Hot This Week: September 27

We close out the month of September with plenty of hot new titles in all formats! Movie-starved patrons will be thrilled with three new additions, including an animated hit and a Marvel blockbuster at the top. The latest album from Kacey Musgraves debuts at #1 in music, with self-titled reissues from Metallica and Aaliyah making it as well. Fiction features four new novels, led by bestselling authors Liane Moriarty and Colson Whitehead, with a whopping six new titles in nonfiction comprising spots 3-8.

Movies

1. The Boss Baby: Family Business (Blu-ray | 4K)
2. Black Widow (Blu-ray | 4K)
   
3. The Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard (Blu-ray | 4K)
4. Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway (Blu-ray)
5. The Conjuring 3: The Devil Made Me Do It (Blu-ray | 4K)
6. Catch the Bullet (Blu-ray)
   
7. The Gateway (Blu-ray)
8. Great White (Blu-ray)
9. Wrath of Man (Blu-ray)
10. Ted Bundy: American Boogeyman

Music

1. Kacey Musgraves, Star-Crossed
2. Olivia Rodrigo, Sour
   
3. Morgan Wallen, Dangerous: The Double Album
   
4. Metallica, Metallica
   
5. Billie Eilish, Happier Than Ever
   
6. Aaliyah, Aaliyah
   
7. Luke Combs, What You See Is What You Get
8. Dua Lipa, Future Nostalgia
   
9. Pop Smoke, Shoot for the Stars Aim for the Moon
10. Lil Baby, My Turn
    

Fiction

1. Apples Never Fall, Liane Moriarty (PA | ABP | eB24M)
2. Harlem Shuffle, Colson Whitehead (PA | ABP | AB12M | eB12M | eB24M)
3. Vince Flynn: Enemy at the Gates, Kyle Mills (AB24M | eB24M)
   
4. Beautiful World, Where Are You, Sally Rooney (PA | ABP | eB24M)
5. Billy Summers, Stephen King (PA | AB24M | eB24M)
6. The Last Thing He Told Me, Laura Dave (AB24M | eB24M)
7. A Slow Fire Burning, Paula Hawkins (PA | ABP | AB12M | eB12M | eB24M)*
8. Empire of the Vampire, Jay Kristoff (ABP | eB24M)*
   
9. Forgotten in Death, J.D. Robb (PA | ABP | eB24M)
10. The Midnight Library, Matt Haig (PA | ABP | eB12M | eB24M)

Nonfiction

1. American Marxism, Mark R. Levin (AB24M | eB24M)
2. Countdown bin Laden, Chris Wallace (AB24M | eB24M)
3. Unbound, Tarana Burke (PA | ABP | eB24M)
4. A Hunter-Gatherer's Guide to the 21st Century, Heather Heying (ABP | AB12M | eB12M | eB24M)*
5. Fuzz, Mary Roach (PA)
6. You Got Anything Stronger?, Gabrielle Union (ABP | eB26C)
7. Where Tomorrows Aren't Promised, Carmelo Anthony (AB24M | eB24M)
8. Wildland, Evan Osnos (ABP | eB24M)
9. The Long Slide, Tucker Carlson (AB24M | eB24M)
10. What Happened to You?, Bruce D. Perry and Oprah Winfrey (PA | ABP | eB24M)

 

Fiction/Nonfiction format key:

PA = Playaway (physical)

ABP = hoopla Flex digital audiobook, perpetual license

AB12M = hoopla Flex digital audiobook, 12-month license

AB24M = hoopla Flex digital audiobook, 24-month license

eB12M = hoopla Flex eBook, 12-month license

eB24M = hoopla Flex eBook, 24-month license

eB26C = hoopla Flex eBook, 26-circulation license

* = physical CD audiobook currently unavailable

 

Contact your sales rep for more information about hoopla Flex.

Hot This Week: September 20

New this week—more options for your Fiction and Nonfiction collections! We've added links to Playaway audiobooks, when available, as well as to digital audiobooks and eBooks available through hoopla Flex. See the key at the bottom of the post for format definitions.

 

hoopla Flex is our version of one-copy one-user functionality, allowing your library to offer patrons the latest and greatest titles on the hoopla platform they're already familiar with. This is in addition to the million-plus titles in the hoopla Instant collection, all of which are available with no holds and no waiting. Contact your sales rep for more information.

Movies

1. The Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard (Blu-ray | 4K)
2. Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway (Blu-ray)
3. The Conjuring 3: The Devil Made Me Do It (Blu-ray | 4K)
4. The Gateway (Blu-ray)
5. Ted Bundy: American Boogeyman
   
6. A Quiet Place Part II (Blu-ray | 4K)
7. Great White (Blu-ray)
8. Wrath of Man (Blu-ray)
9. Spirit Untamed (Blu-ray)
10. Luca (Blu-ray | 4K)

Music

1. Iron Maiden, Senjutsu
2. Olivia Rodrigo, Sour
   
3. Morgan Wallen, Dangerous: The Double Album
   
4. Billie Eilish, Happier Than Ever
   
5. Imagine Dragons, Mercury - Act 1
6. Halsey, If I Can't Have Love, I Want Power
7. Luke Combs, What You See Is What You Get
8. Dua Lipa, Future Nostalgia
   
9. Pop Smoke, Shoot for the Stars Aim for the Moon
10. The Weeknd, After Hours

Fiction

1. Beautiful World, Where Are You, Sally Rooney (PA | ABP | eB24M)
2. Forgotten in Death, J.D. Robb (PA | ABP | eB24M)
   
3. Billy Summers, Stephen King (PA | AB24M | eB24M)
4. A Slow Fire Burning, Paula Hawkins (PA | ABP | AB12M | eB12M | eB24M)*
5. Matrix, Lauren Groff (PA | ABP | AB12M | eB12M | eB24M)
6. Rock Paper Scissors, Alice Feeney (PA | ABP | eB24M)
7. The Last Thing He Told Me, Laura Dave (AB24M | eB24M)
8. The Madness of Crowds, Louise Penny (PA | ABP | eB24M)
9. The Midnight Library, Matt Haig (PA | ABP | eB12M | eB24M)
10. The Night She Disappeared, Lisa Jewell (AB24M | eB24M)

Nonfiction

1. American Marxism, Mark R. Levin (AB24M | eB24M)
2. Countdown bin Laden, Chris Wallace (AB24M | eB24M)
3. Beautiful Country, Qian Julie Wang (ABP | AB12M | eB12M | eB24M)*
4. This Bright Future, Bobby Hall (AB24M | eB24M)
5. What Happened to You?, Bruce D. Perry and Oprah Winfrey (PA | ABP | eB24M)
6. The Afghanistan Papers, Craig Whitlock (AB24M | eB24M)
7. The Long Slide, Tucker Carlson (AB24M | eB24M)
8. The American Experiment, David M. Rubinstein (AB24M | eB24M)
9. Forever Young, Hayley Mills (AB24M | eB24M)
10. Greenlights, Matthew McConaughey (ABP | AB12M | eB12M | eB24M)
    

 

Fiction/Nonfiction format key:

PA = Playaway (physical)

ABP = hoopla digital audiobook, perpetual license

AB12M = hoopla digital audiobook, 12-month license

AB24M = hoopla digital audiobook, 24-month license

eB12M = hoopla eBook, 12-month license

eB24M = hoopla eBook, 24-month license

* = physical CD audiobook currently unavailable