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Chuck Hogan

  • July 2026 Bestsellers Club Fiction and Nonfiction Picks

    It’s a new quarter and that means new fiction and nonfiction picks have been selected for you courtesy of Bestsellers Club! Four fiction picks are available for you to choose from: diverse debuts, graphic novel, historical fiction, and international fiction. Four nonfiction picks are available for you to choose from: biographies, cookbooks, social justice, and true crime. Our fiction and nonfiction picks are chosen quarterly and are available in regular print only. If you would like to update your selections or are a new patron who wants to receive picks from any of those four categories, sign up for Bestsellers Club through our website!

    Bestsellers Club is a service that automatically places you on hold for authors, celebrity picks, nonfiction picks, and fiction picks. Choose any author, celebrity pick, fiction pick, and/or nonfiction pick and The Library will put the latest title on hold for you automatically. Select as many as you want!

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  • New True Crime Nonfiction

    When I’m looking for a nonfiction title to read, one of the first sections I gravitate towards is true crime. True crime nonfiction investigates real-life crime cases, perpetrators, and the victims. Going beyond salacious headlines, these books dive into the investigate, psychological, and historical parts of true crime cases. As of this writing, all of these titles are owned by the Davenport Public Library. Descriptions are provided by the publishers.

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