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The Best Books of 2015

Multnomah County Library's guide to this year's great reads

“From aardvarks to zebus, this alphabet and counting book explores the animal kingdom. Kids, and their adult ...”
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8: An Animal Alphabet
“An imaginative tale, rather sad and melancholy, but also beautifully, poetically written. What seems like a ...”
Read Christopher C.'s full recommendation »
A Cure for Suicide
“Kell is one of the Last Travelers, able to move between parallel Londons. Magical hijinks, combined with history ...”
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A Darker Shade of Magic
“This companion to Atkinson's Life After Life tells the story of Teddy, Ursula's brother, an RAF pilot who ...”
Read Diana A.'s full recommendation »
A God in Ruins
“Cisneros presents beautifully written passages, collected as a memoir. The link?: The houses she has lived in ...”
Read Heather E.'s full recommendation »
A House of My Own
“A wildly entertaining and wonderfully told, strange-but-true story with something for everyone: politics ...”
Read Darcee M.'s full recommendation »
A Kim Jong-Il Production: The Extraordinary True Story of a Kidnapped Filmmaker, His Star Actress and a Young Dictator's Rise to Power
Heartbreaking psychological fiction, long but not slow. Be prepared to cry.
Read Christopher C.'s full recommendation »
A Little Life
“Nice, mild mannered Mr. Hemming is the helpful, obliging real estate agent that can get you the perfect house ...”
Read Susanne L.'s full recommendation »
A Pleasure and a Calling
“The rambunctious adventures of Trille and Lena, two 9 year old best friends who live a free-range life among a ...”
Read Brianne W.'s full recommendation »
Adventures with Waffles
“Three distinct voices unwind the complex history of a small Basque town including the murder of a local outsider ...”
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All That Followed
“Two teens meet on top of a building: one looking for perspective, one looking to jump. Meeting leads to ...”
Read Natasha F.'s full recommendation »
All the Bright Places
“Perfect lipstick and perfect nails mask an imperfect life as Romy deals with ridicule and rejection after an ...”
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All the Rage
Be prepared to have your sense of genre, and gender, messed with in this third book of the award winning series.
Read Heidi S.'s full recommendation »
Ancillary Mercy
“A father and daughter's loving relationship guides their conversation on a beautiful fall day as they walk ...”
Read Danielle J.'s full recommendation »
Ask Me
“An ambitious sci-fi story, strong on science. Robinson takes the generation ship story to entirely new places ...”
Read Rod M.'s full recommendation »
Aurora
“The writing is beautiful and the stories are peopled with breakable and resilient characters. Intimate in voice ...”
Read Haley I.'s full recommendation »
Baby's on Fire
“The brutal history of Indonesia is played out through the story of a revered prostitute risen from the dead, and ...”
Read Darcee M.'s full recommendation »
Beauty Is A Wound
“Three rowdy robots keep a young boy awake with their requests for more oil, tightened bolts, loosened fan belts ...”
Read Danielle J.'s full recommendation »
Beep! Beep! Go to Sleep
“Written as a letter to his young son, Coates paints an intimate picture of what it means to be black in America ...”
Read Alicia T.'s full recommendation »
Between the World and Me
“There is intelligent life in the universe, and sometimes it seems we humans think way too highly of ourselves. A ...”
Read Tama F.'s full recommendation »
Beyond Words: What Animals Think and Feel
“A beautifully taut and painful story of an embattled man who has lost everything, and keeps making all the wrong ...”
Read Alison K.'s full recommendation »
Black River
“You wake up in a strange room next to a man you don't know. The last thing you remember is taking a cab to your ...”
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Blackout: Remembering the Things I Drank to Forget
“In 1665 London, fourteen-year-old Christopher Rowe, apprentice to an apothecary, and his best friend, Tom ...”
Read Danielle J.'s full recommendation »
Blackthorn Key
“An insightful biography of an actress who is best known for her roles as Captain Kathryn Janeway on Star Trek ...”
Read Beth R.'s full recommendation »
Born with Teeth: A Memoir
“If by silly, pun-ridden, icky, and nonsenical, you mean "hilarious" - well, then this is the book for you! A ...”
Read Ross B.'s full recommendation »
Buckle and Squash: The Perilous Princess Plot
“The author and her husband lived in a tent on their land for many years while planning their dream home. Then ...”
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Building a Better Nest: Living Lightly at Home and in the World
“The story of three generations of Burroughs men, and the way their families have sustained themselves ...”
Read Jere W.'s full recommendation »
Bull Mountain: A Novel
Delightful x 100. For fans of Harry Potter who thought maybe he should kiss Draco instead of duel him.
Read Kady F.'s full recommendation »
Carry On
“One day, normal kid; next day, schizophrenic. Except it's gradual, and the journey is confusing, the care system ...”
Read Seana L.'s full recommendation »
Challenger Deep
“In college Elizabeth had a brief fling with David, a brilliant hacker. Ten years later Elizabeth heads efforts ...”
Read Rod M.'s full recommendation »
Corsair
“After almost drowning in The Grimmer, Triss is dealing with gaps in her memory, her brother's ghost, a vengeful ...”
Read Danielle J.'s full recommendation »
Cuckoo Song
“Squirrel's nuts have been stolen! Never fear, the toady Detective Gordon and his new mousy assistant, Buffy, are ...”
Read Danielle J.'s full recommendation »
Detective Gordon:The First Case
“I loved the misunderstandings that throw complete strangers (unemployed comic book artist Laney and techie Noah ...”
Read Lisa W.'s full recommendation »
Dictatorship of the Dress
“June witnesses her entire family perish in a devastating accident. As she attempts to cope with the catastrophe ...”
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Did You Ever Have a Family
“Chilling psychological fiction that packs a wallop! Happily married Catherine has an almost perfect life, but ...”
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Disclaimer
“A compelling coming-of-age story with a great deal of compassion for adult characters who are trying hard but ...”
Read Rachael S.'s full recommendation »
Disgruntled
“A travelogue graphic memoir in which Lucy cares for her ailing grandparents while on a cruise and faces fears ...”
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Displacement
“Devastation and despair slowly spread across each page as this deeply affecting graphic novel captures the build ...”
Read Katie O.'s full recommendation »
Drowned City: Hurricane Katrina and New Orleans
My So-Called Life meets Friday Night Lights meets Sarah Dessen. Utterly readable and difficult to put down.
Read Katie O.'s full recommendation »
Dumplin'
“A warm, personal ode to the street cuisine of Mexico City, Eat Mexico is a tidy collection of the author's most ...”
Read Elena G.'s full recommendation »
Eat Mexico: Recipes from Mexico City's Streets, Markets & Fondas
“Eggs: they're big and small and sometimes almost invisible, they're laid in a myriad of places, and they come in ...”
Read Tama F.'s full recommendation »
Egg: Nature's Perfect Package
“Eileen is living a miserable life - caring for her alcoholic father while working in a young men's prison. She's ...”
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Eileen
“A selection of beautifully written short stories on love, death, divorce and finance. Very personal and ...”
Read Lynn R.'s full recommendation »
England and Other Stories
“A first-time mom memoir, but mom is a former heroin addict and harem member, now married to a rock star. The kid ...”
Read Darcee M.'s full recommendation »
Everything You Ever Wanted
There are two sides to everything, especially marriage.
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Fates and Furies
“Discover the real story of Winnie the Pooh. Learn how she traveled with the army from Canada to a zoo in London ...”
Read Amy C.'s full recommendation »
Finding Winnie: The True Story of the World's Most Famous Bear
What would happen if suddenly some people developed superpowers but anyone who used them became evil?
Read Heidi S.'s full recommendation »
Firefight
“It's amazing how lush and vibrant and full of emotion a picture book can be ...”
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Float
“The third installment of the masterfully researched Ibis trilogy is set against the backdrop of the standoff ...”
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Flood of Fire
“19th Century Mexican artist José Guadalupe Posada is best known today for his amusing calaveras - skeletons ...”
Read Danielle J.'s full recommendation »
Funny Bones: Posada and His Day of the Dead Calaveras
“How can crippling depression and anxiety be furiously happy? Happiness isn't always enough. Fury isn't always ...”
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Furiously Happy
“A beautifully written and heart-wrenching story about a young woman who struggles to make sense of her own ...”
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Girl at War
Though you may be able to go home again, it will never quite be the same as you return to it a changed person.
Read Heather E.'s full recommendation »
Go Set a Watchman
What becomes of a child whose own mother is disgusted by her color? This book will grip you from the first page.
Read Ebonee B.'s full recommendation »
God Help the Child
“Big Freedia's story (so far) is one of music, hustle, and passion. Coming out of New Orleans, Big Freedia's ...”
Read Matt S.'s full recommendation »
God Save the Queen Diva!
This comic has it all: laughs, sighs, cheers. You'll love it.
Read Ross B.'s full recommendation »
Gotham Academy Vol. 1: Welcome to Gotham Academy
“Dick Grayson is reinvented as not a sidekick or superhero, but as a spy. Putting his acrobatic and ...”
Read Natasha F.'s full recommendation »
Grayson. Volume 1, Agents of Spyral
“A very rare beauty of a book that made the roots of my hair tingle on page one. Though not a gentle book, it is ...”
Read Tama F.'s full recommendation »
H is for Hawk
“A journalist walks away from her desk job to become an apprentice carpenter in this thoughtful memoir about ...”
Read Darcee M.'s full recommendation »
Hammer Head: The Making of a Carpenter
“When Princess Harriet Hamsterbone find out she is cursed to fall into a deep sleep on her twelfth birthday ...”
Read Danielle J.'s full recommendation »
Hamster Princess: Harriet the Invincible
Madame Bovary meets Anna Karenina in this first novel by poet Jill Alexander Essbaum.
Read Heather E.'s full recommendation »
Hausfrau
“While it's still worth the wait to line up for their fried chicken and pimento chesse, now you can try the ...”
Read Katie O.'s full recommendation »
Heartlandia: Heritage Recipes from Portland's The Country Cat
“After losing his family to war, the grieving Hiawatha is approached by the Peacemaker seeking help in joining ...”
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Hiawatha and the Peacemaker
“A renowned photographer uses family memorabilia and photographs to explore the the story of her family history ...”
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Hold Still
“Through a series of enticing illustrations, Ellis, artist for the band The Decemberists, explores all the ...”
Read Alison K.'s full recommendation »
Home
“Have you ever wondered what the secret to a great dragon drawing is? Half the challenge is getting the dragon to ...”
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How to Draw a Dragon
“Need tips on decorating, dancing, love, supper? Sometimes you just have to ask an expert. With step-by-step ...”
Read Rachel T.'s full recommendation »
How to Swallow a Pig: Step-by-Step Advice From the Animal Kingdom
“A delightful book for anyone who grew up in the 1960s or wants to know what it was like. Kaplan captures the ...”
Read Karen E.'s full recommendation »
I Was A Child
“Sometimes it can take a little effort to head outside. Once you're there it's wonderful! Cut-paper illustrations ...”
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In
“Beautiful collection of stories connected by characters from the Filipino diaspora, each one full with ...”
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In The Country
“When scary and confusing things happen in our lives, how do we make sense of them? Blume explores the ...”
Read Holly F.'s full recommendation »
In the Unlikely Event
“Suspense writer Andrew J. Rush thinks he has it made until a woman accuses him of breaking into her house and ...”
Read Susanne L.'s full recommendation »
Jack of Spades
“Finally, this classic Judge Dredd comic has been reissued! It's a funny and dark look at life in a futuristic ...”
Read Ross B.'s full recommendation »
Judge Dredd: America
Steampunk! Gadgetry! The Wild West! Gold! Bear's book is set in a made up, but very west coast feeling city.
Read Heidi S.'s full recommendation »
Karen Memory
“During their ritual of a weekly bus ride after church, young CJ asks his grandmother lots of questions. She ...”
Read Danielle J.'s full recommendation »
Last Stop on Market Street
“Captivating story within a story that shows the poignant choices which led to lovers separating. I joined the ...”
Read Lisa W.'s full recommendation »
Letters to the Lost
“Fairytales can come true, and that's part of the problem for the women in Grimmland. With their fates chosen for ...”
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Letters to Zell
“California-born Mai has to listen slowly, look carefully and use all her patience when she travels to Vietnam ...”
Read Susanne L.'s full recommendation »
Listen, Slowly
“If thinking about race makes you uncomfortable, brace yourself. In fact, brace yourself regardless: for ...”
Read Sara R.'s full recommendation »
Loving Day
“Five girls at scout camp encounter supernatural mysteries they are determined to solve. A fun and engaging read ...”
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Lumberjanes
“An engaging study of a short but explosive period in the life of the great reformer and translator of the ...”
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Luther's Fortress
“Senator John Lewis' second revealing and detailed graphic novel draws readers into the extraordinary life he's ...”
Read Katie O.'s full recommendation »
March: Book Two
“Doyle examines the wonders of being alive through the eyes of Dave a 14 year old boy, and Marten, a young ...”
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Martin Marten
“A young Texan scientist living in Nigeria returns home for a visit and is confronted with her past and left ...”
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Migratory Animals
“Basic, simple, throwback, non-precious, and slightly-whacky recipes with actual ingredients you can find at Fred ...”
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Milk Bar Life: Recipes & Stories
“Superb reporting turns a wrenching subject into a compulsive read. Complex, fair, and compassionate, it will ...”
Read Markrid I.'s full recommendation »
Missoula: Rape and the Justice System in a College town
“HEART. BREAKER. Deals with both memory and sexuality. If you loved Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, try ...”
Read Kady F.'s full recommendation »
More Happy Than Not
“An invitation to play with blocks add up to an imaginative concept book for toddlers about colors, shapes, and ...”
Read Danielle J.'s full recommendation »
Moving Blocks
“A broken and alienated family inhabits this quiet, marvelously written story of paralysis and grief. A ...”
Read Jane S.'s full recommendation »
Munich Airport
“Hazel Wong and her best friend Daisy Wells form a secret detective agency at their boarding school, opening ...”
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Murder Is Bad Manners
“A 38-year old German-Nigerian woman walks into a library and randomly pulls a book of the shelf. Noticing a ...”
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My Grandfather Would Have Shot Me
“A boy and his pen show how anyone can build worlds, ride dinosaurs, and show love ...”
Read Danielle J.'s full recommendation »
My Pen
“Bold, colorful photos paired with kid-friendly poems about the nature connects readers to outside world, and ...”
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National Geographic Book of Nature Poetry; More than 200 Poems With Photographs That Float, Zoom, and Bloom!
“Lord Ballister Blackheart reluctantly takes criminal-in-training Nimona as his nefarious sidekick and partner in ...”
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Nimona
“Life as a personal assistant to Hollywood celebrities is all: Glitz! Excess! Cappuccinos! Hilarious, right? As ...”
Read Ross B.'s full recommendation »
Oh! You Pretty Things
“Not that I'm going to actually concoct and cure my own salami, but I sure enjoy reading about it from one of the ...”
Read Katie O.'s full recommendation »
Olympia Provisions: Cured Meats and Tales from an American Charcuterie
“A sensitive and realistic portrayal of teenage conjoined twins, written in free verse, that is moving and ...”
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One
“Jack's quiet life changes, when Joseph becomes his foster brother. Only 14 years old and already a father, the ...”
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Orbiting Jupiter
“A beautifully written multi-layered story that unravels a family's secrets along with the history of the ...”
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Orhan's Inheritance
“In a small town, two elders attempt to poke at the loneliness and isolation surrounding them. Haruf says so much ...”
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Our Souls at Night
“Rachel Cusk's "Outline" explores identity, art and family dynamics without becoming ponderous or pedantic. The ...”
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Outline
“Plankton outweigh all sea animals combined--they truly are the 99%.The diversity is astonishing and the beauty ...”
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Plankton: Wonders of the Drifting World
“A delicately illustrated and imaginative book about two kids who are a bit dismayed by the raucous crowd at the ...”
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Pool
“Many dimensions of Portland are represented in this fascinating book - an ideal gift for map lovers, infographic ...”
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Portlandness: A Cultural Atlas
“Twilight meets Jane Austen, meets steampunk meets The Jungle Book in the first of her new series, The Custard ...”
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Prudence
“From "A is for Angela" to "Z is for Zora" and all the amazing women in between, these mini biographies and bold ...”
Read Danielle J.'s full recommendation »
Rad American Women A to Z: Rebels, Trailblazers, & Visionaries Who Shaped Our History…and Our Future
“Violent, fast-paced crime syndicate history, now with orphans, prostitution and ghosts! Set in Australia ...”
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Razorhurst
“Three true stories are braided together, with each centering on the struggle to reclaim -- to take back, to make ...”
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Reclaimers
“Turns out, roller derby is HARD! But 12-year old Astrid is getting really good at the falling down part. Set in ...”
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Roller Girl
“Remarkably good hard-sf from a master of thrillers. When an alien object is detected around Saturn, both the US ...”
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Saturn Run
“When the Moon explodes, humanity must figure out how to survive a 5,000-year long catastrophic meteor storm. ...”
Read Erika B.'s full recommendation »
Seveneves
“The night her parents disappear from their home, Robyn runs for her life. With help from a renegade gang of ...”
Read Danielle J.'s full recommendation »
Shadows of Sherwood: A Robyn Hoodlum Adventure
“This book has it all: Puerto Rican myth, urban fantasy, strong female lead, ruminations on the past, and what it ...”
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Shadowshaper
“This wordless picture book shows how it is the small things, the small people, and the small gestures that bring ...”
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Sidewalk Flowers
Ever fallen in love? Simon has. With a boy. Over email. All is good- except for the blackmail...
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Simon Vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda
“If I ever found myself on a flight with the author as my pilot I'd go all fangirl and ask for his autograph. His ...”
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Skyfaring: A Journey with a Pilot
“A virus kills more than 99% of the world's population, and this book follows characters before, during and after ...”
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Station Eleven
“This extraordinarily researched and written book on the riots that triggered much of the gay rights movement ...”
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Stonewall: Breaking Out in the Fight for Gay Rights
“Among all the brave trucks, the garbage truck seems insignificant until he plows the entire city after a ...”
Read Danielle J.'s full recommendation »
Supertruck
Meet the dashing heroes of this steampunk series opener! The most dashing of all? -- the cat! Just ask him.
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The Aeronaut's Windlass
“A love letter to the author's fluidly-gendered partner and their children, this book unfurls expansively through ...”
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The Argonauts
“A clever narrator tells you exactly how the bear was responsible for why your ...”
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The Bear Ate Your Sandwich
This book makes me feel smart, and all I have to do is look at the pictures!
Read Alison K.'s full recommendation »
The Best American Infographics 2015
“Born with a birthmark on her cornea and forced to wear an eye patch over her good eye to strengthen the wayward ...”
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The Body Where I Was Born
“Physician Tom Cage is accused of murder and running for his life. In pursuit are the law, the KKK, and his own ...”
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The Bone Tree
“In the 1930s Lewis Michaux Sr. started a book store in Harlem, to show African-American people that there were ...”
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The Book Itch: Freedom, Truth & Harlem's Greatest Bookstore
“This devastating story tracks the devolution of life in the Warsaw Ghetto. Aron is an innocuous kid whose role ...”
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The Book of Aron
“A fascinating look at a group of Danish teens who, through their acts of sabotage, inspired other Danes to ...”
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The Boys Who Challenged Hitler: Knud Pedersen and the Churchill Club
“An unusual, lyrically-told fable for grown-ups. The place is a semi-historical Arthurian England, the story ...”
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The Buried Giant
“Callie Vee is ahead of her time, challenging the norms of the early 1900's by pursuing her passion for science ...”
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The Curious World of Calpurnia Tate
A dazzling novel about an acclaimed opera singer who loses her voice.
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The Daughters
“In the tradition of Malcolm Gladwell, the author investigates the things that have been done to our food supply ...”
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The Dorito Effect: The Surprising New Truth About Food and Flavor
“If there were a grade-school primer for D&D, this would be it, with heroes, kids learning how to be heroes (or ...”
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The Dungeoneers
“An anecdotal narrative history of civilization around the North Sea that skitters around the timeline in ...”
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The Edge of the World: A Cultural history of the North Sea and the Transformation of Europe
“A bare knuckle boxer raised in a brothel is discarded by her patron after losing a fight, but finds an unlikely ...”
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The Fair Fight
“In a geologically unstable world, powerful 'orogenes' are able to move the earth with their minds. They are ...”
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The Fifth Season
“This little book is about hoverflies. Seriously. Yet, it is indescribably, deliciously charming. It buzzed its ...”
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The Fly Trap
“Apparently, it doesn't taste better because that's the way your mom did it. It tastes better because...SCIENCE ...”
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The Food Lab: Better Home Cooking through Science
“In 1930s Seattle, two teens in love find the odds may be against them. The teens are manipulated by outside ...”
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The Game of Love and Death
“Her inability to pass up a G&T and that slow slog that is Southern Rail endeared her messed up self to me and I ...”
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The Girl on the Train
A bandit and the son of a duke become unlikely allies in this sweeping epic fantasy by an award-winning author.
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The Grace of Kings
A taxicab driver in Beijing begins receiving letters telling of his many incarnations.
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The Incarnations: A Novel
“In this middle book of the trilogy, fantasy comes together with dystopian future reminiscent of A Handmaid's ...”
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The Invasion of the Tearling
“This wild mix of conspiracy thriller, dark fantasy and coming-of-age retrospection reads like David Wong, Lev ...”
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The Library at Mount Char
“A gripping psychological character study of a brilliant and elusive filmmaker. For fans of tortured artists and ...”
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The Life and Death of Sophie Stark
“A complex layer cake of liberal guilt, good intentions, parental abuse and love, and the many confusions growing ...”
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The Mare
“Two boys, living a century apart, are somehow linked through their families, their stories, and living history ...”
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The Marvels
“This book has a little of something for everyone: astounding world-building, intense action scenes, compelling ...”
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The Mechanical
“The story of a broken girl, a broken marriage and a broken young addict that's funny,unflinchingly honest and ...”
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The Nakeds
“Inspector Gamache starts a new chapter in Three Pines, when his past beckons after a child dies suspiciously ...”
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The Nature of the Beast
“When your dreams start to answer the biggest questions you have in life, do you listen? Dive into this haunting ...”
Read Katie O.'s full recommendation »
The Nest
“Welcome this beautiful book into your bedtime routine and fall into the the dark night as young boy and his ...”
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The Night World
“This haunting, historical novel set in WWII France is about two sisters who find their individual ways to fight ...”
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The Nightingale
“Through the coral reefs off the island of Moorea, Sy Montgomery teams up with Jennifer ...”
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The Octopus Scientists: Exploring the Mind of a Mollusk
“Shotgun! I call "shotgun!" Sharing a seat with your brother in a vehicle is an adventure; especially when it's ...”
Read Janet I.'s full recommendation »
The Oregon Trail: A New American Journey
The best book about not getting what you wanted that also involves a farting pony.
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The Princess and the Pony
“"Because sometimes there are problems bigger than this week's end of the world, and sometimes you just have to ...”
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The Rest of Us Just Live Here
"My Harr-y D'Amour, lovely as a summer day...In Hell."
Read Nick K.'s full recommendation »
The Scarlet Gospels
“A conspiracy laden historical fiction that takes place in India's Raj period. Two characters are in search of a ...”
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The Strangler Vine
“An intriguing story of two people who meet in a place seemingly outside of time (the Arctic circle), which ...”
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The Sunlit Night
“Miles is The Prankster. He may have to move to a town full of cows, but he's The Prankster. Except his school ...”
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The Terrible Two
“The leap from childhood to the teen world is made all the more complicated when Suzy's best friend drowns under ...”
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The Thing About Jellyfish
“It's the 1960's, and Dominic has options his working class father never had. A life of education and art with ...”
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The Tightrope Walkers
“A small town in West Virginia during the depression; a quirky family that has fallen from the heights of ...”
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The Truth According to Us.
“1940. London. Brave, intrepid Ada, aged 10, escapes her squalid flat and a cruel mother ashamed of Ada's club ...”
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The War that Saved My Life
“Good people do terrible things when they are pushed by circumstance. Set in the near future, water shortages in ...”
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The Water Knife
“Jack has heard tales about the abandoned house. Curiosity leads him inside to find thirteen chairs and...people ...”
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Thirteen Chairs
“What is more timely in our community than considering the frontline effects of gentrification of historically ...”
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This Side of Home
“Zone Theory helped me to become a happier, healthier, more confident man. I recommend it to everyone I meet ...”
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Tim and Eric's Zone Theory
“What makes us tremble and look for a place to hide, even if it is only behind a smile? Master storyteller Neil ...”
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Trigger Warning: Shorter Fictions and Disturbances
“Even before leading his first band at six-years-old, Tremé musical trombone prodigy, Troy Andrews, has ...”
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Trombone Shorty
“Oh how I loved this romp through teen-dom. The characters are smart, witty and reckless - what a great ...”
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Trouble Is A Friend of Mine
“1849: after a tragic accident, Samantha, a Chinese musical prodigy, and Annamae, a runaway slave, disguised as ...”
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Under a Painted Sky
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