Staff Picks

No one does rom-coms quite like Emily Henry and this book is a triumph, I laughed, I cried, it is fabulous. This book is an amazing read both hilarious, with some of the best banter you will ever read, and has a lot of heart. Charlie, Nora and her sister Libby are wonderful characters that you are going to love.

 

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A by-the-book literary agent must decide if happily ever after is worth changing her whole life for in this insightful, delightful new novel from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Beach Read and People We Meet on Vacation. Nora Stephens life is books-she's read them all-and she is not that type of heroine. Not the plucky one, not the laidback dream girl, and especially not the sweetheart. In fact, the only people Nora is a heroine for are her clients, for whom she lands enormous deals as a cutthroat literary agent, and her beloved little sister Libby. Which is why she agrees to go to Sunshine Falls, North Carolina for the month of August when Libby begs her for a sisters' trip away-with visions of a small town transformation for Nora who she's convinced needs to become the heroine in her own story. But instead of picnics in meadows, or run-ins with a handsome country doctor or bulging-forearmed bartender, Nora keeps bumping into Charlie Lastra, a bookish brooding editor from back in the city. It would be a meet-cute if not for the fact that they've met many times and it's never been cute. If Nora knows she's not an ideal heroine, Charlie knows he's nobody's hero, but as they are thrown together again and again-in a series of coincidences no editor worth their salt would allow-what they discover might just unravel the carefully crafted stories they've written about themselves

 

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Crazy Rich Asians meets murder mystery for a brilliant, outrageous, and truly hilarious adventure. Welcome to the wedding event of the decade, at a perfect location on an island resort. True, the bachelor party got a bit out of hand, but it is now the big day, the guests have all gathered, the cake is baked and decorated, the flowers are ready, there is just the small matter of the dead body to deal with. And that is just the beginning of the mishaps for Meddy and her Aunties as they try to both pull off a lavish wedding and get rid of the body without any of the guests noticing. No, things are just not going to plan, and there may be other plots afoot. So of course this would also be the perfect time for her to run into her college ex, probably the love of her life. It's not like a dead body or her meddling Aunties will be a problem right?

 

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What happens when you mix 1 (accidental) murder with 2 thousand wedding guests, and then, toss in a possible curse on 3 generations of an immigrant Chinese-Indonesian family? You get 4 meddling Asian aunties coming to the rescue! When Meddelin Chan ends up accidentally killing her blind date, her meddlesome mother calls for her even more meddlesome aunties to help get rid of the body. Unfortunately, a dead body proves to be a lot more challenging to dispose of than one might anticipate-especially when it is accidentally shipped in a cake cooler to the over-the-top billionaire wedding that Meddy, her Ma, and her aunties are working, at an island resort on the California coastline. It is the biggest job yet for their family wedding business-"Don't leave your big day to chance, leave it to the Chans!"-and nothing, not even an unsavory corpse, will get in the way of her aunties' perfect buttercream-cake flowers. But things go from inconvenient to downright torturous when Meddy's great college love-and biggest heartbreak-makes a surprise appearance amid the wedding chaos. Is it possible to escape murder charges, charm her ex back into her life, and pull off a stunning wedding, all in one weekend?

 

Step into a world of magical libraries and living books, with a plucky heroine and an intriguing mystery. Someone is attacking the Great Libraries of Austermeer, which throws Elizabeth into the courtly intrigue of the sorcerers. She soon discovers that things are not as she has been led to believe. To survive and unravel the mystery of who is attacking the libraries, she will have to team up with the enemy: a sorcerer and (gasp) a demon too. This book is one of those rare truly magical reads; engaging fantasy with adventure, mystery, and characters you can root for. The story is incredibly atmospheric, almost a gothic feel, and really draws the reader in. It would be an especially good read for the Fall and Halloween.

 

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When apprentice librarian Elisabeth is implicated in sabotage that released the library's most dangerous grimoire, she becomes entangled in a centuries-old conspiracy that could mean the end of everything.

 

This book is an absolute gem, witty and beautifully illustrated. The whole menagerie searches for a bear, but will they find the bear? And a duck tries to steal the show. This book would be a great pick for fans of Mo Willems, especially his pigeon books. Perfect for younger kids, this book can also be a thoroughly enjoyable for readers of any age, even for adults.

 

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A picture book inviting readers to join the search for a missing bear.

 

With secret societies and international intrigue, this book is a fun, fast-paced combination of teen fiction and international spy thriller. Grace, the granddaughter of the powerful U.S. ambassador, has returned to Adria's Embassy Row for the first time since her mother died. And her family is worried because she is convinced that her mother was murdered by a man with a scar and she is certain she has seen him (this time for real). In a place where the cute boy next door just happens to be Russian, not to mention her brother's best friend, there are plenty of ways a slightly reckless teenager could cause an international incident. Especially since Grace is most certainly not okay. Grace and her new friends from The Row dive into a world of intrigue, secret societies and unravel the secrets of Adria and the truth of her mother's death.

 

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After being hospitalized for insisting that her mother was murdered, not killed in an accidental fire, Grace goes to live with her grandfather for a fresh start, but when she sees her mothers murderer again, her past comes back to haunt her.

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Princess Yona, the once sheltered princess, sets out on a journey to find the mythical dragon warriors after her father is murdered, in this Manga fantasy adventure that should be on any Manga fan's TBR. Yona helps people in need, makes new friends, and throughout the series discovers how fierce she can be when she is fighting for what she believes in.

 

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Princess Yona lives an ideal life as the only princess of her kingdom. Doted on by her father, the king, and protected by her faithful guard Hak, she cherishes the time spent with the man she loves, Soo-won. But everything changes on her 16th birthday when she witnesses her father's murder! Yona reels from the shock of witnessing a loved one's murder and having to fight for her life. With Hak's help, she flees the palace and struggles to survive while evading her enemy's forces. But where will this displaced princess go when all the paths before her are uncertain?

 

This is the story of a bank robbery turned hostage crisis, but it isn't really about that. It is really a story about people trying to find their way in the world, the unseen connections between people and the kindness of strangers. In this novel, Fredrik Backman has created another heartwarming story like the one that I, and so many readers, adored in A Man Called Ove. This book is a perfect gem of a story, and it has easily surpassed Ove as my favorite of his books; it is one of those books that I just wanted to hug when I finished it.

 

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Looking at real estate isn't usually a life-or-death situation, but an apartment open house becomes just that when a failed bank robber bursts in and takes a group of strangers hostage. The captives include a recently retired couple who relentlessly hunt down fixer-uppers to avoid the painful truth that they can't fix their own marriage. There's a wealthy bank director who has been too busy to care about anyone else and a young couple who are about to have their first child but can't seem to agree on anything, from where they want to live to how they met in the first place. Add to the mix an eighty-seven-year-old woman who has lived long enough not to be afraid of someone waving a gun in her face, a flustered but still-ready-to-make-a-deal real estate agent, and a mystery man who has locked himself in the apartment's only bathroom, and you've got the worst group of hostages in the world. Each of them carries a lifetime of grievances, hurts, secrets, and passions that are ready to boil over. None of them is entirely who they appear to be. And all of them--the bank robber included--desperately crave some sort of rescue. As the authorities and the media surround the premises these reluctant allies will reveal surprising truths about themselves and set in motion a chain of events so unexpected that even they can hardly explain what happens next

 

Tyler Jones, star of Aurora Academy, was supposed to get first pick of the best recruits for his team, but he was late. He was late because he was rescuing a girl off a derelict spaceship, where she has been stuck in cryo-sleep for two centuries. No, things are not going Tyler's way, and this is just the beginning, since Aurora, the girl he rescued, seems to be wanted by some very powerful galactic authorities and they are not too fussy about eliminating witnesses. So now they are on the run with seemingly the last team you would want. This team of misfits is going to have to try and save the galaxy, assuming they can survive and not kill each other in the meantime. I loved just about everything about this book: the characters are great, there is some really witty humor, and the adventure is fun and fast paced. This book is a must read for any sci-fi fans, especially if you like The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. It is one of the best I have ever read.

 

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After rescuing a girl who was trapped in cryo-sleep for two centuries from interdimensional space, eighteen-year-old Aurora Academy graduate Tyler Jones is swept up in an interstellar war millions of years in the making.