Deaths of Sonny Liston, DVD
  • Who We Are, DVD
FAVORITE MYSTERY SERIES
These authors are so popular that we recently made sure that we hold at least one copy of every book in these two series. More copies are coming to the Large Print shelves, too!
  • ​Kinsey Millhone: start with "A" Is for Alibi, Sue Grafton, print | ebook | eaudio
  • Cork O'Connor: start with Iron Lake, William Kent Krueger, print | large print | ebook | eaudio
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On the Shelves April

3/25/2022

 
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Plant Powered Mexican
by Kate Ramos
This cookbook, focused on family meals,  uses Mexican ingredients and flavors in vegan and vegetarian dishes, with several modes of preparation.
print | ebook
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Heard It in a Love Song
by Tracey Garvis Graves
Two recent divorcees, a school music teacher and a dad with a child at the school, make a surprising connection.
​print | ebook | eaudio
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Clean Air
by Sarah Blake
After a climate apocalypse caused by tree pollen, a woman and her daughter live in an air-tight dome, in a community suddenly terrorized by a serial killer.
print | ebook
Read this issue of On the Shelves.

On the Shelves March

3/17/2022

 
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The Midwest Survival Guide
by Charlie Berens
A funny and informative guide to the Midwest, from the comedian behind “The Manitowoc Minute.”
print | ebook | eaudio
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Last Girl Ghosted
by Lisa Unger
After falling for someone she meets on a dating app, a woman gets ghosted.  As she follows his digital trail, a mystery appears…
​print | ebook | eaudio
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The Night the Lights Went Out
by Drew Magary
Writer Magary tells of his journey back from a near-fatal brain injury, with funny and heartfelt insights on adjusting to disabilities and returning to the world.
print | ebook | eaudio
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On the Shelves February

3/16/2022

 
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Music Is History
by Questlove
The musician, writer, and thinker examines American culture through music, choosing one track per year from 1971 to the present.
print | ebook | eaudio
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Sheet Cake
by Abigail Johnson Dodge
"Baking guru" Dodge presents techniques to turn one sheet pan of cake into beautiful, flavorful creations.
print 
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The Heart Principle
by Helen Hoang
After burning out on her career and long-term relationship, Anna makes some questionable decisions that lead her to Quan — but are they meant to be?
print | ebook | eaudio
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On the Shelves January

3/16/2022

 
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The Postscript Murders
by Elly Griffiths
After a woman who consulted for crime writers dies, the writers start to turn up dead as well in this literary mystery.
print | ebook | eaudio
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Everything I Have Is Yours
by Eleanor Henderson
The true story of a loving, successful marriage tested by chronic illness on top of typical family stresses.
print
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Provenance
by Carla Laureano
An interior designer receives an unexpected inheritance and returns to her hated hometown. The young mayor helps her see the beauty in rebuilding a home.
print 
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On the Shelves December

3/16/2022

 
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How Iceland Changed the World
by Egill Bjarnason
This tiny island in the North Atlantic has had a big impact on world history.
print | ebook 
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Christmas in Vermont
by Anita Hughes
A friend pushes two former lovers together in this tale of synchronicity and second chances.
print
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​Choose Me
by Tess Gerritsen & Gary Braver
The investigation into an apparent suicide uncovers secrets between a young woman and a professor.
print
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On the Shelves November

3/16/2022

 
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All Things Left Wild
by James Wade
Two brothers are on the sun in the American Southwest at the turn of the twentieth century. This book won the 2021 Spur Award for Historical Novel.
print
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One Two Three
by Laurie Frankel
A single mother of teenage triplets fights for clean water in their tiny town—but there's more to the story. Another great family story from the author of This Is How It Always Is.
print | ebook | eaudio
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The Icepick Surgeon
by Sam Kean
Kean reveals the dark side of scientific history with several tales of a force for good becoming something more sinister. Another compelling read from the author of The Disappearing Spoon.
print | ebook | eaudio
View this issue of On the Shelves.

We Remember September 11 - Adults

8/16/2021

 
Nonfiction focused on history, facts of the day, or specific aspects of the events, causes, and locations of 9/11:
  • Out of the Blue, Richard Bernstein, print
  • Understanding September 11, Mitch Frank, print
  • The Only Plane in the Sky, Garrett M. Graff, print | ebook | eaudio
  • American Ground, William Langewiesche, print
  • The Cell, John Miller, et al., print
  • New York September 11, print
  • The 9/11 Commission Report, print
  • Why America Slept, Gerald Posner, print
  • Once More to the Sky, Scott Raab & Joe Woolhead (Coming in August)
  • Touching History, Lynn Spencer, print
  • What We Saw, Joe Klein, print
  • The Looming Tower, Lawrence Wright, print | ebook | eaudio
  • Fall and Rise, Mitchell Zuckoff, print
Nonfiction focused on personal stories, people's actions on 9/11, and impact on day-to-day life:
  • Because We Are Americans, print
  • The Day the World Came to Town, Jim DeFede, print | audio | ebook | eaudio
  • 102 Minutes, Jim Dwyer & Kevin Flynn, print | ebook | eaudio
  • Thunder Dog, Michael Hingson, large print | ebook | eaudio
  • Love, Greg & Lauren, Greg Manning, print
  • 9/11: Inside the Pentagon, dvd
  • Ordinary Heroes, Joseph Pfeifer (Coming in September)
  • Last Man Down, Richard Picciotto, print
  • The Red Bandanna, Tom Rinaldi, print | ebook | eaudio
  • Middletown, America, Gail Sheehy, print
  • Report from Ground Zero, Dennis Smith, print
Nonfiction focused on the Afghan War, soldiers, and veterans:
  • The Finish: The Killing of Osama bin Laden, Mark Bowden, print | ebook
  • Shooting Ghosts, Thomas J. Brennan & Finbarr O’Reilly, print
  • Un-American, Erik Edstrom, print
  • American Cipher, Matt Farwell, print
  • Shoot Like a Girl, Mary Jennings Hegar, print
  • Hell and Back Again, dvd
  • War, Sebastian Junger, print | ebook | eaudio
  • Where Men Win Glory, Jon Krakauer, print | ebook | eaudio
  • Lone Survivor, Marcus Luttrell, print | ebook | eaudio
  • The American War in Afghanistan, Carter Malkasian, print
  • My Share of the Task, Stanley A. McChrystal, print | ebook
  • No Easy Day, Mark Owen, print | ebook | eaudio
  • Restrepo, dvd
  • The Outpost, Jake Tapper, print | eaudio
  • The Wrong War, Bing (Francis J.) West, print | ebook
  • The Afghanistan Papers, Craig Whitlock, print
Fiction, Graphic Novel, and Drama:
  • Windows on the World, Robert Mailer Anderson, et al., print
  • Come From Away, cd
  • Flight 93, dvd
  • Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, Jonathan Safran Foer, print | audio | ebook
  • Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, blu
  • Redeployment, Phil Klay, print | ebook | eaudio
  • The Looming Tower (series), dvd
  • The Usual Rules, Joyce Maynard, print
  • The Good Life, Jay McInerney, print
  • The Stringer, Ted Rall, print
  • 12 Strong, dvd | blu  
  • The Submission, Amy Waldman, print | eaudio
  • Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, dvd
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    Booklists and reading suggestions from the team at Monroe Public Library.

    After each title, you'll find links to reserve these items on LINKcat and Wisconsin's Digital Library. In many cases, you can choose from print, large print, audio CD, and Playaway, or ebooks and eaudiobooks.

    For lists before 2021:
    Titles with an asterisk * are available as ebooks and titles with an ª are available as digital audiobooks on Wisconsin's Digital Library.
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