Visit LibraryReads for more information about how this list was created, and to view favorites from previous months! A Spool of Blue Threadby Anne Tyler“In this book, we come to know three generations of Whitshanks–a family with secrets and memories that are sometimes different than what others observe. The book’s timeline moves back and forth with overlapping stories, just like thread on […]
The Storied Life of A. J. Fikry:A Novelby Gabrielle Zevin“A middle-aged bookseller mourning his lost wife, a feisty publisher’s rep, and a charmingly precocious abandoned child come together on a small island off the New England coast in this utterly delightful novel of love and second chances.”- Beth Mills, New Rochelle Public Library, New Rochelle, NY The Rosie Project: A […]
Visit LibraryReads for more information about how this list was created, and to view favorites from previous months! Us: A Novelby David Nicholls“Every once in a while you stumble upon a book that makes you wish you could meet the characters in real life. This is the case with Us, the poignant story of a middle-of-the-road British family spiraling out of control, […]
Visit LibraryReads for more information about how this list was created, and to view favorites from previous months! A Sudden Light: A Novel by Garth Stein “Garth Stein has given us a masterpiece. This beautiful story takes readers on a thrilling exploration of a family estate brimming with generations of riveting Riddell family ghosts and secrets. This is a true exploratory novel, […]
Visit LibraryReads for more information about how this list was created, and to view favorites from previous months! Smoke Gets In Your Eyesby Caitlin Doughty“Part memoir, part exposé of the death industry, and part instruction manual for aspiring morticians. First-time author Doughty has written an attention-grabbing book that is sure to start some provocative discussions. Fans of Mary Roach’s Stiff and anyone […]
Visit LibraryReads for more information about how this list was created, and to view favorites from previous months! One Kick: A Novelby Chelsea Cain“Kick Lannigan survived being kidnapped as a child. Now, at twenty-one, determined never to be a victim again, she has reinvented herself. Martial arts and weapons handling are just a few of the skills she has learned over the […]
Win is away at boarding school. He doesn’t see his family anymore and in chapters that alternate between the present and the past, Win, with the help of new girl Jordan and former friend Lex, works to come to terms with the curse within his bloodline. Kuehn does brilliant things here with voice and plotting. As the reader moves deeper […]
After Visiting Friends: A Son’s Story by Michael Hainey Genre: Memoir Michael Hainey has always been haunted by his father’s death. A seasoned journalist like his father before him, he knows intuitively that the facts just don’t add up with the story he was told as a kid. An obituary he discovers as a teenager reveals that his father died […]
Visit LibraryReads for more information about how this list was created, and to view favorites from previous months! We Were Liars by E. Lockhart “This brilliant and heartbreaking novel tells the story of a prestigious family living on a private island off the coast of Massachusetts. Full of love, lies, secrets, no shortage of family dysfunction, and a shocking twist that you […]
Me Before You by JoJo Moyes Realistic Fiction After the restaurant where she works as a waitress closes down, Louisa Clark is left with few job prospects. Desperate for work, Louisa takes a job as a kind of caregiver/companion for Will Trainer, a wealthy quadriplegic has lost the will to live. His bitterness and anger about his condition is often […]
