Adult Reading Recommendations

Mystery

ISBN: 9780593546178
Title: Vera Wong's unsolicited advice for murderers / Jesse Q. Sutanto: Vera Wong is a widowed sixty-year-old woman living alone and running a teahouse in San Francisco. Her teahouse doesn't see many customers, until one day, she walks in to discover a dead body
Author: Sutanto, Jesse Q., author.
Vera Wong's unsolicited advice for murderers
ISBN: 9781984880987
Title: The Thursday murder club / Richard Osman: In a retirement village, four unlikely friends meet weekly to discuss unsolved crimes. When a local developer is found dead with a mysterious photograph, they find themselves in the middle of their first case.
Author: Osman, Richard, 1970- author.
The Thursday murder club
ISBN: 9781639361595
Title: The Bangalore detectives club / Harini Nagendra: A mystery novel about Kaveri Murthy, a young wife living a conservative household who applies her prodigious intelligence to solve a murder that threatens to tear apart genteel 1920s colonial Bangalore.
Author: Nagendra, Harini, author.
The Bangalore detectives club
ISBN: 9781982179212
Title: The river we remember / William Kent Krueger: On Memorial Day, 1958, as the people of Jewel, Minnesota gather to remember and honor the sacrifice of so many sons in the wars, the body of wealthy landowner Jimmy Quinn is found floating dead in the river.
Author: Krueger, William Kent, author.
The river we remember
ISBN: 9781250256430
Title: The mountains wild / Sarah Stewart Taylor: Long Island detective and single mother Maggie D'arcy tracks her missing cousin in a cold case that reaches across Dublin and the Irish countryside.
Author: Taylor, Sarah Stewart, author.
The mountains wild
ISBN: 9781496737526
Title: No strangers here / Carlene O'Connor: Set in Ireland's striking, rugged countryside, a dark, atmospheric new crime fiction series follows an Irish veterinarian grappling with life, death, family dynamics, and the secrets at the heart of her community.
Author: O'Connor, Carlene, author.
No strangers here
ISBN: 9781250295217
Title: Thin ice / Paige Shelton: As rumors of murder spread, suspicion falls upon the felons staying at a local halfway house—and Beth herself. Intrigued by both the mystery and the wary folks who call Benedict home, Beth starts asking questions.
Author: Shelton, Paige, author.
Thin ice
ISBN: 9781250903600
Title: The golden gate / Amy Chua: A sweeping, evocative, and compelling historical thriller that paints a vibrant portrait of a California buffeted by the turbulent crosswinds of a world at war and a society about to undergo massive change.
Author: Chua, Amy, author.
The golden gate
ISBN: 9780593336885
Title: Smile Beach murder / Alicia Bessette: Callie Padget a former reporter turned bookshop clerk in the Outer Banks, is pulled into a deadly web of secrets when a mysterious fall at a lighthouse echoes a tragedy from her past.
Author: Bessette, Alicia, author.
Smile Beach murder
ISBN: 9781250779052
Title: Thief of souls / Brian Klingborg: the brutal murder of a woman in a rural village in Northern China sends shockwaves all the way to Beijing―but seemingly only Inspector Lu Fei, living in exile in the small town, is interested in justice for the victim.
Author: Klingborg, Brian, 1967- author.
Thief of souls
ISBN: 9781250232427
Title: The survivors / Jane Harper: Elliott's life changed forever on the day a reckless mistake led to devastating consequences. The guilt that stillhaunts him resurfaces during a visit with his young family to the small coastal community he once called home.
Author: Harper, Jane (Jane Elizabeth), author.
The survivors
ISBN: 9780593201671
Title: Arsenic and adobo / Mia P. Manansala: When Lila Macapagal moves back home, her life seems to be following all the typical rom-com tropes. But then she becomes the main suspect of the murder of a nasty food critic.
Author: Manansala, Mia P., author.
Arsenic and adobo

Non-Fiction

ISBN: 9781635574777
Title: The method : how the twentieth century learned to act / Isaac Butler: The critically acclaimed cultural history of Method acting―an ebullient account of creative discovery and the birth of classic Hollywood.
Author: Butler, Isaac, author.
The method
ISBN: 9780593299456
Title: Under the eye of power : how fear of secret societies shapes American democracy / Colin Dickey: A history of America's obsession with secret societies and the conspiracies of hidden power The United States was born in paranoia.
Author: Dickey, Colin, author.
Under the eye of power
ISBN: 9781572843219
Title: Under the henfluence : inside the world of backyard chickens and the people who love them / Tove Danovich: An immersive blend of chicken-keeping memoir and animal welfare reporting by a journalist who accidentally became obsessed with her flock.
Author: Danovich, Tove, author.
Under the henfluence
ISBN: 9781250777522
Title: Walk the walk : how three police chiefs defied the odds and changed cop culture / Neil Gross: The story of three departments and their struggle to change aggressive police culture and achieve what Americans want: fair, humane, and effective policing.
Author: Gross, Neil, 1971- author.
Walk the walk
ISBN: 9780358716914
Title: I'm so effing hungry : why we crave what we crave--and what to do about it / Amy Shah, MD.: I'm So Effing Hungry is a complete guide to help you reframe decades-old dieting patterns and stop fighting the scale.
Author: Shah, Amy, author.
I'm so effing hungry
ISBN: 9781643751856
Title: Forager : field notes for surviving a family cult / Michelle Dowd: A memoir of the author's experience growing up in an apocalyptic cult, with an emphasis on how understanding the natural world was her key to escape and survival.
Author: Dowd, Michelle, 1968- author.
Forager
ISBN: 9780593298886
Title: What an owl knows : the new science of the world's most enigmatic birds / Jennifer Ackerman: A brilliant scientific exploration of owls, and an investigation into why these remarkable and yet mysterious animals exert such a hold on human imagination.
Author: Ackerman, Jennifer, 1959- author.
What an owl knows
ISBN: 9781982127091
Title: How we eat : the brave new world of food and drink / Paco Underhill: An exploration of how our food is in the midst of a transformation, showing how this is our chance to do better, for us, for our children, and for our planet.
Author: Underhill, Paco, author.
How we eat
ISBN: 9781250280367
Title: The vaccine : inside the race to conquer the COVID-19 pandemic / Joe Miller, with Dr. Özlem Türeci and Dr. Uğur Şahin: The Vaccine draws back the curtain on one of the most important medical breakthroughs of our age.
Author: Miller, Joe (Correspondent), author.
The vaccine
ISBN: 9780316392457
Title: Happy-go-lucky / David Sedaris: A new collection of humorous essays that chronical David Sedaris' own life and ordinary moments that run beautifully absurd.
Author: Sedaris, David, author.
Happy-go-lucky
ISBN: 9780593132883
Title: Otherlands : a journey through Earth's extinct worlds / Thomas Halliday: Mining the most recent paleontological advances, a paleobiologist recreates sixteen extinct worlds, rendered with a novelist's eye for detail and drama.
Author: Halliday, Thomas (Paleobiologist), author.
Otherlands
ISBN: 9780593087305
Title: Life on the rocks : building a future for coral reefs / Juli Berwald: A meditative ode to the reefs and the undaunted scientists working to save them against almost impossible odds.
Author: Berwald, Juli, author.
Life on the rocks

Biographies

ISBN: 9780593320525
Title: I was better last night / Harvey Fierstein: A revealing, poignant, and hilarious memoir from the cultural icon, gay rights activist, and four-time Tony Award winner; Harvey Fierstein.
Author: Fierstein, Harvey, 1952- author.
I was better last night Cover
ISBN: 9780316267656
Title: Left on Tenth : a second chance at life / Delia Ephron: The bestselling, beloved writer of romantic comedies like You've Got Mail tells her own late-in-life love story in her "resplendent memoir," complete with a tragic second act and joyous resolution.
Author: Ephron, Delia, author.
Left on Tenth Cover
ISBN: 9780399180514
Title: Comedy comedy comedy drama / Bob Odenkirk: Bob Odenkirk's career is inexplicable. And yet he will try like hell to explain it here, because that is what memoirs are for.
Author: Odenkirk, Bob, 1962- author.
Comedy comedy comedy drama Cover
ISBN: 9781982185824
Title: I'm glad my mom died / Jennette McCurdy: A memoir by Jennette McCurdy about her struggles as a former child actor—including eating disorders, addiction, and a complicated relationship with her overbearing mother—and how she retook control of her life.
Author: McCurdy, Jennette, 1992- author.
I'm glad my mom died Cover
ISBN: 9780374282301
Title: The facemaker: a visionary surgeon's battle to mend the disfigured soldiers of World War I / Lindsey Fitzharris: The pioneering plastic surgeon Harold Gillies, who dedicated himself to reconstructing the burned and broken faces of the injured soldiers.
Author: Fitzharris, Lindsey, 1982- author.
The facemaker Cover
ISBN: 9780393867978
Title: Go back to where you came from: and other helpful recommendations on how to become American / Wajahat Ali: In this refreshingly bold, hopeful, and uproarious memoir, Ali offers indispensable lessons for cultivating a more compassionate, inclusive America.
Author: Ali, Wajahat, author.
Go back to where you came from
ISBN: 9781538719268
Title: The master : the long run and beautiful game of Roger Federer / Christopher Clarey: The Master tells the story of Federer's life and career on both an intimate and grand scale, in a way no one else could possibly do.
Author: Clarey, Christopher, author.
The master Cover
ISBN: 9781400333875
Title: The stories we tell / Joanna Gaines: In her first solo memoir, Joanna Gaines invites us on an authentic and deeply vulnerable journey into her story--and helps shine a light on the beauty of our own--guiding us to release the weights that hold us back.
Author: Gaines, Joanna, 1978- author.
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ISBN: 9781982107703
Title: Three girls from Bronzeville : a uniquely American memoir of race, fate, and sisterhood / Dawn Turner: memoir about three Black girls from Chicago that offers a penetrating exploration of race, opportunity, friendship, and sisterhood.
Author: Turner, Dawn, author.
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ISBN: 9781328662057
Title: Maybe you should talk to someone : a therapist, her therapist, and our lives revealed / Lori Gottlieb: A hilarious, thought-provoking, and surprising book that takes us behind the scenes of a therapist's world--where her patients are looking for answers.
Author: Gottlieb, Lori, author.
Maybe you should talk to someone Cover
ISBN: 9780802129086
Title: Solitary : unbroken by four decades in solitary confinement / Albert Woodfox: Solitary is the life story of a man who served more than four decades in solitary confinement in a 6-foot by 9-foot cell, 23 hours a day, all for a crime he did not commit.
Author: Woodfox, Albert, author.
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ISBN: 9780593083369
Title: Orwell's roses / Rebecca Solnit: A biography and literary criticism that explores the relation between George Orwell's interest in gardening and his other authorial and political commitments.
Author: Solnit, Rebecca, author.
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Science Fiction

ISBN: 9780593321447
Title: Sea of Tranquility / Emily St. John Mandel: A story that takes the reader from an island off Vancouver in 1912 to a dark colony of the moon three hundred years later, unfurling a story of humanity across centuries and planets.
Author: Mandel, Emily St. John, 1979- author.
Sea of Tranquility
ISBN: 9780593135204
Title: Project Hail Mary / Andy Weir: The sole survivor on a desperate, last-chance mission to save both humanity and the earth, Ryland Grace is hurtled into the depths of space when he must conquer an extinction-level threat to our species.
Author: Weir, Andy, author.
Project Hail Mary
ISBN: 0316462861
Title: Goldilocks / Laura Lam: A gripping science fiction thriller where five women task themselves with ensuring the survival of the human race.
Author: Lam, Laura, 1988- author.
Goldilocks
ISBN: 9781982152673
Title: Fifty in reverse / Bill Flanagan: Peter Wyatt falls asleep in 2020 as a 65-year-old man, only to wake up back in his life as a 15-year-old. He tries to figure out how he's going to find his way back to his life, and his family, in 2020.
Author: Flanagan, Bill, 1955- author.
Fifty in reverse
ISBN: 9781250762849
Title: To sleep in a sea of stars / Christopher Paolini: During a mission on an uncolonized planet, Kira finds an alien relic. This encounter kicks off a series of events with troubling consequences for the human race.
Author: Paolini, Christopher, author.
To sleep in a sea of stars
ISBN: 9781250260536
Title: Hearts of oak / Eddie Robson: The buildings grow, and the city expands. And the people of the land are starting to behave abnormally, or perhaps they've always behaved that way, and it's normality that's at fault.
Author: Robson, Eddie, author.
Hearts of oak
ISBN: 9781524743468
Title: An absolutely remarkable thing / Hank Green: A tale about a young woman who becomes an overnight celebrity before realizing she's part of something bigger, and stranger, than anyone could have possibly imagined.
Author: Green, Hank, author.
An absolutely remarkable thing
ISBN: 9781250772800
Title: Remote control / Nnedi Okorafor: A story about Africanfuturist strain that knows aliens exist, quietly shows how technology is influenced by culture, features a powerful yet deeply-pained female protagonist, and wonders about the role of corporations.
Author: Okorafor, Nnedi, author.
Remote control
ISBN: 9780964392663
Title: Reason for existence / by Richard Botelho: A plot to exterminate humans by a hostile group could be thwarted if extraterretrial human David Jacobs helps the U.N. in an escalating nuclear crisis.
Author: Botelho, Richard.
Reason for existence
ISBN: 9780525559474
Title: The midnight library / Matt Haig: Between life and death there is a library, and within that library, the shelves go on forever. Every book provides a chance to try another life you could have lived.
Author: Haig, Matt, 1975- author.
The midnight library
ISBN: 0553803700
Title: I, robot / Isaac Asimov: The development of robot technology to a state of perfection by future civilizations is explored in nine science fiction stories.
Author: Asimov, Isaac, 1920-1992.
I, robot
ISBN: 9781662505096
Title: Meru / S.B. Divya: In a future where human life has been restricted to Earth, two alloys are sent to test the habitability of an Earthlike planet called Meru, an unoccupied new world.
Author: Divya, S. B., author.
Meru

Thriller

ISBN: 9780063115118
Title: You will never be found / Tove Alsterdal: While investigating the disappearance of a man reported missing by his wife, police officer Eira Sjödin, knowing the pain of loss, loses herself in an affair with her boss until he, too, disappears.
Author: Alsterdal, Tove, 1960- author.
You Will Never Be Found
ISBN: 9780778333111
Title: Just the nicest couple / Mary Kubica: When her husband Jack vanishes without a trace, Nina Hayes will stop at nothing to uncover the truth, which, unbeknownst to her, is inextricably linked to their close friends, who may have been the last to see Jake.
Author: Kubica, Mary, author.
Just The Nicest Couple
ISBN: 9781250284112
Title: Identity / Nora Roberts: Morgan Albright is determined to get her life back after a con artist steals her identity, her nest egg and murders her roommate. Yet, she was the one that got away from the conman, and he is determined to make her pay for it.
Author: Roberts, Nora, author.
Nora Roberts
ISBN: 9781250280015
Title: The Villa / Rachel Hawkins: Emily and Chess have been best friends since they were kids. They spend a few weeks in a villa in Italy. While they were there, Emily finds hints of the earlier murder in the Villa and searches for more clues.
Author: Hawkins, Rachel, 1979- author.
The Villa
ISBN: 9780593490143
Title: I have some questions for you / Rebecca Makkai: A woman must reckon with her past when new details surface about a tragedy at her elite New England boarding school.
Author: Makkai, Rebecca, author.
I Have Some questions For You
ISBN: 9781250863720
Title: What have we done / Alex Finlay: A tale about the lives we leave behind and the secrets we carry with us forever.
Author: Finlay, Alex, author.
What Have We Done
ISBN: 9781250843968
Title: Good bad girl / Alice Feeney: Twenty years after a baby is stolen from a stroller, a woman is murdered in a care home. The two crimes are somehow linked, and a good bad girl may be the key to discovering the truth.
Author: Feeney, Alice, author.
Good Bad Girl
ISBN: 9780062853363
Title: Find me / Alafair Burke: She calls herself Hope Miller, but she has no idea who she actually is. Fourteen years ago, she was found in a small New Jersey town thrown from an overturned vehicle, with no clue to her identity. And now, she disappears again.
Author: Burke, Alafair, author.
Fine Me
ISBN: 9780062910691
Title: The cartographers / Peng Shepherd: A young woman who discovers that a strange map in her deceased father's belongings holds an incredible, deadly secret--one that will lead her on an extraordinary adventure and to the truth about her family's dark history
Author: Shepherd, Peng, author.
Cartographers
ISBN: 9780593331545
Title: Blood sugar / Sascha Rothchild: People keep dying around Ruby Simon, but she insists that doesn't mean she's always guilty. Should we take a confessed killer at her word?
Author: Rothchild, Sascha, author.
Blood Sugar
ISBN: 9781982164324
Title: Tell me an ending / Jo Harkin: What if you once had a painful memory removed and you were offered the chance to get it back? The story follows four characters grappling with the question of what to remember-and what they hoped to forget forever.
Author: Harkin, Jo, author.
Tell Me An ending
ISBN: 9780593546857
Title: Sisters of the lost nation / Nick Medina: A young Native girl's hunt for answers about the women mysteriously disappearing from her tribe's reservation leads her to delve into the myths and stories of her people, all while being haunted herself.
Author: Medina, Nick, author.
Sisters Of The Lost Nation

Romance

ISBN: 9781984806758
Title: People We Meet on Vacation / Emily Henry: Two best friends, Alex and Poppy, who always take an annual summer vacation together. After a mysterious incident two years ago the two have drifted apart but Poppy proposes one last trip to save their friendship.
Author: Henry, Emily, author.
People We Meet on Vacation
ISBN: 9781662504570
Title: Anatomy of a meet cute / Addie Woolridge: Sparks fly when an ob-gyn butts heads with a doctor at her new hospital in this delightfully charming romance about bad timing, good friends, and fresh starts.
Author: Woolridge, Addie, author.
Anatomy of a meet cute
ISBN: 9781982188702
Title: You made a fool of death with your beauty / Akwaeke Emezi: It's been five years since the accident that killed the love of Feyi Adekola's life and she's almost a new person now. Her best friend, Joy insists it's time for Feyi to ease back into dating.
Author: Emezi, Akwaeke, author.
You made a fool of death with your beauty
ISBN: 9781250245496
Title: The wife upstairs / Rachel Hawkins: Jane is a broke dog-walker in Thornfield Estates--a gated community full of McMansions, shiny SUVs, and bored housewives. Her luck changes when she meets Eddie Rochester.
Author: Hawkins, Rachel, 1979- author.
The wife upstairs
ISBN: 9781538719107
Title: Seven days in June / Tia Williams:Eva and Shane spent seven days together as teenagers in June.15 years later when they are both writers who have been secretly writing to each other in their novels. They come together for 7 days in June.
Author: Williams, Tia, 1975- author.
Seven days in June
ISBN: 9781982137441
Title: In five years / Rebecca Serle: After nailing her interview and accepting her boyfriend's marriage proposal, Dannie goes to sleep. But when she wakes up, she's in a different apartment, with a different ring on her finger, and beside a very different man.
Author: Serle, Rebecca, author.
In five years
ISBN: 9781250309884
Title: Trust exercise / Susan Choi: Sarah and David are performing art students coming from different socio-economic backgrounds. The two fall in love despite their contrasting circumstances, but their relationship ends in a bitter breakup.
Author: Choi, Susan, 1969- author.
Trust exercise
ISBN: 9781984879295
Title: Someone else's shoes / Jojo Moyes: Nisha Cantor and Sam Kemp are two very different women. Sam accidentally takes Nisha's gym bag and her shoes. Sam's walking tall with Nisha's shoes, but Nisha wants her shoes and life back.
Author: Moyes, Jojo, 1969- author.
Someone else's shoes
ISBN: 9780593438534
Title: Every summer after / Carley Fortune: Five summers to fall in love. One moment to fall apart. A weekend to get it right.
Author: Fortune, Carley, author
Every summer after
ISBN: 9780593449554
Title: Dreamland / Nicholas Sparks: Colby Mills once felt destined for a musical career, until tragedy grounded his aspirations and he became the head of a small family farm. when he meets Morgan Lee, his world is turned upside-down.
Author: Sparks, Nicholas, author.
Dreamland
ISBN: 9780063082250
Title: No words / Meg Cabot: Jo Wright swore she'd never step foot on Little Bridge Island, not as long as her nemesis, bestselling author Will Price, is living there. Then Jo's given an offer she can't refuse: an all-expense paid trip to island's book festival.
Author: Cabot, Meg, author.
No words
ISBN: 9781668021910
Title: Heart bones / Colleen Hoover: Beyah comes from a life of poverty and neglect. Samson comes from a family of wealth and privilege. But what they have in common is they're both drawn to sad things, and consequently each other.
Author: Hoover, Colleen, author.
Heart bones

Historical Fiction

ISBN: 9780062931092
Title: All the ways we said goodbye / Beatriz Williams, Lauren Willig, and Karen White. This novel connects three extraordinary women across the First World War, the Second World War, and the 1960s, as each finds refuge at the legendary Ritz Paris.
Author: Williams, Beatriz, author.
All the ways we said goodbye
ISBN: 9781476746586
Title: All the light we cannot see / Anthony Doerr: The paths of a blind French girl and a German boy collide in occupied France as both try to survive the devastation of World War II.
Author: Doerr, Anthony, 1973-
All the light we cannot see
ISBN: 9781954118232
Title: Go as a river / Shelley Read: Inspired by true events surrounding the destruction of the town of Iola in the 1960s, it is a story of deeply held love in the face of hardship and loss, but also of finding courage, resilience, friendship, and, finally, home
Author: Read, Shelley, author.
Go as a river
ISBN: 9781250274762
Title: Under the golden sun / Jenny Ashcroft: The mother who has lost her child and the child who has lost his family; women forging deep, meaningful friendships that are treated with the same importance as the romantic entanglements; and perhaps even better.
Author: Ashcroft, Jenny, 1980- author.
Under the golden sun
ISBN: 9780593160190
Title: The dictionary of lost words / Pip Williams: Esme, who is motherless and irrepressibly curious, she spends her childhood in a garden shed in which her father and a team of dedicated lexicographers are collecting words for the very first Oxford Dictionary.
Author: Williams, Pip, 1969- author.
The dictionary of lost words
ISBN: 9780670026197
Title: A gentleman in Moscow / Amor Towles: The story of a Russian aristocrat living under house arrest in a luxury hotel for more than thirty years.
Author: Towles, Amor, author.
A gentleman in Moscow
ISBN: 9781728229362
Title: The Mitford affair / Marie Benedict: As the Nazis rise in power, novelist Nancy Mitford grows suspicious of her sisters' constant visits to Germany and the high-ranking fascist company they keep.
Author: Benedict, Marie, author.
The Mitford affair
ISBN: 9780063211261
Title: Woman on fire / Lisa Barr: The story of a young, ambitious journalist embroiled in an international art scandal centered around a Nazi-looted masterpiece—forcing the ultimate showdown between passion and possession, lovers and liars, history and truth.
Author: Barr, Lisa, author.
Woman on fire
ISBN: 9780765387561
Title: The invisible life of Addie LaRue / V.E. Schwab: France, 1714. In a moment of desperation, a young woman makes a Faustian bargain to live forever-- and cursed to be forgotten by everyone she meets.
Author: Schwab, Victoria, author.
The invisible life of Addie LaRue
ISBN: 9780785253341
Title: When we had wings / Ariel Lawhon, Kristina McMorris, and Susan Meissner: Three women shift in and out of each other's lives through the darkest days of the war, buoyed by their unwavering friendship and distant dreams of liberation.
Author: Lawhon, Ariel, author.
When we had wings
ISBN: 9781250773586
Title: Ariadne / Jennifer Saint: A shimmering tapestry of two sisters bound by deceit and the shadows of family history. One marries a hero, the other a god. And the secrets that their husbands keep become a monstrous backdrop to their relationship.
Author: Saint, Jennifer, author.
Ariadne
ISBN: 9781250854377
Title: Beyond that, the sea / Laura Spence-Ash: the story of a British girl taken in by a prosperous New England family in the Second World War, and of the legacy of the intimate relationships that ensue.
Author: Spence-Ash, Laura, author.
Beyond that, the sea

Fantasy

ISBN: 9781250217288
Title: The house in the cerulean sea / TJ Klune: The House in the Cerulean Sea is about the profound experience of discovering an unlikely family in an unexpected place-and realizing that family is yours.
Author: Klune, TJ, author.
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ISBN: 9780765385505
Title: Every heart a doorway / Seanan McGuire: Children have always disappeared from Eleanor West's Home for Wayward Children under the right conditions. But magical lands have little need for used-up miracle children.
Author: McGuire, Seanan, author.
Every heart a doorway cover
ISBN: 9781662500343
Title: Keeper of enchanted rooms / Charlie N. Holmberg: A house of haunted history and ill temper. Make yourself at home in this beguiling novel of love, magic, and danger by Wall Street Journal bestselling author Charlie N. Holmberg.
Author: Holmberg, Charlie N., 1988- author.
Keeper of enchanted rooms Cover
ISBN: 9780356512884
Title: The last smile in Sunder City / Luke Arnold: In a world that's lost its magic, a former soldier turned PI solves cases for the fantasy creatures whose lives he ruined.
Author: Arnold, Luke, author.
The last smile in Sunder City Cover
ISBN: 9780593099940
Title: The witch's heart / Genevieve Gornichec: When a banished witch falls in love with the legendary trickster Loki, she risks the wrath of the gods in this moving, subversive debut novel that reimagines Norse mythology.
Author: Gornichec, Genevieve, author.
The witch's heart
ISBN: 9781250785565
Title: The Beautiful Ones / Silvia Moreno-Garcia: The story of a young debutante looking to elevate her social status struggles to hide her psychic abilities, until she meets a dashing telekinetic performer who offers her a chance to embrace them.
Author: Moreno-Garcia, Silvia, author.
The Beautiful Ones Cover
ISBN: 9781534433052
Title: Honeycomb / Joanne M. Harris: A lushly illustrated set of dark, captivating fairy tales from the bestselling author of The Gospel of Loki with the illustrator of Stardust, Charles Vess.The beauty of stories; you never know where they will take you.
Author: Harris, Joanne, 1964- author.
Honeycomb
ISBN: 9781250260512
Title: Prosper's demon / K.J. Parker: Prosper of Schanz is a man of science, determined to raise the world's first philosopher-king, reared according to the purest principles. Too bad he's demonically possessed.
Author: Parker, K. J, author.
Prosper's demon
ISBN: 9780062678102
Title: The city of brass / S. A. Chakraborty: A tale in which the future of a magical Middle Eastern kingdom rests in the hands of a clever and defiant young con artist with miraculous healing gifts.
Author: Chakraborty, S. A., author.
The city of brass Cover
ISBN: 9781250767769
Title: The library of the dead / T.L. Huchu: Ropa dropped out of school to become a ghost talker, and she now speaks to Edinburgh's dead - carrying messages to the living.
Author: Huchu, T. L., author.
The library of the dead
ISBN: 9781542005005
Title: The will and the wilds / Charlie N. Holmberg: Enna knows to fear the mystings that roam the wildwood near her home. When one tries to kill her to obtain an enchanted stone, Enna takes a huge risk: fighting back with a mysting of her own.
Author: Holmberg, Charlie N., 1988- author.
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ISBN: 9780316628747
Title: The great witch of Brittany / Louisa Morgan: Set in the late 1700s, a tale of magic and fate, triumph and heartbreak, and the powerful bonds between mothers and daughters unfolds.
Author: Morgan, Louisa, 1952- author.
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Dystopian

ISBN: 9781982156121
Title: The school for good mothers / by Jessamine Chan: Set in near-future America, The School for Good Mothers introduces readers to a government-run reform program where bad mothers are retrained using robot doll children with artificial intelligence.
Author: Chan, Jessamine, author.
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ISBN: 9780440000785
Title: Vox / Christina Dalcher: Half the population of the United States has been silenced. This is the story of one woman and what she will do to protect her daughter and herself.
Author: Dalcher, Christina, author.
Vox Cover
ISBN: 9781982123093
Title: The deluge / Stephen Markley: In 2013 California, environmental scientist Tony Pietrus, after receiving a death threat, is linked to colorful characters, including a young activist who begins a project that will alter the course of the decades to come.
Author: Markley, Stephen, author.
The deluge cover
ISBN: 9781250219633
Title: Elsewhere / Alexis Schaitkin: Elsewhere conjures a community in which girls become wives, wives become mothers and some of them, quite simply, disappear.
Author: Schaitkin, Alexis, 1985- author.
Elsewhere Cover
ISBN: 9780593492543
Title: Our missing hearts / Celeste Ng: A story about a 12 year old boy named Noah "Bird" Gardner whose mother, a revolutionary poet is on the run after lines from her poetry are used to oppose a government policy called PACT.
Author: Ng, Celeste, author.
Our missing hearts Cover
ISBN: 0063116995
Title: The women could fly / Megan Giddings: A story about the unbreakable bond between a young woman and her mysterious mother, set in a world in which witches are real and single women are closely monitored.
Author: Giddings, Megan, author.
The women could fly Cover
ISBN: 9780385545631
Title: Blue ticket / Sophie Mackintosh: A mesmerizing, refracted vision of our society: In a world where women can't have it all, but are selected as either mothers or workers at the beginning of their adult lives. Is choice the biggest burden of all?
Author: Mackintosh, Sophie, author.
Blue ticket Cover
ISBN: 9780374154714
Title: Find me / Laura van den Berg: When a sickness that begins with memory loss and ends with death sweeps the country, Joy, for the first time in her life, seems to have an advantage: she is immune.
Author: Van den Berg, Laura.
Find me Cover
ISBN: 9781101870600
Title: The memory police / Yoko Ogawa: When a young woman who is struggling to maintain her career as a novelist discovers that her editor is in danger from the Memory Police, she concocts a plan to hide him beneath her floorboards.
Author: Ogawa, Yōko, 1962- author.
The memory police Cover
ISBN: 9780544947306
Title: Bannerless / Carrie Vaughn: A murder in a dystopian future leads a novice investigator to question what she's learned about the foundation of her population-controlled society.
Author: Vaughn, Carrie, author.
Bannerless Cover
ISBN: 9780316449458
Title: A boy and his dog at the end of the world / C.A. Fletcher: The story follows Griz as he takes on a journey to save his stolen dog. It's a post-apocalyptic story on survival, courage, hope, humanity, family, and the importance of being grateful.
Author: Fletcher, Charlie, 1960- author.
A boy and his dog at the end of the world
ISBN: 9780374115241
Title: Borne / Jeff VanderMeer: In Borne, a young woman named Rachel survives as a scavenger in a ruined city half destroyed by drought and conflict.
Author: VanderMeer, Jeff, author.
Borne Cover

Horror

ISBN: 9781982136451
Title: The only good Indians / Stephen Graham Jones: The Only Good Indians follows four American Indian men after a disturbing event from their youth puts them in a desperate struggle for their lives.
Author: Jones, Stephen Graham, 1972- author.
The only good Indians
ISBN: 9781982153953
Title: The children on the hill / Jennifer McMahon: Inspired by Mary Shelley’s masterpiece Frankenstein, which brilliantly explores the eerie mysteries of childhood and the evils perpetrated by the monsters among us.
Author: McMahon, Jennifer, 1968- author.
The children on the hill
ISBN: 9781524745172
Title: Home before dark / Riley Sager: The story of a house with long-buried secrets and a woman's quest to uncover them - even if the truth is far more terrifying than any haunting.
Author: Sager, Riley, author.
Home before dark
ISBN: 9781250829795
Title: A house with good bones / T. Kingfisher: A contemporary Southern Gothic from a master of modern horror that explores the deep, dark roots of family and in which grandma's ghost haunting your house may be the least of your worries.
Author: Kingfisher, T., author.
A house with good bones
ISBN: 9781250787514
Title: Just like mother / Anne Heltzel: A young woman reunites with her cousin after escaping a cult.
Author: Heltzel, Anne, author.
Just like mother
ISBN: 1617758760
Title: Creatures of passage / Morowa Yejidé: An unseen Washington filled with otherworldly landscapes, flawed super-humans, and reluctant ghosts, and brings together a community intent on saving one young boy in order to reclaim itself.
Author: Yejide, Morowa, author.
Creatures of passage
ISBN: 9780374266776
Title: Sorrowland / Rivers Solomon: The story of a pregnant woman who flees to the woods in a desperate attempt to escape the religious compound that was once her home.
Author: Solomon, Rivers, author.
Sorrowland
ISBN: 9781542019507
Title: Devoted / Dean Koontz: An epic thriller about a terrifying killer and the singular compassion it will take to defeat him.
Author: Koontz, Dean R. (Dean Ray), 1945- author.
Devoted
ISBN: 9781501165429
Title: The girl from Widow Hills / Megan Miranda: The story about a girl who was swept away while sleepwalking during a terrifying rainstorm and found alive after 3 days. As an adult, she wants to leave it behind, but the the past just won't stay in the past.
Author: Miranda, Megan, author.
The girl from Widow Hills
ISBN: 1668009927
Title: Firestarter / Stephen King: The story of Charlie and Andy, a father and daughter on the run from a government agency known as The Shop, who wants to apprehend Andy's unexpected genetic anomaly for their own diabolical ends by any means necessary
Author: King, Stephen, 1947- author.
Firestarter
ISBN: 9780316501071
Title: A dowry of blood / S. T. Gibson: A lyrical and dreamy reimagining of Dracula's brides, A Dowry of Blood is a story of desire, obsession, and emancipation.
Author: Gibson, S. T., author.
A dowry of blood
ISBN: 1982199024
Title: A history of fear / Luke Dumas: An eerie literary suspense debut following the harrowing downfall of a tortured graduate student who’s been nicknamed the Devil’s Advocate for his sensational crime.
Author: Dumas, Luke, author.
A history of fear

New Fullerton Public Library hours due to Elevator Enhancement

Beginning Tuesday, March 4th, the library will be operating under adjusted hours while the building's elevators are under construction. We anticipate the noise levels due to the construction to be very disruptive and have adjusted our hours to the following: Sunday - Monday: Closed | Tuesday - Thursday: 2:30pm-7pm | Friday: 2:30pm-5pm | Saturday: 11am-5pm