Join us as we celebrate 2021 and all the great reads from this past year - what books inspired, informed, and made us smile this year.
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Linda Quinn, Adult Services:
Billy Summers by Stephen King
Lightning Strike: A Novel by William Kent Krueger
Jennifer Laseman, Head of Teen Services
The Extraordinaries by TJ Klune
Gilded by Marissa Meyer
Amy Peck, Head of Technical Services
Hurricane Lizards and Plastic Squid: The Fraught and Fascinating Biology of Climate Change by Thor Hanson
A World on the Wing: The Global Odyssey of Migratory Birds by Scott Weidensaul
Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law by Mary Roach
Owls of the Eastern Ice: A Quest to Find and Save the World's Largest Owl by Jonathan C. Slaght
Emily Muller, Children's Librarian
The Elephant in the Room by Holly Goldberg Sloan
City of Secrets by Victoria Ying
City of Illusion by Victoria Ying
Claudia Silk, Adult Services
Once Upon a Wardrobe by Patti Henry
The Man Who Died Twice: A Thursday Murder Club Mystery by Richard Osman
Between Two Kingdoms: A Memoir of a Life Interrupted by Suleika Jaouad
Jessica Stevens, Adult Services
The Adventurer's Son by Roman Dial
Philip Bahr, Adult Services and podcast host
Alec: A Novel by William di Canzio
Lies With Man (Henry Rios Mystery #3 by Michael Nava
The Vanishing Half: A Novel by Brit Bennett
Mary Coe, Adult Services
In Memoriam: Interview with a Vampire by Anne Rice
Saved by a Song: The Art and Healing Power of Songwriting by Mary Gauthier
The Other Black Girl: A Novel by Zakiya Dalila Harris
The Lincoln Highway: A Novel by Amor Towles
Leslie Hagel, Adult Services
Under the Whispering Door by TJ Klune
The Guncle by Stephen Rowley
The Reading List: A Novel by Sara Nisha Adams
Seven Days in June by Tia Williams
All Her Little Secrets by Wanda M. Morris
The Family by Naomi Krupitsky
Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr
Jan Fisher, Deputy Town Librarian
Vanderbilt: The Rise and Fall of an American Dynasty by Anderson Cooper and Katherine Howe
Yes, You're Pregnant, But What About Me? by Kevin Nealon
Caste by Isabel Wilkerson
Crying in H Mart: A Memoir by Michelle Zauner
The Happiest Girl in the World: A Novel by Alena Dillon
While Justice Sleeps by Stacy Abrams
Tamara Lyhne, Children's Services
Rez Dogs by Joseph Bruchac
Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls: 100 Real-Life Tales of Black Girl Magic (Vol 4) by Elena Favilli and Francesca Cavallo
Good as Gold (Whatever After) by Sarah Mlynowski
Stefanie Bergstrom, Children's Services
Broken Horses: A Memoir by Brandi Carlile
Taste: My Life Through Food by Stanley Tucci
Scott Jarzombek, Town Librarian
Breathe: A Life in Flow by Rickson Gracie and Peter Maguire
Long Island Migrant Labor Camps: Dust for Blood by Mark A. Torres
I'm Not Holding Your Coat: My Bruises-and-All Memoir of Punk Rock Rebellion by Nancy Barile
Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don't Know by Adam Grant
The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers