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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