Shelved Olin Library’s first floor, this section is home to about 1,000 popular fiction and non-fiction titles published within the last year. The fiction includes an assortment of novels in a variety of genres, short story collections, poetry, plays by established and prize-winning authors, as well as works by emerging authors that have garnered positive critical notice. Popular non-fiction books spanning topics in world and U.S. history, sociology, politics, science, film, sports, and religion are shelved alongside memoirs, biographies and recent works by local authors and Cornell University faculty.
New & Noteworthy books have a two-week loan period, but may be renewed. Most titles discussed in The New York Times Book Review are placed on Olin Library’s New & Noteworthy shelves, as are those that have received wide attention in the general news media.
- To display the current list of titles, connect to the Library Catalog. Select the call number in the drop down menu and enter ”New & Noteworthy” in the text box.
- You may also use our New & Noteworthy books automatic search.
New Books
Of the more than 50,000 physical volumes added to Olin Library each year, most are scholarly books supporting Cornell University’s research and teaching interests in disciplines that span the social sciences and humanities. Selected by nearly 25 subject librarians, these volumes are written in a wide variety of languages and, like the New & Noteworthy books, include both fiction and non-fiction.
To view online lists of recent Cornell University Library acquisitions by subject classification, see CUL New Books.