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Staff Picks for Adult Readers
Nonfiction
- The Little Guide to your Well-Read Life by Steve Leveen
- Fast Food Nation by Eric Schlosser
- In the Heart of the Sea: the Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex by Nathanial Philbrick
- The Island at the Center of the World: the Epic Story of Dutch Manhattan and the Forgotten Colony that Shaped America by Russell Shorto
- It's Not About the Bike: My Journey Back to Life by Lance Armstrong
- The Growing Seasons: an American Boyhood Before the War by Samuel Hynes
- The Final Frontiersman: Heimo Korth and his Family, Alone in Alaska's Arctic Wilderness by James Campbell
- Splendid Solution: Jonas Salk and the Conquest of Polio by Jeffrey Kluger
- Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner
Fiction
- Widow of the South by Robert Hicks
- Tell No One by Harlan Coben
- Wild Girl by Jim Fergus
- Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime by Mark Haddon
- Immoral by Brian Freeman (MN author)
- Stripped by Brian Freeman (MN author)
- By a Slow River by Phillipe Claudel
- The Laments: a novel by George Hagen
- About the Author: a novel by John Colapinto
- Sammy's Hill: a novel by Kristin Gore
- Year of Wonders: a novel of the plague by Geraldine Brooks
- Blessed are the Cheesemakers by Sarah-Kate Lynch
- Crow Lake by Mary Lawson
- Amagansett by Mark Mills
- The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
- Love, The Painter's Wife & the Queen of Sheba by Alliette Armel
- The Confessor by Daniel Silva
- "Cliff Janeway" seriesby Booked to Die: The Bookman's Wake; The Bookman's Promise; The Sign of the Book by John Dunning
Online Reader's Resources
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Teens
Young Adult Fiction
- Book Thief by Markus Zusak
- Innocent Soldier by Josef Holub
- Uncovering Sadies Secret by Libby Sternberg
- Looking for Alaska by John Green
- Prom by Laurie Halse Anderson
- Trap by John Smelcer
- Hattie Big Sky by Kirby Larson
- Rules of Survival by Nancy Werlin
- Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie by Jordan Sonnenblick
- Sister Slam and the Poetic Motormouth Roadtrip by Linda Oatman High
- Doormat: a novel by Kelly McWilliams
Young Adult Paperback
- Cassandra Virus by K.V. Johansen
- No Limit by Pete Hautman
- Deconstructing Dylan by Lesley Choyce
- An Order of Amelie, Hold the Fries by Nin Schindler
- Flight 29 Down by Walter Sorrells
- Long Night Dance by Betsy James
Young Adult Non-fiction
- Teens Cook Dessert by Megan Carle (641.86 Car)
- Chew On This: everything you don’t want to know about fast food by Eric Schlosser (J394.12 Sch)
- Bone Sharps, Cowboys, and Thunder Lizards by Jim Ottaviani (J560 Ott)
- Oceans: a visual guide by Stephen Hutchinson (551.46 Hut)
- Universe edited by Martin Rees (523.1 Uni)
- Freeze Frame: a photographic history of the Winter Olympics by Sue Macy (J796.98 Mac)
Book Links for Teens
Children's Books
Staff Picks for Kids Preschool – grade 3
- In the Garden: Who's Been Here by Lindsay Barrett George
- Secret Science Project that Almost Ate the School by Judy Sierra
- Baby Bear's Books by Jane Yolen
- Miss Malarkey Leaves No Reader Behind by Judy Finchler
- Last Day Blues by Julie Danneberg
- Unexpectedly Bad Hair Day of Barcelona Smith by Keith Graves
- Book Fair Day by Lynn Plourde
- Baby Beebee Bird by Diane Massie
- Flotsam by David Wiesner (Caldecott winner)
- One Dog Canoe by Mary Casanova
- Bruh Rabbit and the Tar Baby Girl by Virginia Hamilton
- A Mouse in the House by Henrietta
- Goldilocks Returns by Lisa Campbell Ernst
- We've All Got Bellybuttons! by David Martin
- Oscar's Half Birthday by Bob Graham
- I am too Absolutely Small for School by Lauren Child
- Finding Joy by Marion Coste
- The Best Time of Day by Eileen Spinelli
Staff Picks for Kids Grades 4– 8
- My Life as a Fifth-Grade Comedian by Elizabeth Levy
- Blue Sky Bluebird by Rick Christowski
- The Higher Power of Lucky by Susan Patron (Newberry winner)
- Scarlett by Cathy Cassidy
- Claws by Will Weaver
- Pictures of Hollis Woods by Patricia Giff
- A Single Shard by Linda Sue Park
- Whale Talk by Chris Crutcher
- Hope Was Here by Joan Buer
- Because of Winn Dixie by Kate DiCamillo
- Crispin by Avi
- Ruby Holler by Sharon Creech
- Memory Boy by Will Weaver
- Among the hidden by Margaret Haddix
- Wild Man Island by Will Hobbs
- Face on the milk carton by Caroline Cooney
- My side of the mountain by Jean Craighead George
- Bud, not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis
- A year down yonder by Richard Peck
- Kira-Kira by Cynthia Kadohata
Non-fiction for Grades 4-8 or Teens
- Adventures of Marco Polo by Russell Freedman
- Freedom Walkers: Story of the Montgomery Bus Boycott by Russell Freedman
- Children of Alcatraz: Growing Up on the Rock by Claire Murphy
- Sky Boys: How They Built the Empire State Building by Deborah Hopkinson