Staff Picks

Find your new favorite reads with this collection of top titles curated by our expert librarians.

Categories

Lauren
Tomboy Bride
Harriet Fish Backus
"A woman's personal account of life in mining camps of the West."
- Lauren
Biography, History, Memoir, Non-Fiction
Gloria
A Good Girl's Guide To Murder
Holly Jackson
"As her senior capstone project, Pippa Fitz-Amobi is determined to find the real killer in a closed, local murder case, but not everyone wants her meddling in the past."
- Gloria
Fiction, Mystery, Teen, Thriller
Andy
Creation Lake
Rachel Kushner
"Creation Lake is a novel about a freelance agent, a 34- year-old American woman of ruthless tactics and bold opinions and clean beauty, who is sent to do dirty work in France."
- Andy
Fiction, Mystery, Thriller
Jill
Slewfoot: A Tale of Bewitchery
Brom
"Set in Colonial New England, Slewfoot is a tale of magic and mystery, of triumph and terror as only dark fantasist Brom can tell it."
- Jill
Fiction, Horror
Oliver
Poor Things
Alasdair Gray
"Poor Things is a postmodern revision of Frankenstein that replaces the traditional monster with Bella Baxter - a beautiful young erotomaniac brought back to life with the brain of an infant"
- Oliver
Fiction
Alison
Reasons To Stay Alive
Matt Haig
"Matt Haig's accessible and life-affirming memoir of his struggle with depression, and how his triumph over the illness taught him to live"
- Alison
Biography, Memoir, Non-Fiction
Lauren
Blood Sweat Tears
Christine Reed
"Blood Sweat Tears is a short story collection by 26 hikers and runners about the experience of being in a female body on trail."
- Lauren
Non-Fiction
Lauren
The Year of Less
Cait Flanders
"The Year of Less documents Cait's life from July 2014 to June 2015, during which time she bought only consumables: groceries, toiletries, gas for her car."
- Lauren
Memoir, Non-Fiction
Oliver
Foucault's pendulum
Umberto Eco
"Three Milan editors, who have spent much time rewriting crackpot manuscripts on the occult, decide to have a little fun."
- Oliver
Fiction, Mystery
Gloria
This Bridge Called My Back
Various Authors
"Originally released in 1981, This Bridge Called My Back is a testimony to women of color feminism as it emerged in the last quarter of the twentieth century."
- Gloria
Non-Fiction, Poetry
Matt
This Is Happiness
Niall Williams
"Change is coming to Faha, a small Irish parish that hasn't changed in a thousand years."
- Matt
Historical Fiction
Andy
The Winter Soldier
Daniel Mason
"Vienna, 1914. Lucius is a twenty-two-year-old medical student when World War I explodes across Europe. Enraptured by romantic tales of battlefield surgery, he enlists..."
- Andy
Historical Fiction
Andy
The Youngest Science
Lewis Thomas
"The Youngest Science is Dr. Thomas's account of his life in the medical profession and an inquiry into what medicine is all about—the youngest science, but one rich in possibility and promise."
- Andy
Non-Fiction
Sarah
British Library Crime Classics
Various Authors
British library crime classics, recommended for fans of Agathie Christie and Dorothy Sayers.
- Sarah
Fiction, Mystery
Brenda
Killers of the Flower Moon
David Grann
"Presents a true account of the early twentieth-century murders of dozens of wealthy Osage and law-enforcement officials, citing the contributions and missteps of a fledgling FBI"
- Brenda
Audiobooks, Non-Fiction
Maggie
In My Time of Dying
Sebastian Junger
"A near-fatal health emergency leads to this powerful reflection on death—and what might follow—by the bestselling author of Tribe and The Perfect Storm."
- Maggie
Biography, Memoir, Non-Fiction, Spirituality
Jill
Joyful Recollections of Trauma
Paul Scheer
"From award-winning actor and comedian Paul Scheer, a candid and hilarious memoir-in-essays on coming to terms with childhood trauma and finding the joy in embracing your authentic self"
- Jill
Biography, Memoir, Non-Fiction
Jackson
Feng Shui Modern
Cliff Tan
"In an increasingly cramped world, a modern guide to opening up your living space-and your life-using the ancient principles of feng shui."
- Jackson
Non-Fiction
Melissa F.
The Pillars of the Earth
Ken Follett
"The story of Philip, prior of Kingsbridge, a devout and resourceful monk who is driven to build the greatest Gothic cathedral the world has known"
- Melissa F.
Historical Fiction
Alison
All Fours
Miranda July
"All Fours tells the story of one woman’s quest for a new kind of freedom. Part absurd entertainment, part tender reinvention of the sexual, romantic, and domestic life of a 45 year-old female artist"
- Alison
Fiction
Alison
You Like It Darker
Stephen King
"these stories, about fate, mortality, luck, and the folds in reality where anything can happen, are as rich and riveting as his novels, both weighty in theme and a huge pleasure to read"
- Alison
Fiction, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Crisanne
Loving Our Own Bones
Julia Watts Belser
"A spiritual companion and political manifesto that cuts through objectification and inspiration alike to offer a powerful new account of disability in biblical narrative and contemporary culture"
- Crisanne
Non-Fiction, Spirituality
Crisanne
The Palace of Illusions
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
"A REIMAGINING OF THE WORLD-FAMOUS INDIAN EPIC, THE MAHABHARAT—TOLD FROM THE POINT OF VIEW OF AN AMAZING WOMAN."
- Crisanne
Fantasy, Fiction, Historical Fiction
Crisanne
Rest Is Resistance
Tricia Hersey
"Tricia Hersey, aka The Nap Bishop, encourages us to connect to the liberating power of rest, daydreaming, and naps as a foundation for healing and justice"
- Crisanne
Non-Fiction
Crisanne
A Love Song for Ricki Wilde
Tia Williams
"Set against the backdrop of modern Harlem and Renaissance glamour, a swoon-worthy love story of two passionate artists drawn to the magic, romance, and opportunity of NY"
- Crisanne
Fiction
Andy
Empire of the Scalpel
Ira Rutkow
"From a renowned surgeon and historian with five decades of experience comes a remarkable history of surgery's development-spanning the Stone Age to the present day"
- Andy
Non-Fiction
Melissa F.
The Women
Kristin Hannah
"centers on a young nurse whose life is changed by the Vietnam War"
- Melissa F.
Fiction, Historical Fiction
Lauren
Braiding Sweetgrass
Robin Wall Kimmerer
"In these beautifully written essays, she explores the natural world, wedding the scientific method with the traditional knowledge of indigenous people"
- Lauren
Audiobooks, Memoir, Non-Fiction
Carli & Lauren
Gathering Moss
Robin Wall Kimmerer
"a mix of science and personal reflection that invites readers to explore and learn from the elegantly simple lives of mosses"
- Carli & Lauren
Audiobooks, Non-Fiction
Carli
In the Distance
Hernan Diaz
"The story recounts the life of Håkan, a Swedish emigrant who is separated from his brother on their journey to the United States in the mid-19th century."
- Carli
Fiction, Historical Fiction