Featured Staff Pick

Melissa F.

"Inspired by true events surrounding the destruction of the town of Iola in the 1960s, Go as a River is a story of deeply held love in the face of hardship and loss, but also of finding courage"

Fiction, Historical Fiction

Staff Picks

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

Carli

Gerardo Sámano Córdova

"A Promethean fable about reconstruction, reinvention, and the occasional human-sized snack. A mother despondent over the death of her son employs a bloody dose of magical realism to bring him back"

Fiction, Horror

Melissa F.

The Covenant of Water

Abraham Verghese

"a stunning and magisterial epic of love, faith, and medicine, set in Kerala, South India, following three generations of a family seeking the answers to a strange secret"

Fiction, Historical Fiction

Melissa F.

"Inspired by true events surrounding the destruction of the town of Iola in the 1960s, Go as a River is a story of deeply held love in the face of hardship and loss, but also of finding courage"

Fiction, Historical Fiction

Melissa F.

Man's Search for Meaning

"In this work, a Viennese psychiatrist tells his grim experiences in a German concentration camp which led him to logotherapy, an existential method of psychiatry"

Biography, Non-Fiction

Melissa F.

WHat My Bones Know

"A searing memoir of reckoning and healing from an acclaimed journalist and former This American Life producer investigating the little-understood science behind Complex PTSD"

Memoir, Non-Fiction

Andy

"an intimate history of the turning point of World War II"

History, Non-Fiction

Andy

Alice McDermott

"a vivid portrait of an American family in the middle decades of the twentieth century"

Fiction, Historical Fiction

Andy

The Paris Apartment

"The longer Ben stays missing, the more Jess starts to dig into her brother's situation, and the more questions she has. Ben's neighbors are an eclectic bunch, and not particularly friendly."

Fiction, Mystery, Thriller

Andy

Lady In The Lake

"set in 1960s Baltimore that combines modern psychological insights with elements of classic noir, about a middle-aged housewife turned aspiring reporter who pursues the murder of a forgotten woman"

Fiction, Mystery, Thriller

Andy

To The Power of Three

"A murder-suicide that rocks a Baltimore suburb may not be what it seems"

Fiction, Mystery, Thriller

Andy

Someone Else's Shoes

"a funny, moving and heartfelt story about how, for any of us just one little thing can suddenly change everything"

Andy

“an emotionally intelligent, brilliantly plotted, and beautifully written examination of a very modern family that will keep you gripped to the end”

Fiction, Mystery, Thriller

Andy

The Outcasts of Time

"Two brothers escape the Black Death by skipping forward in time, experiencing six centuries of change in six days."

Fiction, Historical Fiction

Alison

Demon Copperhead

Barbara Kingsolver

"a brilliant novel which enthralls, compels, and captures the heart as it evokes a young hero's unforgettable journey to maturity"

Gloria & Laura

The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store

"Follows a community as they work together to save a young deaf Black boy, Dodo, from unjust institutionalization in 1930s America."

- Gloria & Laura

Fiction, Historical Fiction, Mystery

Sarah

The Red House Mystery

"an innovative whodunnit filled with humorous quips, twists and turns, and a puzzle with which even the most seasoned reader of mysteries will struggle"

Fiction, Mystery

Joanna

The Seed Keeper

"A haunting novel spanning several generations, The Seed Keeper follows a Dakota family's struggle to preserve their way of life, and their sacrifices to protect what matters most."

Fiction, Historical Fiction

Joanna

The Mushroom at the End of the World

Anna Lowenhaupt Tsing

"A poetic and remarkably fertile exploration of the relationship between human beings and the natural environment, and what can still be done to stem its rapid deterioration"

Jill

I'll Show Myself Out

"hilariously explodes the cultural myths and impossible expectations around motherhood and explores the humiliations, poignancies, and possibilities of midlife"

Memoir, Non-Fiction

Crisanne

Radical Compassion

"Recognize. Allow. Investigate. Nurture. RAIN meditation is a easy-to-learn program that can help practitioners loosen the grip of difficult emotions and limiting beliefs."

Crisanne

Under the Whispering Door

"Hilarious, haunting, and kind, Under the Whispering Door is an uplifting story about a life spent at the office and a death spent building a home."

Audiobooks, Fantasy, Fiction, Romance

Crisanne

Lyanda Lynn Haupt

"cutting-edge science supports a truth that poets, artists, mystics, and earth-based cultures across the world have proclaimed over millennia: life on this planet is radically interconnected"

Crisanne

"Romance author Yarros blends the epic tale of a reluctant dragon rider's coming-of-age with a sexy dark academia aesthetic in her astounding debut fantasy."

Fantasy, Fiction, Romance

Joanna

New translation by Emily Wilson--"The greatest literary landmark of antiquity masterfully rendered by the most celebrated translator of our time."

Joanna

"Vulnerable, tender, acute, these are serious poems, brave poems, exploring with honesty the ambiguous moment between the rapture of youth and the grace of acceptance."

Non-Fiction, Poetry

Joanna

"A brilliant, searching exploration of different kinds of intelligence--plant, animal, human, artificial--and how they transform our understanding of humans' place in the cosmos"

Jeanne

How to Find Your Way Home

A warm, life-affirming novel about what happens when a sister discovers that her brother is homeless, and in reconnecting with him learns the true meaning of belonging

Dennis

Ahiahia: The Orphan

"After intruders enter their iglu and murder his parents, an Inuit boy is taken in by his grandmother, who does everything she can to protect him."

Dennis

Killers of the Flower Moon

"Tells the story of the brutal murders behind white settlers' attempted dispossession of an Osage family's Oklahoma lands, under which lay some of the world's most valuable oil fields."

Dennis

Around the World in 80 Trees

"AROUND THE WORLD IN EIGHTY TREES, beautifully illustrated by Lucille Clerc, is about eighty different trees species and their intricate relationships with people, animals and other plants."