Ever wonder what our library staff is currently reading? Here is a list of books we've been reading in the first half of 2024! Did you know you can always pick up a monthly list of Staff Reads at the Adult Reference Desk? You can also have them emailed straight to your inbox by clicking here and signing up for the Staff Picks newsletter!
Director Alyson Lobert is reading:
- Annie Bot by Sierra Greer
- Yellowface by R.F. Kuang
- Real Americans by Rachel Khong
- Cooking in Real Life: Delicious and Doable Recipes for Every Day by Lidey Heuck
- Big Time by Ben Winters (Libby)
- Embassy Wife by Katie Crouch
Circulation & Technical Services Manager Bill W. is reading:
- The Devil’s Best Trick – How the Face of Evil Disappeared by Randall Sullivan
- Book of Days by Patti Smith
- Happiness is Overrated by Cuong Lu
Head of Information Services Trista R. is reading:
- Whalefall by Daniel Kraus
- How to Sell a Haunted House by Grady Hendrix
- Hide by Kiersten White
Director of Technology Benjamin S. is reading:
- Princess of Dune by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson
Marketing and Programs Manager Ashley M. is reading:
- When I Was Your Age: Life Lessons, Funny Stories & Questionable Parenting Advice from a Professional Clown by Kenan Thompson (Libby)
- Mad Honey by Picoult, Jodi
- Wrong Place Wrong Time by McAllister, Gillian (Libby)
- Never Lie by Freida McFadden (Libby)
- Good Material by Dolly Alderton (Libby)
- The It Girl by Ruth Ware (Libby)
- The Only One Left by Riley Sager (Libby)
- Tom Lake by Ann Patchett
- The Ogress and the Orphans by Kelly Barnhill
- The Bright Sword by Lev Grossman
- Yellowface by R.F. Kuang
- No One Can Know by Kate Alice Marshall
- One Summer in Savannah by Terah Shelton Harris
- Happiness Falls by Angie Kim
- The Mystery Guest by Nita Prose
- Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn
- The Leftover Woman by Jean Kwok
- Emily Wilde’s Map of the Otherlands by Heather Fawcett
- After the Forest by Kell Wood
- The House in the Pines in Ana Reyes
- Holly by Stephen King
Adult Services Librarian Alexis S. is reading:
- The Daughter of Doctor Moreau by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
- The Fox Wife by Yangsze Choo
- Shuri: The Vanished by Nic Stone
- Queen Hereafter by Isabel Schuler
- River of the Gods: Genius, Courage and Betrayal in the Search for the Source of the Nile by Candice Millard
- Loyalty by Lisa Scottoline
- Look Out for the Little Guy by Scott Lang
- Yinka, Where Is Your Huzband? by Lizzie Damilola Blackburn
- What You Are Looking for Is in the Library by Michiko Aoyama
Adult Services Librarian Angela Q. is reading:
- I’m Glad My Mom Died by McCurdy, Jennette
- The Accidental Empress by Allison Pataki
- The House of Eve by Sadeqa Johnson
- Next Year in Havana by Chanel Cleeton
- The Magnificent Lives of Marjorie Post by Allison Pataki (Libby)
- The Women by Kristin Hannah
- The Berry Pickers by Amanda Peters
- Pachinko by Min Jin Lee
- Ghost Writers: Us Haunting Them by Keith Taylor
- Diva by Daisy Goodwin
- The Mediterranean Dish: 120 + Bold Mediterranean Recipes for More Joy at the Table by Suzy Karadsheh
- It. Goes. So. Fast.: The Year of No Do-Overs by Mary Louise Kelly
- This Time Tomorrow by Emily Straub
Adult Services Librarian Brannon M. is reading:
- Empire of the Vampire by Jay Kristoff
Adult Services Librarian Jacob S. is reading:
- The Stand by Stephen King
- What Moves the Dead by T Kingfisher
- Dune by Frank Herbert
- Mister Miracle: The Great Escape by Varian Johnson
- The History of Sketch Comedy by Keegan Michael Key & Elle Key
- Marvel Knights: Punisher by Garth Ennis
Adult Services Librarian Steve M. is reading:
- Black Flags, Blue Waters: The Epic History of America’s Most Notorious Pirates by Eric Jay Dolin
- Samuel Beckett: The Complete Short Prose 1929-1989
- Four Shots in the Night: A True Story of Spies, Murder, and Justice in Northern Ireland by Henry Hemming
- Uncommon Measure: A Journey Through Music, Performance, and the Science of Time by Natalia Hodges
- James by Percival Everett
- A Stranger in the Citadel by Tobias S Buckell
Teen Services Librarian Anjelica L. is reading:
- All You Have to Do is Call by Kerri Maher
- Anne Boleyn and Elizabeth I : The Mother and Daughter who Forever Changed British History by Tracy Borman
- Imogen, Obviously by Becki Albertalli
- Black Cake by Charmaine Wilckerson
- No One Can Know by Kate Alice Marshall
- Charming Young Man by Eliot Schrefer
- Maybe Meant to Be by K.L Walther
- Nineteen Steps by Millie Bobby Brown
- Percy Jackson: The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan
- Check & Mate by Ali Hazelwood
- The Berry Pickers by Amanda Peters
- Love is a Revolution by Renee Watson
Teen Services Librarian Shelby F.P.R. is reading:
- A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J. Maas
Circulation Services member Elizabeth E. is reading:
- Violin Conspiracy by Brendan Slocumb
- Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon
- Last Ranger by Peter Heller
- Whistling Past the Graveyard by Susan Crandall
Circulations Services member Karen G. is reading:
- First Lie Wins by Ashley Elston
- The Mountain King by Anders de la Motte
- Last Night by Luanne Rice
- The Heiress by Rachel Hawkins
- That’s Not My Name by Megan Lally
Circulation Services member Karen S. is reading:
- Left to Tell: Discovering God Amidst the Rwandan Holocaust by Immaculée Ilibagiza
- Heaven and Earth Grocery Store by James McBride
- Yellowface by R. F. Kuang
Circulations Services member Liz W. is reading:
- Gender Queer by Maia Kobabe
- Old God’s Time by Sebastian Barry
- Nation by Terry Pratchett (Libby)
- Learned by Heart by Emma Donoghue
- Real Tigers by Mick Herron (Libby)
- How To Say Babylon by Safiya Sinclair (Libby)
- Heaven and Earth Grocery Store by James McBride
- Black AF History: The Un-Whitewashed Story of America by Michael Harriot
- Recitatif by Toni Morrison
- A Separate Peace by John Knowles
- Juno Loves Legs by Karl Geary
- Invincible Summer by Alice Adams
- Dear Edward by Ann Napolitano
- Finding Me by Viola Davis
- Book of Charlie: Wisdom From the Remarkable American Life of a 109-Year-Old Man by David Von Drehle
- Tom Lake by Ann Patchett
- The Last White Man by Mohsin Hamid
- The Man Who Died Twice by Richard Osman
- Red at the Bone by Jacqueline Woodson
Circulation Services member Lovely is reading:
- I’m Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy
- Never Finished: Unshackle Your Mind and Win the War Within by David Goggins
- Wishful Drinking by Carrie Fisher
- A Court of Silver Flames by Sarah J Mass
- The Guest List by Lucy Foley
Circulation Services member Roberta is reading:
- Listen on Music, Sound and Us by Michel Faber
- Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman
- After Annie by Anna Quindlen
- The Boys: A Memoir of Hollywood and Family by Ron and Clint Howard
- A World of Curiosities by Louise Penny
- Once Upon a Wardrobe by Patti Callahan Henry
- Midnight at the Blackbird Cafe by Heather Webber
- The Book of Lost Names by Kristin Harmel
- Madly, Deeply the Diaries of Alan Rickman
Circulation Services member Robyn J. is reading:
- Swan Song by Erin Hilderbrand
- By Invitation Only by Dorothea Benton Frank
- The Paradise Problem by Christina Lauren
- Today, Tonight, Tomorrow by Rachel Solomon
- Past, Present, Future by Rachel Solomon
- Powerless by Lauren Roberts
- The Women Kristin Hannah
- The Love Wager by Lynn Painter
Page Julie is reading:
- A Short Walk Through A Wide World by Douglas Westerbeke
Page Rainah P. is reading:
- The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller
- Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain by Oliver Sacks
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