New York Times Bestsellers: Thursday August 3

Interested in something fresh to read? Want a book that’s getting high reviews from others? The library is constantly receiving new materials, including the items below, all of which have made an appearance on the NYT bestseller list. Why not stop by and check out a book, CD, movie, or other material that you find interesting. We will continue to offer “Grab and Go” services for those who prefer to place their books on hold online and then pick them up in the cabinet inside the library.

Click here to see some of the other NY Times bestsellers we’ve got at the library.

The Collector

#1 New York Times bestselling author Daniel Silva delivers another stunning thriller in his action-packed tale of high-stakes international intrigue. Legendary art restorer and spy Gabriel Allon joins forces with a brilliant and beautiful master thief to track down the world’s most valuable missing painting but soon finds himself in a desperate race to prevent an unthinkable conflict between Russia and the West.  Silva’s powerhouse novel showcases his outstanding skill and brilliant imagination, destined to be a must-read for both his multitudes of fans and growing legions of converts.

Lessons in Chemistry

Elizabeth Zott is not your average woman. But it’s the 1960s and despite the fact that she is a scientist, her peers are very unscientific when it comes to equality. The only good thing to happen to her is a run-in with her super-star colleague Calvin Evans. The only man who ever treated her—and her ideas—as equal, Calvin is already a legend and Nobel nominee. Theirs is true chemistry. But as events are never as predictable as chemical reactions, three years later Elizabeth Zott is an unwed, single mother and the star of America’s most beloved cooking show Supper at Six.

The Covenant of Water

Spanning the years 1900 to 1977, The Covenant of Water is set in Kerala, on South India’s Malabar Coast, and follows three generations of a family that suffers a peculiar affliction: in every generation, at least one person dies by drowning. At the turn of the century, a twelve-year-old girl from Kerala’s long-existing Christian community, grieving the death of her father, is sent by boat to her wedding, where she will meet her forty-year-old husband for the first time. From this unforgettable new beginning, the young girl—and future matriarch, known as Big Ammachi—will witness unthinkable changes over the span of her extraordinary life, full of joy and triumph as well as hardship and loss, her faith and love the only constants.