Season’s Readings from the OLC Adult Services Division

If you will have time for reading during your holidays, here are titles recently recommended by members of the Adult Services Division. They are presented in no particular order, so enjoy browsing!

Factfulness: Ten Reasons We’re Wrong About the World—and Why Things Are Better Than You Think Hans Rosling with Ola Rosling and Anna Rosling Ronnlund Published January 2018 Goodreads link: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34890015-factfulness?from_search=true

The Landscapes of Anne of Green Gables Catherine Reid Published March 2018 Goodreads link: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35489103-the-landscapes-of-anne-of-green-gables?ac=1&from_search=true

Ohio Stephen Markley Published August 2018 Goodreads link: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36373372-ohio?ac=1&from_search=true

The Wife Between Us Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen Published January 2018 Goodreads link: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34189556-the-wife-between-us?from_search=true

The Death of Mrs. Westaway Ruth Ware Published May 2018 Goodreads link: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36373481-the-death-of-mrs-westaway?from_search=true

Kill The Farm Boy Del Rey Published July 2018 Goodreads link: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34431692-kill-the-farm-boy?from_search=true

The Food Explorer: The True Adventures of the Globe-Trotting Botanist Who Transformed What America Eats Daniel Stone Published February 2018 Goodreads link: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35342935-the-food-explorer?from_search=true

An American Marriage Tayari Jones Published February 2018 Goodreads link: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/33590210-an-american-marriage?from_search=true

The Great Alone Kristin Hannah Published February 2018 Goodreads link: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34912895-the-great-alone?from_search=true

The Widows of Malabar Hill Sujata Massey Published January 2018 Goodreads link: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35133064-the-widows-of-malabar-hill?ac=1&from_search=true

Girl, Wash Your Face: Stop Believing the Lies About Who You Are So You Can Become Who You Were Meant to Be Rachel Hollis Published February 2018 Goodreads link: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35542451-girl-wash-your-face?from_search=true

Stay Hidden Paul Doiron Published July 2018 Goodreads link: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36187362-stay-hidden?ac=1&from_search=true

If we had known Elise Juska Published April 2018 Goodreads link: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35959816-if-we-had-known?from_search=true

Need to Know Karen Cleveland Published January 2018 Goodreads link: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40647345-need-to-know?from_search=true

Calypso David Sedaris Published May 2018 Goodreads link: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35832073-calypso?from_search=true

Darwin Comes to Town: How the Urban Jungle Drives Evolution Menno Schilthuizen Published April 2018 Goodreads Link: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34930832-darwin-comes-to-town?from_search=true

The Mars Room Rachel Kushner Published May 2018 Goodreads link: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36373648-the-mars-room?from_search=true

The Last Watchman of Old Cairo Michael David Lukas Published March 2018 Goodreads link: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35791972-the-last-watchman-of-old-cairo?from_search=true

Eloquent Rage Brittany Cooper Published February 2018 Goodreads link: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/33574165-eloquent-rage?from_search=true

Educated: A Memoir Tara Westover Published February 2018 Goodreads link: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/33574165-eloquent-rage?from_search=true

How to Be Safe Tom McAllister Published April 2018 Goodreads link: https://www.goodreads.com/search?q=How+to+Be+Safe+by+Tom+McAllister

The Good Neighbor: The Life and Work of Fred Rogers Maxwell King Published September 2018 Goodreads link: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38656999-the-good-neighbor?from_search=true

In the Shadow of Statues: A White Southerner Confronts History Mitch Landrieu Published March 2018 Goodreads link: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36978229-in-the-shadow-of-statues?from_search=true

A Gathering of Secrets Linda Castillo Published July 2018 Goodreads link: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36187085-a-gathering-of-secrets?from_search=true

The Feather Thief: Beauty, Obsession, and the Natural History Heist of the Century Kirk Wallace Johnson Published April 2018 Goodreads link: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35901186-the-feather-thief?from_search=true

The Perfectionists Simon Winchester Published May 2018 Goodreads link: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35068671-the-perfectionists?from_search=true

How to Walk Away Katherine Center Published March 2018 Goodreads link: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36249638-how-to-walk-away?from_search=true

Shelter in Place Nora Roberts Published May 2018 Goodreads link: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36425796-shelter-in-place?from_search=true

The Recovering: Intoxication and Its Aftermath Leslie Jamison Published April 2018 Goodreads link: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35959632-the-recovering?from_search=true

Carnegie's Maid Marie Benedict Published January 2018 Goodreads link: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34931300-carnegie-s-maid?from_search=true

A Higher Loyalty James Comey Published April 2018 Goodreads link: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35108805-a-higher-loyalty?from_search=true

White Chrysanthemum Mary Lynn Bracht Published January 2018 Goodreads link: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34701167-white-chrysanthemum?from_search=true

Burn Bright Patricia Briggs Published March 2018 Goodreads link: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35294265-burn-bright?from_search=true

Dragon Blood Eileen Wilks Published January 2018 Goodreads link: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/33412918-dragon-blood?from_search=true

Warlight Michael Ondaatje Published June 2018 Goodreads link: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35657511-warlight?from_search=true

A Season in the Sun: The Rise of Mickey Mantle Randy Roberts, Johnny Smith Published March 2018 Goodreads link: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35604794-a-season-in-the-sun?ac=1&from_search=true

How to Walk Away Catherine Center Published May 2018 Goodreads link: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36249638-how-to-walk-away?ac=1&from_search=true

Flat Broke with Two Goats Jennifer McGaha Published January 2018 Goodreads link: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34931315-flat-broke-with-two-goats?ac=1&from_search=true

Not That Bad: Dispatches from Rape Culture Roxane Gay Published May 2018 Goodreads link: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35068524-not-that-bad?from_search=true

Fierce Marriage: Radically Pursuing Each Other in Light of Christ's Relentless Love Ryan Frederick & Selena Frederick Published April 2018 Goodreads link: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35138434-fierce-marriage?from_search=true

Scott's Standard Postage Catalogue Published 2018 Link: https://www.scottonline.com/

The Outsider Stephen King Published May 2018 Goodreads link: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36124936-the-outsider?ac=1&from_search=true

Dead Girl Running Christina Dodd Published April 2018 Goodreads link: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35750274-dead-girl-running?from_search=true

Ask a Manager: How to Navigate Clueless Colleagues, Lunch-Stealing Bosses, and the Rest of Your Life at Work Alison Green Published May 2018 Goodreads link: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36686423-ask-a-manager?from_search=true

How Democracies Die Steven Levitsky & Daniel Ziblatt Published January 2018 Goodreads link: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35356384-how-democracies-die?from_search=true

The Kremlin Conspiracy Joel C. Rosenberg Published March 2018 Goodreads link: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35605702-the-kremlin-conspiracy?ac=1&from_search=true

12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos Jordan B. Peterson Published January 2018 Goodreads link: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/30257963-12-rules-for-life?from_search=true

Female Persuasion Meg Wolitzer Published April 2018 Goodreads link: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35480518-the-female-persuasion?from_search=true

Send Down the Rain Charles Martin Published May 2018 Goodreads link: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35540771-send-down-the-rain?from_search=true

The Mercy Seat Elizabeth H. Winthrop Published June 2018 Goodreads link: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36862045-the-mercy-seat?from_search=true

Homes: A Refugee Story Abu Bakr al Rabeeah with Winnie Yeung Published May 2018 Goodreads link: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/37905735-homes?from_search=true

The Cadaver King and the Country Dentist: A True Story of Injustice in the American South Radley Balko and Tucker Carrington with John Grisham Published February 2018 Goodreads link: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/33296669-the-cadaver-king-and-the-country-dentist?from_search=true

The English Wife Lauren Willig Published January 2018 Goodreads link: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34945222-the-english-wife?from_search=true

Circe Madeline Miller Published April 2018 Goodreads link: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35959740-circe?from_search=true

The Race to Save the Romanovs: The Truth Behind the Secret Plans to Rescue the Russian Imperial Family Helen Rappaport Published June 2018 Goodreads link: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/33116011-the-race-to-save-the-romanovs?from_search=true

Paradox Catherine Coulter Published July 2018 Goodreads link: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/37751667-paradox?from_search=true

Burning Ridge Margaret Mizushima Published September 2018 Goodreads link: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/37778530-burning-ridge?from_search=true