At the Library, November 19, 2025
The library will be CLOSED on Thursday, November 27 for the Thanksgiving holiday. Enjoy! We’ll reopen at our regular hours on Friday. The Hardy County Public Library community cookbook is available for purchase at the front desk. Fantastic local recipes to try out during your Thanksgiving feast this year, as well as a great gift idea with Christmas coming up!!! Upcoming Events: Thanksgiving Craft on November 22, 10:00 – 11:30 (I mistakenly put the wrong date last week. My apologies!) Decorate an ornament for our tree throughout November. Supplies available at the front desk. Santa and Christmas craft on December 6, 10:00 – 11:30. Library Book Sale, December 8 – 20.
Regular Events: Crochet/Needle craft – Thursday’s at 1:00 pm Story Time – Wednesdays at 10:00 Book Club – 1st Saturday at 1:00
New fiction:
Return of the Spider by James Patterson
Police discover that Soneji kept a murder book, “Profiles in Homicidal Genius,” detailing his transformation from substitute teacher to hardened serial killer–including clues that imply missteps that Alex Cross may have made a rookie homicide detective. Now, Alex must retrace the steps of that long-ago investigation and face…the return of the Spider.
Fiend by Alma Katsu
Imagine if the Sackler family had a demon at their beck and call. The Berisha family runs one of the largest import-export companies in the world, and they’ve always been lucky. Their rivals suffer strokes. Inconvenient buildings catch on fire. Earthquakes swallow up manufacturing plants, destroying harmful evidence. Things always seem to work out for the Berishas. They’re blessed. At least that is what Zef, the patriarch, has always told his three children. And each of them knows their place in the family–Dardan, as the only male heir, must prepare to take over as keeper of the Berisha secrets, Maris’s most powerful contribution, much to her dismay, will be to marry strategically, and Nora’s job, as the youngest, is to just stay out of the way. But when things stop going as planned, and the family blessing starts looking more like a curse, the Berishas begin to splinter, each hatching their own secret scheme. They didn’t get to be one of the richest families in the world without spilling a little blood, but this time, it might be their own.
My beloved : a Mitford novel by Jan Karon
When Father Tim’s wife, Cynthia, asks what he wants for Christmas, he pens the answer in a love letter that bares his most private feelings. Then the letter goes missing and circulates among his astonished neighbors. So much for private. Can a letter change a life?
The widow by John Grisham
Simon Latch is a lawyer in rural Virginia, making just enough to pay his bills while his marriage slowly falls apart. Then into his office walks Eleanor Barnett, an elderly widow in need of a new will.
Apparently, her husband left her a small fortune, and no one knows about it. Once he hooks the richest client of his career, Simon works quietly to keep her wealth under the radar. But soon her story begins to crack. When she is hospitalized after a car accident, Simon realizes that nothing is as it seems, and he finds himself on trial for a crime he swears he didn’t commit: murder. Simon knows he’s innocent. But he also knows the circumstantial evidence is against him, and he could spend the rest of his life behind bars. To save himself, he must find the real killer.
New Non-fiction:
Nobody’s girl : a memoir of surviving abuse and fighting for justice by Virginia Roberts Giuffre
In April 2025, Virginia Roberts Giuffre took her own life…but she left behind a memoir written in the years preceding her death and stated unequivocally that she wanted it published. And in that memoir, Giuffre offers an unsparing and definitive account of her time with Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, who trafficked her and others to numerous prominent men. She details the molestation she suffered as a child, as well as her daring escape from Epstein and Maxwell’s grasp at nineteen. Giuffre remade her life from scratch and summoned the courage to not only hold her abusers to account but also advocate for other victims.
Disrupt everything and win : take control of your future by James Patterson
Every day we are confronted with: sudden pivots at our workplace and in the job market, rule-changing technology such as Artificial Intelligence, unexpected crises and a culture of chaos, the sinking feeling that we are losing control of our lives. This is the book about taking back control.
Strong ground : the lessons of daring leadership, the tenacity of paradox, and the wisdom of the human spirit by Brené Brown
Brown returns with an urgent call to reimagine the essentials of courageous leadership. In a time when uncertainty runs deep and bluster, hubris, and even cruelty are increasingly framed as acceptable leadership, Brown delivers practical, actionable insights that illuminate the mindsets and skill sets essential to reclaiming focus and driving growth through connection, discipline, and accountability.
New Easy Readers:
Gray Squirrel loses it! By Cassandra Federman
Gray Squirrel loses his nut and interrupts a tour of the autumn forest as he frantically searches for it.
Good morning Main Street by Catherine Bailey
As the sun rises, a shopkeeper arrives to open his store, and this sleepy little street begins to open its eyes.
Beverley, Bat your service by Kelly Collier
Beverley the Bat loves entertaining but never has guests, so when a new human family moves into his big, old house, he eagerly welcomes them but soon realizes his bat-style hospitality might not align with human expectations.
You make the world by Muon Van
A loving ode from a father to his young son about the inherent power he holds within himself.
