Exciting New Literary Voices

Need something new to read? Try one or all of these new to lit voices.

Become an Armchair Traveler

Want to go somewhere but don't want to leave the cozy, comfort of your own chair.  Not to worry try out one of our many armchair reads.  When you've finished, you'll feel as if you've been traveling for pages!

Happy reading!

Spring is Almost Here

Beat the winter blues by picking up one of these "A-Lister" reads!

From Book to Big Screan...

Do you consider yourself a bookwarm and a movie buff? Read these titles now before you enjoy them on the big screan!!!

January
Labor Day by Joyce Maynard

February
The Monuments Men by Robert M. Edsel
Endless Love by Scott Spencer
In Secret (book title Therese Raquin) by Emilw Zola
Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead
Winter's Tale by Mark Helprin

March
A Long Way Down by Nick Hornby
The Enemy (book title The Double) by Jose Saramago
Divergent by Veronica Roth

April
Under the Skin by Michael Faber
Heaven is for Real by Todd Burpo

May
Devil's Knot by Mara Leveritt

June
The Fault in Our Stars by John Green

August
If I Stay by Gayle Forman
The Giver by Lois Lowry
The Hundred-Foot Journey by Richard C. Morais

September
Dark Places by Gillian Flynn
Life of Crime (book title The Switch) by Elmore Leonard
The Maze Runner by James Dashner
This is Where I Leave You by Johnathan Tropper
A Walk Among the Tombstones by Lawrence Block
Addicted by Zane

October
The Best of Me by Nicholas Sparks
Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn

November
Mockingjay (The Hunger Games Trilogy Part I) by Suzanne Collins

December
The Hobbit, or There and Back Again (3rd installment) by J.R.R. Tolkin
Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand

TBA
Wild by Cheryl Strayed
The Book of Common Prayer by Joan Didion
Far From the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy
The Imitation Game (book title Alan Turing: The Enigma) by Andrew Hodges
Before I go to Sleep by S.J. Watson
Child 44 by Tom Rob Smith
Serena by Ron Rush
Trash by Andy Mulligan (out in UK in May)
Hector and the Search For Happiness by Francois Lelord
Measure of a Man (book title One Fat Summer) by Robert Lipsyte
Every Secret Thing by Laura Lippman
Love, Rosie (book title Where Rainbows End) by Cecelia Ahern
Dermaphoria by Craig Clevenger
True Story by Michael Finkel

All the above titles are requestable though the OPAC.  Click on the title links provided and begin reserving!

Westhampton Library's Top 10

January's

1. And the Mountains Echoed by Khaled Hosseini

2. Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn

3. The English Girl by Daniel Silva

4. First Love by James Patterson

5. W is for Wasted by Sue Grafton

6. Cross My Heart by James Patterson

7. Gone by James Patterson

8. White Fire by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child

9. The Interestings by Meg Wolitzer

10. The God of Guilt by Michael Connelly

New Works from Old Favorites

Back from a long, overdue holiday sabbatical with a lengthy, laundry list of books to read in 2014. Realizeing this year’s list is full of new titles by some of my all-time favorite authors it's clear that my To Read List will be longer than ever. Packed with works by well-known, bestselling author like Greg Illes, Lorrie Moore and Amy Bloom, 2014 is sure to remind you of why you have favorite authors.  Some authors haven’t has anything new in a couple of years and for others it’s been almost a decade or more.  Pulling out all the stops and reminding you why you're a reader here is a list of new titles by some of the industries favorites.  Happy Reading!

Armada by Ernest Cline

The Anatomy Lesson by Nina Siegal

Andrew’s Brain by E.L. Doctorow

And the Dark Sacred Night by Julia Glass

An Officer and Spy by Robert Harris

Bark: Stories by Lorrie Moore

The Blazing World by Siri Hastvedt

Blood Will Out by Walter Kirn

The Bone Clocks by David Mitchell

The Book of Strange New Things by Michel Faber

A Circle of Wives by Alice LaPlante

The City of Mirrors by Justin Cronin

Delicious! By Ruth Reichl

Edge of Winter by Ken Follett

Escape from Children’s Hospital by Jonathan Safran Foer

Frog Music by Emma Donoghue

The Here and Now by Ann Brashares

The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd

The Lie by Helen Dunmore

Lila by Marilyn Robinson

The Lobster King by Alexi Zentner

Long Man by Amy Greene

The Lost Sisterhood by Anne Fortier

Love and Treasure by Ayelet Waldman

Lovers at the Chameleon Club, Paris 1932 by Francine Prose

Lucky Us by Amy Bloom

The Magician’s Land by Lev Grossman

Natchez Burning by Greg Iles

Nora Webster by Colm Toibin

Ripper by Isabel Allende

The Rise & Fall of Great Powers by Tom Rachman

The Snow Queen by Michael Cunningham

Still Life with Bread Crumbs by Anna Quindlen

The Temporary Gentleman by Sebastian Barry

Thirty Girls by Susan Minot

To Rise Again at a Decent Hour by Joshua Ferris

Uganda Be Kidding Me by Chelsea Handler

Under the Wide and Starry Sky by Nancy Horan

Untitled Nick Hornby

Untitled Robert Galbraith (aka J.K. Rowling)

The Vacationers by Emma Straub

Well-Tempered Heart by Jan-Philipp Sendker

Gift Lit For Every Reader on Your List

Don't know where to being or what to buy for those hard to please readers on your list.  Here are some of our recommended Holiday reads!!!

Seasons Greetings

and Happy reading!!!!

For the Lazy Day Reader:
Clare of the Sea Light by Edwidge Danticat
The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion
The Interestings by Meg wolitzer
The Husband's Secret by Liane Moriarty

For the Action-Packed Reader:
Book of Someday byDianne Dixon
Wrong Place, Wrong Time by Tilia Klebenov Jacobs
Doctor Sleep by Stephen King
White Fire by Preston & Child
The Edge of Normal by Carla Norton

For the Reading Writer:
The Bully Pulpit by Doris Kearns Goodwin
A Reader's Book of Days by tom Nissley
The Thoughtbook of F. Scott Fitzgerald edited by Dave Page
The Wonderbook by Jeff VanderMeer
How to Read a Novelist by John Freeman
Roth Unbound: A Writer and His Books by Claudia Roth Pierpont

For the Series/ Sequel Reader:
Why Grizzly Bears Should Wear Underpants by Matthew Inman (The Oatmeal)
Sycamore Row by John Grisham

For the Armchair Traveler:
At Night We Walk in Circles by Daniel Alarcon
The Cartographer of No Man's Land by P.S. Duffy
The Paris Architect by Charles Belfoure

For the History Reader:
The Ghost Bride by Yangsze Choo
George Washington's Secret Six by Brian Kilmeade & Don Yaeger
One Summer: America 1927 by Bill Bryson
The Signatire of All Things by Elizabeth Gilbert
My Notorious Life by Kate Manning

For the Reading Artist:
American Mirror: The Life and Art of Norman Rockwell by Deborah Solomon
Fosse by Sam Wasson
The Disaster Artist by Greg Sestero
The Flamethrowers by Rachel Kushner
Actors Anonymous by James Franco

For the A Little Something Different Reader:
Beyond the Rift by Peter Watts
The Art of Lying down: A guide to Horizontal Living by Bernd Brunner

For the Award Winning Reader:
The Luminaries: A Novel by Eleanore Catton
The Good Lord Bird by James McBride

The Happy, Go-Lucky Reader:
The Most of Nora Ephron by Nora Ephron
Paddle Your Own Canoe by Nick Offerman

For the Interested in Lives Reader:
David and Goliath
I Am Malala
American Sniper
Johnny Carson by Henry Bushkin
Country Girl by Edna O'Brien

For that "New Adult" Reader:
Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell
Night Film by Marisha Pessl
The Bone Season by Samantha Shannon

For the Readers of Bestseller/Favorite Author:
We Are Water by Wally Lamb
Bellman & Black by Diane Setterfield
The Supreme Macaroni Company by Adriana Trigiani
Stella Bain by Anita Shreve
The Circle by Dave Eggers
First Call From Heaven by Mitch Albom
Valley of Amazement by Amy Tan