Staff Picks
Chief Inspector Armand Gamache returns in the eighteenth book in #1 New York Times bestseller Louise Penny's beloved series.
It’s spring and Three Pines is reemerging after the harsh winter. But not everything buried should come alive again. Not everything lying dormant should reemerge.
But something has.
So ridiculously satisfying. Roanhorse has created a superb mashup of a Western and a Victorian murder mystery. Lots of religious allegory, some romance, prejudices, and family trauma.
Recommended by Kristine
This was an engaging thriller set in Boston and in rural Maine. Reeves does a terrific job creating a mysterious family story that builds suspense with each chapter. A good mix of characters that glue this story together amongst the horrors of domestic abuse.
Recommended by Kathy
Keegan uses simple prose and realistic dialog to create this wonderful, moving, kind of upsetting portrait of what it means to be a family.
Recommended by Kristine
Recommended by Laurie
"Being a person that always adopts rescue dogs, I couldn’t believe the amount of animals that they took care of, usually ones that needed a lot of help medically or emotionally. They turned their whole house over to crates and beds and places for these animals to sleep and showered them with love and affection. It was the most amazing and heartwarming story."Recommended by Michelle
Truly an American saga. The coming-of-age story of a kid in rural Appalachia, it is both breathtaking and heart-breaking. This novel tackles the opioid epidemic head-on.
Recommended by Kristine
I swore off reading WWII books for awhile but am glad I let this one lure me back in. It is a wonderful, grand story of three siblings and their lives from childhood on the English coast through their various roles during the war. Beautiful writing gives life to not only the siblings but every character in the book.
Highly recommended by Kristine
Ng's newest novel is a powerful story of love, loss, and the legacy we leave behind. After suffering through a crippling economic crisis, the country adopts a severe policy penalizing anyone not deemed "patriotic" enough. This leads to hate and violence aimed at the AAPI community. Most terrifyingly, by separating children from parents. Ng paints a frightening world that given the current climate, does not seem that far out there. Ng handles this heavy subject with the skill and beauty that leaves the reader hopeful at the end.
Recommended by Mary Kay
The "what-if" story of the real Hester Prynne of Nathaniel Hawthorne's Scarlet Letter. I love a literary speculative history and this one fits the bill. A nicely woven tale of love ad betrayal. Perfect for fans of New England history.
Recommended by Kristine
Recommended by Laurie
Another fun little mystery with the gang!
Recommended by Anna