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2023 Recommended Reading Lists

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Winter 2023 Reading List

DEMON COPPERHEAD by Barbara Kingsolver

FAIRY TALE by Stephen King

HELL BENT by Leigh Bardugo

HOW TO SELL A HAUNTED HOUSE
by Grady Hendrix

I'M GLAD MY MOM DIED by Jennette McCurdy

LESSONS IN CHEMISTRY by Bonnie Garmus

MAD HONEY
by Jodi Picoult and Jennifer Finney Boylan

SPARE by Prince Harry

THE BOYS FROM BILOXI by John Grisham

THE CABINET OF DR. LENG
by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child

THE HOUSE IN THE PINES by Ana Reyes

THE HOUSE OF WOLVES
by James Patterson and Mike Lupica

THE LAST THING HE TOLD ME by Laura Dave

THE LIGHT WE CARRY by Michelle Obama

THE MIDNIGHT LIBRARY by Matt Haig

THE NAZI CONSPIRACY
by Brad Meltzer and Josh Mensch

THE SHARDS by Bret Easton Ellis

TOMORROW, AND TOMORROW, AND

TOMORROW by Gabrielle Zevin

WITHOUT A TRACE by Danielle Steel

SOURCE: NY Times Bestseller Lists
1/08/2023

Winter 2023 Featured Book

The Sentence
by Louise Erdrich

Louise Erdrich's latest novel, The Sentence, asks what we owe to the living, the dead, to the reader and to the book. A small independent bookstore in Minneapolis is haunted from November 2019 to November 2020 by the store's most annoying customer. Flora dies on All Souls' Day, but she simply won't leave the store. Tookie, who has landed a job selling books after years of incarceration that she survived by reading "with murderous attention," must solve the mystery of this haunting while at the same time trying to understand all that occurs in Minneapolis during a year of grief, astonishment, isolation, and furious reckoning.

The Sentence begins on All Souls' Day 2019 and ends on All Souls' Day 2020. Its mystery and proliferating ghost stories during this one year propel a narrative as rich, emotional, and profound as anything Louise Erdrich has written.

Spring 2023 Reading List

A FEVER IN THE HEARTLAND by Timothy Egan

BRAIDING SWEETGRASS by Robin Wall Kimmerer

DAISY JONES & THE SIX by Taylor Jenkins Reid

GREENLIGHTS by Matthew McConaughey

HANG THE MOON by Jeannette Walls

HEART BONES by Colleen Hoover

HELLO BEAUTIFUL by Ann Napolitano

HOMECOMING by Kate Morton

I WILL FIND YOU by Harlan Coben

IT ENDS WITH US by Colleen Hoover

IT STARTS WITH US by Colleen Hoover

NEVER NEVER by Colleen Hoover and Tarryn Fisher

PINEAPPLE STREET by Jenny Jackson

REMARKABLY BRIGHT CREATURES
by Shelby Van Pelt

ROMANTIC COMEDY by Curtis Sittenfeld

THE SEVEN HUSBANDS OF EVELYN HUGO
by Taylor Jenkins Reid

TRESS OF THE EMERALD SEA
by Brandon Sanderson

UGLY LOVE by Colleen Hoover

VERITY by Colleen Hoover

SOURCE: NY Times Bestseller Lists
3/30/2023

Spring 2023 Featured Book

Olive Kitteridge
by Elizabeth Stout

At times stern, at other times patient, at times perceptive, at other times in sad denial, Olive Kitteridge, a retired schoolteacher, deplores the changes in her little town of Crosby, Maine, and in the world at large, but she doesn’t always recognize the changes in those around her: a lounge musician haunted by a past romance; a former student who has lost the will to live; Olive’s own adult child, who feels tyrannized by her irrational sensitivities; and her husband, Henry, who finds his loyalty to his marriage both a blessing and a curse.

As the townspeople grapple with their problems, mild and dire, Olive is brought to a deeper understanding of herself and her life—sometimes painfully, but always with ruthless honesty. Olive Kitteridge offers profound insights into the human condition—its conflicts, its tragedies and joys, and the endurance it requires.

Fall 2023 Reading List

23 1/2 LIES by James Patterson

ASSISTANT TO THE VILLAIN
by Hannah Nicole Maehrer

DEMON COPPERHEAD by Barbara Kingsolver

ELON MUSK by Walter Isaacson

FALL OF RUIN AND WRATH
by Jennifer L. Armentrout

FOURTH WING by Rebecca Yarros

HOLLY by Stephen King

KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON by David Grann

LESSONS IN CHEMISTRY by Bonnie Garmus

OUTLIVE by Peter Attia with Bill Gifford

PAYBACK IN DEATH by J.D. Robb

SCATTERSHOT by Bernie Taupin

THE COVENANT OF WATER by Abraham Verghese

THE HOUSEMAID by Freida McFadden

THE VASTER WILDS by Lauren Groff

THE WAGER by David Grann

THINGS WE LEFT BEHIND by Lucy Score

TOM LAKE by Ann Patchett

TOO LATE by Colleen Hoover

VINCE FLYNN: CODE RED by Kyle Mills

SOURCE: NY Times Bestseller Lists
10/01/2023

Spring 2023 Featured Book

Fish in a Tree
by Lynda Mullaly Hunt

Ally has been smart enough to fool a lot of smart people. Every time she lands in a new school, she is able to hide her inability to read by creating clever yet disruptive distractions. She is afraid to ask for help; after all, how can you cure dumb? However, her newest teacher Mr. Daniels sees the bright, creative kid underneath the trouble maker. With his help, Ally learns not to be so hard on herself and that dyslexia is nothing to be ashamed of. As her confidence grows, Ally feels free to be herself and the world starts opening up with possibilities. She discovers that there’s a lot more to her—and to everyone—than a label, and that great minds don’t always think alike.

The author of the beloved One for the Murphys gives readers an emotionally-charged, uplifting novel that will speak to anyone who’s ever thought there was something wrong with them because they didn’t fit in. This paperback edition includes The Sketchbook of Impossible Things and discussion questions.