Are you ready for a new year of reading? Our staff has compiled our favorite reads, watches, and listens from 2023. Take a look and see if you find a new favorite for yourself!
Favorite Movies and TV Shows:
- Barbie
- Good Time
- The Founder
- Land
- Minari
- Nobody
- Save Yourselves! (Find this one on Kanopy)
- Star Trek: Lower Decks
- The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent
Favorite Fiction Books:
- Adelaide by Genevieve Wheeler (Find this one on Overdrive)
- The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
- The Anthropocene Reviewed by John Green
- Bad Summer People by Emma Rosenblum
- The Book of Lost Things by Michael Connolly
- The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky
- Delicious Monsters by Liselle Sambury
- A Door in the Dark by Scott Reintgen
- Dove in the Belly by Jim Grimsley
- Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries by Heather Fawcett
- Forget Me Not Julie Soto
- Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros
- A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder series by Holly Jackson
- The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
- In the Midst of Winter by Isabel Allende
- Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus
- The Making of Another Major Motion Picture Masterpiece by Tom Hanks
- The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco
- Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt
- Saga series by Brian K Vaughan
- The Searcher by Tana French
- The Secret Book of Flora Lea by Patti Callahan Henry
- The Stand by Stephen King
- Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman
- Tom Lake by Ann Patchett
- When Women Were Dragons by Kelly Barnhill
- You, With a View by Jessica Joyce
Favorite Non-Fiction Books:
- Beyond the Wand: The Magic and Mayhem of Growing Up a Wizard by Tom Felton
- The Blue Zones Secrets for Living Longer: Lessons From the Healthiest Places on Earth by Dan Buettner
- Cook This Book: Techniques That Teach & Recipes to Repeat by Molly Baz
- Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing by Matthew Perry
- I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy
- Poverty, by America by Matthew Desmond (Find this one on Overdrive)
- Spare by Prince Harry
Favorite Children's Books
- Picture Books
- Creepy Crayon by Aaron Reynolds
- Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown
- The Monster at the End of This Book by Jon Stone
- Mother of Sharks by Melissa Cristina Marquez
- Very Good Hats by Emma Straub
- Early Readers
- An Elephant & Piggie biggie! Vol. 5 by Mo Willems
- Cornbread & Poppy by Matthew Cordell
- Mossy and Tweed: Crazy for Coconuts by Mirka Hokkanen
- Worm and Caterpillar Are Friends by Kaz Windness
- Chapter Books & Graphic Novels
- Eerie Tales from the School of Screams by Graham Annable
- The First Cat in Space Ate Pizza by Mac Barnett and Shawn Harris
- Frizzy by Claribel A. Ortega
- Keeper of the Lost Cities by Celina Frenn
- The Little Kid with the Big Green Hand by Matthew Gray Gruber
- The Moth Keeper by K O'Neill
-
Parachute Kids by Betty C. Tang
- Super Boba Café 1 by Nidhi Chanani
- Two Tribes by Emily Bowen Cohen
- Watership Down: The Graphic Novel by Richard Adams
- Non-Fiction
- Bravery: Chasing Dreams, Befriending Pain, and Other Big Ideas by Alexi Pappas
- The Disney Villains Cookbook by Disney Books
- Do Not Eat This Book!: Fun With Jewish Foods & Festivals by Beth Kander
- Eat Your Superpowers!: How Colorful Foods Keep You Healthy and Strong by Toni Buzzeo
- Finding My Dance by Ria Thundercloud
- A First Time for Everything by Dan Santat (graphic novel / memoir)
- Mary's Idea by Chris Raschka
- The Mystery of the Golden Feather: A Mindful Journey Through Birdsong by Tessa Strickland
- A Quantum Life Adapted for Young Adults: My Unlikely Journey from the Street to the Stars by Hakeem Oluseyi and Joshua Horwitz
- We Are Starlings: Inside the Mesmerizing Magic of a Murmuration by Robert Furrow
- You Are a Raccoon! by Laurie Ann Thompson
Ashley, Lauren, & Marissa's Favorite Storytime Books
- 100 Mighty Dragons All Named Broccoli by David LaRochelle
- Bear Has a Belly by Jane Whittingham
- Blurp’s Book of Manners by Cindy Derby
- Butterfly Child by Marc Majewski
- Can You Put Me to Bed?: The Tale of the Not-So-Sleepy Sloth by Erin Guendelsberger
- Crunch the Shy Dinosaur by Cirocco Dunlap
- Ella's Night Lights by Lucy Fleming
- Firefighter Flo by Andrea Zimmerman
- Guess What is Growing Inside This Egg by Mia Posada
- How to Count to One: (And Don't Even Think About Bigger Numbers!) by Caspar Salmon
- I Am the Longest Dog by Avery Monsen
- If I Had a Crocodile by Gabby Dawnay
- Invisible Things by Andy J Pizza and Sophie Miller
- Let’s Add Up! By Victoria Allenby
- Lou by Breanna Carzoo
- Love Makes a Family by Sophie Beer
- Mister Kitty is Lost by Greg Pizzoli
- The More You Give by Marcy Campbell
- Mr. S. by Monica Arnaldo
- Mushroom Lullaby by Kenneth Kraegel
- The Red Fruit by Lee Gee Eun
- Snail Crossing by Corey Tabor
- Snowflakes on our Tongues by Mike Ornstein
- Stickler Loves the World by Lane Smith
- Too Many Pigs and One Big Bad Wolf by David Cali
- What Really Happens at Night by Muge Li
- Whose Bones Are Those? By Chihiro Takeuchi
- Whose Tracks in the Snow by Alexandra Milton
- Woo Hoo! You’re Doing Great! By Sandra Boynton