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New York Times Bestsellers • Bestseller for the Week of October 25, 2020
FICTION
#1  (Last Week: - • Weeks on List: 1)
John Grisham
A Time For Mercy
#2  (Last Week: 1 • Weeks on List: 3)
Nicholas Sparks
The Return
Library Journal Left with grievous injuries from a mortar blast outside his hospital in Afghanistan, orthopedic surge
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#3  (Last Week: 5 • Weeks on List: 2)
Tana French
The Searcher
Publishers Weekly After 25 years as a Chicago cop, Cal Hooper, the protagonist of this superb standalone from Edgar w
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#4  (Last Week: 7 • Weeks on List: 5)
Ken Follett
The Evening And The Morning
Publishers Weekly Follett delivers a lackluster prequel to his Kingsbridge series. The structure will feel familiar t
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NONFICTION
#1  (Last Week: 5 • Weeks on List: 11)
Isabel Wilkerson
Caste
Kirkus The Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist chronicles the formation and fortunes of social hierarchy. Caste i
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#2  (Last Week: 2 • Weeks on List: 2)
Jerry Seinfeld
Is This Anything?
Kirkus All comedians are slightly amazed when anything works. So writes Seinfeld in this pleasing collection of sketc
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#3  (Last Week: 9 • Weeks on List: 32)
Glennon Doyle
Untamed
Publishers Weekly Motivational speaker Doyle (Love Warrior) writes of divorcing her husband, finding love with Olympi
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#4  (Last Week: 7 • Weeks on List: 6)
Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard
Killing Crazy Horse
#5  (Last Week: 6 • Weeks on List: 5)
Candace Owens
Blackout

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British Crime Writers' Assoc. Caldecott Medal Winners
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Rebecca Caudill Awards RITA Awards
Spur Awards World Fantasy Awards

All libraries in the East Albemarle Regional Library System are currently closed to the public until further notice.

All library locations are offering curbside pick-up for requested materials. Please check with your library for details.

Although no overdue fines are currently being charged while our buildings are closed, please remember that other library customers may be wanting to borrow the materials you have out. Library customers are encouraged to return items to one of our outdoor book drops.

Our libraries offer many digital resources including eBooks, eAudiobooks and more. Look at the list below on this page as well as your individual County Library’s website.

If you wish to use our online resources and are unsure how to begin, you may call any of our libraries during weekday daytime hours and a staff person will be happy to set up your account, and tell you more about our digital resources.

It is important for individuals to remain informed about recent developments regarding CORONAVIRUS (COVID - 19).

Reliable Sources of Information:

Centers for Disease Control

North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services

Our Cloud Library eBook collection contains popular eBooks for
adults, children and teens. Cloud Library eBooks can be read on
your tablet, smart phone or computer.

eAudiobooks are also available for your listening pleasure. Look for
the eAudio bookshelf or headphone icon on the cover.

In order to check out from the Cloud Library, you must first install the
Cloud Library app on your mobile device or tablet, or the Cloud
Library software on your computer.

You will also need your 14 digit library card barcode number and a
password. This password will be same as the PIN that you use to
access our online catalog for placing holds and checking your
account. If you have
never used this feature of our online catalog, please call or stop by
the library to receive a PIN for your library account. This PIN will be
the password for your Cloud Library account.

For more information, please stop by your local library, or click here.

Electronic Databases

Provides online access to articles (many full-text) from newspapers, magazines, and journals. NC LIVE also provides resources that can be used for homework help, job search assistance, auto repair, downloadable audiobooks, useful websites and much more! Use NC LIVE in your library or log on from any work, school, or home by selecting East Albemarle Regional Library then entering your 14 digit library card number.

IN LIBRARY USE ONLY
Beginning or professional genealogists can access Ancestry.com - the largest collection of family histories on the Web. Also includes U.S. census records, genealogy links, family trees, and printable family tree chart forms. Use at a library Internet computer.

Beginning or professional genealogists can access original page images for all documents - a collection of over 25,000 family and local histories, and U.S. census records. Log on at a library, work, school, or home Internet computer using your valid library card number.

NC Kids Digital Library has over 5,000 eBooks for preschoolers through Grade 4. Over 1,000 of these can be borrowed by more than one user at the same time. (Look for the Never-Ending Reading shelf for these titles.) Access with your 14-digit East Albemarle Regional Library Card barcode and library-assigned PIN.