Staff Picks

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

Alison

A novel about the secrets we keep buried and the cost of unearthing them. A terrifying and touching story of innocence lost and the trials that test our sense of right and wrong.

Alice

Honeymoon in Purdah: an Iranian Journey

With humor and compassion, Wearing gives Iranians the chance to wander beyond headlines and stereotypes, and in doing so, reveals the poetry of their lives.

Maggie

Earth Keeper: Reflections on the American Land

N. Scott Momaday

In glittering prose, this book reminds us that the Earth is a sacred place of wonder and beauty; a source of strength and healing that must be protected before it's too late.

Maggie

How To Be An Antiracist

This an essential work for anyone who wants to go beyond an awareness of racism to the next step: contributing to the formation of a truly just and equitable society.

Maggie

The Blue Bear: a True Story of Friendship and Discovery in the Alaskan Wild

Set amid the wild archipelagoes, deep glittering fjords, and dense primordial forests of Alaska's Glacier Coast, it is rich with the lyric sensibility and stunning prose of nature classics.

Teresa

Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear

Elizabeth Gilbert

Balancing between soulful spirituality and cheerful pragmatism this encourages us to infuse our everyday lives with more mindfulness and passion, Big Magic cracks open a world of wonder and joy.

Gloria

All The Light We Cannot See

A stunningly beautiful story about a blind French girl and a German boy whose paths collide in occupied France as both try to survive the devastation of World War II.

Historical Fiction

Tracy

Nothing To See Here

A moving and uproarious novel about a woman who finds meaning in her life when she begins caring for two children with remarkable and disturbing abilities

Carli

A psychological drama, tour de force, an utterly immersive pageturner that will challenge everything you think you know about motherhood, about our children, and about what happens behind the doors.

Dennis

The Body: A Guide for Occupants

The Body will lead you to a deeper understanding of the miracle that is life in general and you in particular. It is wondrous, with compulsively readable facts and information.

Andy

Thick and Other Essays

Tressie McMillan Cottom

Smart, humorous, and strikingly original thoughts on race, beauty, money, and more. About all that is right and much that is so very wrong about this thing we call society.

Alison

This is epic historical fiction, a harrowing, tough and painful read of one of American history's darkest period, the Great Depression and the Dust Bowl.

Historical Fiction

Jeanne

If Da Vinci Painted a Dinosaur

Newbold writes on nineteen artists' styles and Greg Newbold illustrates: such as Edgar Degas' dinosaur ballerinas, Cassius Coolidge's dinosaurs playing Go Fish, and Hokusai's dinosaurs surfing a wave

Jeanne

If Picasso Painted a Snowman

From that simple premise flows this delightful, whimsical, educational picture book that shows how the artist s imagination can summon magic from a prosaic subject.

Jeanne

The Range Eternal

A young Native American girl who considers her family's wood-burning stove to be the heart of her home in the Turtle Mountains must adapt when it is replaced.

Jeanne

A little girl wears a bear on the outside to keep her safe and to be her friend, just as some people have a fierce animal inside to protect them.

Jeanne

M. O. Yuksel Hatem Aly, illustrator.

A picture book featuring culturally rich artwork celebrates the joys, rituals, and traditions that are practiced in mosques throughout the world, and includes a glossary and information about many his

Jeanne

The Once & Future Witches

When the suffragette movement inspires a witchy revolution in the town of New Salem, a whole host of characters are pulled into this web of words and will.

Jeanne

The Essential Conversation: What Parents and Teachers Can Learn From Each Other

Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot

A wise, useful book about the ways in which parents and teachers can make the most of their essential conversation—the dialogue between the most vital people in a child's life.

Jeanne

World of Wonders: In Praise of Fireflies, Whale Sharks, and Other Astonishments

Aimee Nezhukumatathil

From beloved, award-winning poet Aimee Nezhukumatathil comes a debut work of nonfiction-a collection of essays about the natural world, and the way its inhabitants can teach, support, and inspire us.

Jeanne

Three Ways to Trap a Leprechaun

Claire is determined to catch a leprechaun to prove that these magical, mischievous, miniature marvels are real with hilarious results.

Jeanne

That's Me Loving You

Amy Krouse Rosenthal

Shares messages about how a parent's presence and devotion can be recognized in the natural world, from a soft breeze to a shimmering star.

Jeanne

Illustrations and easy-to-read, rhyming text show what makes spring special, from raindrops and robins to bluebells and butterflies.

Jeanne

Shake a Leg, Egg!

It's springtime, and the pond is bursting with new life. Everyone is out and about, except for one family of geese.

Jeanne

The Diabetes Code: Prevent and Reverse Type 2 Diabetes Naturally

This book explains the only way to treat type 2 diabetes effectively is proper dieting and intermittent fasting - not medication.

Alice

The Power of One

Bryce Courtenay

Peekay embarks on an epic journey through a land of tribal superstition and modern prejudice where he will learn the power of words, the power to transform lives, and the power of one.

Joanna

Mowat is dropped alone onto the frozen tundra, where he begins his mission to live among the howling wolf packs and study their ways.

Matt

The Yiddish Policeman's Union

In a world in which Alaska, rather than Israel, has become the homeland for the Jews following World War II, Detective Meyer Landsman and his half-Tlingit partner Berko investigate the death of a hero

Gloria

Tilted: A Lean In Podcast

Tilted explores topics at the intersection of gender and culture – and brings you conversations with people pushing for change.

Gloria

Brenda and Ana Sheila

A Latinx empowerment program with discussions on politics, culture, and how to keep your calma with well-being practices and self-love.