New Books at the Boston Atheneaeum - Autumn 2015

1.
The Woman Who Read too Much
The Woman Who Read too Much 3.43 avg rating — 382 ratings
2.
Therigatha: Poems of the First Buddhist Women
Therigatha: Poems of the First Buddhist Women 4.14 avg rating — 147 ratings
3.
John Singer Sargent: Murals in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
John Singer Sargent: Murals in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 4.21 avg rating — 14 ratings
4.
The Art of the Con: The Most Notorious Fakes, Frauds, and Forgeries in the Art World
The Art of the Con: The Most Notorious Fakes, Frauds, and Forgeries in the Art World 3.54 avg rating — 1,174 ratings
5.
Leonard Bernstein: An American Musician
Leonard Bernstein: An American Musician 4.01 avg rating — 72 ratings
6.
Hold Still: A Memoir with Photographs
Hold Still: A Memoir with Photographs 4.07 avg rating — 8,085 ratings
7.
Master Thieves: The Boston Gangsters Who Pulled Off the World s Greatest Art Heist
Master Thieves: The Boston Gangsters Who Pulled Off the World s Greatest Art Heist 3.26 avg rating — 1,121 ratings
8.
The Wright Brothers
The Wright Brothers 4.17 avg rating — 96,949 ratings
9.
Anna Karenina
Anna Karenina 4.10 avg rating — 906,276 ratings
10.
American Warlord: A True Story
American Warlord: A True Story 3.72 avg rating — 255 ratings
11.
A God in Ruins (Todd Family, #2)
A God in Ruins (Todd Family, #2) 3.95 avg rating — 59,186 ratings
12.
The Story of the Lost Child (Neapolitan Novels, #4)
The Story of the Lost Child (Neapolitan Novels, #4) 4.46 avg rating — 168,899 ratings
13.
The Bones of a King: Richard III Rediscovered
The Bones of a King: Richard III Rediscovered 4.28 avg rating — 68 ratings
14.
The Mystery of the Hanging Garden of Babylon: An Elusive World Wonder Traced
The Mystery of the Hanging Garden of Babylon: An Elusive World Wonder Traced 3.90 avg rating — 239 ratings
14.
Midnight's Furies: The Deadly Legacy of India's Partition
Midnight's Furies: The Deadly Legacy of India's Partition 4.03 avg rating — 2,139 ratings
16.
Perfect Wives in Ideal Homes: The Story of Women in the 1950s
Perfect Wives in Ideal Homes: The Story of Women in the 1950s 4.04 avg rating — 345 ratings
17.
What Middletown Read: Print Culture in an American Small City
What Middletown Read: Print Culture in an American Small City 4.25 avg rating — 12 ratings
17.
Single Digits: In Praise of Small Numbers
Single Digits: In Praise of Small Numbers 3.26 avg rating — 54 ratings
19.
Between the World and Me
Between the World and Me 4.40 avg rating — 357,391 ratings
20.
Dreamhouse: Penny Drue Baird
Dreamhouse: Penny Drue Baird 2.64 avg rating — 11 ratings
21.
Listening to Stone: The Art and Life of Isamu Noguchi
Listening to Stone: The Art and Life of Isamu Noguchi 4.06 avg rating — 224 ratings
22.
Sappho
Sappho
by: Sappho
4.17 avg rating — 10,972 ratings
23.
Women Artists: The Linda Nochlin Reader
Women Artists: The Linda Nochlin Reader 4.41 avg rating — 134 ratings
24.
The Odd Woman and the City: A Memoir
The Odd Woman and the City: A Memoir 3.86 avg rating — 7,580 ratings
25.
Billie Holiday: The Musician and the Myth
Billie Holiday: The Musician and the Myth 3.49 avg rating — 533 ratings
26.
Lucy Stone: An Unapologetic Life
Lucy Stone: An Unapologetic Life 4.29 avg rating — 77 ratings
27.
Desert Exile: The Uprooting of a Japanese American Family
Desert Exile: The Uprooting of a Japanese American Family 3.88 avg rating — 827 ratings
28.
On the Move: A Life
On the Move: A Life 4.03 avg rating — 21,246 ratings
29.
Malevolent Muse: The Life of Alma Mahler
Malevolent Muse: The Life of Alma Mahler 3.97 avg rating — 166 ratings
30.
Beyond Magenta: Transgender and Nonbinary Teens Speak Out
Beyond Magenta: Transgender and Nonbinary Teens Speak Out 3.80 avg rating — 5,177 ratings
31.
The Nearest Thing to Life
The Nearest Thing to Life 3.95 avg rating — 717 ratings
32.
Senegal Taxi (Camino del Sol)
Senegal Taxi (Camino del Sol) 3.45 avg rating — 91 ratings
33.
My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry
My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry 4.07 avg rating — 276,080 ratings
34.
The State We're In: Maine Stories
The State We're In: Maine Stories 3.04 avg rating — 1,031 ratings
35.
The Marriage of Opposites
The Marriage of Opposites 3.93 avg rating — 61,919 ratings
36.
Broadchurch (Broadchurch, #1)
Broadchurch (Broadchurch, #1) 4.04 avg rating — 3,135 ratings
37.
Finders Keepers (Bill Hodges Trilogy, #2)
Finders Keepers (Bill Hodges Trilogy, #2) 4.07 avg rating — 179,381 ratings
38.
My Struggle: Book Four
My Struggle: Book Four 4.22 avg rating — 12,952 ratings
39.
The Festival of Insignificance
The Festival of Insignificance 3.36 avg rating — 21,609 ratings
40.
The Mountain Story
The Mountain Story 3.96 avg rating — 11,797 ratings
41.
God Loves Haiti
God Loves Haiti 3.52 avg rating — 415 ratings
42.
God Help the Child
God Help the Child 3.78 avg rating — 31,718 ratings
43.
The Nature of the Beast (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, #11)
The Nature of the Beast (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, #11) 4.25 avg rating — 72,400 ratings
44.
Light, Descending
Light, Descending 3.97 avg rating — 31 ratings
45.
Limassol
Limassol 3.47 avg rating — 734 ratings
46.
Love Me Back
Love Me Back 3.21 avg rating — 3,681 ratings
47.
French Concession
French Concession
by: Xiao Bai
3.05 avg rating — 185 ratings
48.
Founding Friendships: Friendships between Men and Women in the Early American Republic
Founding Friendships: Friendships between Men and Women in the Early American Republic 3.95 avg rating — 38 ratings
49.
Satan and Salem: The Witch-Hunt Crisis of 1692
Satan and Salem: The Witch-Hunt Crisis of 1692 3.75 avg rating — 52 ratings
50.
Dispatches from Dystopia: Histories of Places Not Yet Forgotten
Dispatches from Dystopia: Histories of Places Not Yet Forgotten 3.78 avg rating — 127 ratings
51.
A More Unbending Battle: The Harlem Hellfighter's Struggle for Freedom in WWI and Equality at Home
A More Unbending Battle: The Harlem Hellfighter's Struggle for Freedom in WWI and Equality at Home 4.12 avg rating — 81 ratings
52.
Defending the Motherland: The Soviet Women Who Fought Hitler’s Aces
Defending the Motherland: The Soviet Women Who Fought Hitler’s Aces 3.78 avg rating — 169 ratings
53.
City of Noise: Sound and Nineteenth-Century Paris
City of Noise: Sound and Nineteenth-Century Paris 3.46 avg rating — 13 ratings
54.
Operation Nemesis: The Assassination Plot that Avenged the Armenian Genocide
Operation Nemesis: The Assassination Plot that Avenged the Armenian Genocide 4.24 avg rating — 1,245 ratings
55.
American Hysteria: The Untold Story of Mass Political Extremism in the United States
American Hysteria: The Untold Story of Mass Political Extremism in the United States 4.07 avg rating — 46 ratings
56.
Love Songs: The Hidden History
Love Songs: The Hidden History
by: Ted Gioia
3.78 avg rating — 36 ratings
57.
The Irish Hand: Scribes and Their Manuscripts From the Earliest Times
The Irish Hand: Scribes and Their Manuscripts From the Earliest Times 4.55 avg rating — 11 ratings
58.
You Are Here: Around the World in 92 Minutes
You Are Here: Around the World in 92 Minutes 4.29 avg rating — 2,190 ratings
59.
Meadowland: The Private Life of an English Field
Meadowland: The Private Life of an English Field 4.18 avg rating — 2,264 ratings
60.
The Narrow Edge: A Tiny Bird, an Ancient Crab, and an Epic Journey
The Narrow Edge: A Tiny Bird, an Ancient Crab, and an Epic Journey 4.13 avg rating — 212 ratings
61.
The Digital Doctor: Hope, Hype, and Harm at the Dawn of Medicine’s Computer Age
The Digital Doctor: Hope, Hype, and Harm at the Dawn of Medicine’s Computer Age 4.16 avg rating — 1,053 ratings
62.
Another Person’s Poison: A History of Food Allergy
Another Person’s Poison: A History of Food Allergy 3.59 avg rating — 32 ratings
63.
America's Founding Fruit: The Cranberry in a New Environment
America's Founding Fruit: The Cranberry in a New Environment 3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings
64.
Edible Memory: The Lure of Heirloom Tomatoes and Other Forgotten Foods
Edible Memory: The Lure of Heirloom Tomatoes and Other Forgotten Foods 3.37 avg rating — 54 ratings
65.
Words Onscreen: The Fate of Reading in a Digital World
Words Onscreen: The Fate of Reading in a Digital World 3.63 avg rating — 241 ratings
66.
How the French Think: An Affectionate Portrait of an Intellectual People
How the French Think: An Affectionate Portrait of an Intellectual People 3.59 avg rating — 310 ratings
67.
The Emotional Politics of Racism: How Feelings Trump Facts in an Era of Colorblindness
The Emotional Politics of Racism: How Feelings Trump Facts in an Era of Colorblindness 3.93 avg rating — 29 ratings
68.
1919, The Year of Racial Violence: How African Americans Fought Back
1919, The Year of Racial Violence: How African Americans Fought Back 4.02 avg rating — 56 ratings
69.
Delete: The Virtue of Forgetting in the Digital Age
Delete: The Virtue of Forgetting in the Digital Age 3.49 avg rating — 393 ratings
70.
Poorly Made in China: An Insider's Account of the Tactics Behind China's Production Game
Poorly Made in China: An Insider's Account of the Tactics Behind China's Production Game 4.09 avg rating — 2,415 ratings
71.
Scattered Sand: The Story of China's Rural Migrants
Scattered Sand: The Story of China's Rural Migrants 3.89 avg rating — 114 ratings
72.
Good Neighbors: Gentrifying Diversity in Boston's South End
Good Neighbors: Gentrifying Diversity in Boston's South End 3.65 avg rating — 93 ratings
73.
Tide Players: The Movers and Shakers of a Rising China
Tide Players: The Movers and Shakers of a Rising China 3.86 avg rating — 184 ratings