Author: Ashley Barnes

What’s New this August for Teens

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Before summer ends, check out some of the most recent Young Adult additions to the Enoch Pratt Free Library’s catalog. We hope that you enjoy them!

Black Girls Don’t Cry
By Alex Travis
Book | eBook

Bound by Fury
By Noelle Monét
Book

Death Card
By Jasmine Smith
Book | eBook | eAudiobook

Eyes Like Stars
By Ashley Poston
eAudiobook

Find My Way Down to You
By Julian Winters
Book

How (Not) to Renovate a Haunted House
By Jenny L. Howe
eBook | eAudiobook

Immortal Game
By Allison Saft
Book | eBook | eAudiobook

King of Lost Dreams
By Nevin Holness
eBook

Mirrorwoven
By Bori Cser
Book

Natural Selection
By Clare Edge
Book

Shadow Over the Pumpkin Queen
By Megan Shepherd
eAudiobook

Stepping Up
By Kiara Valdez & Diana Tsai Santos
Book

Such Great Heights
By Rajani LaRocca
Book

Tangled Roots & Wild Dreams
By Angela Velez
Book | eBook | eAudiobook

Tides of Fortune
By Lauryn Hamilton Murray
eBook

Thrilling Books to Chill off with this Summer

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Cool off this August with a book with thrills and chills! Check out these horror, suspense, and mystery books in this special Overdrive collection, if you dare.

A Sunny Place for Shady People
By Mariana Enriquez
eBook | eAudiobook

Fabulous Bodies
By Chuck Tingle
eBook | eAudiobook

Guillotine
By Delilah S. Dawson
eBook

Midnight Rooms
By Donyae Coles
eBook

Never Flinch
By Stephen King
eBook | eAudiobook

Play Nice
By Rachel Harrison
eBook | eAudiobook

Ruin Road
By Lamar Giles
eBook | eAudiobook

The Bewitching
By Silvia Moreno-Garcia
eBook | eAudiobook

The Buffalo Hunter Hunter
By Stephen Grapham Jones
eBook | eAudiobook

The House that Horror Built
By Christina Henry
eBook | eAudiobook

The Reformatory
By Tananarive Due
eBook | eAudiobook

Vampires of El Norte
By Isabel Cañas
eBook | eAudiobook

We Came to Welcome You
By Vincent Tirado
eBook | eAudiobook

Witchcraft for Wayward Girls
By Grady Hendrix
eBook | eAudiobook

With a Vengeance
By Riley Sager
eBook | eAudiobook

What’s New this August

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Enjoy a new book this month! Here’s a look at some of the most recent books added to the Enoch Pratt Free Library’s collection.

A Tender Age
By Change-Rae Lee
Book

Adversary to the Villain
By Hannah Nicole Maehrer
Book | eBook | eAudiobook

Ancient History Between Us
By Kaitlyn Hill
Book | eBook

Coffee Shop at Home
By Katerina Diaz
Book

Daggerbound
By T. Kingfisher
Book | eBook | eAudiobook

Immortal Rose
By Alexandra Bracken
Book

Indie Darling
By Lauren Nossett
Book

Mahalia Jackson
By Timothy B. Tyson & Mary D. Williams
Book

Mia
By Leslie Bazzett
Book

Murder at First Slice
By Valerie Burns
eBook | eAudiobook

Not a Word
By Linwood Barclay
Book

Take What You Can
By Naima Coster
Book | eBook | eAudiobook

The Amateur
By Chris Bohjalian
Book | eBook | eAudiobook

The Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Gay
By Eliot Glazer
Book

Under the Falls
By Richard Russo
Book | eBook | eAudiobook

Check out President Barack Obama’s Summer Reading List

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Grab a real page turner to enjoy! Here’s a look at President Barack Obama’s 2026 Summer Reading List plus a few favorites. 

A World Appears
By Michael Pollan
Book | Large Print | eBook | eAudiobook

Cool Machine
By Colson Whitehead
Book | eBook | eAudiobook

Data Empire
By Roopika Risam
Book

Kin
By Tayari Jones
Book | Large Print | eBook | eAudiobook

Seek Immediate Shelter
By Vincent Yu
Book

The Things We Never Say
By Elizabeth Strout
Book | eBook | eAudiobook

This Land is Your Land
By Beverly Gage
Book | eBook

Transcription
By Ben Lerner
Book | eBook | eAudiobook

Vigil
By George Saunders
Book | Large Print | eBook | eAudiobook

Whistler
By Ann Patchett
Book | eBook | eAudiobook

A Promised Land
By Barack Obama
Book | Large Print | eBook | eAudiobook

Becoming
By Michelle Obama
Book | Large Print | eBook | eAudiobook