Winter 2022 Picks for Adults
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Baby Play for Every Day: 365 Activities for the First Year
By Susannah Steel
A must read for new parents. Fun daily activities to engage your infant and help stimulate their intellectual development.
- Florence Nicosia
Battle Ground
By Jim Butcher
In the seventeenth Dresden Files book, Chicago's only professional wizard Harry Dresden must help a motley force of supernatural beings defend the city against the Titan Ethniu's assault. The problem: she possesses the Eye of Balor, which wreaks Death Star-level destruction.
- Joshua Michael Soule
Black Cake
By Charmaine Wilkerson
Two estranged siblings must reunite on the occasion of their mother’s death, opening old wounds and exposing long held secrets. The novel is a rich, woven tapestry of cultures, characters, traditions, and social issues, for fans of The Vanishing Half and Ask Again, Yes.
- Ronni Krasnow
Breaking Things at Work: Why the Luddites are Right About Why You
By Gavin Mueller
This is a zippy treatise about labor that gives the reader a percipient view of the oft-misunderstood Luddites and the ways their tactics are still alive in the 21st century. The title is a bit misleading: no breaking of things is recommended in this book.
- Liz Baldwin
The Collective
By Alison Gaylin
This mystery hooks you from the start by invoking a secret society and the idea that losing loved ones and not having justice is a wrong that can and must be righted. For those who love unlikable characters or enjoyed DeathNote (manga/anime) this one's for you.
Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism
By Amanda Montell
Learn about the language of "Cultish", or linguist Amanda Montell's term for the insidious ways in which words are used to gain power and control. Great for true crime fans, linguaphiles, and all nonfiction lovers in between.
- Beth Dukes