Research Guides: Displays at UCBA Library: Winter Book Crush

Winter Book Crush 2025

Looking for some good reads for the upcoming winter break? Explore this selection of recently published novels, short stories, biographies, and more. Visit the UCBA Library during open hours to browse the full display (located near the Library entrance and at the Information Desk). Books can be checked out with your UC ID. The display will be available until Friday December 12.

Looking for something not listed? Visit the UCBA Library Information Desk to talk with a librarian.

Black Butterflies by Priscilla Morris
Call Number: PR6113.O7845 B53 2024 (Blue Ash Display)

ISBN: 9780593688038

Publication Date: 2024

A timeless story of strife and hope set during the conflict in the Balkans in the early '90s.
Catland: Louis Wain and the Great Cat Mania by Kathryn Hughes
Call Number: NC242.W3 H84 2024 (Blue Ash Display)

ISBN: 9781421448145

Publication Date: 2024

How cat mania exploded in the early twentieth century, transforming cats from pests into beloved pets.
The Cemetery of Untold Stories by Julia Alvarez
Call Number: PS3551.L845 C46 2024 (Blue Ash Display)

ISBN: 9781643753843

Publication Date: 2024

Whose stories get to be told, and whose buried? Alvarez reminds us that the stories of our lives are never truly finished, even at the end.
The Come Up: An Oral History of the Rise of Hip-Hop by Jonathan Abrams
Call Number: ML3531 .A27 2022 (Blue Ash Display)

ISBN: 9781984825131

Publication Date: 2022

The essential oral history of hip-hop, from its origins on the playgrounds of the Bronx to its reign as the most powerful force in pop culture.
Creation Lake by Rachel Kushner
Call Number: PS3611.U7386 C74 2024 (Blue Ash Display)

ISBN: 9781982116521

Publication Date: 2024

A novel about a secret agent, a thirty-four-year-old American woman of ruthless tactics and clean beauty who is sent to do dirty work in France.
The Fellowship of Puzzlemakers by Samuel Burr
Call Number: PR6102.U7637 F45 2024 (Blue Ash Display)

ISBN: 9780593470091

Publication Date: 2024

An extraordinary, gloriously uplifting novel about the power of friendship and the puzzling ties that bind us.
The Fox Wife by Yangsze Choo
Call Number: PS3603.H664 F69 2024 (Blue Ash Display)

ISBN: 9781250266019

Publication Date: 2024

A stunning novel about old loves and second chances, the depths of maternal love, and ancient folktales that may very well be true.
God Bless You, Otis Spunkmeyer by Joseph Earl Thomas
Call Number: PS3620.H6285 G63 2024 (Blue Ash Display)

ISBN: 9781538740989

Publication Date: 2024

An novel about Black life in Philadelphia and the struggle to build intimate connections through the eyes of a struggling ex-Army grad student.
In Memoriam by Alice Winn
Call Number: PS3623.I6629 I5 2024 (Blue Ash Display)

ISBN: 9780593534564

Publication Date: 2024

A haunting, virtuosic debut novel about two young men who fall in love during World War I
In the Jingle Jangle Jungle: Keeping Time With the Brian Jonestown Massacre by Joel Gion
Call Number: ML421.B75 G56 2024 (Blue Ash Display)

ISBN: 9781644284056

Publication Date: 2024

This takes readers behind the scenes of the supposed behind the scenes film that cemented the band's legend.
Jimi Hendrix Live in Lviv by Andrey Kurkov
Call Number: PG3482.8.U6756 L9613 2024 (Blue Ash Display)

ISBN: 9780063354548

Publication Date: 2024

Ode to the revered cultural capital of western Ukraine, filled with a charming cast of eccentrics who together make up the beating heart of the city.
Little Sisters and Other Stories by Vonda N. McIntyre
Call Number: PS3563.A3125 L58 2024

ISBN: 9781915983077

Publication Date: 2024

Selected short stories by one of the most acclaimed voices in post-war US American science fiction.
The Safekeep by Yael van der Wouden
Call Number: PR9130.9.W68 S34 2024 (Blue Ash Display)

ISBN: 9781668034347

Publication Date: 2024

A powerful exploration of the legacy of WWII and the darker parts of our collective past.
Smoke Kings by Jahmal Mayfield
Call Number: PS3613.A95585 S66 2024 (Blue Ash Display)

ISBN: 9781685891114

Publication Date: 2024

This novel explores decades of racial tensions through a fictional landscape where the goal of the oppressed is no longer equality but rather vengeance.
The Sons of El Rey by Alex Espinoza
Call Number: PS3605.S63 S66 2024 (Blue Ash Display)

ISBN: 9781668032787

Publication Date: 2024

A story about a family of luchadores contending with forbidden love and secrets in Mexico City, Los Angeles, and beyond.
Stories From the Center of the World: New Middle East Fiction by Jordan Elgrably (Editor); Hanif Kureishi (Contribution by); Omar El Akkad (Contribution by)
Call Number: PJ7694.E8 S76 2024 (Blue Ash Display)

ISBN: 9780872869073

Publication Date: 2024

A unique collection of voices and viewpoints that illuminate life in the global Arab/Muslim world.
They Call You Back: A Lost History, A Search, A Memoir by Tim Z. Hernandez
Call Number: PS3608.E768 Z46 2024 (Blue Ash Display)

ISBN: 9780816553617

Publication Date: 2024

An investigative odyssey through personal and collective history to uncover the surprising conjunctions that bind our stories together.
Time's Undoing by Cheryl A. Head
Call Number: PS3608.E227 T56 2024 (Blue Ash Display)

ISBN: 9780593471845

Publication Date: 2024

A young Black journalist's search for answers in the unsolved murder of her great-grandfather in segregated Birmingham, Alabama, decades ago.
Wandering Stars by Tommy Orange
Call Number: PS3615.R32 W36 2024 (Blue Ash Display)

ISBN: 9780593318256

Publication Date: 2024

A novel about epigenetic and generational trauma that has the force and vision of a modern epic.
We Burn Daylight by Bret Anthony Johnston
Call Number: PS3610.O384 W4 2024 (Blue Ash Display)

ISBN: 9780399590122

Publication Date: 2024

An epic novel of star-crossed lovers set in a doomsday cult on the Texas prairie that asks - what would you sacrifice for the person you love?