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CRRL Picks: Hot New Titles for 8/19/25

Just released Tuesday, August 19, these titles are ready for your requests!

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  • Positive Obsession

    the Life and Times of Octavia E. Butler

    Morris, Susana M., 1980-
    Susana M. Morris places Butler’s story firmly within the cultural, social, and historical context that shaped her life: the Civil Rights Movement, Black Power, women’s liberation, queer rights, and Reaganomics. Morris reveals how these influences…
    Book, 2025New York, NY : Amistad, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2025] — 921 Butle
  • In 1765, plague sweeps through Zacatecas. Alba flees with her wealthy merchant parents and fiancé, Carlos, to his family’s isolated silver mine for refuge. But safety proves fleeting as other dangers soon bare their teeth: Alba begins suffering from…
    Book, 2025New York, NY : Berkley, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, 2025. — FICTION Can
  • Milena and Margarete

    a Love Story in Ravensbrück

    Strauss, Gwen
    In 1940, at the Ravensbrück concentration camp for women, Milena Jesenská, Kafka's translator as well as a journalist opposed to fascism, and Margarete Buber-Neumann, a staunch supporter of the Bolshevik Revolution, meet and establish a deep…
    Book, 2025New York, NY : St. Martin's Press, an imprint of St. Martin's Publishing Group, 2025. — 920 St
  • Here Comes the Sun

    a Last Chance for the Climate and a Fresh Chance for Civilization

    McKibben, Bill
    From the acclaimed environmentalist, a call to harness the power of the Sun and rewrite our scientific, economic, and political future.
    Book, 2025New York, NY : W.W. Norton & Company, [2025] — 333.7923 Mc
  • Drawing on new archival material, original research, and interviews, this book is the first major biography of James Baldwin in three decades, revealing how profoundly his personal relationships shaped his life and work.
    Book, 2025New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2025. — 921 Baldw
  • A dark reimagining of “Snow White” steeped in poison, intrigue, and treason of the most magical kind from a bestselling and Hugo Award-winning author.
    Book, 2025New York : Tor, Tor Publishing Group, 2025. — FICTION Kin
  • In this funny picture book about teamwork and accountability, a lovable but self-absorbed knight tries to turn every night into Taco Night -- to his entire village's dismay.
    Book, 2025New York, NY : Clarion Books, [2025] — FICTION May
  • Eleven-year-old Bevvy, who spends more time with kittens and fantasy novels than people, thinks she's lucky, finally having a friend. But Cat is a different kind of friend -- the sort who can open a portal into a magical world.
    Book, 2025Somerville, Massachusetts : Candlewick Press, 2025. — FICTION Knu
  • The first volume of a young adult graphic novel series about the long and winding romantic relationship between an energetic theater kid, Milo, and his withdrawn classmate, Liam.
    Book, 2025First Second 2025 — 741.0000
  • Squirrel and Bird are best friends, but they're very different. Squirrel is LOUD. Bird is quiet. Squirrel is confident. Bird is shy. And that’s all there is to know about them...or is it? This eye-opening book for children ages 3-7 celebrates the…
    Book, 2025Wilton, CT : Tiger Tales, 2025. — FICTION Bak
  • New Mouse City is having a cheese shortage, and the residents are after every scrap they can find. It’s chaos! Can the criminal mastermind, Mouse Caponi, have something to do with this? And who is Marty Mimolette? Geronimo is determined to find out!
    Graphic Novel, 2025[Miami, Florida] : Papercutz, [2025] — 741.5945 St
  • The Sky Was My Blanket

    a Young Man's Journey Across Wartime Europe

    Shulevitz, Uri, 1935-2025
    Born in the tumult of World War I, a young Jewish boy named Yehiel Szulewicz chafes at the borders of his hometown of Żyrardów, Poland, and at the rules set in place by his restrictive parents. Brimming with a desire for true adventure, he leaves…
    Book, 2025New York : Farrar Straus Giroux Books for Young Readers, 2025. — 921 Sulew
  • Everyone at Ridgemont Academy knows what to expect from Emma Caroline Blake. Perfect grades. Perfect record. Perfect life. Then she stands up in class and commits an act so shocking her reputation will never recover. And that’s exactly what Emma…
    Book, 2025New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2025. — FICTION Pat
  • The End of the World as We Know It

    New Tales of Stephen King's the Stand

    An original short story anthology, based on Stephen King’s bestselling The Stand, containing brilliant, terrifying, and painfully human tales that will resonate with readers as an essential companion to King's work.
    Book, 2025New York : Gallery Books, 2025. — FICTION End
  • This Black Southern family drama examines issues of hypocrisy, secrecy, and patriarchy through the lives of Reverend Sabre Winfrey, Jr., his wife Priscilla; and their five boys. The youngest of these--and most talented and handsomest--is Emmanuel,…
    Book, 2025New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2025. — FICTION Cit
  • A tapestry of joyful and startling interconnected stories that celebrate how people from all across America cope with adversity and unexpected changes in a confusing world, from the author of Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe.
    Book, 2025New York : Random House, [2025] — FICTION Fla
  • Primal Intelligence

    You Are Smarter Than You Know

    Fletcher, Angus
    Learn about something researchers have dubbed Primal Intelligence, a new neuroscientific approach to intuition, imagination, emotion, and commonsense. Its methods have been applied productively in military and educational settings, and now it's…
    Book, 2025New York : Avery, an imprint of Penguin Random House, [2025] — 153.98 Fl
  • This definitive guide unveils the rich lore, diverse types, and legendary characters of the dragon realm, offering unparalleled insights into these iconic creatures that for decades have been the heart and soul of the game.
    Book, 2025New York, NY : DK/Penguin Random House, 2025. — 793.93 Wi
  • Patriarchy Inc.

    What We Get Wrong About Gender Equality--and Why Men Still Win at Work

    Fine, Cordelia
    The author looks at gender pay and role disparities in the workplace, as well as current philosophies, with a critical eye and suggests ways to change the situation.
    Book, 2025New York, NY : W.W. Norton & Company, 2025. — 331.4133 Fi
  • Jamie, a young witch and New England academic-in-training, teaches her mother how to do magic -- with very unexpected results -- in this novel about family, identity, and the power of love.
    Book, 2025New York : Tor Publishing Group, 2025. — FICTION And