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LGBTQ+ Voices and Experiences: A Reading List for Adults
Celebrate Pride Month with books highlighting LGBTQ+ characters, experiences, histories, and voices. We hope these selections serve to educate and encourage a dialogue on topics of gender and sexuality from the personal to political, introduce readers to LGBTQ+ authors, and celebrate the joyful diversity of identities, families, and relationships.
Posted by Alex C. on June 2, 2023
The Last Beekeeper
With the perfect amount of mystery, worldbuilding, and character building, The Last Beekeeper, is very compelling.
Posted by Kimberly M. on June 1, 2023
The House in the Cerulean Sea
Linus Baker is a very ordinary man with a very plain life. He goes to work, he comes home, his cat hisses at him and the whole pattern repeats the Read more...
Posted by Heidi E. on May 20, 2023
The Only Survivors
Megan Miranda's writing is tense and atmospheric, creating a sense of unease that permeates the entire book. The pacing is excellent, with just enough suspense to keep the reader guessing Read more...
Remarkably Bright Creatures
A delightful book full of heart, humor and acceptance of things we cannot change.
Posted by Adult Services on April 1, 2023
Women’s Rights: A Reading List for Adults
In honor of Women's History Month, we've selected titles focusing on the lives of women and girls throughout the past and into the present day. We hope these selections serve Read more...
Posted by Alex C. on March 15, 2023
Dark Knights of Steel: Vol 1.
Dark Knights of Steel is a fun spin off that will engage those familiar and unfamiliar with DC characters.
Posted by Alex C. on March 1, 2023
The LEGO Story: How a Little Toy Sparked the World’s Imagination
Celebrating 90 years of bricks and mini figs!
License to Parent: How My Career as a Spy Helped Me Raise Resourceful, Self-Sufficient Kids
Analytical mom + operational dad = the CIA way of parenting
Under Lock & Skeleton Key
Gigi Pandian’s newest series kicks off with Under Lock & Skeleton Key, a locked room mystery featuring disgraced stage magician Tempest Raj. Set in the San Francisco Bay Area, Tempest has returned to her childhood home after a disastrous, career destroying performance, to seek comfort from her family, especially her grandfather’s Indian home-cooked meals. As Tempest tries to sort out her life, her father encourages her to come work for Read more...
Posted by Natalie D. on January 2, 2023
Sophie Go’s Lonely Hearts Club
Sophie Go has an incredible gift. She has the ability to see red threads connected to people. When matched with the right person, she is able to witness those red Read more...
Posted by Kimberly M. on December 1, 2022
The Passenger
Bobby Western, son of a nuclear physicist who worked with Robert Oppenheimer on the atomic bomb, is a salvage diver based in New Orleans tasked with investigating a private plane Read more...
Posted by Alex C. on November 7, 2022
Right to Read: A Reading List for Adults
We hope these selections serve to educate and encourage a dialogue on topics of centering around education and persons right to read.
Posted by Alex C. on September 2, 2022
The Woman in the Library
It’s a fine day like any other at the Boston Public Library. Until a scream breaks the silence of the library and irrevocably changes the lives of four people sharing Read more...
Posted by Adult Services on September 1, 2022
Comeuppance Served Cold
Set in 1929 in an alternate Seattle filled with magic, violence, and deceit, Comeuppance Served Cold mixes gaslamp fantasy with a noir caper to create a fast-moving novella with a Read more...
Posted by Natalie D. on August 3, 2022