This month, we’ve assembled a list of our favorite favorites; what we read and listened to through the years.
These library staff favorites could be used as guides for your winter reading, and as gift guides for folks on your special gift list. We hope you enjoy our holiday gift to you. Read and be merry!





- Katie’s List
The Fox Who Ate Books by Franziska Biermann (kids easy reader) - Horse Meets Dog by Elliott Kalan (picture book)
- The Benefits of Being an Octopus by Ann Braden (kids chapter book)
- Heartland by Sarah Smarsh (adult nonfiction)
- God Save Texas by Lawrence Wright (adult nonfiction)



- Shirley O’s List
- I’ll Take You There by Wally Lamb (adult fiction)
- Educated by Tara Westover (adult nonfiction)
- The Italian Party by Christina Lynch adult fiction


- Gail’s List
- Make your Bed by Admiral William H. McRaven
- The World According to Mister Rogers by Fred Rogers




- Susan’s List
- The Sun Does Shine by Anthony Ray Hinton
- Vox by Christina Dalcher
- Bird Box by Josh Malerman
- The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah




- Angelique’s List
- The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey
- The Little Paris Bookshop by Nina George
- Morning Star by Ann Hood
- Poetry Will Save Your Life by Jill Bialosky



- Cailin’s List
- Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
- Notes from a Small Island by Bill Bryson
- Brave New World by Aldous Huxley