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Grab your lunch and join us for knitting in the Shakespeare Room at noon on Thursdays!

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Have you been looking for a new hobby? Join us for Cross-Stitch Club every Thursday in the Shakespeare Room at 4pm!

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Upcoming Events
Dec 14
Library Game Day with NEA Gamer's Guild
Dec 14, 2024 12:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Dec 17
Tween STEAM: Winter Workshop Crafts
Dec 17, 2024 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Dec 18
Retro Gaming Resort for Teens
Dec 18, 2024 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
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Framed : Astonishing True Stories of Wrongful Convictions Grisham, John
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Events

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Library Game Day with NEA Gamer's Guild

Saturday, December 14th 12:00pm

All ages can join us for Tabletop Game Day! Everyone is welcome to join this free day of games! Try out new types of table-top and board games and enter to take them home with you. There is something for everyone!

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Adult Knitting Club

Thursday, December 19th 12:00pm

Join us in the Shakespeare Room for our weekly knitting club!

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Adult Cross-Stitch Club

Thursday, December 19th 4:00pm

Join us in the Shakespeare Room for our weekly cross-stitch club!

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Library Game Day with NEA Gamer's Guild

Saturday, December 14th 12:00pm

All ages can join us for Tabletop Game Day! Everyone is welcome to join this free day of games! Try out new types of table-top and board games and enter to take them home with you. There is something for everyone!

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Kid's Winter Staycation: Game Day

Monday, December 30th 2:00pm

Kids K-3rd Grade, join us throughout the children's library for board games and video games as part of our Winter Staycation!

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Kid's Winter Staycation: Noon-Year's Party

Tuesday, December 31st 11:30am

Kids K-3rd Grade, come celebrate! Midnight is a long way away, so come ring in the New Year with us as part of our Winter Staycation!

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Retro Gaming Resort for Teens

Wednesday, December 18th 4:00pm

Feeling Cabin Fever? Teens are invited to travel back-in-time with totally retro Video Games and Board Games!

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Friday Night Magic: the Gathering for Teens

Friday, December 20th 4:00pm

Join Ms. Michaela in the Teen Area on the 3rd Friday of each month for Friday Night Magic!

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Teen Tabletop Club

Saturday, December 28th 12:30pm

All teens are welcome to join in for some Tabletop RPG fun, in a one-shot campaign led by Charlie Potter – newcomers welcome!

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Book Lists

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Midnights with You Clare Osongco view item
ONE PIECE 107 Eiichiro Oda view item
Skyshade Alex Aster view item
Thunder City Philip Reeve view item
I Am the Dark That Answers When You Call Jamison Shea view item
Dead Girls Don't Dream Nino Cipri view item
Flopping in a Winter Wonderland Jason June view item
Where the Library Hides Isabel Ibanez view item
Teen Titans: Starfire Kami Garcia view item
Witch of Wol Sin Lake Lena Jeong view item
Illustrated History of Urban Legends Adam Allsuch Boardman view item
Legend of the White Snake Sher Lee view item

November 2024 Book Recommendations - YA

Alice in a Winter Wonderland Jan Brett view item
Hat for House Audrey Perrott, Druscilla Santiago view item
The Bad Guys in One Last Thing Aaron Blabey view item
Anang and the Ribbon Skirt Cameron Mukwa view item
Inkworld Cornelia Funke view item
Squad (the Tryout #2) Christina Soontornvat, Joanna Cacao view item
Mr. Lemoncellos Fantabulous Finale Chris Grabenstein view item
Pete the Cat and the Wright Brothers James Dean view item
First Cat in Space and the Wrath of the Paperclip Mac Barnett, Shawn Harris view item
Snow Is... Laura Gehl view item
Lost in the Empire City Avi view item
Tumblebaby Adam Rex, Audrey Helen Weber view item

November 2024 Book Recommendations - Children's

Before We Forget Kindness Toshikazu Kawaguchi view item
The Story of the Forest Linda Grant view item
The Songbird & the Heart of Stone Carissa Broadbent view item
Tooth and Claw Craig Johnson view item
Christmas with the Queen Hazel Gaynor, Heather Webb view item
Lazarus Man Richard Price view item
The Author's Guide to Murder Beatriz Williams view item
Citizen: My Life After the White House Bill Clinton view item
The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World Robin Wall Kimmerer view item
Welcome to Pawnee: Stories of Friendship, Waffles, and Parks and Recreation Jim O'Heir view item
What the Chicken Knows Sy Montgomery view item
Box Office Poison Tim Robey view item

November 2024 Book Recommendations - Adult

A Deathly Compendium of Poisonous Plants Rebecca E. Hirsch view item
Twenty-Four Seconds from Now . . .: A Love Story Jason Reynolds view item
The Glass Girl Kathleen Glasgow view item
The Stolen Heir Holly Black view item
The Magic You Make Jason June view item
The Teen Breakup Survival Guide Lenora M. Ziegler view item
Clock Striker, Volume 2 Issaka Galadima view item
Nothing Like the Movies Lynn Painter view item
Sally's Lament: A Twisted Tale Mari Mancusi view item
Killer House Party Lily Anderson view item
This Dark Paradise Erin Luken view item
The Strange Case of Harleen and Harley Melissa Marr view item

October 2024 Book Recommendations - YA

Society of Lies Lauren Ling Brown view item
The Stone Witch of Florence Anna Rasche view item
The Sequel Jean Hanff Korelitz view item
This Cursed House Del Sandeen view item
Shock Induction Chuck Palahniuk view item
Absolution: A Southern Reach Novel Jeff VanderMeer view item
The Blue Hour Paula Hawkins view item
What Does It Feel Like? Sophie Kinsella view item
I'll Be Waiting Kelley Armstrong view item
Be Ready When the Luck Happens Ina Garten view item
The Message Ta-Nehisi view item
From Here to the Great Unknown Lisa Marie Presley view item

October 2024 Book Recommendations - Adult

Percy Jackson and the Olympians: Wrath of the Triple Goddess Rick Riordan view item
All the Books Heyley Rocco view item
Tales of Ancient Egypt: Myths & Adventures from the Land of the Pyramids Hugo Cook view item
How to Sing a Song Kwame Alexander view item
Onyx & Beyond Amber McBride view item
Freedom Fire: Jax Freeman and the Phantom Shriek Kwame Mbalia view item
Deer Run Home Ann Clare Lezotte view item
Jonty Gentoo: The Adventures of a Penguin Julia Donaldson view item
The Bakery Dragon Devin Elle Kurtz view item
An Anthology of Fungi Lynne Boddy view item
The Hill: Inside the Secret World of the U.S. Capitol Kate Anderson Brower view item
The Bletchley Riddle Ruta Sepetys view item

October 2024 Book Recommendations - Children's

Can You See What I See? Walter Wick view item
This Land Ashley Fairbanks, Bridget George view item
Spooky, Scary Skeletons Andrew Gold, Polona Lovsin view item
The Witching Wind Natalie Lloyd view item
The Gingerbread House Jack's Family Ate Kelly DiPucchio, Nate Wragg view item
Scholastic Book of World Records 2025 Scholastic view item
Snow Thief Alice Hemming, Nicola Slater view item
Kristy and the Walking Disaster Ann M. Martin, Ellen T. Crenshaw view item
Grumpy Monkey Play All Day Suzanne Lang, Max Lang view item
The Verts: A Story of Introverts and Extroverts Ann Patchett, Robin Preiss Glasser view item
Stealing Little Moon : the Legacy of American Indian Residential Schools Dan SaSuWeh Jones view item
How Technology Works DK view item

September 2024 Book Recommendations - Children's

Thirteenth Child Erin A. Craig view item
Pick the Lock A. S. King view item
Rabbit and Juliet Rebecca Stafford view item
Lies We Conjure Sarah Henning view item
We Are Hunted Tomi Oyemakinde view item
Poems for Tortured Souls Liz Ison view item
Monstrous Kind Lydia Gregovic view item
Fairy Godmother an Enchanters Tale Jen Calonita view item
Songlight Moira Buffini view item
The Champions Kara Thomas view item
Ultimate Driving Book Emma Carlson Berne, Shaw Nielsen view item
Desert Echoes Abdi Nazemian view item

September 2024 Book Recommendations - YA

Life Impossible Matt Haig view item
Somewhere Beyond the Sea T. J. Klune view item
Here One Moment Crown view item
Intermezzo Sally Rooney view item
Tell Me Everything Elizabeth Strout view item
Reason to See You Again Jami Attenberg view item
The Night We Lost Him Laura Dave view item
So Thirsty Rachel Harrison view item
Guide Me Home Attica Locke view item
Good Lookin Cookin Dolly Parton, Rachel Parton George, Maurice Miner view item
The Third Gilmore Girl: A Memoir Kelly Bishop view item
Who Could Ever Love You Mary Trump view item

September 2024 Book Recommendations - Adult

Jupiter Rising Gary Schmidt view item
The Summer Hikaru Died, Vol. 4 Mokumokuren view item
My Salty Mary Cynthia Hand view item
Wisteria Adalyn Grace view item
Death at Morning House Maureen Johnson view item
Ash's Cabin Jen Wang view item
Medici Heist Caitlin Schneiderhan view item
Fyrebirds Kate Armstrong view item
The Dark We Know Wen-Yi Lee view item
Mysterious Ways Wendy Wunder view item
Return to Sender Lauren Draper view item
Of Her Own Design Birdie Willis view item

August 2024 Book Recommendations - YA

We Are Definitely Human X. Fang view item
The Ofrenda That We Built Jolene Gutierrez view item
Read at Your Own Risk Remy Lai view item
Pizza for Birds Bob Shea view item
The Very Hungry Caterpillar's Nature Walk: A Search-And-Find Book Eric Carle view item
Willow the White House Cat Jill Biden view item
Cat on the Run in Cucumber Madness! Aaron Blabey view item
I Am Jesse Owens Brad Meltzer view item
A Mischief of Mice Christine Matheson view item
The Everybody Experiment Lisa Ramée view item
Not Nothing Gayle Forman view item
I'm Sorry You Got Mad Kyle Lukoff view item

August 2024 Book Recommendations - Children's

House of Glass Sarah Pekkanen view item
Blood Like Mine Stuart Neville view item
The Pairing Casey McQuiston view item
Sister Dear Hannah McKinnon view item
Haunted Ever After Jen DeLuca view item
You Will Never Be Me Jesse Q. Sutanto view item
Saved by the Matchmaker Jody Hedlund view item
Maria: A Novel of Maria von Trapp Michelle Moran view item
Like Mother, Like Daughter Kimberly McCreight view item
Loud: Accept Nothing Less Than the Life You Deserve Drew Afualo view item
The Mysterious Mrs. Nixon: The Life and Times of Washington's Most Private First Lady Heath Hardage Lee view item
That Librarian: The Fight Against Book Banning in America Amanda Jones view item

August 2024 Book Recommendations - Adult

Cliffs J. Courtney Sullivan view item
Briar Club Kate Quinn view item
All the Colors of the Dark Chris Whitaker view item
Love of My Afterlife Kirsty Greenwood view item
Rom-Commers Katherine Center view item
I Was a Teenage Slasher Stephen Graham Jones view item
Shelterwood Lisa Wingate view item
Lost Story Meg Shaffer view item
What Have you Done? Shari Lapena view item
Slow Dance Rainbow Rowell view item
Herod and Mary Kathie Lee Gifford Litfin, PH D., Bryan M. view item
Women in the Valley of the Kings Kathleen Sheppard view item

July 2024 Book Recommendations - Adult

Reckless Lauren Roberts view item
Break to You Neal Shusterman Debra Young Michelle Knowlden view item
Grandest Game Jennifer Lynn Barnes view item
Girls Who Burn M. K. Pagano view item
How to Die Famous Benjamin Dean view item
It's Only a Game Kelsea Yu view item
Sunrise Nights Jeff Zentner view item
Not about a Boy Myah Hollis view item
Bless 2 Yukino Sonoyama view item
Ready or Not Andi Porretta
One Piece, Vol. 106 Eiichiro Oda view item
Mirror of Beasts Alexandra Bracken view item

July 2024 Book Recommendations - YA

Pizza Face Rex Ogle Dave Valeza view item
Faker Gordon Korman view item
Pasta Pasta Lotsa Pasta Aimee Lucido Mavisu Demirag view item
Quacken Justin Colón view item
Just What to Do Kyle Lukoff view item
Belly Song Mother Moon Leah Giles view item
Old Willis Place Graphic Novel Mary Downing Hahn Meredith Laxton Scott Peterson Sienna Haralson view item
Wolfgang in the Meadow Lenny Wen view item
Little Ghost Makes a Friend Maggie Edkins Willis view item
Prunella Beth Ferry view item
I Got the Spooky Spirit Connie Schofield-Morrison Frank Morrison view item
Pokémon Book of Evolutions DK view item

July 2024 Book Recommendations - Children's

Horror Movie Paul Tremblay view item
Swan Song Elin Hilderbrand view item
Middle of the Night Riley Sager view item
Glassmaker Tracy Chevalier view item
Midnight Feast Lucy Foley view item
Enlightenment Sarah Perry view item
Not in Love Ali Hazelwood view item
One of Our Kind Nicola Yoon view item
Housemaid Is Watching Freida McFadden view item
Novel Love Story Ashley Poston view item
Traveling Ann Powers view item
Great River Boyce Upholt view item

June 2024 Book Recommendations - Adult

Cesaria Feels the Beat Denise Rosario Adusei Priscila Soares view item
Spindle of Fate Aimee Lim view item
Beach Hair Ashley Woodfolk Nina Mata view item
Are You Small? Mo Willems view item
Pete the Cat Screams for Ice Cream! James Dean Kimberly Dean view item
Roswell Johnson Saves the World! Chris Colfer view item
Legendary Mo Seto A. Y. Chan view item
Duck Duck Taco Truck Laura Lavoie Teresa Martinez view item
Bubble Gum Bison Needs a Bath Scott Rothman Pete Oswald view item
Not-A-Box City Antoinette Portis view item
Girl Who Kept the Castle Ryan Graudin view item
Tate's Wild Rescue Jenny Turnbull Izzy Burton view item

June 2024 Book Recommendations - Children's

Looking for Smoke K. A. Cobell view item
Four Eids and a Funeral Faridah Abike-Ilyimide Adiba Jaigirdar view item
Past Present Future Rachel Lynn Solomon view item
My Hero Academia Kohei Horikoshi view item
Icon and Inferno Marie Lu view item
Sleep Like Death Kalynn Bayron view item
Children of Anguish and Anarchy Tomi Adeyemi view item
Cat + Gamer Volume 5 Wataru Nadatani view item
Blue Lock 13 Muneyuki Kaneshiro Yusuke Nomura view item
Twelfth Knight Alexene Farol Follmuth view item
Heiress Takes All Emily Wibberley Austin Siegemund-Broka view item
Six More Months of June Daisy Garrison view item

June 2024 Book Recommendations - YA

Crane among Wolves June Hur view item
Darker by Four June CL Tan view item
Dear Wendy Ann Zhao view item
Beastly Beauty Jennifer Donnelly view item
This Book Won't Burn Samira Ahmed view item
Ballad of Darcy and Russell Morgan Matson view item
Girl in Question Tess Sharpe view item
Attached at the Hip Christine Riccio view item
Brightwood Code Monica Hesse view item
One-Punch Man, Vol. 28 ONE view item
Maelstrom Lorian Merriman view item
Flawless Girls Anna-Marie McLemore view item

May 2024 Book Recommendations - YA

Through a Clouded Mirror Miya T. Beck view item
Samira's Worst Best Summer Nina Hamza view item
Lily Xiao Speaks Out Nicole Chen view item
Lion of the Sky Ritu Hemnani view item
Once upon a Sari Zenia Wadhwani Avani Dwivedi view item
Simone Minnie Phan view item
Box of Dreams Faith Kazmi Christine Almeda view item
Do You Even Know Me? Reem Faruqi Ani Bushry view item
Child's Introduction to Asian American and Pacific Islander History Naomi Hirahara Sarah Demonteverde view item
Anzu and the Realm of Darkness Mai K. Nguyen view item
Unhappy Camper Lily LaMotte Ann Xu view item

May 2024 Book Recommendations - Children's

Real Americans Rachel Khong view item
888 Love and the Divine Burden of Numbers Abraham Chang view item
Daughters of Shandong Eve J. Chung view item
Love, Lies, and Cherry Pie Jackie Lau view item
Lies and Weddings Kevin Kwan view item
Stolen Child Ann Hood view item
This Summer Will Be Different Carley Fortune view item
Guncle Abroad Steven Rowley view item
One Perfect Couple Ruth Ware view item
Backyard Bird Chronicles Amy Tan David Allen Sibley view item
My Vietnam, Your Vietnam Christina Vo Nghia M. Vo view item
Love Is a Burning Thing Nina St. Pierre view item

May 2024 Book Recommendations - Adults

Black Girl Survives in This One Desiree S. Evans Saraciea J. Fennell Tananarive Due view item
Song of the Six Realms Judy I. Lin view item
Dragonfruit Makiia Lucier view item
Off with Their Heads Zoe Hana Mikuta view item
Blue Lock 12 Muneyuki Kaneshiro Yusuke Nomura view item
Boruto Ukyo Kodachi Mikio Ikemoto Masashi Kishimoto view item
She-Hulk by Rainbow Rowell Vol. 4 Rainbow Rowell Jessica GAO Andres Genolet Marvel Various Jen Bartel view item
This Is Me Trying Racquel Marie view item
Bless 1 Yukino Sonoyama view item
Just Another Story Ernesto Saade view item
49 Days Agnes Lee view item
Poisons We Drink Bethany Baptiste view item

April 2024 Book Recommendations - YA

I Survived the Battle of d-Day, 1944 (I Survived Graphic Novel #9) Lauren Tarshis Brian Churilla view item
Moving Up! Rosemary Wells view item
Mama in the Moon Doreen Cronin view item
Ahoy! Sophie Blackall view item
I Am More Than LeBron James Niña Mata view item
My Lost Freedom George Takei Michelle Lee view item
Mid-Air Alicia D. Williams Danica Novgorodoff view item
In and Out the Window Jane Yolen view item
She'll Be the Sky Ella Risbridger Anna Shepeta view item
Orris and Timble: the Beginning Kate DiCamillo view item
Little Bit Super Gary D. Schmidt Leah Henderson Pablo Cartaya Nikki Grimes Jarrett J. Krosoczka view item
Haiku, Ew! Lynn Brunelle Julia Patton view item

April 2024 Book Recommendations - Children's

She's Not Sorry Mary Kubica view item
Table for Two Amor Towles view item
Familiar Anonymous Leigh Bardugo view item
Daughter of Mine Megan Miranda view item
Funny Story Emily Henry view item
Close to Death Anthony Horowitz view item
Indian Burial Ground Nick Medina view item
To Gaze upon Wicked Gods Molly X. Chang view item
Knife Salman Rushdie view item
Wide Wide Sea Hampton Sides view item
Age of Magical Overthinking Amanda Montell view item
You Are Here Ada Limón view item

April 2024 Book Recommendations - Adult

Tempest of Tea Hafsah Faizal view item
Fox Maidens Robin Ha view item
Black Girl You Are Atlas Renée Watson Ekua Holmes view item
Call Me Iggy Jorge Aguirre Rafael Rosado view item
Out of Body Nia Davenport view item
I hope this doesn't find you Ann Liang view item
ASAP Axie Oh view item
Jean Grey Flames of Fear Louise Simonson Bernard Chang Derrick Chew view item
Ellie Haycock Is Totally Normal Gretchen Schreiber view item
Votes of Confidence Jeff Fleischer view item
Down to Business Fenley Scurlock Jason Liaw view item
The Encanto's Daughter Melissa de la Cruz view item

March 2024 Book Recommendations - YA

Finally Heard Kelly Yang view item
Partition Project Saadia Faruqi view item
Wrong Book Drew Daywalt Alex Willmore view item
Sleepy Sheepy and the Sheepover Lucy Ruth Cummins Pete Oswald view item
When Moon Blooms Aida Salazar Caribay M. Benavides view item
Sick! Heather L. Montgomery Lindsey Leigh view item
I Lived Inside a Whale Xin Li view item
Little Seasons Mirka Hokkanen view item
First State of Being Erin Entrada Kelly view item
Partly Cloudy Deborah Freedman view item
No Cats in the Library Lauren Emmons view item
Ferris Kate DiCamillo view item

March 2024 Book Recommendations - Children's

The Hunter: a Novel Tana French view item
Listen for the Lie Amy Tintera view item
Great Divide Cristina Henriquez view item
Murder Road Simone St. James view item
Expiration Dates Rebecca Serle view item
Morningside Téa Obreht  view item
After Annie Anna Quindlen view item
The Guest B. A. Paris view item
Reading Genesis Marilynne Robinson view item
Grief Is for People Sloane Crosley view item
American Woman Katie Rogers view item
My Side of the River Elizabeth Camarillo Gutierrez view item

March 2024 Book Recommendations - Adult

So Let Them Burn Kamilah Cole view item
Escaping Mr. Rochester L. L. McKinney view item
Beasts of War Ayana Gray view item
Poemhood : Our Black Revival : History, Folklore and the Black Experience Amber McBride Erica Martin Taylor Byas L. L. C. Ashwin Writing view item
A Drop of Venom Sajni Patel view item
Lunar New Year love story Gene Luen Yang view item
Ghost Roast Shawnee Gibbs view item
Static Lamar Giles Paris Alleyne view item
One-Punch Man. Volume 27 One, Yusuke Murata view item
Summer Queen Rochelle Hassan view item
Out of Our League Dahlia Adler Jennifer Iacopelli view item
Invocations Krystal Sutherland view item

February 2024 Book Recommendations - YA

When I Wrap My Hair Shauntay Grant Jenin Mohammed view item
Homegrown DeAnn Wiley view item
Forever and Always Brittany J. Thurman Shamar Knight-Justice view item
Last Stand Antwan Eady Jerome Pumphrey Jarrett Pumphrey view item
Blue Pickup Natasha Tripplett Monica Mikai view item
Shark Teeth Sherri Winston view item
Nightshade Revenge Anthony Horowitz view item
I Am a Masterpiece! : An Empowering Story about Inclusivity and Growing Up with Down Syndrome Mia Armstrong view item
Love Is My Favorite Color Nina Laden Melissa Castrillon view item
Angela's Glacier Jordan Scott view item
Slugfest Gordon Korman view item
Ra Pu Zel and the Stinky Tofu Ying Chang Compestine view item

February 2024 Book Recommendations - Children's

Come and get it Kiley Reid view item
Mayor of Maxwell Street Avery Cunningham view item
Love Song for Ricki Wilde Tia Williams view item
The American Queen Vanessa Miller view item
Queen of Sugar Hill ReShonda Tate view item
The Women Kristin Hannah view item
House of Flame and Shadow Sarah J. Maas view item
Emily Wilde's Map of the Otherlands Heather Fawcett view item
First Lie Wins Ashley Elston view item
Madness Antonia Hylton view item
Praisesong for the Kitchen Ghosts Crystal Wilkinson view item
Sisterhood Courtney Thorsson view item

February 2024 Book Recommendations - Adult

Kween Vichet Chum view item
Beholder Ryan La Sala view item
Clementine Book Two Tillie Walden view item
Space Between Here and Now Sarah Suk view item
People to Follow Olivia Worley view item
Britannica's Encyclopedia Infographica: 1,000s of Facts & Figures--About Earth, Space, Animals, the Body, Technology & More--Revealed in Pictures Valentina D'Efilippo view item
Official Five Nights at Freddy's Cookbook Scott Cawthon Rob Morris view item
Thin Air Kellie M. Parker view item
Flower and Thorn Rati Mehrotra view item
Night Hunt Alexandra Christo view item
What the River Knows Isabel Ibanez view item
Heroes' Feast Flavors of the Multiverse Kyle Newman Jon Peterson Michael Witwer Sam Witwer Official Dungeons & Dragons Licensed view item

December 2023 Book Recommendations - YA

Magical Snowflake Bernette Ford Erin Robinson view item
Anthology of Our Extraordinary Earth Cally Oldershaw view item
Detective Duck Henry Winkler Lin Oliver Dan Santat view item
Zilot & Other Important Rhymes Bob Odenkirk Erin Odenkirk Nate Odenkirk Naomi Odenkirk view item
Lullaby for the King Nikki Grimes Michelle Carlos view item
12 Hours of Christmas Jenn Bailey Bea Jackson view item
Day in the Snow with the Very Hungry Caterpillar Eric Carle view item
Merry and Hark April Genevieve Tucholke Rebecca Santo view item
Down the Hole Scott Slater Adam Ming view item
At the Poles David Elliott Ellen Rooney view item
Weird and Wonderful Nature Ben Hoare view item
Lawrence and Sophia Doreen Cronin Brian Cronin view item

December 2023 Book Recommendations - Children's

Unnatural Death Patricia Cornwell view item
Watchmaker's Hand Jeffery Deaver view item
Ball at Versailles Danielle Steel view item
Alex Cross Must Die James Patterson
Resurrection Walk Michael Connelly view item
Porcelain Maker Sarah Freethy view item
The Spy Coast Tess Gerritsen view item
Kingdom of Sweets Erika Johansen view item
There Should Have Been Eight Nalini Singh view item
My Name Is Barbra Barbra Streisand view item
Class: A Memoir of Motherhood, Hunger, and Higher Education Stephanie Land view item
World Within a Song Jeff Tweedy view item

December 2023 Book Recommendations - Adult

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