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December 19, 2017

Staff Best Reads of 2017

Staff Best Reads of 2017

As 2017 comes to an end, we’ve decided to share a list of our staff’s favorite books they’ve read this year. Happy Holidays and happy reading!

          

Youth Services Staff Favorites:


My Sunshine Away by M.O. Walsh


The Pants Project by Cat Clarke


The War That Saved My Life by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley


The Hate You Give by Angie Thomas


Solo by Kwame Alexander


Scythe by Neal Shusterman


The Guantlet by Karuna Riazi


Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi


Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward


Born a Crime by Trevor Noah


Daring Greatly by Brene Brown


             

Adult Services Staff Favorites:


Zak George’s Dog Training Revolution by Zak George


NYC Basic Tips & Etiquette by Nathan W. Pyle


Ancient Skies, Ancient Trees by Beth Moon


Star Wars Super Graphic: a Visual Guide to a Galaxy Far, Far Away by Tim Leong


The Man from the Train by Bill James


What Alice Forgot by Liane Moriarty


End of the World Running Club by Adrian Walker


A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles


Everything Everything by Nicola Yoon


The Cabinet of Wonders by Marie Rutkowski


Turtles All the Way Down by John Green


Reckless Daughter by David Yaffe


Thank You for Being Late by Thomas Friedman


News of the World by Paulette Jiles


            

Circulation Staff Favorites:


The Blood Mirror by Brent Weeks


Peregrine’s Rest by Jennifer Gostin


Killing Patton by Bill O’Reilly


A Short History of the Girl Next Door by Jared Reck 


The Stars Beneath Our Feet by David Barclay Moore


Killing England by Bill O’Reilly 


Batgirl: A Celebration of 50 Years by DC Comics


We Were the Lucky Ones by Georgia Hunter


The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss


The Poet’s Dog by Patricia MacLachlan


Piece of the World by Christina Baker Kline


The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger


Time and Again by Jack Finney


                                               

Administration Staff Favorites:


The Alice Network by Kate Quinn


The Bookshop on the Corner by Jenny Colgan


The Identicals by Elin Hilderbrand


Final Girls by Riley Sager


One More Thing: Stories and Other Stories by B.J. Novak


                    

Indiana Room Staff Favorites:


Mr. Mercedes by Stephen King


Flavia de Luce series by C. Alan Bradley


                      

Systems Staff Favorites:


Theft by Finding by David Sedaris


14 by Peter Clines


Everything’s Eventual by Stephen King


Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky


Collections Staff Favorites:


Backyard Parables by Margaret Roach