What books are you looking forward to this winter?
Note from the Off the Shelf Blog Editors: This list of books has been curated by the BookOps book selection team. BookOps carries the responsibility of meeting the library collection management and distribution both New York Public Library and Brooklyn Public Library. If you're looking for reading inspiration this winter, then look no further than these upcoming releases. They've been hand-picked by the team that selects all the books you've loved at Brooklyn Public Library and New York Public Library.
Shuggie Bain: A Novel by Douglas Stuart
Hankering for a heartbreaking novel about a working-class Scottish family in Thatcher-Era Glasgow? Well, you’re in luck because Shuggie Bain is the book you've been waiting for. Shuggie desperately wants to be a “normal” boy but everyone knows that he is “not right.” He also fiercely loves his glamorous but depressed mother and tries mightily to save her from the ravages of alcoholism, but he finally realizes that sometimes, love isn’t always enough. A harrowing book that will leave you shattered.
Unfinished Business: Notes of a Chronic Re-Reader by Vivian Gornick
A collection of essays that is a clarion call for the importance of re-reading favorite books. Throughout her long writing career, Gornick has found solace and drawn inspiration from writers as varied as D.H. Lawrence, Marguerite Duras, Doris Lessing and Natalia Ginzburg. With age comes a change in perspective, so re-reading a work that you thought you understood when you first read it can lead you to a completely different conclusion. She writes: “I read ever and only to feel the power of Life with a capital L.” One would have to look long and hard to find a better reason to read (and re-read).
How to Teach Philosophy to Your Dog: Exploring the Big Questions in Life by Anthony McGowan
Do you have trouble differentiating the concepts of epistemology, nominalism and empiricism? McGowan is here to help you as he explains all of these concepts and the philosophies of Locke, Socrates and other great thinkers to his “scruffy Maltese terrier” Monty on their daily perambulations through the streets of London. If the author can cure his dog of stealing cheesecake from the coffee table by explaining Kant’s ethical rules (“before you steal the cheesecake, ask: would it be right to universalize that action?” If not, don’t do it.), then perhaps he can also make you a better person… or at the very least, make you stop stealing desserts.
Bonus: If you’re looking for books in other languages, check out these lists that are new to our World Languages collection. Browse by 新书 - 一 月 2020 - 本月推荐好书 - New Chinese Language Titles | Nouveautés - Suggestions de lecture pour Janvier 2020 - New French Language Titles | Новинки - Декабрь 2020 - Новые русские названия - New Russian Language Titles | Novedades de Enero 2020 - New Spanish Language Titles
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