Category: Staff Picks

Heart Bones by Colleen Hoover
Dana

Heart Bones

When Beyah’s mother dies of an overdose in their Kentucky trailer, she goes to live with her biological father in Texas the summer before she

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The Invisible Bridge, A Novel by Julie Orringer
Robbin

The Invisible Bridge

Set in Europe beginning in 1937, this historical fiction novel follows a Hungarian-Jewish architecture student as he learns, falls in love, and ultimately copes with

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The Plot by Jean Hanff Korelitz
Dana

The Plot

Jacob Finch Bonner had a best-selling novel but hasn’t been able to follow it up with another great success, so he’s now teaching at a

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The Screaming Staircase by Jonathan Stroud
Kate

The Screaming Staircase

This kicks off the delightful five-book series by Stroud, now developed into a Netflix series called Lockwood & Co. The novels follow Lucy Carlyle, a

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A Time for Mercy by John Grisham
Karen

A Time for Mercy

If you liked A Time to Kill you will love A Time for Mercy. You get to continue to follow small-town lawyer Jake Brigance as

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Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver
Jenny

Demon Copperhead

Barbara Kingsolver is one of my favorite authors and her latest novel, Demon Copperhead, was a book I couldn’t put down. A retelling of David

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Farmhouse by Sophie Blackall (Picture Book)
Nicole

Farmhouse

I’d be surprised if this book doesn’t win awards this year! This picture book allows readers of all ages to go inside a farmhouse and

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King of Scars by Leigh Bardugo (Young Adult)
Nicole

King of Scars

This young adult novel is an extension of the Shadow and Bone series written by Bardugo. Told through multiple points of view, the story revolves

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Reef Road by Deborah Goodrich Royce
Dana

Reef Road

This was a fascinating story inspired by a real-life crime. During the pandemic lockdown of 2020, a severed hand washes ashore at Reef Road beach

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Secluded Cabin Sleeps Six by Lisa Unger
Dana

Secluded Cabin Sleeps Six

A rich tech guru and his wife; his sister and brother-in-law; and a longtime childhood friend and her new boyfriend all agree to take a

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The Mitford Affair by Marie Benedict
Dana

The Mitford Affair

This was a somewhat complex and complicated novel about the six Mitford sisters who are dealing with scandals and rumors regarding Hitler and Great Britain’s

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