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Winter 2024 Featured Reads

Jan 1, 2025 - Waterloo Public Library
Featured Reads

Whether you’re cozying up with a blanket or enjoying a cup of tea, get ready to dive into the perfect winter read from our thoughtfully curated list of Featured Reads. We’ve curated a list of 12 new fiction and 12 new non-fiction books that we think you will love. Many of these titles come in physical copy, ebook and audiobook formats.

Fiction

Jump into captivating worlds and unforgettable stories with our carefully chosen selection of fiction Feature Reads.

The Frozen River
Ariel Lawhon
The Helsinki Affair
Anna Pitoniak
The Good Part
Sophie Cousens
Brooklyn Crime Novel
Jonathan Lethem
Shoot the Moon
Isa Arsén
The Future
Naomi Alderman
Above the Salt
Katherine Vaz
A Season in Chezgh’un
Darrel J. McLeod
Orbital
Samantha Harvey
So Late in the Day
Claire Keegan
Absolution
Alice McDermott
The Liberators
E.J. Koh

Non-Fiction

Get curious and explore a selection of informative and diverse topics with our non-fiction Featured Reads.

Where the Falcon Flies
Adam Shoalts
Nuts & Bolts
Roma Agrawal
The Upstairs Delicatessen
Dwight Garner
The Race to Be Myself
Caster Semenya
Eat, Poop, Die
Joe Roman
Being Henry
Henry Winkler
A City on Mars
Kelly and Zach Weinersmith
The Autists
Clara Törnvall
The Worlds I See
Dr. Fei-Fei Li
Seek
Scott Shigeoka
Mother, Nature
Jedidiah Jenkins
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