Staff Best Reads of 2017
As 2017 comes to an end, we’ve decided to share a list of our staff’s favorite books they’ve read this year. Happy Holidays and happy reading!
Youth Services Staff Favorites:
My Sunshine Away by M.O. Walsh
The Pants Project by Cat Clarke
The War That Saved My Life by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
The Hate You Give by Angie Thomas
Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward
Adult Services Staff Favorites:
Zak George’s Dog Training Revolution by Zak George
NYC Basic Tips & Etiquette by Nathan W. Pyle
Ancient Skies, Ancient Trees by Beth Moon
Star Wars Super Graphic: a Visual Guide to a Galaxy Far, Far Away by Tim Leong
The Man from the Train by Bill James
What Alice Forgot by Liane Moriarty
End of the World Running Club by Adrian Walker
A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles
Everything Everything by Nicola Yoon
The Cabinet of Wonders by Marie Rutkowski
Turtles All the Way Down by John Green
Reckless Daughter by David Yaffe
Thank You for Being Late by Thomas Friedman
News of the World by Paulette Jiles
Circulation Staff Favorites:
The Blood Mirror by Brent Weeks
Peregrine’s Rest by Jennifer Gostin
Killing Patton by Bill O’Reilly
A Short History of the Girl Next Door by Jared Reck
The Stars Beneath Our Feet by David Barclay Moore
Killing England by Bill O’Reilly
Batgirl: A Celebration of 50 Years by DC Comics
We Were the Lucky Ones by Georgia Hunter
The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss
The Poet’s Dog by Patricia MacLachlan
Piece of the World by Christina Baker Kline
The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
Administration Staff Favorites:
The Alice Network by Kate Quinn
The Bookshop on the Corner by Jenny Colgan
The Identicals by Elin Hilderbrand
One More Thing: Stories and Other Stories by B.J. Novak
Indiana Room Staff Favorites:
Flavia de Luce series by C. Alan Bradley
Systems Staff Favorites:
Theft by Finding by David Sedaris
Everything’s Eventual by Stephen King
Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Collections Staff Favorites:
Backyard Parables by Margaret Roach