ALAMOSA — New books are always coming in at the Alamosa Public Library. Here are 10 of our most intriguing arrivals. For more information, or to have a book reserved for you, check alamosalibrary.org or call 719-589-6592. 

Fiction 

• Deadpan by Richard Walker

In the midst of the world-wide oil crises of the 1970s, a vaguely antisemitic West Virginia Buick dealer wakes up in the body of the world’s most popular Jewish comedian. 

• Beartooth by Callan Wink

Thad and Hazen live on the fringe of Yellowstone, barely surviving after the death of their father. Desperate for money, they are approached by a shadowy out-of-towner and agree to attempt a risky, illegal job.  

Inspirational 

• Midnight on the Scottish Shore by Sarah Sundin

Cilla spies for the Nazis to survive, but plans to abandon her mission as soon as she can. Her scheme is thwarted when Lt. Lachlan Mackenzie finds her and turns her in. Instead of executing her, British intelligence sends her and Lachlan to Scotland to radio misleading messages to Germany.  

Local 

• End of the Tracks: Homecoming by Danny Ledonne

The year is 2045. The world has fallen into chaos, decay, and disrepair. Officials are calling this pattern of severe disruption “The Long Collapse”. Basic supplies are difficult to come by, energy shortages are common, and governments are fractured, fraying, or disbanded entirely. Trust has eroded, hunger often looms, and eruptions of violence seem inevitable. Nonetheless, life goes on for the Pacific Northwest residents of Salmon.  

• The Shape of What Remains by Lisa C. Taylor

Teresa Calvano has spent a decade blaming herself for her young daughter’s death. When her husband and friends lose patience with her failure to get back to life, Teresa turns to books, therapy, and Janis Joplin to address her continued unraveling. Is there a cure for grief?  

Nonfiction 

• Out of Your Mind by Jorge Cham and Dwayne Godwin

Every single thought you have comes from your brain. But what makes it tick? How much of it have we decoded, and how much of it remains an impenetrable mystery?  

• Inevitable by Mike Colias

The question is no longer if electric vehicles will happen, or even when they'll happen, but how. Veteran automotive reporter Mike Colias takes you inside the transformation in this thoroughly reported book.  

• Crossings by Ben Goldfarb

While roads are so ubiquitous they’re practically invisible to us, wild animals experience them as entirely alien forces of death and disruption. In “Crossings,” environmental journalist Ben Goldfarb travels throughout the United States and around the world to investigate how roads have transformed our planet.  

• Owned by Eoin Higgins

In recent years, right-wing billionaires have turned to media as their next investment and source of influence. Once-idealistic and left-leaning voices are now beneficiaries of Silicon Valley largesse. Together, this new alliance aims to exploit the failings of traditional journalism and undermine the very idea of an independent and fact-based fourth estate. 

• Haunted Creede by Kandra Payne

Author Kandra Payne matches fascinating historic details with spine-tingling tales to find out what made the Creede Camp one of the wildest and spookiest boomtowns in the West.