Staff Favorites of 2023

Here are some of our staff's favorite reads of 2023! These are not necessarily new releases, just some of the best things we read this year.

Amanda B., Adult Services

• The Hyacinth Girl: T. S. Eliot's Hidden Muse by Lyndall Gordon
• The Mindful Self-Compassion Workbook by Kristin Neff and Christopher Germer
• The Triumph of the Moon: A History of Modern Pagan Witchcraft by Ronald Hutton (2019 edition)

Robin B., Circulation Services

• Woo Hoo! You're Doing Great! by Sandra Boynton

Sarah B., Technical Services

• How to Keep House While Drowning by KC Davis
• In a Dark, Dark Wood by Ruth Ware
• Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt

Amy H., Adult Services

• Tribe: On Homecoming and Belonging by Sebastian Junger
• Where the Deer and the Antelope Play: The Pastoral Observations of One Ignorant American Who Loves to Walk Outside by Nick Offerman

Anna H., Children's Services

• Bookshop Cinderella by Laura Lee Guhrke
• Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros
• Happy Place by Emily Henry

Kate H., Library Substitute

• A Death in Door County by Annelise Ryan
• On Savage Shores: How Indigenous Americans Discovered Europe by Caroline Dodds Pennock
• Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World by David J. Epstein

Wendy H., Library Substitute

• Horse by Geraldine Brooks
• Quackery: A Brief History of the Worst Way to Cure Everything by Lydia Kang

Cindy K., Circulation Services

• Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr
• How Far to the Promised Land: One Black Family's Story of Hope and Survival in the American South by Esau McCaulley

Erin M., Library Substitute

• The Dictionary of Lost Words by Pip Williams
• Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus

Sarah M., Administrative Assistant

• A World on Fire: Britain's Crucial Role in the American Civil War by Amanda Foreman

Mary O., Children's Services

• Lowriders in Space by Cathy Camper and Raúl the Third
• Silver Nitrate by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
• Warrior Girl Unearthed by Angeline Boulley

Valerie P., Shelver

• If I Stay by Gayle Forman
• The Worry (Less) Book: Feel Strong, Find Calm, and Tame Your Anxiety! by Rachel Brian

Jim R., Library Director

• Life is Hard: How Philosophy Can Help Us Find Our Way by Kieran Setiya
• There Will Be Fire: Margaret Thatcher, the IRA, and Two Minutes that Changed History by Rory Carroll
• The World: A Family History by Simon Sebag Montefiore

Cynthia S., Teen and Adult Services

• Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver
• Lonely Castle in the Mirror by Mizuki Tsujimura
• Now is Not the Time to Panic by Kevin Wilson

Erika S., Library Substitute

• The Best Minds: A Story of Friendship, Madness, and the Tragedy of Good Intentions by Jonathan Rosen

Kristyn S., Circulation Services

• The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers
• Lost in the Moment and Found by Seanan McGuire