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Spotlight on BIPOC Authors
Can't Hurry Love
Psychological Thrillers
Summer Scares
Gentle Reads
LGBTQIA
Among the Stars
modern westerns
Magical Realism
Diverse Historical Fiction
Memoirs & Biographies
Mirth. Titles: Anxious People by Fredrik Backman, Squeeze Me by Carl Hiaasen, The Department of Sensitive Crimes by Alexander McCall Smith, Less by Andrew Sean Greer, High Fidelity by Nick Hornby, Nothing to See Here by Kevin Wilson, My sister the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite, Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan.
For Fans of House of the Dragon
What Kind of Romance Do You Like to Read? Steamy titles: The Kiss Quotient by Helen Joang, Get a Life Chloe Brown by Talia Hibbert, Boyfriend Material by Alexis Hall, It Heppened One Summer by Tessa Bailey, The Deal by Elle Kennedy. Humorous titles: the Charm Offensive by Alison Cochrun, The Dating Playbook by Farrah Rochon, Spoiler Alert by Olivia Dade, Plot Twist by Bethany Turner, The Decent Proposal by Kemper Donovan. Small town titles: The City Baker's Guide to Country Living by Louise Miller, The Beach House by Rochelle Alers, All In by Shelley Shepard Gray, Finding Home Again by Brenda Jackson, No Offense by Meg Cabot. Suspenseful titles: A Marvellous Light by Freya Marske, Blind Tiger by Sandra Brown, Lightning in a Mirror by Jayne Ann Krentz, Deceoption by Stacy Abrams writing as Selena Montgomery, Verity by Colleen Hoover.
If you (think you) hate science fiction. Titles: Crosstalk by Connie Willis, Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan, Fledgling by Octavia E. Butler, This Is How You Lose the Time War by Max Gladstone, Ready Player One by Ernest Cline, The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet by Becky Chambers, Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir, Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro.
Modern Adaptations of William Shakespeare. Titles: Vinegar Girl by Anne tyler, The Dead Fathers Club by Matt Haig, New Boy by Tracy Chevalier, These Violent Delights by Chloe Gong, I Iago by Nicole Galland, Fool by Christopher Moore, A Thousand Acres by Jane Smiley, Hag-Seed by Margaret Atwood, The Gap of Time by Jeanette Winterson, Shylock Is My Name by Howard Jacobson, Exit pursued by a bear by E.K. Johnston, Nutshell by Ian McEwan.
Road Tripping: Road trip stories for every mood. Culturally diverse and compelling: America for Beginners by Leah Franqui. Funny and moving: The Wangs vs. the World by Jade Chang. Suspenseful and Darkly Humorous: The Other Black Girl by Zakiya Dalila Harris. Amusing and Bittersweet: Less by Andrew Sean Greer, Suspenseful and intricately plotted: The Woman in the Windows by A.J. finn, Quirky and whimsical: The 100-Year-Old Man by Jonas Jonasson. Irreverent and thought-provoking: Fleishman Is in Trouble by Taffy Brodesser-Akner. Moving and heartwarming: the Lido by Libby Page.
Contemporary Westerns. Titles: the Thousand Crimes of Ming Tsu by Tom Lin, Brokeback Mountain by Annie Proulx, Outlawed by Anna North, Tru Grit by Charles Portis, All the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthy, Whiskey When We;re Dry by John Larison, How Much of these Hills Is Gold by Z Pam Zheng, Upright Women Wanted by Sarah Gailey.
Memorable Fictional Fathers. Titles: To Kill a Mockingbird bu Harper Lee, The Shining by Stephen King, Ask Again Yes by Mary Beth Keane, King Lear by William Shakespeare, An American Marriage by Tayari Jones, The Godfather by Mario Puzo, the World According to Garp by John Irving, The Road by Cormac McCarthy, The Great Santini by Pat Conroy, A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin, Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen, Your Heart Is a Muscle the Size of a Fist by Sunil Yapa.
For fans of podcasts. Titles: Welcome to Night Vale by Joseph Fink and Jeffrey Cranor, Sadie by Courtney Summers, I Know You Know by Gilly Macmillan, the Kids Are Gonna Ask by Gretchen Anthony, The Book of Cold Cases by Simone St. James, Mom Jeans and Other Mistakes by Alexa Martin, Our House by Louise Candlish, If I Disappear by Eliza Jane Brazier, Rabbits by Terry Miles, What If You and Me by Roni Loren, Girl, 11 by Amy Suiter Clarke, Sorry Not Sorry by Sophie Ranald.

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2024 Selections

An Albany Girlhood
A Short History of Nearly Everything
Horse
Glass Hotel
The Personal Librarian
Hamnet
The Night Ship
Violin Conspiracy
The Rabbit Hutch
The House in the Cerulean Sea
The Great Circle
The Art Thief
The Family Tree
Finding Me
Winemaker's Wife
Family Lore
Solito
Wandering Stars
Carnegie's Maid
Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow
 

2023 Selections

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The Last Flight book cover
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2022 Selections

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The Girl with the Louding Voice book cover
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The books of F. Scott Fitzgerald
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