#FridayReads: A Single Thread by Tracy Chevalier
An immersive, moving story of a woman coming into her own at the dawn of the Second World War, from internationally bestselling author Tracy Chevalier 1932. After the Great War took both her beloved brother and her fiancé, Violet Speedwell has become a “surplus woman,” one of a generation doomed to a life of spinsterhood […]
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Inspired and Inspired By
From the books that started it all to those that give fans even more of the stories they love, these books are perfect for the TV buffs at your library. Click for More Books that Inspired and Were Inspired By TV Shows.
Readalikes for 2019’s Most Anticipated Shows
Before you binge-watch, start binge-reading! These books are the perfect readalikes to pick up while your patrons eagerly await some of the most anticipated shows of the year. Click for Readalikes to Binge-read. If You Can’t Wait to Binge-watch Homeland, You’ll Love… Life Undercover by Amaryllis Fox Amaryllis Fox’s riveting memoir tells the story of her ten […]
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How To by Randall Munroe
The world’s most entertaining and useless self-help guide, from the brilliant mind behind the wildly popular webcomic xkcd and the #1 New York Times bestsellers What If? and Thing Explainer For any task you might want to do, there’s a right way, a wrong way, and a way so monumentally complex, excessive, and inadvisable that no one would ever try […]
#FridayReads: The Nobody People by Bob Proehl
When a group of outcasts with extraordinary abilities comes out of hiding, their clash with a violent society will spark a revolution—or an apocalypse. Avi Hirsch has always known his daughter was different. But when others with incredible, otherworldly gifts reveal themselves to the world, Avi realizes that her oddness is something more—that she is something more. […]
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The Water Dancer by Ta-Nehisi Coates
In his boldly imagined first novel, Ta-Nehisi Coates, the National Book Award–winning author of Between the World and Me, brings home the most intimate evil of enslavement: the cleaving and separation of families. Young Hiram Walker was born into bondage. When his mother was sold away, Hiram was robbed of all memory of her—but was gifted […]
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In honor of the 150th anniversary of the publication of Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women, three lucky readers will receive a copy of Little Women, an ARC of March Sisters, a Little Women pouch from Out of Print, and a mug embossed with a quote from the classic novel. Enter for Your Chance to Win! NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. Enter between June 26th, 2019 […]
Book Club Reads
Whether you’re looking for diversity, romance, or the next big read, here you’ll find something for every kind of book club. For Book Clubs Looking for the Next Big Read: The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead In this bravura follow-up to the Pulitzer Prize, and National Book Award-winning #1 New York Times bestseller The Underground Railroad, Colson […]