All the books listed here are available at the library. Stop in, give us a call, or use the online catalog to place a hold and check one out. All book descriptions are summarized from the publisher’s description on the back of the book, Goodreads, or the library catalog.
Celebrate Earth Day with these nonfiction and fiction titles with environmental themes!
Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver: In this blend of memoir and journalistic investigation, Barbara Kingsolver describes her family’s adventure as they move to a farm in southern Appalachia and realign their lives with the local food chain. Available on Hoopla (audio, e-book).
Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy: When sea levels begin to rise on Shearwater Island, the Salts must figure out how to save the Island–which is home to the world’s largest seed bank–after all the researchers flee. But when a woman washes ashore during the biggest storm they have experienced, secrets are revealed. Available on Hoopla (audio, e-book), Libby (audio, e-book), and Palace Project (audio, e-book).
Playground by Richard Powers: Four lives come together on the island of Makatea where a new future is being planned: floating, autonomous cities on the open sea. Explore the ocean with themes of technology, the environment and shared humanity.Available on Hoopla (audio), Libby (e-book).
A River Enchanted by Rebecca Ross: After studying music on the mainland, Jack reluctantly returns home, where spirits rule the isle by fire, water, earth, and wind. When young girls begin to go missing, Jack teams up with his childhood rival, Adaira to entice the spirits to return them. The trouble with the spirits is far more sinister than they first expected, and an older, darker secret lurks beneath the surface. Available on Hoopla (audio, e-book).
Entangled Life by Merlin Sheldrake: Join Merlin Sheldrake as she explores the impressive properties of fungi. As she studies this bizarre lifeform–that is neither plant nor animal–we are forced to rethink how strange this life is as we learn just how much fungi is unknown, and how Earth wouldn’t be the same without it.
Termination Shock by Neal Stephenson: In a world where global warming is affecting everyone, a desperate group of characters experiencing the horrific realities believe they may have found the cure–but is the cure as safe as they initially thought it to be? Available on Hoopla (audio, e-book) and Palace Project (e-book).
National Library Week is April 19-25. Celebrate these titles with librarian characters, library settings, and bookish stories!
Upright Women Wanted by Sarah Gailey: The future American Southwest is full of bandits, fascists, and queer librarian spies on horseback trying to do the right thing. This short novella follows Esther through a story of poverty, toil, human terror, and revolution. Available on Hoopla (audio) and Palace Project (e-book).
The Next Best Fling by Gabriella Gamez: Librarian, Marcela, has been in love with her best friend for years, and now he’s engaged to someone else. When she finds out her best friend’s brother is about to confess his feelings for his brother’s fiance, she is quick to stop him. They both need a cover for their unrequited feelings, so they roll with the lie that they are dating each other. Complicated feelings, messy family dynamics, and uncovered secrets come up as they begin to confront their feelings for each other. Available on Palace Project (e-book).
The Midnight Library by Matt Haig: Imagine a library where each book tells the story of how your life would change depending on each choice you’ve made. The Midnight Library explores this idea with Nora exploring all of her choices and trying to find out what makes life worth living. Read this before the sequel comes out in May! Available on Libby (audio, e-book) and Palace Project (audio, e-book).
Funny Story by Emily Henry: Daphne is down when the love of her life leaves her for his childhood best friend, Petra. Now, she is alone in Michigan with the only person who could possibly understand how she feels: Petra’s ex, Miles. They avoid each other as much as they possibly can, till they get drunk one night and form a plan that leads to unexpected feelings. Available on Libby (audio, e-book) and Palace Project (audio, e-book).
The Astral Libraryby Kate Quinn: Books are the only escape from reality that Alix Warren has, and when she travels through a door to meet a librarian of the Astral Library who tells her she can live in her favorite books, she believes she has hit the jackpot. That is until an enemy threatens every person who has used the library. Now, Alix must search through the art of Jane Austen and the shadowy corners of Sherlock Holmes to save the Astral Library. Available on Libby (audio, e-book) and Palace Project (audio, e-book).
How Can I Help You by Laura Sims: Margo works at a small town public library where her colleagues and patrons know her congeniality and charm. No one suspects that she is actually leaving a trail of countless premature deaths in her wake. Not until Patricia joins the library staff and quickly notices Margo’s sinister edge. When a patron dies in the library bathroom, Patricia begins digging into Margo’s mysterious past. Available on Hoopla (e-book), Libby (audio), and Palace Project (audio, e-book).
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