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FEBRUARY 2022

February 23, 2022
Topic: YA Black Boy Joy and Black Girl Magic

Happily Ever Afters by Elise Bryant
Blackout by Dhonielle Clayton, et al.
You Should See Me in a Crown by Leah Johnson
Charming as a Verb by Ben Philippe
Look Both Ways by Jason Reynolds
Opposite of Always by Justin A. Reynolds

February 16, 2022
Topic: Satisifying Endings

The Road by Cormac McCarthy
I’m Thinking of Ending Things by Iain Reid
The Little Paris Bookshop by Nina George
The Butterfly Garden by Dot Hutchinson
Saturn Run by John Sandford

February 9, 2022
Topic: Unpopular Opinions on Popular Books (and Other Suggestions)

The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
The Two Lives of Lydia Bird by Josie Silver
Siri, Who Am I? by Sam Tschida
Mr. Nobody by Catherine Steadman
Remember Me? by Sophie Kinsella
The Guest List by Lucy Foley
Go To My Grave by Catriona McPherson

February 2, 2022
Topic: Legal/Crime Dramas That Aren't by John Grisham, Michael Connelly, James Grippando...

False Witness by Karin Slaughter
Jury Duty by Laura Van Wormer
Eclipse by Richard North Patterson
The Last Days of Night by Graham Moore
Miracle Creek by Angie Kim

JANUARY 2022
January 26, 2022
Topic: New YA Romance

Excuse Me While I Ugly Cry by Joya Goffney
Perfect on Paper by Sophie Gonzales
Tokyo Ever After by Emiko Jean
The Summer of Lost Letters by Hannah Reynolds
Fifteen Hundred Miles from the Sun by Jonny Garza Villa

January 12, 2022
Topic: Epically Long Novels

The Stand: the Complete and Uncut Version by Stephen King
The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follet
1Q84 by Haruki Murakami
Underworld by Don DeLillo
The Mirror and the Light by Hilary Mantel

January 5, 2022
Topic: Resolution Inspiration

Just Who Will You Be? By Maria Shriver
Best Self by Mike Bayer
What Is Your What? by Steve Olsher
How to Be a Bawse by Lilly Singh
Note to Self by Gayle King

DECEMBER 2021
December 29, 2021
Topic: Favorites and Disappointments of 2021

Firekeeper's Daughter by Angeline Boulley
Firekeeper's Daughter (audio CD) by Angeline Boulley
Dancing at the Pity Party by Tyler Feder
The Initial Insult by Mindy McGinnis
Midnight Sun by Stephanie Meyer
House of Hollow by Krystal Sutherland

December 22, 2021
Topic: Reflective Reads

Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl
That Old Cape Magic by Richard Russo
The Cat’s Table by Michael Ondaatje
Noah’s Compass by Anne Tyler
Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom

December 15, 2021
Topic: Heartwarming Stories

Will’s Red Coat: the Story of One Old Dog Who Chose to Live Again by Tom Ryan
I Am the Messenger by Markus Zusak
The Authenticity Project by Clare Pooley
Ella Minnow Pea by Mark Dunn
The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein

December 8, 2021
Topic: Holiday Desserts!

Spiked Desserts by Fox Chapel Publishing
Healthy Homestyle Desserts by Evely Tibole
The Sweetapolita Bakebook by Rosie Alyea
Cookie Craft by Valerie Peterson and Janice Fryer
Holiday Cheer by Good Housekeeping, Redbook, and Country Living

December 1, 2021
Topic: Fairy Tales Retold

The Wild Girl by Kate Forsyth
Gods of Jade and Shadow by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey
Mirror Mirror by Gregory Maguire
The Ice Queen by Alice Hoffman

NOVEMBER 2021
November 24, 2021
Topic: YA BFFs

We'll Fly Away by Bryan Bliss
Let Me Hear a Rhyme by Tiffany D. Jackson
You Should See Me In a Crown by Leah Johnson
The Last Wish of Sasha Cade by Cheyanne Young
Goodbye Days by Jeff Zentner

November 17, 2021
Topic: Family Sagas

Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese
Gilead by Marilynne Robinson
The Twelve Tribes of Hattie by Ayana Mathis
The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri
The Shell Seekers by Rosamunde Pilcher

November 10, 2021
Topic: Cookbooks

How to Cook a Turkey: And All the Other Trimmings by Fine Cooking Magazine
One Big Table: A Portrait of American Cooking by Molly O’Neill
Pie Squared: Irresistibly Easy Sweet & Savory Slab Pies by Cathy Barrow
How to Cook Everything Vegetarian by Mark Bittman
Cooking Light Comfort Food: Home-Cooked, Delicious Classics Made Light by Cooking Light Magazine

November 3, 2021
Topic: Native American Heritage Month

The Removed by Brandon Hobson
Give Me Some Truth: a Novel with Paintings by Eric L. Gansworth
Crooked Hallelujah by Kelli Jo Ford
Cherokee America by Margaret Verble
Original Local: Indigenous Foods, Stories, and Recipes from the Upper Midwest by Heid E. Erdrich

OCTOBER 2021
October 27, 2021
Topic: Witchy YA

Spells Trouble by P.C. Cast & Kristen Cast
Winterwood by Shea Ernshaw
The Nature of Witches by Rachel M. Griffin
Blood Like Magic by Liselle Sambury
Witches Steeped in Gold by Ciannon Smart
Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas
The River Has Teeth by Erica Waters

October 20, 2021
Topic: Spooky, Creepy, & Gory Horror

Her Body and Other Parties by Carmen Marica Machado
The Push by Ashley Audrain
The Hunger by Alma Katsu
Books of Blood by Clive Barker
The Wasp Factory by Iain Banks

October 13, 2021
Topic: Terrifyingly True Crimes

The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher: a Shocking Murder and the Undoing of a Great Victorian Detective by Kate Summerscale
Lost Girls: an Unsolved American Mystery by Robert Kolker
The Five: the Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper by Hallie Rubenhold
American Predator: the Hunt for the Most Meticulous Serial Killer of the 21st Century by Maureen Callahan
My Dark Places: an L.A. Crime Memoir by James Ellroy
Killers of the Flower Moon: the Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI by David Grann

October 6, 2021
Topic: Mystery Series Starters

The Keeper of Lost Causes by Jussi Adler-Olsen (Department Q)
Sleepyhead by Mark Billingham (Tom Thorne novels)
The Dry by Jane Harper (Aaron Falk novels)
Metropolis by Philip Kerr (Bernhard Gunther mysteries)
Mr. Mercedes by Stephen King (Bill Hodges trilogy)

SEPTEMBER 2021
September 29, 2021
Topic: YA Banned Books

Stamped by Jason Reynolds and Ibram X. Kendi
All American Boys by Jason Reynolds and Brendean Kiely
Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson
Speak: The Graphic Novel by Laure Halse Anderson and Emily Carroll
The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
Out of Darkness by Ashley Hope Pérez
The Handmaid's Tale: The Graphic Novel by Margaret Atwood and Renee Nault
Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up With Me by Mariko Tamaki and Rosemary Valero-O'Connell
Ordinary Hazards by Nikki Grimes
Shout by Laurie Halse Anderson
My Friend Dahmer by Derf Backderf
Dear Evan Hansen by Val Emmich
The Nowhere Girls by Amy Reed
American Street by Ibi Zoboi

September 22, 2021
Topic: Banned Books

Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Go Tell It on the Mountain by James Baldwin
Red at the Bone by Jacqueline Woodson
Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi
I Am Malala by Malala Yousafzai

September 15, 2021
Topic: Graphic Novels to Start Reading Graphic Novels

Alex + Ada by Sarah Vaughan
Blacksad by Huan Diaz Canales
Solutions and Other Problems by Allie Brosh
Sweet Tooth by Jeff Lemire
Cosmoknights by Hanna Templer

September 8, 2021
Topic: Pirate Adventures!

The Pirate Hunter: The True Story of Captain Kidd by Richard Zacks
The Island by Peter Benchley
Seafire by Natalie C. Parker
Pirate Latitudes by Michael Crichton
Pirate Alley by Stephen Coonts

September 1, 2021
Topic: Back to School Romances: Fall-ing for You

The Love Proof by Madeleine Henry
A Little Something Different by Sandy Hall
All Lined Up by Cora Carmack
Bringing Down the Duke by Evie Dunmore
Negotiating Love by Roni Denholtz
When We Met by A.L. Jackson
Been There, Done That by Carol Snow
When Calls the Heart by Janette Oke
Love After All by Jaci Burton
Just a Heartbeat Away by Cara Bastone

AUGUST 2021
August 25, 2021
Topic: Outer Banks Readalikes

The Sound of Drowning by Katherine Fleet
Twisted by Laurie Halse Anderson
Junk Boy by Tony Abbott
Burn for Burn by Jenny Han and Siobhan Vivian
The Cousins by Karen M. McManus
Even in Paradise by Chelsey Philpot
The Rest of the Story by Sarah Dessen
Isle of Blood and Stone by Makiia Lucier
The Summer I Turned Pretty by Jenny Han

August 18, 2021
Topic: Happy Reads :D

Staggerford by Jon Hassler
At Home in Mitford by Jan Karon
Carry On, Jeeves by P.G. Wodehouse
Jeeves and the King of Clubs by Ben Schott
An Irish Country Doctor by Patrick Taylor
Garden Spells by Sarah Addison Allen
Vinegar Girl by Anne Tyler
Halsey Street by Naima Coster
The Department of Sensitive Crimes by Alexander McCall Smith
How Not to Die Alone by Richard Roper
The Bookish Life of Nina Hill by Abbi Waxman

August 11, 2021
Topic: Space!

Pale Blue Dot by Carl Sagan
Moon Shot by Alan B. Shepard
How to Make a Spaceship by Julian Guthrie
The Man Who Painted the Universe by Ron Legro
The Abyss Beyond Dreams by Peter Hamilton
The Spaceship Next Door by Gene Doucette
The Wreck of the River of Stars by Michael Flynn
The Calculating Stars by Mary Kowal
Lightless by C. A. Higgins
Space Opera by Catherynne Valente

August 4, 2021
Topic: Set in Wisconsin

Tamarack River Ghost by Jerold Apps
Close is Fine by Eliot Treichel
Revival by Tim Seely
Driftless by David Rhodes
Remember Me Dancing by Ken Parejko
The Farm West of Mars by Justin Isherwood
Come and Get It by Edna Ferber
Sophie’s Heart by Lori Wick
Killing Frost by John Riggs
The Amazing Journey of the Kickapoo Kids by Paul Lagan

JULY 2021

July 28, 2021
Topic: YA Shark Week

Of Poseidon by Anna Banks
Jaws by Peter Benchley
Shark Girl by Kelly Bingham
The Raft by S.A. Bodeen
The Living by Matt de la Peña
Soul Surfer by Bethany Hamilton
Stranger Things Have Happened by Jeff Strand

July 21, 2021
Topic: Food Books

On Food and Cooking by Harold McGee
The Dorito Effect by Mark Schatzker
In Defense of Food by Michael Pollan
The Food Explorer by Daniel Stone
Sourdough by Robin Sloan
Pride, Prejudice, and Other Flavors by Sonali Dev
The Kitchen Daughter by Jael McHenry
Delicious! By Ruth Reichl
Anthony Bourdain’s Hungry Ghosts by Anthony Bourdain
The Wedding Officer by Anthony Capella
The Abundance by Amit Majumdar
Feast of Sorrow by Crystal King

July 14, 2021
Topic: A French Je Ne Sais Quoi

Citizens: a Chronicle of the French Revolution by Simon Schama
City of Light: the Making of Modern Paris by Rupert Christiansen
The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery
Hunting and Gathering by Anna Gavalda
The Yellow Eyes of Crocodiles by Katherine Pancol
The Lost King of France by Deborah Cadbury
Labyrinth by Kate Mosse
A Good Year by Peter Mayle
The Hundred-Foot Journey by Richard C. Morais
My Paris Kitchen by David Lebovitz

July 7, 2021
Topic: The Great American Novel in 2021

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
The Round House by Louise Erdrich
An American Marriage by Tayari Jones
The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
Infinite Country by Patricia Engel
Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison
The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett
Freedom by Jonathan Franzen
Homeland Elegies by Ayad Akhtar

JUNE 2021

June 30, 2021
Topic: YA Fairy Tale Retellings

Straight on till Morning by Liz Braswell
Unbirthday by Liz Braswell
The Fairest Beauty by Melanie Dickerson
The Golden Braid by Melanie Dickerson
The Orphan's Wish by Melanie Dickerson
The Piper's Pursuit by Melanie Dickerson
Poisoned by Jennifer Donnelly
Stepsister by Jennifer Donnelly
Echo North by Joanna Ruth Meyer
Frogkisser! by Garth Nix
Geekerella by Ashley Poston
Fairest of All by Serena Valentino
Mistress of All Evil by Serena Valentino
Mother Knows Best by Serena Valentino

June 23, 2021
Topic: Quick Reads!

In Five Years by Rebecca Serle
The Death of Vivek Oji by Akwaeke Emezi
Piranesi by Susanna Clark
The Shell Collector by Anthony Doerr
Tinkers by Paul Harding
Elevation by Stephen King
Exit West by Mohsin Hamid
Last Night at the Lobster by Stewart O’Nan
Beasts of No Nation by Uzodinma Iweala
Ghost Wall by Sarah Moss

June 16, 2021
Topic: National Dairy Month

Milk: the Surprising Story of Milk Through the Ages by Anne Mendelson
Cheese: the Making of a Wisconsin Tradition by Jerold Apps
Mother’s Milk by Edward St. Aubyn
Milk Glass Moon by Adriana Trigiani
Last Indian Summer: the Bloody Milk Creek Siege by Richard Davis
No Use Dying Over Spilled Milk by Tamar Myers
Looking for Salvation at the Dairy Queen by Susan Gregg Gilmore
Murder with Macaroni and Cheese by A.L. Herbert
The Mammoth Cheese by Sheri Holman
Miniatures by John Scalzi
The Long Quiche Goodbye by Avery Aames

June 9, 2021
Topic: LGBTQ Pride

Stonewall: The Riots That Sparked the Gay Revolution by David Carter
Rubyfruit Jungle by Rita Mae Brown
Giovanni’s Room by James Baldwin
Juliet Takes a Breath by Gabby Rivera
Memorial by Bryan Washington
The Sunlight Pilgrims by Jenni Fagan
The Great Believers by Rebecca Makkai
Exciting Times by Naoise Dolan
Days Without End by Sebastian Barry
Upright Women Wanted by Sarah Gailey

June 2, 2021
Topic: National Outdoors Month

Winterdance by Gary Paulsen
Hatchet by Gary Paulsen
Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer
My Side of the Mountain by Jean Craighead George
Wild by Cheryl Strayed
Becoming Odyssa by Jennifer Pharr Davis
Swimming to Antarctica by Lynne Cox
Walking the Nile by Levison Wood
The Man Who Cycled the World by Mark Beaumont
Touching the Void by Joe Simpson
The Impossible First by Colin O’Brady
The Mountain Story by Lori Lansens
The Way of the Brave by Susan May Warren
The Emerald Mile by Kevin Fedarko
In the Heart of the Canyon by Elisabeth Hyde
Leaving Blythe River by Catherine Ryan Hyde

MAY 2021

May 25, 2021
Topic: YA LGBTQ+

I Wish You All the Best by Mason Deaver
Only Mostly Devastated by Sophie Gonzales
Her Royal Highness by Rachel Hawkins
The Henna Wars by Adiba Jaigirdar
Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo
If I Was Your Girl by Meredith Russo
Can't Take That Away by Steven Salvatore
You Brought Me the Ocean by Alex Sanchez
You Asked for Perfect by Laura Silverman
These Witches Don't Burn by Isabel Sterling
The Prince and the Dressmaker by Jen Wang

May 19, 2021
Topic: Short Stories

What Is Not Yours Is Not Yours by Helen Oyeyemi
Florida by Lauren Groff
The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories by Ken Liu
The Largesse of the Sea Maiden by Denis Johnson
Tenth of December by George Saunders
You Think It, I'll Say It by Curtis Sittenfeld
Mysterious Cat Stories edited by John Stephens
Dead Man's Hand: an Anthology of the Weird West edited by John Joseph Adams
Milwaukee Noir edited by Tim Hennessy
The Bell at the End of a Rope by Abby Frucht

May 12, 2021
Topic: Asian Pacific American Heritage Month

The Making of Asian America by Erika Lee
The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen
Long Live the Tribe of Fatherless Girls by T Kira Madden
Days of Distraction by Alexandra Chung
They Called Us Enemy by George Takei
All You Can Ever Know by Nicole Chung
The Farm by Joanne Ramos
Darius the Great Is Not Okay by Adib Khorram (YA)
Girls Burn Brighter by Shobha Rao
Patron Saints of Nothing by Randy Ribay (YA)
Dear Cyborgs by Eugene Lim
The Latehomecomer by Kao Kalia Yang

May 5, 2021
Topic: Latinx for Cinco de Mayo

Full Woman, Fleshly Apple, Hot Moon by Pablo Neruda
The Line Becomes a River by Francisco Cantu
The Devil’s Highway: A True Story by Luis Alberto Urrea
The House of Broken Angels by Luis Alberto Urrea
Dominicana by Angie Cruz
Everything Inside by Edwidge Danticat
Molina: The Story of the Father Who Raised an Unlikely Baseball Dynasty by Bengie Molina
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz
Sanctuary by Paola Mendoza
Cheech Is Not My Real Name: But Don’t Call Me Chong! by Cheech Marin
Fruit of the Drunken Tree by Ingrid Rojas Contreras
In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado
Her Body and Other Parties by Carmen Maria Machado
The Book of Unknown Americans by Cristina Henriquez
Spare Parts by Joshua Davis

APRIL 2021

April 28, 2021
Topic: YA Survival Stories

Enclave by Ann Aguirre
H20 by Virginia Bergin
After the Snow by S.D. Crockett
Not a Drop to Drink by Mindy McGinnis
Ashfall by Mike Mullin
Life As We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer
The Dead and the Gone by Susan Beth Pfeffer
Dry by Neal and Jarrod Shusterman

Topic: YA "Life After High School"

Admission by Julie Buxbaum
Emergency Contact by Mary H.K. Choi
We Are Still Tornadoes by Michael Kun
The Disenchantments by Nina LaCour
A Lite Too Bright by Samuel Miller
The Rest of Us Just Live Here by Patrick Ness
Neverworld Wake by Marisha Pessl
Again, But Better by Christine Riccio
You Asked For Perfect by Laura Silverman
Rayne & Delilah's Midnite Matinee by Jeff Zentner

April 21, 2021
Topic: And the Nominees Are

Nomadland by Jessica Bruder
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom by August Wilson
The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga
News of the World by Paulette Jiles
Betrayal by The Boston Globe
12 Years a Slave by Solomon Northup
The King's Speech by Peter Conradi and Mark Logue
Slumdog Millionaire by Vikas Swarup
A Beautiful Mind by Sylvia Nasar
Dances With Wolves by Michael Blake
Guantanamo Diary by Mohamedou Ould Slahi
Lovecraft Country by Matt Ruff
The Flight Attendant by Chris Bohjalian
The Duke and I by Julia Quinn

April 14, 2021
Topic: Novels in Verse

Eugene Onegin by Aleksandr Pushkin
Crank by Ellen Hopkins
Autobiography of Red by Anne Carson
October Mourning by Leslea Newman
The Folding Cliffs by W.S. Merwin
Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson
The Golden Gate by Vikram Seth
Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo
The Sugar Mile by Glyn Maxwell
To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf
On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong
10:04 by Ben Lerner
The Crying Book by Heather Christle
The Border Trilogy by Cormac McCarthy

April 7, 2021
Topic: Spring Out of a Reading Slump

The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
Brooklyn by Colm Toibin
Packing for Mars by Mary Roach
The Wordy Shipmates by Sarah Vowell
Moby Duck by Donovan Hahn
The Man Who Loved Books Too Much by Allison Hoover Bartlett
Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders
A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman
Daytripper by Fabio Moon
Kid Gloves by Lucy Knisley
Saga v.1 by Brian K. Vaughan
Blankets by Craig Thomson
Oryx and Crake (MaddAddam Trilogy) by Margaret Atwood
The Likeness (Dublin Murder Squad series) by Tana French
The Fifth Season (The Broken Earth Trilogy) by N.K. Jemisin
Wolf Hall (Thomas Cromwell Trilogy) by Hilary Mantel
Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke
Lab Girl by Hope Jahren
Fever Dream by Samanta Schweblin
Dept. of Speculation by Jenny Offill
The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes
A River in Darkness by Masaji Ishikawa
Finna by Nino Cipri

MARCH 2021

March 31, 2021
Topic: YA Funny Books

Beauty Queens by Libba Bray
Don't Get Caught by Kurt Dinan
Heretics Anonymous by Katie Henry
We Are the Perfect Girl by Ariel Kaplan
What Goes Up by Katie Kennedy
Neanderthal Opens the Door to the Universe by Preston Norton
The Field Guide to the North American Teenager by Ben Philippe
A Toaster on Mars by Darrell Pitt
The Greatest Zombie Movie Ever by Jeff Strand

March 17, 2021
Topic: Green Covers

Last Call at the Nightshade Lounge by Paul Krueger
The Wake by Paul Kingsnorth
Lost Memory of Skin by Russell Banks
Hollow Kingdom by Kira Jane Buxton
Thirty Seven by Peter Stenson
Celine by Peter Heller
Lullabies for Little Criminals by Heather O’Neill
Don’t Tell a Soul by David Rosenfelt
Sudden Death by Alvaro Enrigue
Black: The Birth of Evil by Ted Dekker

March 10, 2021
Topic: Strong Female Protagonists

The Rook by Daniel O’Malley
The Secrets We Kept by Lara Prescott
The Boston Girl by Anita Diamant
The Red Tent by Anita Diamant
Resistance Women by Jennifer Chiaverini
The Island of Sea Women by Lisa See
The Widows of Malabar Hill by Sujata Massey
The Map of Salt and Stars by Jennifer Zeynab Joukhadar
Dear Mrs. Bird by A.J. Pearce
Rules for Visiting by Jessica Francis Kane

March 3, 2021
Topic: Staff Picks

The Cruel Prince by Holly Black
Truly Devious by Maureen Johnson
Sadie by Courtney Summers
The Prince and the Dressmaker by Jen Wang
Goodbye Days by Jeff Zentner
Jane Steele: A Confession by Lyndsay Faye
The Ferryman Institute by Colin Gigl
Lost Boy: The True Story of Captain Hook by Christina Henry
Attachments by Rainbow Rowell
The Martian by Andy Weir

FEBRUARY 2021

February 24, 2021
Topic: YA Books With Little to No Romance

Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo
Found by Joseph Bruchac
Be Not Far From Me by Mindy McGinnis
Destroy All Monsters by Sam J. Miller
Patron Saints of Nothing by Randy Ribay
Running by Natalia Sylvester

February 17, 2021
Topic: New Black Stories by Black Authors

Leave the World Behind by Rumaan Alam
Ring Shout by P. Djeli Clark
The Business of Lovers by Eric Jerome Dickey
Idlewild by Treasure Hernandez
It's Not All Downhill from Here by Terry McMillan
The Queen's Diamond by Niyah Moore
Our Time Is Now by Stacey Abrams
The Chiffon Trenches by Andre Leon Talley
The Dead Are Arising by Les Payne

February 10, 2021
Topic: New YA Black Stories by Black Authors

The Beautiful Struggle by Ta-Nehisi Coates
Legendborn by Tracy Deonn
Not So Pure and Simple by Lamar Giles
The Black Kids by Christina Hammonds Reed
You Should See Me In a Crown by Leah Johnson
When They Call You a Terrorist by Patrisse Khan-Cullors
All the Things We Never Knew by Liara Tamani
Concrete Rose by Angie Thomas
Lux: The New Girl by Ashley Woodfolk
Punching the Air by Ibi Zoboi and Yusef Salaam

February 3, 2021
Topic: New Romance

Stay With Me by Becky Wade
Ten Rules for Faking It by Sophie Sullivan
Party of Two by Jasmine Guillory
The Sight of You by Holly Miller
You Deserve Each Other by Sarah Hogle
The Daughters of Erietown by Connie Schultz
The Boyfriend Project by Farrah Rochon
The Lost Love Song by Minnie Darke
Ties That Tether by Jane Igharo
Something to Talk About by Meryl Wilsner

JANUARY 2021

January 24, 2021
Topic: New YA Romance

Yes No Maybe So by Becky Albertalli & Aisha Saeed
Love, Creekwood by Becky Albertalli
Dating Makes Perfect by Pintip Dunn
The Shadows Between Us by Tricia Levenseller
Just a Boy and a Girl in a Little Canoe by Sarah Mlynowski
Charming as a Verb by Ben Phillippe
Today Tonight Tomorrow by Rachel Lynn Solomon
Everything I Thought I Knew by Shannon Takaoka

January 20, 2021
Topic: New NFL Nonfiction Books

Tales from the Green Bay Packers Sideline by Chuck Carlson
NFL Heroes: The 100 Greatest Players of All Time by George Johnson
Elway by Jason Cole
The Dynasty by Jeff Benedict
Things That Make White People Uncomfortable by Michael Bennett
Things That Make White People Uncomfortable (Adpated for Young Adults) by Michael Bennett

January 13, 2021
Topic: Books for New Year's Resolutions

January 6, 2021
Topic: Family Games

DECEMBER 2020

December 30, 2020
Topic: Fitness DVDs

December 23, 2020
Topic: YA Holiday and Winter Books

What Light by Jay Asher
The Chaos of Standing Still by Jessica Brody
After the Snow by S. D. Crockett
Winter Town by Stephen Emond
Love & Other Train Wrecks by Leah Konen
My True Love Gave to Me edited by Stephanie Perkins
Let It Snow by John Green, Maureen Johnson, and Lauren Myracle
Top Ten Clues You're Clueless by Liz Czukas
Snowhook by Jo Storm
Reindeer Boy by Cassandra Jean

December 16, 2020
Topic: New Christmas Books

December 9, 2020
Topic: New and Favorite Holiday Movies

NOVEMBER 2020

November 25, 2020
Topic: Best of YA 2020 YA Fantasy & Science Fiction

The Lost Book of the White by Cassandra Clare and Wesley Chu
The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins
Havenfall by Sara Holland
Catfishing on CatNet by Naomi Kritzer
Forest of Souls by Lori M. Lee
The Kingdom of Back by Marie Lu
Supernova by Marissa Meyer
Burn by Patrick Ness
Starsight by Brandon Sanderson

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May 2022
Mix & Match

Aviva vs. the Dybbuk by Mari Lowe
The Hungry Ghosts by Miguel Flores
Sleepy Stories by Mario Levrero & Diego Bianki
Little Kids First Big Book of Baby Animals by Maya Myers & National Geographic Kids
Love is for Roaring by Mike Kerr; illustrated by Renata Liwska
Most People by Michael Leannah; illustrated by Jennifer E. Morris
The World Needs More Purple People by Kristen Bell & Benjamin Hart; illustrated by Daniel Wiseman
The 1619 Project: Born on the Water by Nikole Hannah-Jones & Renee Watson; illustrated by Nikkolas Smith

APRIL 2022
Books in Verse

Bird by Zetta Elliot; illustrated by Shadra Strickland
Beauty Woke by NoNieqa Ramos; illustrated by Paola Escobar
Emmy in the Key of Code by Aimee Lucido
Before the Ever After by Jacqueline Woodson
Where the Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein
The House in the Night by Susan Marie Swanson; illustrated by Beth Krommes
Baa, Baa, Black Sheep by Mother Goose; illustrated by Moira Kemp
The Me I Choose to Be by Natasha Anastasia Tarpley; illustrated by Regis and Kahran Bethencourt

MARCH 2022

March 7, 2022
Books Featuring Women

RBG's Brave & Brilliant Women: 33 Jewish Women to Inspire Everyone by Nadine Epstein
From the Desk of Zoe Washington by Janae Marks
Silly Sally by Audrey Wood
I Like Myself! by Karen Beaumont; illustrated by David Catrow
Dreamers by Yuyi Morales
Amelia to Zora: Twenty-Six Women Who Changed the World by Cynthia Chin-Lee; illustrated by Megan Halsey & Sean Addy
Sojourner Truth's Step-Stomp Stride by Andrew Davis Pinkney & Brian Pinkney
Unforgotten: the Wild Life of Dian Fossey and Her Relentless Quest to Save Mountain Gorillas by Anita Silvey

FEBRUARY 2022

February 28, 2022
#OwnVoices & Diverse Reads

Amira & Hamza: the War to Save the Worlds by Samira Ahmed
Yusuf Azeem is Not a Hero by Saadia Faruqi
Black Boy Joy edited by Kwame Mbalia
The Piñata That the Farm Maiden Hung by Samantha R. Vamos; illustrated by Sebastiá Serra
We Shall Overcome by Bryan Collier
Dad Bakes by Katie Yamasaki
Keep Your Head Up by Aliya King Neil; illustrated by Charly Palmer

February 21, 2022
Nonfiction about Black Traditions, History and Trailblazers

Reaching for the Moon: the Autobiography of Katherine Johnson by Katherine Johnson
Child of the Dream: a Memoir of 1963 by Sharon Robinson
Becoming: Adapted for Young Readers by Michelle Obama
Kamala is Speaking: Vice President for the People by Shasta Clinch; illustrated by Kamala Nair
The People Remember by Ibi Zoboi; illustrated by Loveis Wise
She Loved Baseball: the Effa Manley Story by Audrey Vernick; illustrated by Don Tate
Nina: the Story of Nina Simone by Traci N. Todd; illustrated by Christian Robinson
Black Ballerinas: My Journey to Our Legacy by Misty Copeland; illustrated by Salena Barnes

February 14, 2022
Library Lover's Day

The Library of Ever by Zeno Alexander
Madeline Finn and the Library Dog by Lisa Papp
The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore by William Joyce
Schomburg: the Man Who Built a Library by Carole Boston Weatherford; illustrated by Eric Velasquez
The Dragon in the Library by Louie Stowell
Ban This Book by Alan Gratz
Otto the Book Bear by Katie Cleminson
Book! Book! Book! by Deborah Bass; illustrated by Tiphanie Beeke

February 7th, 2022
Illustrations Staff Love

He's Got the Whole World in His Hands by Kadir Nelson
This Magical, Musical Night by Rhonda Gowler Greene; illustrated by James Rey Sanchez
Big Girl Bed by MJ Jackson; illustrated by Nathaly Carvalho
A Walk in the Words by Hudson Talbott
Bug Boys by Laura Knetzger
Snow White: a graphic novel by Matt Phelan
Tooth by Leslie Patricelli
The Moon is a Silver Pond by Sara Cassidy; illustrated by Josée Bisaillon

JANUARY 2022

January 24, 2022
Staff Favorite Picks

Dog Star by Megan Shepard
Will It by Courtney Kotloski
Tell Someone by Debra Kempf Shumaker
Where Wonder Grows by Xelena Gonzalez & Adriana M. Garcia
Playing the Cards You're Dealt by Varian Johnson
The Legend of Auntie Po by Shing Yin Khor
The Mysterious Sea Bunny by Peter Raymundo
Starboy by Jami Gigot

January 24, 2022
Family & Self Acceptance

Pahua and the Soul Stealer by Lori M. Lee
The Secret of the Magic Pearl by Elisa Sabatinelli
Never, Not Ever! by Beatrice Alemagna
Eyes That Kiss in the Corner by Joanna Ho
Balloons for Papa by Elizabeth Gilbert Bedia
Fifty-Four Things Wrong with Gwendolyn Rogers by Caela Carter
Bark, George by Jules Feiffer
My Stinky Summer by S. Bug

January 17, 2022
Animals & Individuality

The Rescuer of Tiny Creatures by Curtis Manley
Inside Cat by Brendan Wenzel
It's OK, Slow Lizard by Yeorim Yoon & Jian Kim
Tyrone O'Saurus Dreams by James Howe
Willodeen by Katherine Applegate
The Beatryce Prophecy by Kate DiCamillo
Wonder Women of Science by Tiera Fletcher and Ginger Rue
The Book of Not Entirely Useful Advice by A.F. Harrold

January 10, 2022
Growth & Grief

Winter Sleep: A Hibernation Story by Sean Taylor
The Bedtime Book by Todd Parr
Beautifully Me by Nabela Noor
Something Good by Marcy Campbell
Hazel Bly and the Deep Blue Sea by Ashley Herring Blake
Kaleidoscope by Brian Selznick
Hide and Don't Seek: and other very scary stories by Anica Mrose Rissi
National Geographic Kids Almanac (2022) by National Geographic Society

January 3, 2022
Emotions & Adventures

Wolf in the Snow by Matthew Cordell
The Longest Letsgoboy by Derick Wilder
Don't Hug Doug (He Doesn't Like It) by Carrie Finison
Yes & No by Elisha Cooper
Bad Kitty vs the Babysitter by Nick Bruel
The Secret Explorers and the Missing Scientist by SJ King
Tristan Strong Keeps Punching by Kwame Mbalia
The Finisher by David Baldacci

NOVEMBER 2021

November 8, 2021
Books by and about Native Americans

Bowwow Powwow by Brenda J. Child
Rez Dogs by Joseph Bruchac
The Range Eternal by Louise Erdrich
We Are Still Here! by Traci Sorrell
Ancestor Approved: Intertribal Stories for Kids edited by Cynthia Leitich Smith
We are Water Protectors by Carole Lindstrom
I Can Make this Promise by Christine Day
Fry Bread by Kevin Noble Maillard

November 1, 2021
Cozy Reads

Time for Cranberries by Lisl H. Detlefsen
Moles: The Superpower Field Guide by Rachel Poliquin
J. D. and the Great Barber Battle by J. Dillard
Hilda graphic novel series by Luke Pearson
Summertime Sleepers: Animals that Estivate by Melissa Stewart
My Pillow Keeps Moving! by Laura Gehl

OCTOBER 2021

October 25, 2021
Halloween Reads

Thirteens by Kate Alice Marshall
Mindi and the Goose No One Else Could See by Sam McBratney
Scary Stories for Young Foxes: The City by Christian McKay Heidicker
The Ghosts Went Floating by Kim Norman
Paola Santiago and the River of Tears by Tehlor Kay Mejia
The Great AAA-OOO! by Jenny Lambert

October 18, 2021
Pirates!

How to be a Pirate by Isaac Fitzgerald
Of Salt and Shore by Annet Schaap
Pirates! series by Liam O'Donnell
The Unsinkable Walker Bean by Aaron Renier
One Piece by Eiichiro Oda
Pirate Stew by Neil Gaiman

October 11, 2021
Dragons!

Dragons in a Bag by Zetta Elliott
The Truth about Dragons by Jaime Zollars
The Dragon in the Library by Louie Stowell
Fire Truck Vs. Dragon by Chris Barton
A Dragon's Guide to the Care and Feeding of Humans by Laurence Yep & Joanne Ryder

SEPTEMBER 2021

September 27, 2021

Blue Floats Away by Travis Jonker
Simon B. Rhymin' by Dwayne Reed
Einstein: The Fantastic Journey of a Mouse THrough Space and TIme by Torben Kuhlmann
The Midnight Brigade by Adam Borba
Goldilocks: Wanted Dead or Alive by Chris Colfer
Frankie Gets a Doggie by Amy Huntington

September 20, 2021
"Fall" into Reading

Rocket and the Perfect Pumpkin by Tad Hills
The Thieving Collectors of Fine Children's Books by Adam Perry
The Complete DIY COokbook for Young Chefs by America's Test Kitchen
Paranorthern and the Chaos Bunny A-Hop-Calypse by Stephanie Cooke
Hardly Haunted by Jessie Sima

September 13, 2021
Food and Cooking

Chef Yasmina and the Potato Panic by Wauter Mannaert
The Big, Fun Kids Baking Book by the Food Network
Every Night is Pizza Night by J. Kenji Lopez-Alt
A Place at the Table by Saadia Faruqi
Bon Appetit! The Delicious Life of Julia Child by Jessie Hartland
Hannah's Tall Order: An A to Z Sandwich by Linda Vander Heyden

AUGUST 2021

August 30, 2021
Back-to-School!

Check out our full list of back-to-school books at Go Oshkosh Kids: https://gooshkoshkids.com/back-to-school-book-list-for-kids/

August 23, 2021

Squid Happens by Isabel Roxas
I'm On It! by Andrea Tsurumi
Vampenguin by Lucy Ruth Cummins
Doggo and Pupper by Katherine Applegate
Breaking Waves by Robert Burleigh
Jillian vs Parasite Planet by Nicole Kornher-Stace
We Became Jaguars by Dave Eggers

August 9, 2021
Storms and Weather

When the Storm Comes by Linda Ashman
Ultimate Weatherpedia by Stephanie Drimmer
Stormstruck! by John Macfarlane
Look at the Weather by Britta Teckentrup
Hello from Renn Lake by Michele Hurwitz
What is Climate Change? by Gail Herman
Stormy by Guojing

JULY 2021

July 26, 2021
Aviation

The Fearless Flights of Hazel Ying Lee by Julie Leung
How Airports Work by Clive Gifford
Lighter Than Air: Sophie Blanchard, the First Woman Pilot by Matthew Clark Smith
The Amelia Six: an Amelia Earhart Mystery by Kristin Gray
Who Were the Tuskegee Airmen? by Sherri Smith
The Glorious Flight: Across the Channel with Louis Bleriot by Alice Provensen
Little Plane Learns to Write by Stephen Savage
Jumbo: The Making of the Boeing 747 by Chris Gall

JUNE 2021

June 21, 2021
History and Historical Fiction

The True Story of Zippy Chippy: The Little Horse that Couldn't by Artie Bennett
Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales by Nathan Hale
Maryam's Magic by Megan Reid
All the Greys on Greene Street by Laura Tucker
I Talk Like a River by Jordan Scott
History Smashers by Kate Messner
How We Got to the Moon by John Rocco
Betty Before X by Ilyasa Shabazz
Red, White, and Whole by Rajani LaRocca
Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre by Carole Boston Weatherford

June 14, 2021
Curiosity, Exploration, and Discovery

The Quest for Z by Greg Pizzoli
Windows by Julia Denos
Professor Astro Cat series by Dominic Walliman
The Mad Wolf's Daughter and The Hunt for the Mad Wolf's Daughter by Diane Magras
A Voyage in the Clouds by Matthew Olshan
The Postman from Space by Guillaume Perreault
The Curious Garden by Peter Brown
Life in the Ocean: The Story of Sylvia Earle by Claire Nivola
Just Because by Mac Barnett

June 7, 2021
Outdoorsy Books

Small in the City by Sydney Smith
The Canyon's Edge by Dusti Bowling
Backpacking Hacks by Raymond Bean
Snapdragon by Kat Leyh
Follow that Frog by Philip Stead
Gone to the Woods: Surviving a Lost Childhood by Gary Paulsen
Find Fergus by Mike Boldt
Compass South by Hope Larson
The World of Adventure Sports by Emma Berne

MAY 2021

May 24, 2021
Summer Fun!

Jabari Tries by Gaia Cornwall
Constellations by Jane Gardner
Starfish by Lisa Fipps
Roller Bears by Eric Seltzer
The Cardboard Kingdom by Chad Sell
When Life Gives you Lemons, Make Peach Pie by Erin Soderberg Downing
Kondo & Kezumi by David Goodner
Fungus Is Among Us! by Joy Keller
Be Prepared by Vera Brosgol
Oona by Kelly Dipucchio

May 17, 2021
Slightly Scary Stories

The Rock from the Sky by Jon Klassen
Sanity & Tallulah by Molly Brooks
Small Spaces and Dead Voices by Katherine Arden
All Thirteen: The Incredible Cave Rescue of the Thai Boys' Soccer Team by Christina Soontornvat
Creepy Carrots! by Aaron Reynolds
The Weirn Books: Be Wary of the Silent Woods by Svetlana Chmakova
Haunted Places by Kenny Abdo and Spooky Spots by Elsie Olson
Ghost: Thirteen Haunting Tales to Tell featuring various authors and illustrators

May 10, 2021
Take me out to the ballgame!

I Got It! by David Wiesner
Baseball: Amazing But True Stories! by Derrick Barnes
Get a Grip, Vivy Cohen! by Sarah Kabit
The Everything Kids' Baseball Book by Greg Jacobs
Out of Left Field by Ellen Klages
Teamwork by Robert Munsch
Lupe Wong Won't Dance by Donna Barba Higuera
Henry Aaron's Dream by Matt Tavares
Dugout: The Zombie Steals Home by Scott Morse

May 3, 2021
All about Birds!

Mel Fell by Corey R. Tabor
Science Comics: Crows by Kyla Vanderklugt
Pea, Bee, & Jay: Wannabees by Brian "Smitty" Smith
Bird's-Eye View: Keeping Wild Birds in Flight by Ann Eriksson
Strange Birds by Celia C. Perez
Wakey Birds by Maddie Frost
Sacred Song of the Hermit Thrush by Tehanetorens
Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer by Kelly Jones

APRIL 2021

April 26, 2021

It Was Supposed to be Sunny by Samantha Cotterill
13 Ways to Eat a Fly by Sue Heavenrich
Kate's Light by Elizabeth Spires
Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre by Carole Boston Weatherford
The Power of Yet by Maryann Cocca-Leffler
Fungus Is Among Us! by Joy Keller

April 19, 2021

My Rainy Day Rocket Ship by Markette Sheppard
The Animals Would Not Sleep! by Sara Levine
The Stuff Between the Stars by Sandra Nickel
The Range Eternal by Louise Erdrich
Twenty-One Steps: Guarding the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier by Jeff Gottesfeld
Zonia's Rain Forest by Juana Martinez-Neal

April 12, 2021

Vamos! Let's Go Eat by Raul the Third
The Year I Flew Away by Marie Arnold
The Boy Whose Head was Filled With Stars by Isabelle Marinov
Doggo and Pupper by Katherine Applegate
Shaking Up the House by Yamile Saied Mendez
Clarinet & Trumpet by Melanie Ellsworth

April 4, 2021

Avocado Asks by Momoko Abe
Megabat and the Not-Happy Birthday by Anna Humphrey
Maker Workshop by Dr. Alison Buxton
The Thieving Collectors of Fine Children's Books by Adam Perry
Hello, Earth! Poems to Our Planet by Joyce Sidman
A New Day by Brad Meltzer

MARCH 2021

March 29, 2021

Early One Morning by Mem Fox
R-E-S-P-E-C-T: Aretha Franklin, the Queen of Soul by Carole Boston Weatherford
Red, White, and Whole by Rajani Larocca
Time to Read: The Boxcar Children
Charlie's Rules: Pasture Bedtime by Sigmund Brouwer
Climate Action: What Happened and What We Can Do by Seymour Simon
The Animal Rescue Agency - Case File: Little Claws by Eliot Schrefer
Seaside Stroll by Charles Trevino

March 22, 2021

Home for a While by Lauren H. Kerstein
The Mysterious Disappearnce of Aidan S. by David Levithan
Together We March by Leah Henderson
Animal Migration series from Abdo Kids
The Hero Next Door edited by Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich
Trouble by Katherine Battersby

March 15, 2021

I Am the Storm by Jane Yolen and Heidi E.Y. Stemple
This Book Is Not Garbage by Isabel Thomas
King & Kayla and the Case of the Gold Ring by Dori Hillestad Butler
A House for Every Bird by Megan Maynor
Karma Moon: Ghost Hunter by Melissa Savage
Fox at Night by Corey R. Tabor
Amy Wu and the Patchwork Dragon by Amy Zhang

March 8, 2021

The Snow Dancer by Addie Boswell
Ghosted by Michael Fry
Pete the Kitty: Ready, Set, Go Cart! by Kimberly and James Dean
Space Mysteries series by Margaret J. Goldstein
Brave in the Woods by Tracy Holczer
Ensnared in the Wolf's Lair by Ann Bausum
Try It! How Frieda Caplan Changed the Way We Eat by Mara Rockliff

March 2, 2021
Local 5 Live Morning Show
Recommendations
Librarian Matthew Tessmer dropped by WFRV’s morning show Local 5 Live on March 2, 2021 to share some fresh reading suggestions in celebration of National Read Across America Day.