books

STAFF BOOK PICKS

ADULT

FICTION:

A Painted House        (Meagan)

   Grisham, John

About a Boy     (Meagan)

    Hornby, Nick

The Alienest      (June)

     Carr, Caleb

Fair and Tender Ladies   (June)

     Smith, Lee

Gift Upon the Shore     (June)

     Wren, M.K.

Ginger Tree         (June)

    Wynd, Oswald

Gone With the Wind   (Abby)

     Mitchell, Margaret

In Her Shoes              (Abby)

     Weiner, Jennifer

In the Fall         (June)

     Lent, Jeffrey

Into the Wilderness    (June)

     Doniti, Sara

Ishmael         (June)

     Quinn, Daniel

The Kitchen God's Wife    (Beth)

   Tan, Amy

Letters from an Age of Reason

     Hague, Nora      (June)

Life of Pi           (Beth)

   Martel, Yann

The Lovely Bones       (Beth)

   Sebold, Alice

Mary Queen of Scotland and the Isles

     George, Margaret     (June)

Montana Sky     (Abby)

     Roberts, Nora

My Ishmael        (Jenny, June)

    Quinn, Daniel

My Sister's Keeper      (Abby, Beth)

     Picoult, Jodi

Never Let Me Go    (Meagan)

     Ishiguro, Kazuo

Outlander            (June)

     Gabaldon, Diana

The Pleasure of My Company   (Beth)

     Martin, Steve

The Poisonwood Bible    (Beth)

    Kingsolver, Barbara

Pride and Prejudice      (Abby)

     Austen, Jane

The Red Tent         (Beth)

    Diamant, Anita

The Secret Life of Bees    (Beth)

   Kidd, Sue Monk

The Stone Diaries         (Beth)

    Shields, Carol

Sparrow          (June)

     Russell, Mary Doria

Stones from the River    (June)

     Hegi, Ursula

Thr3e          (Dani)

     Dekker, Ted

Vision of Light, A    (June)

     Riley, Judith Merkle

Where the Red Fern Grows   (Dani)

     Rawls, Wilson

 

Connelly, Michael    (Meagan, Jenny)

Kingsolver, Barbara  (Beth)

LeHane, Dennis       (Meagan)

Picoult, Jodi            (Abby)

Scottoline, Lisa       (Meagan)

     

MYSTERY:

Clark, Mary Higgins     (Abby)

Dams, Jeanne            (June)

Evanovich, Janet          (Renee)

George, Elizabeth        (June)

Hill, Reginald               (June)

King, Laurie                 (June)

Reichs, Kathy              (June)

Todd, Charles              (June)

Winspear, Jacqueline   (June)

SCIENCE FICTION:

Dawn                    (June)

     Bulter, Octavia E.

Dies the Fire        (June)

    Stirling, S.M.

Grass                  (June)

     Tepper, Sheri S.

Hominids                (June)

     Sawyer, Robert

Lost and Found          (June)

     Foster, Alan Dean

NON-FICTION:

Ambulance Girl          (Meagan)

     Stern, Jane

Bird by Bird         (Beth)

     Lamott, Anne

Blink : the Power of Thinking Without Thinking      (Jenny)

     Gladwell, Malcolm

Catch Me If You Can   (Meagan)

     Abagnale, Frank

Complications: a Surgeon's Notes on an Imperfect Science      (Meagan)

      Gawande, Atul

Eight Minutes in the Morning

     Cruise, Jorge    (Heather)

The Four Agreements   (Beth)

     Ruiz, Miguel

If You Want to Write    (Beth)

     Ueland, Brenda

It's Not About the Bike    (Renee)

     Armstrong, Lance

Living the Questions     (Beth)

     Arends, Carolyn

The Man Who Listens To Horses

     Roberts, Monty     (Abby)

Mexico the Beautiful Cookbook     

     Palazuelos, Susanna     (Heather)

Scar Tissue      (Hector)

     Kiedis, Anthony

Ten Things I Wish I'd Known   (Beth)

      Shriver, Maria

The Tipping Point     (Jenny)

     Gladwell, Malcolm

What to Expect....(series)    (Heather)

     Murkoff, Heidi Eisenberg

 

YOUNG ADULT

Al Capone Does My Shirts    (Meagan)

     Choldenko, Gennifer

Angus, Thongs, and Full Frontal Snogging            (Abby)

     Rennison, Louise

Boy2Girl            (Meagan)

      Blacker, Terence

Dairy Queen         (Beth, Abby)

     Murdock, Catherine

Elsewhere           (Meagan)

     Zevin, Gabrielle

Flush        (Meagan)

     Hiassen, Carl

The Giver     (Abby)

     Lowry, Lois

Heat        (Meagan)

    Lupica, Mike

Just Listen      (Dani)

     Dessen, Sarah

Last Shot            (Meagan)

     Feinstein, John

Looking For Alaska    (Meagan)

    Green, John

My Friend Flicka    (Abby)

     O'Hara, Mary

Remember Me     (Dani)

     Lanham, Cheryl

Stargirl            (Beth)

     Spinelli, Jerry

This Lullaby     (Dani)

     Dessen, Sarah

Travel Team       (Meagan)

    Lupica, Mike

The Truth About Forever    (Dani)

     Dessen, Sarah

Dessen, Sarah    (Dani)

Hopkins, Ellen    (Jenny)

YA SERIES

Blue is For Nightmares   (Dani)

     Stolarz, Laurie

Harry Potter Series  (Dani)

     Rowling, J.K.

Pine Hollow Series   (Abby)

     Bryant, Bonnie

Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants

    Brashares, Ann    (Renee, Abby)

Twilight Series     (Dani)

     Meyer, Stephenie

 

KIDS

A Corner of the Universe  (Beth)

      Martin, Ann M.

The Amber Spyglass      (Jenny)

     Pullman, Philip

The Giving Tree     (Abby)

     Silverstein, Shel

The Haymeadow    (Abby)

     Paulsen, Gary

Holes         (Beth, Dani)

    Sachar, Louis

The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle              (Abby)

     Avi

KID'S SERIES

Anastasia Krupnik Series   (Abby)

    Lowry, Lois

Goosebumps    (Hector)

     Stine, R.L.

Thoroughbred Series   (Abby)

     Campbell, Joanna

PICTURE BOOKS

A is For Salad    (Meagan)

     Lester, Mike

A Pipkin of Pepper     (Heather)

     Cooper, Helen

A Pocket For Corduroy   (Abby)

     Freeman, Don

Chrysanthemum    (Beth)

    Henkes, Kevin

Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type

     Cronin, Doreen     (Heather)

Do Not Open      (Beth)

      Turkle, Brinton

Duck on a Bike       (Beth)

     Shannon, David

Eight Animals Bake a Cake  (Heather)

     Elya, Susan Middleton

Home For A Bunny     (Abby)

     Brown, Margaret Wise

The Library Dragon    (Abby)

     Deedy, Carmen Agra

The Monster at the End of This Book

     Stone, Jon         (Abby)

Pumpkin Soup     (Heather)

     Cooper, Helen

Say Hola to Spanish, otra vez (Heather)

     Elya, Susan Middleton

The Tooth Fairy      (Abby)

     Wood, Audrey

The Velveteen Rabbit    (Barb)

     Bianco, Margery Williams

The Web Files     (Beth)

     Palatini, Margie