Staff Top 5 Picks of 2023
Denise: Library Director
- Sea of Tranquility, by Emily St. John Mandel
- Decluttering at the Speed of Life: Winning Your Never-Ending Battle with Stuff, by Dana K. White
- Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands, by Kate Beaton
- Kindred, by Octavia E. Butler
- Learned by Heart, by Emma Donoghue
Chantelle: Deputy Library Director
- The Broken Girls, by Simone St. James
- Love, Theoretically, by Ali Hazelwood
- XO, by Jeffery Deaver
- Delilah Green Doesn’t Care, by Ashley Herring Blake
- D’Vaughn and Kris Plan A Wedding, by Chencia C. Higgins
Cat: Amherst Branch
- Just Like Home, by Sarah Gailey
- Cute Mutants Vol 1: Mutant Pride, by S J Whitby
- Regrettably, I am About to Cause Trouble, by Amie Mcnee
- Shattered Spirits: The Fall of Ishcairn, by Cal Black
- Bloody Rose, by Nicolas Eames
Leslie: Advocate Branch
- Hench, by Natalie Zina Walschots
- The Goddess of Nothing at All, by Cat Rector
- Ink, Blood, Sister, Scribe, by Emma Torzs
- The Unspoken Name, by A.K Larkwood
- The First Sister, by Lindin A. Lewis
Mary: Pugwash Branch
- Honor, by Thrity N Umrigar
- Fairy Tale, by Stephen King
- Hold My Girl, by Charlene Carr
- Mad Honey, by Jodie Picoult
- Nosy Parker, by Lesley Crewe
Ellen: Amherst Branch
- Mad Honey, by Jodi Picoult
- Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine, by Gail Honeyman
- From the Ashes: My Story of Being Métis, Homeless, and Finding My Way, by Jesse Thistle
- The Orphan Thief, by Glynnis Peters
- Black And Blue, by Anna Quindlen
Patrick: Oxford Library
- Monica, by Daniel Clowes
- Birds of Maine, by Michael Deforge
- The Memory Librarian, by Janelle Monae
- Acting Class, by Nick Drnaso
- Pure Colour, by Sheila Heti
Charlotte: Headquarters
- I’m Glad My Mom Died, by Jeannette McCurdy
- Gender Queer, by Maia Kobabe
- Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands, by Kate Beaton
- Every Last Secret, by A.R Torre
- The Duchess Deal, by Tessa Dare
Archan: Pugwash Library
- The Creative Act: A Way of Being, by Rick Ruben
- Station Eleven, by Emily St. John Mandel
- The Wreckage, by Michael Crummey
- Ru, by Kim Thuy
- The Ladies’ Midnight Swimming Club, by Faith Hogan
Dianna: Amherst Library
- What If I’m Not a Cat?, by Kari-Lynn Winters
- Hannah’s Dream, by Diane Coplin Hammond
- The Bookbinder, by Pip Williams
- The Magic Strings of Frankie Pesto, by Mitch Albom
- The Littlest Library, by Poppy Alexander
Lisa: Amherst Library
- Secluded Cabin Sleeps Six, by Lisa Unger
- Where the Truth Lies, by Anna Bailey
- The Prisoner, by B.A. Paris
- Since She Went Away, by David Bell
- I Will Find You, by Harlan Coben
Marsha: Pugwash Library
- What You Are Looking for Is in the Library, by Michiko Aoyama
- VenCo, by Cherie Dimaline
- Broken Horses, by Brandi Carlile
- The Vulnerables, by Sigrid Nunez
- Mushrooming: The Joy of the Quiet Hunt, by Diane Borsato
Cathy: Springhill Library
- The House Next Door, by James Patterson
- Murphy’s Logic: Insights From 45 Years in the News Business by Steve Murphy
- Betty Crocker Cookbook: Everything You Need to Know to Cook Today, by Betty Crocker
- Sycamore Row, by John Grisham
- Death of An Outsider, by M.C Beaton
Adam: Headquarters
- The Memoirs of Miss Chief Eagle Testickle: a true and exact account of the History of Turtle Island, Volume One,by Kent Monkman and Gisèle Gordon
- Murder Your Employer, by Rupert Holmes
- Everyone in My Family has Killed Someone, by Benjamin Stevenson
- Libraries in the Manuscript Age, edited by Nuria de Castilla, François Déroche and Michael Friedrich
- Warrior Queens & Quiet Revolutionaries: How Women (also) Built the World, by Kate Mosse
Megan: Oxford
- I’m Glad My Mom Died, by Jennette McCurdy
- Vera Wong’s Unsolicited Advice for Murderers, by Jesse Q. Sutanto
- Murder Your Employer, by Rupert Holmes
- Spoonful of Murder, by J.M. Hall
- 50% Off Murder, by Josie Belle
Henri Etta: Springhill
- Moon of the Turning Leaves, by Waubgeshig Rice
- A Haunting in the Arctic, by CJ Cooke
- What Lies Between Us, by John Marrs
- Games for Dead Girls, by Jen Williamson
- The Good Samaritan, by John Marrs
