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Salem Staff Picks!

Leaving Before the Rains Come by Fuller, Alexandra
Fly Girl : A Memoir by Hood, Ann
Between Two Kingdoms : A Memoir of A Life Interrupted by Jaouad, Suleika
Know My Name : A Memoir by Miller, Chanel
I Am, I Am, I Am : Seventeen Brushes With Death by O'Farrell, Maggie
Stranger Care : A Memoir of Loving What Isn't Ours by Sentilles, Sarah
Furiously Happy : A Funny Book About Horrible Things by Lawson, Jenny
Surface Detail by Banks, Iain
Elizabeth Finch : A Novel by Barnes, Julian
Size 12 Is Not Fat : A Heather Wells Mystery by Cabot, Meg
A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Chambers, Becky
I, Tituba, Black Witch of Salem by Condé, Maryse
The New Wilderness : A Novel by Cook, Diane
Leviathan Wakes by Corey, James S. A
Plain Bad Heroines : A Novel by Danforth, Emily M
Cloud Cuckoo Land : A Novel by Doerr, Anthony
The Lying Room by French, Nicci
The Night Swim by Goldin, Megan
The Twyford Code : A Novel by Hallett, Janice
My Best Friend's Exorcism : A Novel by Hendrix, Grady
The Final Girl Support Group by Hendrix, Grady
The Good Sister by Hepworth, Sally
The Hotel Nantucket : A Novel by Hilderbrand, Elin
The Kill Clause : A Novel by Hurwitz, Gregg
The Henna Artist by Joshi, Alka
Miss Benson's Beetle : A Novel by Joyce, Rachel
Antkind : A Novel by Kaufman, Charlie
Lilac Girls : A Novel by Kelly, Martha Hall
The Wolves of Andover : A Novel by Kent, Kathleen
'Salem's Lot by King, Stephen
Everything's Eventual : 14 Dark Tales by King, Stephen
Lisey's Story : A Novel by King, Stephen
Thornhedge by Kingfisher, T
The Devil's Bed by Krueger, William Kent
This Tender Land : A Novel by Krueger, William Kent
The Given Day : A Novel by Lehane, Dennis
Gilded Mountain : A Novel by Manning, Kate
Ohio by Markley, Stephen
Deacon King Kong : A Novel by McBride, James
Stella Maris by McCarthy, Cormac
The Passenger by McCarthy, Cormac
Every Heart A Doorway by McGuire, Seanan
The Paris Wife : A Novel by McLain, Paula
The Maidens by Michaelides, Alex
Circe : A Novel by Miller, Madeline
The God of the Woods : A Novel by Moore, Liz
Margreete's Harbor : A Novel by Morse, Eleanor Lincoln
Thistlefoot : A Novel by Nethercott, Gennarose
The Friend by Nunez, Sigrid
Hamnet : A Novel of the Plague by O'Farrell, Maggie
When We Believed In Mermaids : A Novel by O'Neal, Barbara
The September House by Orlando, Carissa
Where the Crawdads Sing by Owens, Delia
A Tale for the Time Being by Ozeki, Ruth L
Bewilderment : A Novel by Powers, Richard
Killers of A Certain Age by Raybourn, Deanna
Black Sun by Roanhorse, Rebecca
The Kaiju Preservation Society by Scalzi, John
What Happened to the Bennetts by Scottoline, Lisa
The Island of Sea Women by See, Lisa
The Paris Library : A Novel by Skeslien Charles, Janet
False Witness : A Novel by Slaughter, Karin
The Rim of Morning by Sloane, William
The VIolin Conspiracy by Slocumb, Brendan
A Dangerous Business by Smiley, Jane
The Fraud : A Novel by Smith, Zadie
Everyone In My Family Has Killed Someone by Stevenson, Benjamin
Shuggie Bain : A Novel by Stuart, Douglas
All That Man Is by Szalay, David
An Elderly Lady Is Up to No Good : [stories] by Tursten, Helene
Redhead by the Side of the Road by Tyler, Anne
The Refrigerator Monologues by Valente, Catherynne M
Malice by Walter, Heather
When the Apricots Bloom : A Novel by Wilkinson, Gina
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow : A Novel by Zevin, Gabrielle
101 Letters to A Prime Minister : the Complete Letters to Stephen Harper by Martel, Yann
A Haunted Road Atlas : Sinister Stops, Dangerous Destinations, and True Crime Tales by Schiefer, Christine
You, Happier : the 7 Neuroscience Secrets of Feeling Good Based On Your Brain Type by Amen, Daniel G
Stay Sexy & Don't Get Murdered : the Definitive How-to Guide by Kilgariff, Karen
Under A White Sky by Kolbert, Elizabeth
Trainwreck : the Women We Love to Hate, Mock, and Fear . . . and Why by Doyle, Sady
The Witches Are Coming by West, Lindy
Wayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments : Intimate Histories of Riotous Black Girls, Troublesome Women, and Queer Radicals by Hartman, Saidiya V
Second Thoughts : On Having and Being A Second Child by Berger, Lynn
Nomadland : Surviving America In the Twenty-First Century by Bruder, Jessica
Ducks : Two Years In the Oil Sands by Beaton, Kate
Trail of the Lost : the Relentless Search to Bring Home the Missing Hikers of the Pacific Crest Trail by Lankford, Andrea
Can I Recycle This? : A Guide to Better Recycling and How to Reduce Single-Use Plastics by Romer, Jennie
Voyage of Mercy : the Uss Jamestown, the Irish Famine, and the Remarkable Story of America's First Humanitarian Mission by Puleo, Stephen
Andy Warhol Was A Hoarder : Inside the Minds of History's Great Personalities by Kalb, Claudia
Afternoon Tea At the Cutter & Squidge Bakery : Delicious Recipes for Dream Cakes, Biskies, Savouries & More by Lui, Annabel
The Everlasting Meal Cookbook : Leftovers A-Z by Adler, Tamar
Dessert Person : Recipes and Guidance for Baking With Confidence by Saffitz, Claire
The Perfect Scoop : Ice Creams, Sorbets, Granitas, and Sweet Accompaniments by Lebovitz, David
Start Without Me : (I'll Be There In A Minute) by Janetti, Gary
My Mess Is A Bit of A Life : Adventures In Anxiety by Pritchett, Georgia
Troublemaker : Surviving Hollywood and Scientology by Remini, Leah
Hyperbole and A Half : Unfortunate Situations, Flawed Coping Mechanisms, Mayhem, and Other Things That Happened by Brosh, Allie
Solutions and Other Problems by Brosh, Allie
The Last Traverse : Tragedy and Resilience In the Winter Whites by Gagne, Ty
Paperbacks From Hell : the Twisted History of '70s and '80s Horror Fiction by Hendrix, Grady
Unmask Alice : Lsd, Satanic Panic, and the Imposter Behind the World's Most Notorious Diaries by Emerson, Rick
You Don't Have to Say You Love Me : A Memoir by Alexie, Sherman
199 Cemeteries to See Before You Die by Rhoads, Loren
The Nazis Knew My Name : A Remarkable Story of Survival and Courage In Auschwitz by Blau, Magda Hellinger
Travels With George : In Search of Washington and His Legacy by Philbrick, Nathaniel
This Is How You Lose the Time War by El-Mohtar, Amal
Twice Shy by Hogle, Sarah
The Song of Achilles by Miller, Madeline
The Thursday Murder Club by Osman, Richard
Written In the Stars : A Novel by Bellefleur, Alexandria
Welcome to Dorley Hall by Greaves, Alyson
The Haunting of Hill House by Jackson, Shirley
Dolores Claiborne : A Novel by King, Stephen
The Dead Zone by King, Stephen
The Institute : A Novel by King, Stephen
Picnic At Hanging Rock by Lindsay, Joan Weigall, Lady
One Last Stop by McQuiston, Casey
In the Time of Our History by Pari, Susanne
East of Eden by Steinbeck, John
Theft of Swords by Sullivan, Michael J
The Marlow Murder Club : A Novel by Thorogood, Robert
Melissa by Gino, Alex
The Beatryce Prophecy by Dicamillo, Kate
Magnolia Wu Unfolds It All by Miller, Chanel
Camp Sylvania by Murphy, Julie
The Riverman by Starmer, Aaron
The Screaming Staircase by Stroud, Jonathan
Wretched Waterpark by White, Kiersten
The Curse of the Werepenguin by Woodrow, Allan
Doodles From the Boogie Down by Rodriguez, Stephanie
Frizzy by Ortega, Claribel A
What Does It Mean to Defund the Police? by Henry, Jessica S
Ain't Burned All the Bright by Reynolds, Jason
Fred Gets Dressed by Brown, Peter
My Friend Earth by Maclachlan, Patricia
Many Shapes of Clay by Sneed, Kenesha
The Electric State by Stålenhag, Simon
Giant Days. Volume One by Allison, John
Habibi by Thompson, Craig
Mouse Guard. Fall 1152 Vol. 1, by Petersen, David
The Prince and the Dressmaker by Wang, Jen
The Way of the House Husband. 1 by Oono, Kousuke
Nothing to Fear : Demystifying Death In Order to Live More Fully by McFadden, Julie
The Adventure Zone. the Eleventh Hour 5, by McElroy, Clint
Light From Uncommon Stars by Aoki, Ryka
When Women Were Dragons : A Novel by Barnhill, Kelly Regan
The Girl With the Louding Voice : A Novel by Daré, Abi
The Paris Apartment : A Novel by Foley, Lucy
Olga Dies Dreaming by Gonzalez, Xochitl
How to Sell A Haunted House by Hendrix, Grady
The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires by Hendrix, Grady
Moonflower Murders by Horowitz, Anthony
Whereabouts by Lahiri, Jhumpa
Rules for Vanishing by Marshall, Kate Alice
Self-Made Boys : A Great Gatsby Remix by McLemore, Anna-Marie
The Cat Who Saved Books by Natsukawa, Sōsuke
Rain by Hill, Joe
The Women of the Copper Country:   A Novel by Russell, Mary Doria
Spy X Family. Mission 1 Vol. 1, by Endō, Tatsuya
The Martian : A Novel by Weir, Andy
The Book of Essie : A Novel by Weir, Meghan Maclean
Lucy Undying : A Dracula Novel by White, Kiersten
Separation Anxiety : A Novel by Zigman, Laura
Parable of the Sower by Butler, Octavia E
Poets Square : A Memoir In Thirty Cats by Gustafson, Courtney
Going Home : A Novel by Lamont, Tom
Big Ideas, Little Pictures : Explaining the World Once Sketch At A Time by Hey, Jono
Landscape With Invisible Hand by Anderson, M. T
Six of Crows by Bardugo, Leigh
Within These Wicked Walls : A Novel by Blackwood, Lauren
The Light In Hidden Places : A Novel Based On the True Story of Stefania Podgorska by Cameron, Sharon
Legendborn by Deonn, Tracy
The Gilded Ones by Forna, Namina
You Should See Me In A Crown by Johnson, Leah (young Adult Author)
The Honeys by La Sala, Ryan
Above All Else by Levy, Dana Alison
Tigers, Not Daughters by Mabry, Samantha
Furia by Méndez, Yamile Saied
The Field Guide to the North American Teenager by Philippe, Ben
Fangirl by Rowell, Rainbow
How Moon Fuentez Fell In Love With the Universe by Vasquez Gilliland, Raquel
The Insomniacs by Weisenberg, Marit
The Fangirl's Guide to the Galaxy : A Handbook for Geek Girls by Maggs, Sam
How the Penguins Saved Veronica by Prior, Hazel
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Clarke, Susanna
The Arsonists' City by Alyan, Hala
The Darkness Outside Us by Schrefer, Eliot
The Arsonists' City by Alyan, Hala
The Darkness Outside Us by Schrefer, Eliot
The Sand Warrior : 5 Worlds Series, Book 1 by Siegel, Mark
Unmasking Autism : Discovering the New Faces of Neurodiversity by Price, Devon