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Cumberland Public Libraries

Staff Top 5 Picks of 2024

Denise: Library Director

  1. Strange the Dreamer, by Laini Taylor
  2. Tom Lake, by Ann Patchett
  3. Demon Copperhead, by Barbara Kingsolver
  4. Annie Bot, by Sierra Greer
  5. Fallen Idols: Twelve Statues That Made History, by Alex von Tunzelmann
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Chantelle: Deputy Library Director

  1. Butcher & Blackbird, by Brynne Weaver
  2. The Pumpkin Spice Cafe, by Laurie Gilmore
  3. Sociopath: a Memoir, by Patric Gagne
  4. The Sock Project: Colorful, Cool Socks to Knit and Show Off, by Summer Lee
  5. The Princess and the Grilled Cheese Sandwich, by Deya Muniz
  6. Bride, by Ali Hazelwood
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Leslie: Advocate Library

  1. Coal Gets in Your Veins, by Cat Rector
  2. Her Majesty’s Royal Coven, by Juno Dawson
  3. Indian in the Cabinet, by Jody Wilson-Raybould
  4. Woman, Captain, Rebel the Extraordinary True Story of a Daring Icelandic Sea Captain, by Margaret Willson
  5. Night’s Edge, by Liz Kerin
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Charlotte: Headquarters

  1. My Roommate Is A Vampire, by Jenna Levine
  2. Tom Lake, by Ann Patchett
  3. The Villa, by Rachel Hawkins
  4. Birds Aren’t Real: The True Story of Mass Avian Murder and the Largest Surveillance Campaign in US History, by Peter McIndoe
  5. Misery, by Stephen King

Rhi: Amherst Library

  1. The Belly Song, by Mother Moon
  2. Are You Mad at me?, by Tyler Feder
  3. I Love You So Mush!, by Danielle McLean
  4. Home for Grace, by Kathryn White
  5. Hello Trees: a Little Guide to Nature, by Nina Chakrabarti

Henri Etta: River Hebert Library

  1. Stranded, by Sarah Goodwin
  2. Tantramar, by Eric Sparling
  3. Such a Good Family, by Caitlin Weaver
  4. From Below, by Darcy Coates
  5. Number One Fan, by Meg Elison

Archan: Pugwash Library

  1. Roar, by Shelley Thompson
  2. The Frozen River, by Ariel Lawhon
  3. Black Wolf, by Juan Gomez-Jurado
  4. Against the Loveless World, by Susan Abulhawa
  5. Greta & Valdin, by Rebecca K Reilly

Jil: Pugwash Library

  1. Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism, by Amanda Montell
  2. Gory Details: Adventures From the Dark Side of Science, by Erika Engelhaupt
  3. The September House, by Carissa Orlando
  4. The Crane Husband, by Kelly Regan Barnhill
  5. The Hollow Places, by T. Kingfisher

Grace: Amherst Library

  1. Dark Tower Books 3-5 (Wizard and Glass, Wolves of the Calla, and Song of Susannah), by Stephen King
  2. The Silmarillion, by J.R.R. Tolkien
  3. Naruto, by Masashi Kishimoto
  4. Legends & Lattes, by Travis Baldree
  5. Fangs, by Sarah Anderson

Dianna: Amherst Library

  1. Mrs. Plansky’s Revenge, by Spencer Quinn
  2. The Secret War of Julia Child, by Diana R Chambers
  3. The Roaring Days of Zora Lily, by Noelle Salazar
  4. Hidden Potential: the Science of Achieving Greater Things, by Adam Grant
  5. The Frozen River, by Ariel Lawhon

Marsha: Pugwash Library

  1. A Psalm for the Wild-Built, by Becky Chambers
  2. The Frozen River, by Ariel Lawhon
  3. Emily Wilde’s Encyclopaedia of Faeries, by Heather Fawcett
  4. Shark Heart, by Emily Habeck
  5. Rooted: Life at the Crossroads of Science, Nature and Spirit, by Lyanda Lynn Haupt

Aldon: Headquarters

  1. Lord of a Shattered Land, by Howard Andrew Jones
  2. Prisoners of Geography: Our World Explained in 12 Simple Maps, by Tim Marshall
  3. Rubicon: the Last Years of the Roman Republic, by Tom Holland
  4. Making It So: a Memoir, by Patrick Stewart
  5. Not My Father’s Son, by Alan Cumming

Lisa: Amherst Library

  1. The New Couple in 5B, by Lisa Unger
  2. Daughter of Mine, by Megan Miranda
  3. What Have We Done, by Alex Finlay
  4. The Wolves Come at Night, by J.T. Ellison
  5. Hidden Pictures, by Jason Rekulak

Adam: Headquarters

  1. The War Against the Past: Why the West Must Fight for its History, by Frank Furedi
  2. Henry V: The Astonishing Rise of England’s Greatest Warrior King, by Dan Jones
  3. The Story of a Heart: Two Families, One Heart, and the Medical Miracle That Saved a Child’s Life, by Rachel Clarke
  4. Monsters: a fan’s dilemma, by Claire Dederer
  5. The Dictionary Story, by Oliver Jeffers

Cathy: Springhill Library

  1. Found Drowned, by Laurie Glenn Norris
  2. A Painted House, by John Grisham
  3. Pictou Pioneers, A Story of the First Hundred Years in the History of Pictou Town, by Roland H Sherwood
  4. The Spoon Stealer, by Lesley Crewe
  5. The New Couple in 5B, by Lisa Unger

Patrick: Oxford Library

  1. Blood in the Machine: the Origins of the Rebellion Against Big Tech​, by Brian Merchant
  2. The Wendy Award, by Walter Scott
  3. Ways of Being: Animals, Plants, Machines: the Search for a Planetary Intelligence, by James Bridle
  4. Full of Myself: a Graphic Memoir About Body Image, by Siobhan Gallagher
  5. Filterworld: How Algorithms Flatten Culture, by Kyle Chayka