Winter 2024 Reading List

FOURTH WING by Rebecca Yarros

IRON FLAME by Rebecca Yarros

THE HEAVEN & EARTH GROCERY STORE
by James McBride

HOLMES, MARPLE & POE
by James Patterson and Brian Sitts

FIRST LIE WINS by Ashley Elston

ICEBREAKER by Hannah Grace

THE HOUSEMAID by Freida McFadden

SANCTUARY OF THE SHADOW by Aurora Ascher

HOUSE OF EARTH AND BLOOD by Sarah J. Maas

LESSONS IN CHEMISTRY by Bonnie Garmus

A COURT OF SILVER FLAMES by Sarah J. Maas

HOUSE OF SKY AND BREATH by Sarah J. Maas

TWISTED LOVE by Ana Huang

REMARKABLY BRIGHT CREATURES
by Shelby Van Pelt

IT ENDS WITH US by Colleen Hoover

OATH AND HONOR by Liz Cheney

THE BOYS IN THE BOAT by Daniel James Brown

KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON by David Grann

THE WAGER by David Grann

OUTLIVE
by Peter Attia with Bill Gifford

THE WOMAN IN ME
by Britney Spears

ELON MUSK
by Walter Isaacson

THE KINGDOM, THE POWER, AND THE GLORY
by Tim Alberta

SOURCE: NY Times Bestseller Lists
01/28/2024

Winter 2024 Featured Book

The Book of Form and Emptiness
by Ruth Ozeki

One year after the death of his beloved musician father, thirteen-year-old Benny Oh begins to hear voices. The voices belong to the things in his house—a sneaker, a broken Christmas ornament, a piece of wilted lettuce. Although Benny doesn't understand what these things are saying, he can sense their emotional tone; some are pleasant, a gentle hum or coo, but others are snide, angry and full of pain. When his mother, Annabelle, develops a hoarding problem, the voices grow more clamorous.

At first, Benny tries to ignore them, but soon the voices follow him outside the house, onto the street and at school, driving him at last to seek refuge in the silence of a large public library, where objects are well-behaved and know to speak in whispers. There, Benny discovers a strange new world. He falls in love with a mesmerizing street artist with a smug pet ferret, who uses the library as her performance space. He meets a homeless philosopher-poet, who encourages him to ask important questions and find his own voice amongst the many.

And he meets his very own Book—a talking thing—who narrates Benny’s life and teaches him to listen to the things that truly matter.

With its blend of sympathetic characters, riveting plot, and vibrant engagement with everything from jazz, to climate change, to our attachment to material possessions, The Book of Form and Emptiness is classic Ruth Ozeki—bold, wise, poignant, playful, humane and heartbreaking.

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Summer 2024 Reading List

A COURT OF MIST AND FURY by Sarah J. Maas

A COURT OF THORNS AND ROSES
by Sarah J. Maas

AN UNFINISHED LOVE STORY
by Doris Kearns Goodwin

CAMINO GHOSTS by John Grisham

ENTRANCES AND EXITS by Michael Richards

ERUPTION
by Michael Crichton and James Patterson

FOURTH WING by Rebecca Yarros

FUNNY STORY by Emily Henry

JUST FOR THE SUMMER by Abby Jimenez

LEATHER AND LARK by Brynne Weaver

OUTLIVE by Peter Attia with Bill Gifford

THE ANXIOUS GENERATION by Jonathan Haidt

THE ASHES & THE STAR-CURSED KING
by Carissa Broadbent

THE BODY KEEPS THE SCORE
by Bessel van der Kolk

THE COMFORT OF GHOSTS
by Jacqueline Winspear

THE HOUSEMAID by Freida McFadden

THE WOMEN by Kristin Hannah

THE WREN IN THE HOLLY LIBRARY by K.A. Linde

THIS SUMMER WILL BE DIFFERENT
by Carley Fortune

WHAT THIS COMEDIAN SAID WILL SHOCK YOU by Bill Maher

WHEN THE SEA CAME ALIVE by Garrett M. Graff

WHEN WOMEN RAN FIFTH AVENUE
by Julie Satow

YOU LIKE IT DARKER by Stephen King

SOURCE: NY Times Bestseller Lists
06/23/2024

Summer 2024 Featured Book

How Can I Help You
by Laura Sims

A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR
The New York Times Book Review • Publishers Weekly • CrimeReads • Book Riot

The lives of two librarians become dangerously intertwined in this razor-sharp exploration of human nature and the lure of artistic obsession.

No one knows Margo’s real name. Her colleagues and patrons at a small-town public library know only her middle-aged normalcy, congeniality, and charm. They have no reason to suspect that she is, in fact, a former nurse with a trail of premature deaths in her wake. She has turned a new page, so to speak, and the library is her sanctuary, a place to quell old urges.

That is, at least, until Patricia, a recent graduate and failed novelist, joins the library staff. Patricia quickly notices Margo’s subtly sinister edge, and watches her carefully. When a tragic incident in the library bathroom gives her a hint of Margo’s mysterious past, Patricia can’t resist digging deeper—even as her new fixation becomes all-consuming and sends both women hurtling toward disaster.

Chilling, incisive, and darkly humorous, How Can I Help You is a propulsive work of psychological suspense that asks how far we might go to justify our most monstrous desires.

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