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Northbrook Public Library's Most Wanted List: Aug. 28

Check out one of these great reads from the library.

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:

Sister, by Rosamund Lupton
Refusing to believe that her pregnant sister committed suicide, Beatrice begins an obsessive search for the truth and is dismissed by her family and the authorities until she closes in on murderous predator. Thriller.

1493, by Charles Mann
Reveals how the voyages of Columbus reintroduced plants and animals that had been separated millions of years earlier and documents how the ensuing exchange of flora and fauna between Eurasia and the Americas fostered the rise of Europe. Nonfiction.

Back of Beyond, by C.J. Box
Struggling through early sobriety when his AA sponsor is murdered, police officer Cody Hoyt follows clues to a Yellowstone National Park guide who is leading Hoyt's son and other tourists into the wilderness. Mystery.

Turn Right at Machu Picchu, by Mark Adams
The author recreates Hiram Bingham III's discovery of an ancient citadel in the Andes, describing his struggles with rudimentary survival tools and his experiences with local guides. Nonfiction.


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