Check out these best-sellers, now in large print
By Sherry Mohan-Neves
Port Jervis Free Library
If your eyes get tired from reading and you’re at that certain age, here are a few current best-sellers in large print format to enjoy without eyestrain! Stop by the library to browse our entire room devoted to large print. Also check our website (www.portjervislibrary.com) to view the thousands of e-books – fiction and non-fiction -- in the system-wide collection that can be borrowed and sent to your Kindle, iPad, laptop, cell phone or other devices. E-books are easier to read electronically because you can adjust the type size, font and other features to make reading the joy it once was.
New Large Print Fiction:
“Run Rose Run” by Dolly Parton and James Patterson, current number one best-seller on the New York Times list.
“The Match” by Harlan Coben
“Dream Town” by Dave Baldacci
“A Safe House” by Stuart Woods
“Diamond Eye” by Kate Quinn
“The Long Weekend” by Gilly Macmillan
“French Braid” by Anne Tyler
More New Fiction:
“The Candy House” by Jennifer Egan, Pulitzer Prize-winner for A Visit from the Goon Squad.
“The sign For Home” by Blair Fell. A "DeafBlind young man embarks on a life-changing journey to find his great love."
“True Biz” by Sara Novic. An “electrifying” Reese’s Book Club selection and New York Times best-seller.
“Young Mungo” by Douglas Stuart, author of the hugely successful 2020 Booker Prize-winning "Shuggie Bain". "A vivid portrayal of working-class Scottish life and a deeply moving and highly suspenseful story of the dangerous first love of two young men."
“A Relative Murder” by Jude Deveraux. A mystery featuring hidden family secrets, murder and a new man in town in Lachlan, Florida.
“Let’s Not Do That Again” by Grant Ginder; “hilarious, suspenseful and whip-smart.”
“Lessons in Chemistry”” by Bonnie Garmus; an “utter delight, wry and vibrant, compulsively readable” Good Morning America Book Club selection.
“Crimson Summer” by Heather Graham; a “Steamy thriller … a high-octane page-turner.”
Two New Cozy Mysteries:
“Death by Chocolate Chip Cupcake” by Sarah Graves. “Where delicious treats take the spotlight – but murder sometimes gets a walk-on role…”
“Under Lock and Skeleton Key” by Gigi Pandian. A new mystery series that blends suspense, international spice and delicious Indian food recipes from “this generation’s queen of the locked-room mystery.”
All quoted text is from the book cover notes and reviews.
Visit the library's website at www.portjervislibrary.org to browse all our offerings including print, audio, video and online programs for children and adults. No Internet access? Have your library card handy and call the Port Jervis Free Library at 845-856-7313, ext. 3, and a circulation clerk will help you. Free extended hours of Wi-Fi access are also available to all from the seating areas and parking lots outside the library at 138 Pike Street, Port Jervis, from 8 a.m.-11 p.m. seven days a week.