Here is a running list of books that our staff have read and enjoyed. We hope you enjoy them as much as we did!
Adult
- Beneath a scarlet sky / Mark Sullivan.
- Simon the fiddler / Paulette Jiles.
- This tender land / William Kent Krueger.
- A boy and his dog at the end of the world / C.A. Fletcher.
- Furnishing eternity : a father, a son, a coffin, and a measure of life / David Giffels.
- Be Frank with me [large print] / Julia Claiborne Johnson.
- Washington Black / by Esi Edugyan.
- The sparrow / Mary Doria Russell.
- The river / Peter Heller.
- West / Carys Davies.
- The book woman of Troublesome Creek / Kim Michele Richardson.
- Outlander / Diana Gabaldon.
- The snow child / Eowyn Ivey.
- One shot : a Jack Reacher novel / Lee Child.
- Quiet : the power of introverts in a world that can't stop talking / Susan Cain.
- Breath : the new science of a lost art / James Nestor.
- Invisible / Lorena McCourtney.
- Can you keep a secret? / Sophie Kinsella.
- Untamed / Glennon Doyle.
Young Adult
- March. Book one / written by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin ; [illustrated by] Nate Powell.
- Prettyboy must die / Kimberly Reid.
- The complete Maus / Art Spiegelman.
- Symphony for the city of the dead : Dmitri Shostakovich and the siege of Leningrad / M.T. Anderson.
- Just listen / by Sarah Dessen.
- Stamped : racism, antiracism, and you / Ibram X. Kendi and Jason Reynolds.
- Harry Potter and the chamber of secrets / by J.K. Rowling ; illustrations by Mary Grandpre.
- Hatchet / Gary Paulsen.
- Hey, kiddo / by Jarrett J. Krosoczka.
- Shout : a poetry memoir / by Laurie Halse Anderson.
- Speak / Laurie Halse Anderson.
- I'll give you the sun / by Jandy Nelson.
- Akata witch & Akata warrior / Nnedi Okorafor.
Children
- Anne of Green Gables / by L. M. Montgomery ; illustrated in color by Troy Howell.
- I am a genius of unspeakable evil and I want to be your class president / by Josh Lieb.
- The inquisitor's tale, or, The three magical children and their holy dog / Adam Gidwitz ; illuminated by Hatem Aly.
- Ghost / Jason Reynolds.
- The black stallion / by Walter Farley.
- Lost and found cat : the true story of Kunkush's incredible journey / Doug Kuntz and Amy Shrodes ; illustrated by Sue Cornelison.
- Holes / Louis Sachar.
- When stars are scattered / Victoria Jamieson and Omar Mohamed ; color by Iman Geddy.
- Hilo : the boy who crashed to Earth / by Judd Winick ; with color by Guy Major.
- Breaking cat news : cats reporting on the news that matters to cats / Georgia Dunn.
- The year of the book / written by Andrea Cheng ; illustrated by Abigail Halpin.
- Matilda the moocher / story and pictures by Diana Cain Bluthenthal.
- The busy beaver / Nicholas Oldland.
- Snowmen at night / Caralyn Buehner ; pictures by Mark Buehner.
- Follow Carl! / Alexandra Day.
- The story of a castle / John S. Goodall.
- Let's make a garden / written and illustrated by Tamara Awad Lobe.
- We're going on a bear hunt / retold by Michael Rosen ; illustrated by Helen Oxenbury.
- Because a little bug went ka-choo! / by Rosetta Stone ; illustrated by Michael Frith.
- Stand back," said the elephant, "I'm going to sneeze!" / by Patricia Thomas ; illustrated by Wallace Tripp.
- The rainbow fish / Marcus Pfister ; translated by J. Alison James.
- Caps for sale : a tale of a peddler, some monkeys, and their monkey business / told and illustrated by Esphyr Slobodkina.
- The dot / Peter H. Reynolds.
- The snowy day / Ezra Jack Keats.
- The Cat in the Hat / by Dr. Seuss.
- A color of his own / Leo Lionni.
- Backyard fairies / by Phoebe Wahl.
- I'm in charge of celebrations
- Pelle's new suit / Elsa Beskow; translated by Marion Letcher Woodburn.
- Whistle for Willie.
- A chair for my mother / by Vera B. Williams.
- "More more more," said the baby [board book] : 3 love stories / Vera B. Williams.
- Goodnight, Gorilla / Peggy Rathmann.
- Circle of seasons / Gerda Muller ; [text adaptation by Lucia Monfried].
