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 2020:
- American Sign Language Phrase Book (with DVD) by Lou & Barbara Bernstein Fant (adult nonfiction, language-learning)
- Anger is a Gift by Mark Ohiro (YA realistic fic Black lives matterish and LGBTQ)
- Attack on Titan: Junior High, vol. 1 by Saki Nakagawa (YA graphic novel, manga)
- The Autobiography of Malcolm X (nonfiction, biography/autobiography)
- Back Roads to Belonging: Unexpected Paths to Finding Your Place and Your People by Kristen Strong (adult nonfiction)
- The Backstagers, vol. 1, written by James Tynion IV, illustrated by Rian Sygh
- The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins (YA dystopian fiction)
- Be Frank With Me by Julia Claiborne Johnson
- Beartown by Fredrik Backman
- A Beginning at the End by Mike Chen
- The Big Awesome Book of Hand & Chalk Lettering by Dina Rodriguez (adult nonfiction)
- Bigmama Didn’t Shop at Woolworths by Sunny Nash (adult nonfiction, memoir)
- Black Butler, vol. I, by Yana Toboso
- Black Girl Unlimited: The Remarkable Story of a Teenage Wizard by Echo Brown
- Bless me, Ultima by Rudolfo A. Anaya (coming of age novel, classic of Chicano literary canon)
- Bloom by Kenneth Oppel
- The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek by Kim Michele Richardson
- The Breakdown by B.A. Paris (adult fiction, thriller)
- Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer (YA fantasy)
- Bring Me Back by B.A. Paris (adult fiction, thriller)
- By the Book by Amanda Sellet
- Camino Winds by John Grisham (mystery, thriller, adult fiction)
- Charcoal Joe by Walter Mosley
- Circe: A novel by Madeline Miller (adult fiction, audiobook version)
- The City We Became by N. K. Jemisin
- Clockwork Angel by Cassandra Clare
- Clockwork Prince by Cassandra Clare
- The Collected Schizophrenias: Essays by Esmé Weijun Wang
- Crooked River by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child (suspense)
- Crookedstar’s Promise by Erin Hunter (juvenile fiction, fantasy/adventure)
- Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut by Derrick Barnes
- Crown of Feathers by Nicki Pau Preto (young adult fantasy)
- The Dangers of Smoking in Bed by Mariana Enríquez
- Daring Greatly by Brené Brown (adult nonfiction)
- The Darwin Affair by Tim Mason
- Doctor Dogs: How Our Best Friends are Becoming Our Best Medicine by Maria Goodavage (adult nonfiction)
- Dopesick: Dealers, Doctors, and the Drug Company That Addicted America by Beth Macy
- A Duke by Default by Alyssa Cole
- Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer (young adult fantasy)
- Every Breath by Nicholas Sparks (adult fiction, romance)
- Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng
- Faith: Taking Flight by Julie Murphy (teen fiction)
- Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell
- Field of Prey by John Sandford (mystery)
- Flamebringer by Elle Katharine White (fantasy)
- Frog and Toad are Friends by Arnold Lobel (beginning reader fiction; a celebration of friendship; 5 stories full of fun and adventure; the illustrations are so charming that it’s good even if you just look at the pictures)
- Gargoyle by Andrew Davidson
- Gathering Prey by John Sandford (adult fiction, thriller)
- George Washington’s Secret Six: The Spy Ring that Saved the American Revolution by Brian Kilmeade (history, adult nonfiction)
- The Girl Who Buried Her Dreams in a Can by Tererai Trent
- Gone Crazy in Alabama by Rita Williams-Garcia
- The Good Son by You-Jeong Jeong
- The Great Influenza by John M Barry (adult non-fiction)
- The Happiest Toddler on the Block by Harvey Karp
- Harley Quinn: Make ’em Laugh #1 Head Shrink, written by Mark Russell, illustrated by Laura Braga, colored by Luis Guerrero, lettered by Marshall Dillon, cover by Andrew Robinson (digital comic book, teen)
- Heartwood Box by Ann Aguirre
- Hollywood Park : a memoir by Mikel Jollett
- “home: habitat, range, niche, territory: A Dr. Mensah Story” by Martha Wells (science fiction short story)
House of Earth and Blood (Crescent City) by Sarah J. Maas - The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros (fiction, series of vignettes, little episodes about a 12-year-old Chicano girl in the Hispanic part of Chicago, over the span of one year)
- I Don’t Want to Die Poor by Michael Arceneaux
- Inferno: A Memoir of Motherhood and Madness by Catherine Cho
- The Insurrection (The Initiation #3) by Chris Babu (young adult dystopian fiction)
- Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer (adult nonfiction)
- Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison (classic, African-American, adult fiction)
- Lavender Lies by Susan Wittig Albert
- Library of Lost and Found by Phaedra Patrick (adult fiction)
- The Life We Bury by Allen Eskens (murder mystery, adult fiction)
- Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng
- Lucky Dog Lessons by Brandon McMillan
- Lying in Wait by Liz Nugent
- Max the Brave by Ed Vere
- Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
- Midnight Sun by Stephenie Meyers
- Murder on a Mystery Tour by Marian Babson, audiobook read by Steven Crossley
- My life as an ice cream sandwich by Ibi Zoboi (middle grade novel)
- Network Effect by Martha Wells
- The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander
- New Kid by Jerry Craft (YA graphic novel)
- New Moon by Stephenie Meyer
- Normal People by Sally Rooney (adult fiction, audiobook)
- Northwest Angle by William Kent Krueger (adult fiction, mystery)
- Nothing More Dangerous by Allen Eskens (crime novel, adult fiction)
- On What Grounds by Cleo Coyle
- Open Season by C.J. Box (adult fiction, murder mystery)
- Ophelia by Lisa Klein
- Ordinary Grace by William Kent Krueger
- Out of the Blue by Jan Wong
- The Path Made Clear: Discovering Your Life’s Direction and Purpose by Oprah Winfrey
- People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks (adult fiction)
- Pidge’s Story by Cala Spinner
- The Plague of Doves by Louise Erdrich (adult fiction)
- Poppy by Avi (juvenile fiction, fantasy)
- Premka: White Bird in a Golden Cage: My Life with Yogi Bhajan by Pamela Saharah Dyson (adult nonfiction, memoir)
- Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen (fiction, classic)
- The Quiet Game by Greg Iles
- Red Queen by Philippa Gregory
- The Red Tent by Anita Diamant (adult fiction)
- Rescue Dogs: Where They Come From, Why They Act the Way They Do and How to Love Them by Pete Paxton with Gene Stone (adult nonfiction)
- The Road Back to You: An Enneagram Journey to Self-Discovery Book by Ian Morgan Cron and Suzanne Stabile (adult nonfiction)
- The Scent Keeper by Erica Bauermeister
- Seven Endless Forests by April Genevieve Tucholke (YA fantasy fiction)
- Sex and Vanity by Kevin Kwan
- Shamed by Linda Castillo (adult fiction, suspense)
- Shelter Mountain by Robyn Carr
- Shuri (a Black Panther novel) by Nic Stone (middle grade fiction, between advanced juvenile fiction and YA fiction; Marvel fiction spin-off with purple font)
- Small Spaces by Katherine Arden
- So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo (adult nonfiction)
- Spirit Run by Noé Álvarez
- Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You by Jason Reynolds, adapted from Stamped from the Beginning by and with an introduction from Ibram X. Kendi
- The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern (fantasy, adult fiction)
- Sweet Sorrow by David Nicholls
- Temptation Ridge by Robyn Carr
- They Called Us Enemy, written by George Takei, Justin Eisinger, and Steven Scott, art by Harmony Becker
- This is All I Got: A New Mother’s Search for Home by Lauren Sandler
- Trace of Evil by Alice Blanchard
- Tranquility Falls by Davis Bunn (fiction)
- Twilight by Stephenie Meyer (YA fantasy)
- The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead
- The Watsons Go to Birmingham by Christopher Paul Curtis (juvenile fiction)
- The Weather Machine by Andrew Blum
- The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin
- What Happens in Paradise by Elin Hilderbrand (romance, adult fiction)
- What is not yours is not yours by Helen Oyeyemi
- When We Left Cuba by Chanel Cleeton
- Winter Kill by C. J. Box
- The Witch Elm by Tana French (suspense)
Staff Reads from 2019:
- 101 Asian Dishes You Need to Cook Before You Die by Jet Tila
- Akata Witch by Nnedi Okorafor
- All Systems Red by Martha Wells
- American Like Me: Reflections on Life Between Cultures by America Ferrera
- Arabella of Mars by David D. Levine (audio, narrated by Barrie Kreinik)
- Aru Shah and the Song of Death by Roshani Chokshi
- Beauty Queens by Libba Bray
- Becoming by Michelle Obama
- Blink and Caution by Tim Wynne-Jones (downloaded through the 2019 SYNC Audiobooks for Teens program)
- 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)
- Cloudsplitter by Russell Banks
- Coyote Songs by Gabino Iglesias
- Darius the Great is Not Okay by Adib Khorram
- Dear Martin by Nic Stone
- Double Cup Love: On the Trail of Family, Food, and Broken Hearts in China by Eddie Huang
- Dragonshadow by Elle Katharine White
- The Dreamers by Karen Thompson Walker
- 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
- A Game of Thrones by George R. R. Martin
- A Girl Like That by Tanaz Bhathena (downloaded through the 2019 SYNC Audiobooks for Teens program)
- Girl, Stop Apologizing by Rachel Hollis
- Girl, Wash Your Face by Rachel Hollis
- Good Omens by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett
- The Guns of the South by Harry Turtledove
- The Harvard Medical School Guide to Yoga by Marilynn Wei
- A Hat Full of Sky by Terry Pratchett
- He Killed Them All: Robert Durst and My Quest for Justice by Jeanine Pirro
- Heartstone by Elle Katharine White
- Holy Lands by Amanda Sthers
- The Hours by Michael Cunningham
- How I Got This Way by Patrick McManus
- How Not to Die Alone by Richard Roper
- The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd
- The Invited by Jennifer McMahon
- Judgment by Joseph Finder
- Keep Her Safe by Sophie Hannah
- The Kiss Quotient by Helen Hoang
- The Last Black Unicorn by Tiffany Haddish
- 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
- The Old Drift by Namwali Serpell
- Puddin’ by Julie Murphy
- 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
- Symptoms of Being Human by Jeff Garvin
- Things No One Will Tell Fat Girls: A Handbook for Unapologetic Living by Jes Baker
- Uncommon Type by Tom Hanks
- Watership Down by Richard Adams
- When Friendship Followed Me Home by Paul Griffin
- Worst Case by James Patterson
- You by Caroline Kepnes (audio, narrated by Santino Fontana)