Boston Public Library Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
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The Leader's Guide to Unconscious Bias: How to Reframe Bias, Cultivate Connection, and Create High-Performing Teams
Pamela Fuller
This is such an important topic! We recommend WE CAN'T TALK ABOUT THAT AT WORK! by @maryfwinters for insight into inclusive conversations at work, as well as THE LEADER'S GUIDE TO UNCONSCIOUS BIAS by @pgfuller for tools for overcoming biases. #ShelfServiceLive #AskALibrarian https://t.co/bbGw9TAS9v
Paperback, 2023
$17.99$8.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Silent Patient
Alex Michaelides
Great question! Our favorite psychological thrillers include THE SILENT PATIENT by @AlexMichaelides, THE GUEST LIST by @lucyfoleytweets, SHARP OBJECTS by @TheGillianFlynn, and the classic THE TALENTED MR. RIPLEY by Patricia Highsmith. #ShelfServiceLive https://t.co/W48FgP5Qxb
Paperback, 2021
$17.99$8.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Josie Dances
Denise Lajimodiere
Today we're featuring books from our Native Lives, Native Stories #BPLBooklist! Including Classified by Traci Sorell, Josie Dances by Denise K. Lajimodiere, Treaty Words by Aimée Craft, and We Dream Medicine Dreams by Lisa Boivin. See the full booklist at the link in our bio 🔗 https://t.co/dXIaxhLeQE
Hardcover, 2021
$17.95$8.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Echo Wife
Sarah Gailey
If you like cli-fi, check out HOW HIGH WE GO IN THE DARK by @SequoiaN; if sci-fi thrillers are more your thing, THE ECHO WIFE by @gaileyfrey; if you're into short stories, THE MEMORY LIBRARIAN by @JanelleMonae! #ShelfServiceLive #AskALibrarian https://t.co/P8F6Ro3HMT
Paperback, 2022
$17.99$8.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Daughter of the Moon Goddess
Sue Lynn Tan
Coming VERY soon (January!!!), Veronica's pick DAUGHTER OF THE MOON GODDESS by @SuelynnTan looks like a delight for fantasy fans, and Jordan's pick LOVE & OTHER DISASTERS by @daffodilly is a delicious treat for our romance lovers! #ShelfServiceLive https://twitter.com/thelibrarihahn/status/1476289578680164359
Paperback, 2022
$17.99$8.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
Taylor Jenkins Reid
Reading slumps are hard so be gentle with yourself! Several very different books that our librarians plowed through recently: FRESH by @margotwood, THE SUBTWEET by @vivekshraya, THE SEVEN HUSBANDS OF EVELYN HUGO by @tjenkinsreid. Good luck and happy reading! #ShelfServiceLive https://twitter.com/nmzgdnep/status/1537095598565781505
Paperback, 2018
$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
A Court of Thorns and Roses
Sarah J. Maas
We love to read outside our usual genres! For more great YA fantasy, try A SONG OF WRAITHS AND RUIN by @rosiesrambles; for fae, A COURT OF THORNS AND ROSES by @SJMaas; for curses, THE RAVEN BOYS by @mstiefvater; and for court intrigue, LEGENDBORN by @tracydeonn! #ShelfServiceLive https://t.co/HBPwDmmGAi
Paperback, 2020
$19.00$9.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Last Time I Lied
Riley Sager
A HEAD FULL OF GHOSTS by @paulGtremblay and THE LAST TIME I LIED by @riley_sager sure scared us! #ShelfServiceLive https://t.co/XlMDu6FBWV
Paperback, 2019
$19.00$9.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Harlem Shuffle
Colson Whitehead
You cannot go wrong with HARLEM SHUFFLE by @colsonwhitehead, THE GOOD LORD BIRD by James McBride, LINCOLN HIGHWAY by @amortowles, or THE ISLAND OF SEA WOMEN by @Lisa_See! #ShelfServiceLive https://twitter.com/JSuryadjaja/status/1473748137412018181
Paperback, 2022
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Beach Read
Emily Henry
For tried-and-true books that gripped us, try @cathryanhoward's 56 DAYS (thriller), @em_llojo's THE DROWNED WOODS (YA fantasy), @marthawells1's WITCH KING (fantasy), @ALeeMartinez's THE AUTOMATIC DETECTIVE (sci-fi/mystery) and Emily Henry's BEACH READ (romance)! #ShelfServiceLive https://t.co/WIu3T2pjTO
Paperback, 2020
$16.00$8.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book