LIBRARY STAFF FAVORITES

Ever wonder what the Library staff reads? As you might expect, this group of 99 people has a wide range of interests. Here are some of their recommendations.

FICTION

Robert Alexander

Kitchen Boy
Louis Bayard Pale Blue Eye
Chris Bohjalian

Trans-Sister Radio

Marion Chesney Poor Relation series
J.M. Coetzee Slow Man
John Dunning Cliff Janeway series
Leif Enger Peace Like a River
Louise Erdrich Painted Drum
Janet Evanovich Metro Girl
Dorothea Benton Frank Shem Creek
Emily Giffin Something Borrowed
Charlaine Harris Dead Until Dark
Mark Helprin Freddy & Fredericka
Amy Hempel short stories
Alan Hollingsworth Line of Beauty
Sue Monk Kidd Mermaid Chair
Dave King The Ha-Ha
Alexander McCall Smith All his books
Ian McEwan Saturday
Sue Miller Lost in the Forest
Jodi Picoult My Sister's Keeper
Annie Proulx Bad Dirt: Wyoming Stories
Nora Roberts Blue Smoke
Marilynne Robinson Gilead
Philip Roth Plot Against America
Christine Schutt Florida
Anita Shreve Wedding in December
Nicholas Sparks True Believer
Colm Toibin Master
Scott Turow Ordinary Heroes
Jennifer Weiner In Her Shoes
MEMOIRS & BIOGRAPHY
Rick Bragg Ava's Man
Billy Crystal 700 Sundays
Joan Didion The Year of Magical Thinking
Joseph J. Ellis His Excellency: George Washington
Ryan Knighton Cockeyed: a Memoir
Anne Lamott Plan B: Further Thoughts on Faith
David McCullough Mornings on Horseback
Andrea Mitchell Talking Back
Ruth Reichl Garlic & Sapphires
Mary-Ann Tirone Smith Girls of Tender Age
Charles Slack Hetty
Jane Stern Ambulance Girl
Kayla Williams Love My Rifle More than You
TRAVEL, HISTORY, COOKBOOKS, ETC.
John Berendt City of Falling Angels
James Bradley Flyboys: a True Story of Courage
Charles Fergus Summer at Little Lava
Al Franken Truth (with Jokes)
Doris Kearns Goodwin Team of Rivals
Peter Kaminsky Pig Perfect
David Hume Kennerly Shooter
Steven D. Levitt Freakonomics
Jennifer McLagan Bones: Recipes, History and Lore
Maria Rosa Menocal Ornament of the World
Orhan Pamuk Istanbul: Memories and the City
David Shipler Working Poor
Russell Shorto Island at the Center of the World
Dava Sobel The Planets
Chris Stewart Driving Over Lemons
Shasi Tharoor Bookless in Baghdad


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