Northbrook Public Library's Most Wanted List: Oct. 23

Looking for a great new read? Here's a list of the top most wanted books at the  last week, courtesy of the Readers Services desk:

The Art of Fielding, by Chad Harbach
A baseball star at a small college near Lake Michigan launches a routine throw that goes disastrously off course and inadvertently changes the lives of five people. Fiction.

The Dovekeepers, by Alice Hoffman
A tale inspired by the massacre at Masada presents the stories of a hated daughter, a baker's wife, a girl disguised as a warrior, and a medicine woman who keep doves and secrets while Roman soldiers draw near. Fiction.

Feast Day of Fools, by James Lee Burke
Interviewing an alcoholic who witnessed a murder along the Texas-Mexico border, Sheriff Hack Holland and his deputy, Sam Tibbs, recognize the work of serial killer Preacher Jack Collins. Mystery.

Boomerang, by Michael Lewis
A look at some of the places - Greece, Ireland, Iceland - hardest hit by the financial collapse of 2008, and how it happened. Nonfiction.