Hot picks

“Hot Picks” are high demand new books or DVDs. Patrons may borrow these items for a shortened loan period of 7 days (instead of the regular 21 days) in order to give others a chance to read or view these materials. (Please note, a $1 rental fee applies to each DVD title.)

If you have trouble getting hold of one of this month’s Hot Picks, view last month’s Hot Picks titles.

August hot picks

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Sinners
DVD
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Fight or Flight
DVD
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Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy
DVD
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A Minecraft Movie
DVD
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Snow White
DVD
Kiss Her Goodbye book cover
Kiss Her Goodbye
Lisa Gardner
Katabasis book cover
Katabasis
R. F. Kuang
The Surrogate Mother book cover
The Surrogate Mother
Freida McFadden
Emma on Fire book cover
Emma on Fire
James Patterson
We Are All Guilty Here book cover
We Are All Guilty Here
Karin Slaughter

Coming soon!

The Academy book cover
The Academy
Elin Hilderbrand
Billion-Dollar Ransom book cover
Billion-Dollar Ransom
James Patterson
Circle of Days book cover
Circle of Days
Ken Follett
Denied Access book cover
Denied Access
Vince Flynn
For Richer for Poorer book cover
For Richer for Poorer
Danielle Steel
Framed in Death book cover
Framed in Death
DVD
The Girl from Devil's Lake book cover
The Girl from Devil’s Lake
Judith A. Jance
The Grave Artist book cover
The Grave Artist
DVD
The Portrait book cover
The Portrait
Danielle Steel
The Secret of Secrets book cover
The Secret of Secrets
Dan Brown
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How to Train Your Dragon
DVD
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Flow
DVD
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Thunderbolts
DVD
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Phoenician Scheme
DVD
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Last of Us – Season 2
DVD

Last month's hot picks

| All past hot picks
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In the Lost Lands
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Wedding Banquet
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The Alto Knights
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Novocaine
Do Not Disturb book cover
Do Not Disturb
Freida McFadden
The Hamptons Lawyer book cover
The Hamptons Lawyer
James Patterson
The Unraveling of Julia book cover
The Unraveling of Julia
Lisa Scottoline
An Inside Job book cover
An Inside Job
Daniel Silva
Edge of Honor book cover
Edge of Honor
Brad Thor
The Woman in Suite 11 book cover
The Woman in Suite 11
Ruth Ware
Wayward Girls book cover
Wayward Girls
Susan Wiggs
Hot pick month Title Author Reserve
July 2025 In the Lost Lands
July 2025 Wedding Banquet
July 2025 The Alto Knights
July 2025 Novocaine
July 2025 Do Not Disturb Freida McFadden
July 2025 The Hamptons Lawyer James Patterson
July 2025 The Unraveling of Julia Lisa Scottoline
July 2025 An Inside Job Daniel Silva
July 2025 Edge of Honor Brad Thor
July 2025 The Woman in Suite 11 Ruth Ware
July 2025 Wayward Girls Susan Wiggs

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