Book Lists & Recommendations

 
Personalized Recommendations

If the suggested book lists below do not fullfil your needs, Adult Services Librarian is happy to make a personalized recommendation of 3 books. Please allow a minimum of 2 business days to fill these requests. You do not need a library card for this request.

 
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For Fans of Colleen Hoover

Love-and-other-words
Love and other words
Maybe-in-another-life
Maybe in another life
Archer's-voice
Archer's voice
In-five-years
In five years
Second-first-impressions-
Second first impressions
Punk-57
Punk 57
One-true-loves
One true loves
The-people-we-keep
The people we keep
Me-before-you
Me before you
Queenie
Queenie
The-kiss-quotient
The kiss quotient
End-of-day
End of day
After
After
Josh-and-Hazel's-guide-to-not-dating
Josh and Hazel's guide to not dating
My-lovely-wife
My lovely wife
Confessions
Confessions
Before-I-Let-Go
Before I Let Go

Anti-Racism

So-you-want-to-talk-about-race
So you want to talk about race
Stamped-from-the-beginning-:-the-definitive-history-of-racist-ideas-in-America
Stamped from the beginning : the definitive history of racist ideas in America
Waking-up-white-:-and-finding-myself-in-the-story-of-race
Waking up white : and finding myself in the story of race
How-to-be-an-antiracist
How to be an antiracist
We-are-not-yet-equal-:-understanding-our-racial-divide
We are not yet equal : understanding our racial divide
When-they-call-you-a-terrorist-:-a-Black-Lives-Matter-memoir
When they call you a terrorist : a Black Lives Matter memoir
Have-Black-lives-ever-mattered?
Have Black lives ever mattered?
The-color-of-law-:-a-forgotten-history-of-how-our-government-segregated-America
The color of law : a forgotten history of how our government segregated America
The-warmth-of-other-suns:-the-epic-story-of-America's-great-migration
The warmth of other suns: the epic story of America's great migration
White-fragility-:-why-it's-so-hard-to-talk-to-white-people-about-racism
White fragility : why it's so hard to talk to white people about racism
Between-the-world-and-me
Between the world and me
I'm-still-here-:-Black-dignity-in-a-world-made-for-whiteness
I'm still here : Black dignity in a world made for whiteness
Rising-out-of-hatred-:-the-awakening-of-a-former-white-nationalist
Rising out of hatred : the awakening of a former white nationalist
Just-mercy-:-a-story-of-justice-and-redemption
Just mercy : a story of justice and redemption
Tears-we-cannot-stop-:-a-sermon-to-white-America
Tears we cannot stop : a sermon to white America
The-new-Jim-Crow-:-mass-incarceration-in-the-age-of-colorblindness
The new Jim Crow : mass incarceration in the age of colorblindness
"Why are all the Black kids sitting together in the cafeteria?" : and other conversations about race

LGBTQ+ Reads

Tomorrow-will-be-different-:-love,-loss,-and-the-fight-for-trans-equality
Tomorrow will be different : love, loss, and the fight for trans equality
The-ABC's-of-LGBT+
The ABC's of LGBT+
The-House-of-Impossible-Beauties
The House of Impossible Beauties
Less-:-a-novel
Less : a novel
My-ex-life
My ex-life
Bingo-love
Bingo love
Transgender-101-:-a-simple-guide-to-a-complex-issue
Transgender 101 : a simple guide to a complex issue
Me-:-Elton-John
Me : Elton John
On-swift-horses
On swift horses
Kept-animals-:-a-novel
Kept animals : a novel
Red,-white-&-royal-blue
Red, white & royal blue
The-dime
The dime
Freshwater
Freshwater
Conventionally-yours
Conventionally yours
Stealing-thunder
Stealing thunder
When-Katie-met-Cassidy
When Katie met Cassidy
I-hear-the-sunspot-/-Volume-1
I hear the sunspot / Volume 1
Untamed
Untamed
Tell-the-wolves-I'm-home-:-a-novel
Tell the wolves I'm home : a novel
The-antidote-for-everything
The antidote for everything
Oddly-normal-:-one-family's-struggle-to-help-their-teenage-son-come-to-terms-with-his-sexuality
Oddly normal : one family's struggle to help their teenage son come to terms with his sexuality
In-the-dream-house-:-a-memoir
In the dream house : a memoir
Call-me-by-your-name
Call me by your name
My-lesbian-experience-with-loneliness-/-Volume-1
My lesbian experience with loneliness / Volume 1
Trans-sister-radio-:-a-novel
Trans-sister radio : a novel

For Fans of "Where the Crawdads Sing"

The-great-alone
The great alone
History-of-wolves-:-a-novel
History of wolves : a novel
My-absolute-darling
My absolute darling
Southernmost-:-a-novel
Southernmost : a novel
Unsheltered-:-a-novel
Unsheltered : a novel
Vampires-in-the-lemon-grove-:-stories
Vampires in the lemon grove : stories
Beartown-:-a-novel
Beartown : a novel
Virgil-wander
Virgil wander
If-the-creek-don't-rise-:-a-novel
If the creek don't rise : a novel
We-never-asked-for-wings-:-a-novel
We never asked for wings : a novel

Beach Reads

Beach-Town
Beach Town
The-Beach-House
The Beach House
Monarch-Beach
Monarch Beach
The-Husband-Hour
The Husband Hour
The-Hawaiian-Quilt
The Hawaiian Quilt
Forever-Beach
Forever Beach
Firefly-Beach
Firefly Beach
Ten-Beach-Road
Ten Beach Road
Beachcomber
Beachcomber
The-Girls-of-August
The Girls of August

Staff Favorites

This-is-how-it-always-is
This is how it always is
The-devil-in-the-white-city-:-murder,-magic,-and-madness-at-the-fair-that-changed-America
The devil in the white city : murder, magic, and madness at the fair that changed America
1Q84
1Q84
A-darker-shade-of-magic
A darker shade of magic
The-Friday-night-knitting-club
The Friday night knitting club
Brain-on-fire-:-my-month-of-madness
Brain on fire : my month of madness
Artemis-:-a-novel
Artemis : a novel
The-glass-castle-:-a-memoir
The glass castle : a memoir
Let's-pretend-this-never-happened-:-(a-mostly-true-memoir)
Let's pretend this never happened : (a mostly true memoir)
Big-mushy-happy-lump-:-a-
Big mushy happy lump : a "Sarah's scribbles" collection
The-Young-Elites
The Young Elites
Emma
Emma
The-wedding
The wedding
A-gentleman-in-Moscow
A gentleman in Moscow
Evicted-:-poverty-and-profit-in-the-American-city
Evicted : poverty and profit in the American city
Into-thin-air-:-a-personal-account-of-the-Mount-Everest-disaster
Into thin air : a personal account of the Mount Everest disaster