Northbrook Public Library's Most Wanted List: Aug. 7

Looking for a great new read? Here's a list of some of the most popular titles at the  last week, courtesy of the Readers Services desk:

Lars Kepler, The Hypnotist
Swedish Detective Inspector Joona Linna investigates the murders of three family members, whose killing was witnessed by a fourth intended victim, a traumatized child whose shock Linna hopes to penetrate through a controversial hypnotism session. Mystery.

Anne Rivers Siddons, Burnt Mountain
A Southern woman is forever changed by the betrayals of her mother and the man she loves. Fiction.

Mitchell Zuckoff, Lost in Shangri-la
In 1945, a sightseeing trip for U.S. military personnel over the jungles of New Guinea turned into a battle for survival when the plane crashed, leaving only two men and one woman to make a dangerous hike in search of help. Nonfiction.

Paula McLain, The Paris Wife
After a whirlwind courtship and marriage, Hadley Richardson moves to Paris with Ernest Hemingway where they become the golden couple in a lively and volatile group — the fabled "Lost Generation" — that includes Gertrude Stein, Ezra Pound, and F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald. Fiction.

Lisa See, Dreams of Joy
A continuation of Shanghai Girls finds a devastated Joy fleeing to China to search for her real father while her mother, Pearl, desperately pursues her — a dual quest marked by their encounters with the nation's intolerant Communist culture. Fiction.