It’s that time of year again - time for our library staff to pick our favourite books that we read this year. Please know, this is very difficult work for us to pick only a small number to share with you when we read as much as we do. But we toil on in service to you.
All books listed here were published this year, are from various genres, are for various ages, and would make great gifts for those you love, if you celebrate gift-giving holidays in December. Formats listed show our current library holdings. Enjoy your winter reading!
The Measure by Nikki Erlick (Adult Fiction, ebook, e-audiobook)
Eight ordinary people. One extraordinary choice. It seems like any other day. You wake up, pour a cup of coffee, and head out. But today, when you open your front door, waiting for you is a small wooden box. This box holds your fate inside: the answer to the exact number of years you will live. (from StoryGraph)
How to Age Disgracefully by Clare Pooley (Adult Fiction, ebook, e-audiobook)
A senior citizens’ center and a daycare collide with hilarious results in the new ensemble comedy from New York Times-bestselling author Clare Pooley. When Lydia takes a job running the Senior Citizens’ Social Club three afternoons a week, she assumes she’ll be spending her time drinking tea and playing gentle games of cards. The members of the Social Club, however, are not at all what Lydia was expecting. (from StoryGraph)
Lula Dean's Little Library of Banned Books by Kirsten Miller (Adult Fiction, ebook, e-audiobook)
Beverly Underwood and her arch enemy, Lula Dean, live in the tiny town of Troy, Georgia, where they were born and raised. Now Beverly is on the school board, and Lula has become a local celebrity by embarking on a mission to rid the public libraries of all inappropriate books—none of which she’s actually read. To replace the “pornographic” books she’s challenged at the local public library, Lula starts her own lending library in front of her home: a cute wooden hutch with glass doors and neat rows of the worthy literature that she’s sure the town’s readers need.
What Lula doesn’t know is that a local troublemaker has stolen her wholesome books, removed their dust jackets, and restocked Lula’s library with banned books: literary classics, gay romances, Black history, witchy spell books, Judy Blume novels, and more. (from StoryGraph)
Full of Myself by Siobhan Gallagher (Adult Graphic Novel)
Author and illustrator Siobhán Gallagher's humorous and heartfelt graphic memoir details her journey from being the anxious and unhappy "funny fat friend" to learning to love herself along with all her imperfections. (from StoryGraph)
Coming Home by Brittney Griner (Biography, e-book, e-audiobook)
From the nine-time women’s basketball icon and two-time Olympic gold medalist—a raw, revelatory account of her unfathomable detainment in Russia and her journey home. (from StoryGraph)
Where the Dark Stands Still by A.B. Poranek (Young Adult Fantasy e-audiobook)
A girl with dangerous magic makes a risky bargain with a demon to be free of her monstrous power in this young adult fantasy perfect for fans of An Enchantment of Ravens and House of Salt and Sorrows. (from StoryGraph)
Solo Leveling by Chugong (Young Adult Graphic Novel series)
In a world where hunters — human warriors who possess supernatural abilities — must battle deadly monsters to protect mankind from certain annihilation, a notoriously weak hunter named Sung Jinwoo finds himself in a seemingly endless struggle for survival. (Wikipedia)
The Familiar by Leigh Bardugo (Science Fiction, audiobook, ebook, e-audiobook)
From the New York Times bestselling author of Ninth House, Hell Bent, and creator of the Grishaverse series comes a highly anticipated historical fantasy set during the Spanish Golden Age. (from StoryGraph)
I Hope This Doesn't Find You by Ann Liang (Young Adult ebook, e-audiobook)
Snarky and romantic, I Hope This Doesn't Find You is Never Have I Ever meets To All the Boys if Lara Jean wrote hate emails instead of love letters.
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