Want to know what your library staff read in 2023? Look no further! Check out our lists below and click on any title that sounds interesting! You’ll be taken to our catalog where you can read more or put the book on hold. Maybe you’ll find someone with similar reading tastes, or someone who opens you up to a whole new genre!
Want to see which titles we liked the most this year? Check out our 2023 Staff Recommendations post!
Some titles may only be available on Hoopla or Libby, which can both be found here: Download Library
Alyson Lobert, Library Director
Adelaide by Genevieve Wheeler
All Adults Here by Emma Straub
Carrie Soto Is Back by Taylor Jenkins Reid
The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store by James McBride
The Most Fun We Ever Had by Claire Lombardo
Mother-Daughter Murder Night by Nina Simon
My Promised Land by Ari Shavit (Libby)
Poverty, by America by Matthew Desmond
Sweet Enough by Alison Roman
Tom Lake by Ann Patchett
Warrior Girl Unearthed by Angeline Boulley
Bill Wines, Head of Circulation
At Work in the Ruins: Finding Our Place in the Time of Science, Climate Change, Pandemics and All the Other Emergencies by Dougald Hine
Field Guide to Dumb Birds of the Whole Stupid World by Matt Kracht
The Ideas That Made America : A Brief History by Jennifer Ratner-Rosenhagen
Kings of Their Own Ocean : Tuna, Obsession, and the Future of Our Seas by Karen Pinchin
On Getting Out of Bed by Alan Noble
Other Emergencies by Dougald Hine
Revolt Against Humanity : Imagining a Future Without Us by Adam Kirsch
Throw Yourself into the House of Buddha by Tangen Harada Roshi
Trust the Plan : The Rise of QAnon and the Conspiracy That Unhinged America by Will Sommer
Benjamin Sebrowski, Director of Technology
Starter Villain by John Scalzi (Libby)
Trista Reno, Head of Information Services
Untamed by Glennon Doyle
Whalefall by Daniel Kraus
Alexis Shirk, Adult Services
A Christmas Promise by Anne Perry
The Complete Maus by Art Spiegelman
Devolution by Max Brooks
Enola Holmes and the Black Barouche by Nancy Springer
The Essex Serpent by Sarah Perry
The Handmaid and the Carpenter by Elizabeth Berg
The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson
Heat Storm by Richard Castle
The Last Animal by Ramona Ausubel
Lore Olympus by Rachel Smythe
Loveless by Alice Oseman
The Many Daughters of Afong Moy by Jamie Ford
Mika in Real Life by Emiko Jean
My Not-So-Perfect Life by Sophie Kinsella
The Noel Letters by Richard Paul Evans
Princess in the Spotlight by Meg Cabot
A Royal Christmas by Melody Carlson
Shutter by Ramona Emerson
The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway
The Tower Treasure by Franklin Dixon
Angela Quick, Adult Services
Beyond That, The Sea by Laura Spence-Ash
Black Cake by Charmaine Wilkerson
Hello, Molly! A memoir by Molly Shannon
In the Midst of Winter by Isabel Allende
The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende
Love and Lemons Every Day: More than 100 Bright Plant- Forward Recipes for Every Meal by Jeanine Donofrio
The Marriage Portrait by Maggie O’Farrell
The Secret Life of Sunflowers by Marta Molnar
The Secret Book of Flora Lea by Patti Callahan Henry
Small Fry by Lisa Brennan–Jobs
Brannon McCullough, Adult Services
The Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros
Black AF History by Michael Harriot
The Book Eaters by Sunyi Dean
The Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros
A Song Below Water by Bethany C. Morrow
Jacob Szpytek, Adult Services
Boys Weekend by Mattie Lubchansky
Comedy Comedy Comedy Drama by Bob Odenkirk
The Lego Story by Jens Andersen
Preacher by Garth Ennis & Steve Dillon
Sellout: The Major-Label Feeding Frenzy that Swept Punk, Emo, and Hardcore by Dan Ozzi
Steve McGladdery, Adult Services
And the Mountains Echoed by Khaled Hosseini
Dr. No by Percival Everett
Longbourn by Jo Baker
The Manuscripts Club: The People Behind a Thousand Years of Medieval Manuscripts by Christopher De Hamel
Paperback Jack by Loren Estleman
There Will Be Fire: Margaret Thatcher, the IRA, and Two Minutes That Changed History by Rory Carroll
Vineland by Thomas Pynchon
A Study in Crimson by Robert Harris
The Telling Room: A Tale of Love, Betrayal, Revenge, and the World’s Greatest Piece of Cheese by Michael Paterniti
What’s Cooking in the Kremlin by Witold Szablowski
Anjelica Lyman, Teen Services
After You Vanished by E.A. Neeves
All That’s Left to Say by Emery Lord
Bad Summer People by Emma Rosenblum
Beyond the Wand: The Magic and Mayhem of Growing Up a Wizard by Tom Felton
Bianca Torre is Afraid of Everything by Justine Pucella Winans
Champion of Fate by Kendare Blake
Chasing Pacquiao by Rod Pulido
A Door in the Dark by Scott Reintgen
The Dove in the Belly by Jim Grimsley
Eragon by Christopher Paolini
The Good Girl’s Guide to Murder series by Holly Jackson
The Isles of the Gods by Amie Kaufman
Minus One Club by Kekla Magoon
Promise Boys by Nick Brooks
Self-Made Boys by Anna Marie McLemore
Sing Me to Sleep by Gabi Burton
Teach the Torches to Burn by Caleb Roehrig
Throwback by Maurene Goo
Twelfth Grade Night by Molly Booth and Stephanie Kate Strohm
When the Angels Left the Old Country by Sacha Lamb
Ashley Moran, Youth Services
Anatomy: A Love Story by Dana Schwartz
The Book Eaters by Sunyi Dean
The Book of Lost Things by John Connolly
Christmas and Other Horrors: An Anthology of Solstice Horror (Libby)
Christmas Presents by Lisa Unger
Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr
The Coworker by Freida McFadden
D: A Tale of Two Worlds by Michel Faber
A Door in the Dark by Scott Reintgen
Drowning by T.J. Newman
Hell Bent by Leigh Bardugo
Her Body and Other Parties: Stories by Carmen Maria Machado
Hidden Pictures by Jason Rekulak
The Holiday Mix-Up by Ginny Baird
Holly by Stephen King
Emily Wilde’s Encyclopaedia of Faeries by Heather Fawcett
Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros
Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing by Matthew Perry
Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros
IT by Stephen King
It Happened One Summer by Tessa Bailey
The London Séance Society by Sarah Penner
The Maid by Nita Prose
Man Made Monsters by Andrea L. Rogers
The Paris Apartment by Lucy Foley
The Saturday Night Ghost Club by Craig Davidson (Libby)
Secluded Cabin Sleeps Six by Lisa Unger
Someone Else’s Shoes by Jojo Moyes
Spare by Prince Harry, The Duke of Sussex
The Year of Less: How I Stopped Shopping, Gave Away My Belongings, and Discovered Life Is Worth More Than Anything You Can Buy in a Store by Cait Flanders
What Moves the Dead by T. Kingfisher (Libby)
The Woman in Me by Britney Spears
Marissa Boisclair, Youth Services
Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin
Elizabeth Erdody, Circulation
Wish for Winter by Viola Shipman
Karen Grimes, Circulation
All the Dark Places by Parlato, Terri
Anxious People by Fredrik Backman
Becoming the Boogeyman by Richard Chizmar
The Bird Hotel by Joyce Maynard
The Family Game by Catherine Steadman
The Flavor Bible: The Essential Guide to Culinary Creativity, Based on the Wisdom of America’s Most Imaginative Chefs by Karen Page
A Flicker in the Dark by Stacy Willingham
The Fourth Monkey by J.D. Barker
Have You Seen Her by Catherine McKenzie
I Hunt Killers by Barry Lyga
How to Sell a Haunted House by Grady Hendrix
The Island by Natasha Preston
The Lake House by Sarah Beth Durst
The Lost Girls of Willowbrook by Wiseman, Ellen Marie
The Michigan Murders by Edward Keyes
Reckless Girls by Rachel Hawkins
The Summer of Songbirds by Kristy Woodson Harvey
The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches by Sangu Mandanna (Libby)
Karen Spring, Circulation
Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo
Rules of Civility by Amor Towles
Spare by Prince Harry, The Duke of Sussex
Liz Wagner, Circulation
All Creatures Great and Small by James Herriot
Animal Farm by George Orwell
The Boys: a Memoir of Hollywood and Family by Ron and Clint Howard
Crying in H-Mart by Michelle Zauner
Finding Chika: A Little Girl, an Earthquake, and the Making of a Family by Mitch Albom
Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing by Matthew Perry
History of Wild Places by Shea Ernshaw
Horse by Geraldine Brooks
I Take My Coffee Black by Tyler Merritt (Libby)
I Will Die in a Foreign Land by Kalani Pickhart (Hoopla)
Ink Black Heart by Robert Galbraith
Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus
The Measure by Nikki Erlick
The Pull of the Stars by Emma Donoghue
Rabbit Hutch by Tess Gunty
Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt
Rise of Wolf 8: Witnessing the Triumph by Yellowstone’s Underdog by Rick McIntyre
Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (Libby)
Slow Horses by Mick Herron
Spare by Prince Harry, The Duke of Sussex
The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman
True Biz by Sara Novic
Walking With Ghosts by Gabriel Byrne
White Tiger by Aravind Adiga (Libby)
Roberta, Circulation
The Guncle by Steven Rowley (Libby)
Legends and Lattes by Travis Baldree
The Making of Another Major Motion Picture by Tom Hanks
One Italian Summer by Rebecca Serle
The Paris Daughter by Kristin Harmel
A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austin
Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt
Storyteller by Dave Grohl
Tom Lake by Ann Patchett
Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin
Rainah Petersen, Page
And in the End: The Last Days of the Beatles by Ken McNab
The Anthropocene Reviewed by John Green
The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
The First to Die at the End by Adam Silvera
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
Lord of the Flies by William Golding
Never Finished: Unshackle Your Mind and Win the War Within by David Goggins
The Rumor Game by Dhonielle Clayton and Sona Charaipotra
A Year to the Day by Robin Benway
Robyn Jenkins, Page
Daisy Jones and the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros
Kingdom of Ash by Sarah J. Maas
Lock and Key by Sarah Dessen
The Love Wager by Lynn Painter (Libby)
Tower of Dawn by Sarah J. Maas
Romantic Comedy by Curtis Sittenfeld