Looking for some ideas of what to read? These are some of the books our staff members are currently reading or recently finished.
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Staff Reads from June 2019:
- Akata Witch by Nnedi Okorafor
- All Systems Red by Martha Wells
- Cloudsplitter by Russell Banks
- The Dreamers by Karen Thompson Walker
- A Girl Like That by Tanaz Bhathena (downloaded through the 2019 SYNC Audiobooks for Teens program)
- Good Omens by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett
- The Guns of the South by Harry Turtledove
- How Not to Die Alone by Richard Roper
- Symptoms of Being Human by Jeff Garvin
- Watership Down by Richard Adams
Staff Reads from May 2019:
- Aru Shah and the Song of Death by Roshani Chokshi
- Becoming by Michelle Obama
- Blink and Caution by Tim Wynne-Jones (downloaded through the 2019 SYNC Audiobooks for Teens program)
- Dear Martin by Nic Stone
- He Killed Them All: Robert Durst and My Quest for Justice by Jeanine Pirro
- A Game of Thrones by George R. R. Martin
- Girl, Stop Apologizing by Rachel Hollis
- Holy Lands by Amanda Sthers
- How I Got This Way by Patrick McManus
- The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd
- The Invited by Jennifer McMahon
- Keep Her Safe by Sophie Hannah
- The Last Black Unicorn by Tiffany Haddish
- The Old Drift by Namwali Serpell
- Puddin’ by Julie Murphy
- Uncommon Type by Tom Hanks
- When Friendship Followed Me Home by Paul Griffin
Staff Reads from April 2019:
- 101 Asian Dishes You Need to Cook Before You Die by Jet Tila
- American Like Me: Reflections on Life Between Cultures by America Ferrera
- Arabella of Mars by David D. Levine (audio, narrated by Barrie Kreinik)
- Beauty Queens by Libba Bray
- Becoming by Michelle Obama
- Blood Hollow by William Kent Krueger
- The Book of Boy by Catherine Gilbert Murdock
- Bull by David Elliott
- Carmilla by Sheridan Le Fanu
- City of a Thousand Dolls by Miriam Forster (audio, narrated by Shannon McManus)
- Coyote Songs by Gabino Iglesias
- Darius the Great is Not Okay by Adib Khorram
- Double Cup Love: On the Trail of Family, Food, and Broken Hearts in China by Eddie Huang
- Dragonshadow by Elle Katharine White
- Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman
- Elsewhere by Gabrielle Zevin
- Every Breath by Nicholas Sparks
- First: Sandra Day O’Connor by Evan Thomas
- Flame in the Mist by Renée Ahdieh (audio, narrated by Nancy Wu)
- Flamingo Diner by Sherryl Woods
- Girl, Wash Your Face by Rachel Hollis
- The Harvard Medical School Guide to Yoga by Marilynn Wei
- A Hat Full of Sky by Terry Pratchett
- Heartstone by Elle Katharine White
- The Hours by Michael Cunningham
- Judgment by Joseph Finder
- The Kiss Quotient by Helen Hoang
- The Line Becomes a River: Dispatches from the Border by Francisco Cantú
- Metro Girl by Janet Evanovich
- Murder in the Front Row: Shots from the Bay Area Thrash Metal Epicenter by Harald Oimoen and Brian Lew
- Religions of the East: Paths to Enlightenment by Stephen Prothero (audio, narrated by Stephen Prothero)
- Renegades by Marissa Meyer
- Scarlet by Marissa Meyer
- The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
- Scythe by Neal Shusterman
- Sergeant Reckless by Patricia McCormick (Texas Bluebonnet Award winner)
- Sleeping Giants by Sylvain Neuvel
- Suspicious Minds by Gwenda Bond
- Things No One Will Tell Fat Girls: A Handbook for Unapologetic Living by Jes Baker
- Worst Case by James Patterson
- You by Caroline Kepnes (audio, narrated by Santino Fontana)
