Heard Any Good Books Lately?: Recent Episodes
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Heard Any Good Books Lately? is a regular podcast produced by North Carolina Reading Service and brought to you by the Friends of NCLBPH. It features information about new and the most popular books checked out of the library and other interesting stories about older books. Reviews are drawn from the Raleigh News & Observer book section, The Week Magazine, and other popular sources. It is also available from North Carolina Reading Service’s website.
This latest edition features a review of the most checked out books for the month of August 2025 from the library including 25 Alive by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro, Nightshade by Michael Connelly, The Wife Upstairs by Freida McFadden, and more!
This latest edition features a review of the most checked out books for the month of July 2025 from the library including Hidden Star by Nora Roberts, AI for Life by Celia Quillian, Beyond Reasonable Doubt by Robert Dugoni, and more!
This latest edition features a review of the most checked out books for the month of July 2025 from the library including Guiltyby Laura Elliot, Strangers in Timeby David Baldacci, The Writer by James Patterson and J. D. Barker, and more!
This latest edition features a review of the most checked out books for the month of May 2025 from the library including Lethal Prey by John Sandford, Battle Mountain by C. J. Box, Our Little Secret by Lisa Jackson, and more!
This latest edition features a review of the most checked out books for the month of April 2025 from the library including The Crash by Freida McFadden, Open Season by Jonathan Kellerman, Legacy of Lies by Robert Bailey, and more!
This latest edition features a review of the most checked out books for the month of March 2025 from the library including Whispersby Lisa Jackson, The Texas Murders by James Patterson and Andrew Bourelle, The Angry Land by William Johnstone and J. A. Johnstone, and more!
This latest edition features a review of the most checked out books for the month of February 2025 from the library including Stuart Woods' Golden Hour by Brett Battles and Stuart Woods, Bellevue: a novel by Robin Cook, The House of Cross by James Patterson, and more!
This latest edition features a review of the top 10 most checked out books for the month of January 2025 from the library including The Housemaid is Watching by Freida McFadden, To Die For by David Baldacci, The Grey Wolf by Louise Penny, and more!
This latest edition features a review of the top 10 most checked out books for the month of December 2024 from the library including In Too Deep by Lee and Andrew Child, The Waiting by Michael Connelly, Identity Unknown by Patricia Cornwell, and more!
This latest edition features a review of the top 10 most checked out books for the month of November 2024 from the library including Passions in Death by J. D. Robb, Counting Miracles by Nicholas Sparks, The Christmas Inn by Pamela Kelley, and more!
This latest edition features a review of the top 10 most checked out books for the month of October 2024 from the library including The Lost Coast by Jonathan and Jesse Kellerman, Angel of Vengeance by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child, A Death in Cornwall by Daniel Silva, and more!
This latest edition features a review of the top 10 most checked out books for the month of September 2024 from the library including Flashpoint by Catherine Coulter, Confessions of the Dead by James Patterson, and more!
This latest edition features a review of the top 10 most checked out books for the month of August 2024 from the library including Camino Ghosts by John Grisham, Swan Song by Elin Hilderbrand, and more!
This latest edition features a review of the top 10 most checked out books for the month of July 2024 from the library including Hillbilly Elegy by J.D. Vance, Think Twice by Harlan Coben, and more!
This latest edition features a review of the top 10 most checked out books for the month of June 2024 from the library including A Calamity of Souls by David Baldacci, The Last Sinner by Lisa Jackson, and more!
This latest edition features a review of the top 10 most checked out books for the month of May 2024 from the library including The Morning Show Murders by Al Roker and Dick Lochte, Liar by Fern Michaels, and more!
This latest edition features a review of the top 10 most checked out books for the month of April 2024 from the library including The Ghost Orchid by Jonathan Kellerman, Robert B. Parker's Fallout by Mike Lupica, and more!
This latest edition features a review of the top 10 most checked out books for the month of November 2023 from the library including Obsessed: A Michael Bennett Psychological Thriller by James Patterson, Out of Nowhere by Sandra Brown, All the Light We Cannot See, by Anthony Doerr, and more!
It’s here; all the news you can use about your accessible library is in issue #173 of the Tar Heel Talk!
In this issue we cover the upcoming 2024 Eastern NC Regional Braille Challenge, feature our new Assistant Director, Joshua Berkov, announce the start of our 2023-2024 Winter Reading Challenge, and share other helpful library service updates!
This latest edition features a review of the top 10 most checked out books for the month of October 2023 from the library including Killers of the Flower Moon, Hunting Time, Tom Clancy: Red Winter, Matchup, and more!
This latest edition features a review of the top 10 most checked out books for the month of September 2023 from the library including Simply Lies, Dreamland, The House of Wolves, The 23rd Midnight, and more!
This latest edition features a review of the top 10 most checked out books for the month of August 2023 from the library including Identity, The 23rd Midnight, I Will Find You, and more!
This latest edition features a review of the top 10 most checked out books for the month of July 2023 from the library including Fear Thy Neighbor, Storm Watch, Dark Angel and more!
This latest edition features a review of the top 10 most checked out books for the month of May 2023 from the library including Going Rogue: Rise and Shine Twenty-Nine, by Janet Evanovich, Mad Honey: A Novel, by Jodi Picoult, Jennifer Finney Boylan, and Carrie Coon, Rising Tiger, by Brad Thor, Overkill, by Sandra Brown, Without a Trace, by Danielle Steel, Fairy Tale by Stephen King, Racing the Light: A Novel, by Robert Crais, Encore in Death, by J.D. Robb, NYPD Red 7: The Murder Sorority, by Marshall Karp, Jay Snyder, James Patterson, and Edoardo Ballerini, and The Girl Who Survived, by Lisa Jackson.
This latest edition features a review of the top 10 most checked out books for the month of March 2023 from the library including, The Business of Lovers by Eric Jerome Dickey, along with the rest of the list.
This latest edition features a review of the top 10 most checked out books for the month of February 2023 from the library including, The Whalebone Theatre by Joanna Quinn, along with the rest of the list.
This latest edition features a review of the most checked out book, Sister Friends Forever: a novel by Kimberla Lawson Roby, along with the other top 10 most popular books for the month of January 2023 from the library.
This latest edition features a review of the 10 most checked out books for the year 2022.
This latest edition features a review of the most checked out book of November 2022, We were dreamers: an immigrant superhero origin story by Simu Liu, along with the other top 10 most popular books for the month of November 2022 from the library.
This latest edition features a review of the book The Secrets They Left Behind by Lisa Marie Redmond, along with the other top 10 most popular books for the month of October 2022 from the library.
This latest edition features a review of the book The Club: a novel by Ellery Lloyd, along with the other top 10 most popular books for the month of August 2022 from the library.
This latest edition features a review of the book The No-Show by Beth O'Leary, along with the other top 10 most popular books for the month of July 2022 from the library.
This latest edition features a review of the book The Talented Mr Varg by Alexander McCall Smith, along with the other top 10 most popular books for the month of June 2022 from the library.
This latest edition features a review of the book Just Let Go by Courtney Walsh, along with the other top 10 most requested books for the month of May 2022 from the library.
This latest edition features a review of the book Treachery at Lancaster Gate by Anne Perry, along with the other top 10 most requested books for the month of April 2022 from the library.
This latest edition features new reading to put some spring in your step. It features a review of a book that takes place in North Carolina, The Heart of Splendid Lake by Amy Clipston, along with the other top 10 most checked out books for the month of March 2022 from the library.
This latest edition features new reading to put some spring in your step. It features a review of Criminal Mischief by Stuart Woods and Tony Roberts, along with the other top 10 most checked out books for the month of February 2022 from the library.
This latest edition features some warm winter reading. It features a review of The Jealousy Man and Other Stories by Jo Nesbo, along with the other top 10 most checked out books for the month of January 2022 from the library.
This latest edition features some hot reads for winter. It features a review of 2 Sisters Detective Agency by James Patterson, along with the other top 10 most checked out books for the month of December 2021 from the library.
This latest edition features some warm reading for the winter days ahead. It features a review of Autumn's Promise by Shelley Shepard Gray, along with the other top 10 most checked out books for the month of November 2021 from the library.
This latest edition features some warm reading for the cooler days ahead. It features a review of Amish promises: neighbors of Lancaster County book #1 by Leslie Gould, along with the other top 10 most checked out books for the month of October 2021 from the library.
This latest edition features some more really good reading for fall. It features a review of Now and Then and Always by Melissa Tagg, along with the other top 10 most checked out books for the month of September 2021 from the library.
This latest edition features some fun reading to get you into fall. It features a review of What's mine and yours by Naima Coster, along with the other top 10 most checked out books for the month of August 2021 from the library.
This latest edition features some more hot reads for summer. It features a review of Murder in Old Bombay by Nev March, along with the other top 10 most checked out books for the month of July 2021 from the library.
This latest edition features some more hot reads for summer. It features a review of Later by Stephen King, along with the other top 10 most checked out books for the month of June 2021 from the library.
This latest edition offers some hot reads for summer. It features a review of The Lost Apothecary by Sarah Penner, along with the other top 10 most checked out books for the month of May 2021 from the library.
This latest edition offers up some cool reading inspiration for late spring. It features a review of It features a review of The Daniel Prayer by Anne Graham Lot, along with the other top 10 most checked out books for the month of April 2021 from the library.
This latest edition offers up some spring reading inspiration. It features a review of The Amish Widow's Secret by Samantha Price, along with the other top 10 most checked out books for the month of March 2021 from the library.
This latest edition contains some mysterious themes and reading inspirations. It features a review of Ghost Walk by Heather Graham, along with the other top 10 most checked out books for the month of February 2021 from the library.
This latest edition we hope warms you up with some good reading inspiration. It features a review of The Mountains Wild by Sarah Stewart Taylor, along with the other top 10 most checked out books for the month of January 2021 from the library.
This latest edition helps kick off a brand new year features a review of A Promised Land by Barrack Obama, along with the other top 10 most checked out books for the month of December 2020 from the library.