Masks are Required in the Library

by order of the Town of Andover Select Board, September 13, 2021

The library will be closed Saturday, January 29th, due to the weather.

Memorial Hall Library

New York Times Best Sellers

Hardcover Fiction

New York Times Fiction Best SellersFebruary 6, 2022
The Midnight Library
The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
Nora Seed finds a library beyond the edge of the universe that contains books with multiple possibilities of the lives one could have lived.
The Maid
The Maid by Nita Prose
When a wealthy man is found dead in his room, a maid at the Regency Grand Hotel becomes a lead suspect.
The Lincoln Highway
The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles
Two friends who escaped from a juvenile work farm take Emmett Watson on an unexpected journey to New York City in 1954.
The Horsewoman
The Horsewoman by James Patterson and Mike Lupica
As the Paris Olympics draw near, a mother and daughter, who are champion horse riders, compete against each other.
One Step Too Far
One Step Too Far by Lisa Gardner
The second book in the Frankie Elkin series. Frankie searches for a young man who went missing during a bachelor party camping trip.
The Last Thing He Told Me
The Last Thing He Told Me by Laura Dave
Hannah Hall discovers truths about her missing husband and bonds with his daughter from a previous relationship.
The Judge's List
The Judge's List by John Grisham
The second book in the Whistler series. Investigator Lacy Stoltz goes after a serial killer and closes in on a sitting judge.
The Stranger in the Lifeboat
The Stranger in the Lifeboat by Mitch Albom
After a ship explodes, 10 people struggling to survive pull a man who claims to be the Lord out of the sea.
Wish You Were Here
Wish You Were Here by Jodi Picoult
Diana O’Toole re-evaluates her seemingly perfect life when a pandemic disrupts her vacation in the Galápagos Islands.
To Paradise
To Paradise by Hanya Yanagihara
Difficult circumstances and societal pressures affect characters living in America in 1893, 1993 and 2093.
Call Us What We Carry
Call Us What We Carry by Amanda Gorman
A debut collection of poems on identity and history by the presidential inaugural poet who wrote “The Hill We Climb.”
Cloud Cuckoo Land
Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr
An interconnected cast of dreamers and outsiders are in dangerous and disparate settings past, present and future.
Something to Hide
Something to Hide by Elizabeth George
The 21st book in the Inspector Lynley series. Lynley pursues a killer who might be hiding in North London's Nigerian community.
The Wish
The Wish by Nicholas Sparks
Maggie Dawes, a renowned travel photographer, struggles with a medical diagnosis over Christmas.
Go Tell the Bees That I Am Gone
Go Tell the Bees That I Am Gone by Diana Gabaldon
The ninth book in the Outlander series. As the Revolutionary War moves closer to Fraser’s Ridge, Claire and Jamie reunite with their daughter and her family.

Hardcover Nonfiction

New York Times Nonfiction Best SellersFebruary 6, 2022
The 1619 Project
The 1619 Project by edited Nikole Hannah-Jones, Caitlin Roper, Ilena Silverman and Jake Silverstein
Viewing America’s entanglement with slavery and its legacy, in essays adapted and expanded from The New York Times Magazine.
Enough Already
Enough Already by Valerie Bertinelli
The actress and TV personality describes her personal setbacks and difficult journey to self-acceptance.
The Betrayal of Anne Frank
The Betrayal of Anne Frank by Rosemary Sullivan
New technology was used to investigate who revealed the location of Anne Frank and her family to the Nazis.
Unthinkable
Unthinkable by Jamie Raskin
The Maryland congressman describes leading the impeachment effort against the former president shortly after his son’s death by suicide and the insurrection at the Capitol.
Greenlights
Greenlights by Matthew McConaughey
The Academy Award-winning actor shares snippets from the diaries he kept over the last 35 years.
Will
Will by Will Smith with Mark Manson
The actor, producer and musician tells his life story and lessons he learned along the way.
Crying in H Mart
Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner
The daughter of a Korean mother and Jewish-American father, and leader of the indie rock project Japanese Breakfast, describes creating her own identity after losing her mother to cancer.
The Storyteller
The Storyteller by Dave Grohl
A memoir by the musician known for his work with Foo Fighters and Nirvana.
Untamed
Untamed by Glennon Doyle
The activist and public speaker describes her journey of listening to her inner voice.
Blood in the Garden
Blood in the Garden by Chris Herring
A senior writer for Sports Illustrated gives a history of the New York Knicks during the 1990s.
Taste
Taste by Stanley Tucci
The award-winning actor reflects on his career, Italian-American heritage, meals and mishaps.
The Real Anthony Fauci
The Real Anthony Fauci by Robert F. Kennedy Jr
The anti-vaccine advocate gives his take on the chief medical advisor to the president.
The Great Reset
The Great Reset by Glenn Beck with Justin Haskins
The syndicated radio host portrays what he sees as a conspiracy to shift economic and social power.
Just Pursuit
Just Pursuit by Laura Coates
The CNN senior legal analyst and former assistant U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia describes how our legal system treats Black people differently.
Think Again
Think Again by Adam Grant
An examination of the cognitive skills of rethinking and unlearning that could be used to adapt to a rapidly changing world.