Jefferson County Public Library Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

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@m1ne_444 Librarian Emily suggest The Hunger by Alma Katsu about the doomed Donner party and the person (or thing) that is stalking them on the trail. Or Nothing But Blackened Teeth by Cassandra Khaw, a deliciously dark haunted house tale steeped in Japanese folklore. #AskALibrarian

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@ItsNatVictoriaa Librarian Marie recommends Outlander by Diana Gabaldon! Married nurse, Claire is on her honeymoon following WWII in Scotland and accidently falls through some mysterious standing stones to 1743 Scotland and falls for a handsome stranger. https://t.co/pXv20lIVCs

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@meep_matsushima Librarian M.J recommends Stiff: the Curious Lives of Human Cadavers and from Here to Eternity: Traveling the World to Find the Good Death Caitlin Doughty. Librarian Sean personally recommends The Chaos Machine by Max Fisher. Great look at the way social media impacts our minds.

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@justsarah0494 Emily Henry is one of the queens of this genre. Beach Read, The People We Meet on Vacation & Book Lovers, are all classics! She also has a new release coming out, Happy Place! About former couple, Harriet and Wyn, sharing a vacation cottage on the coast of Maine. #AskALibrarian

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@brundagephotos @dcpl If you liked Life After Life and you're looking for similar reads where characters pass through lives time and time again, you should try The Nine Lives of Rose Napolitano by Donna Freitas or The Midnight Library by Matt Haig!

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@ItsNatVictoriaa Try The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches by Sangu Mandanna, about an isolated witch whose embraces a new family-& a new love, & changes the course of her life. Or The Cat Who Saved Books by Ssuke Natsukawa about a teenage boy tasked with helping a talking cat save books.

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@geoffreymoore Librarian Emily recommends Hamnet: a Novel of the Plague by Maggie O'Farrell, an imagining of Shakespeare's mysterious home life. Or, The Boat Runner by Devin Murphy, about a Dutch boy sent to fight for Germany in WWII who helped give Jewish refugees safe passage to lands abroad.

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@alltoojuliette Librarian MJ says Something to Talk About by Meryl Wilsner is a great one to try, and there's a new book by Wilsner (Mistakes Were Made) coming out in October if you end up liking this one!

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@justsarah0494 Emily Henry is one of the queens of this genre. Beach Read, The People We Meet on Vacation & Book Lovers, are all classics! She also has a new release coming out, Happy Place! About former couple, Harriet and Wyn, sharing a vacation cottage on the coast of Maine. #AskALibrarian

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@Dreamertweetzz Librarian Bonnie recommends The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros. It's a collection of stories with multiple voices and should be a good way to expand those language skills. Happy reading, and good luck!