You read a banned book, you joined your community in reading Peter Heller’s “Burn”…so what’s next? If you feel like you are swimming through a sea of books but need some help in picking your life raft (what??), read on!
Staff Picks
Find your next read right here, right now!
(You can also browse these and other staff picks on a lobby display, or quickly find items recommended in this blog by browsing the Staff Picks category of the online Library Catalog, lafayetteco.gov/StaffPicks.)
Nonfiction | adults
Recommended by Emmi H.
- “This American Woman” by Zarna Garg – “Zarna tells her life story with heart, soul, and humor.”
Recommended by Linda B.
- “The 80/80 Marriage” by Kaley and Nate Klemp
- “The Cottagecore Baking Book” by Kayla Lobermeier
- “Creative Time and Space” by Rice Freeman-Zachery
- “Handmade Gatherings” by Ashley English
- “I’m Afraid of Men” by Vivek Shraya
- “Kitchen Yarns: Notes on Life, Love, and Food” by Ann Hood
- “The Mourner’s Bestiary” by Eiren Caffall
- “Schott’s Original Miscellany” by Ben Schott
- “Shelf Life: Chronicles of a Cairo Bookseller” by Nadia Wassef
- “Victorian Parlour Games” by Ned Wolfe
- “Your Money or Your Life” by Joe Dominguez and Vicki Robin
Fiction | adults
Recommended by Angelique V.
- “The Season of Migration to the North” by Tayeb Salih (available on Prospector through the Library Catalog)
Recommended by Carrie V.
- “Remarkably Bright Creatures” by Shelby Van Pelt
Recommended by Linda B.
- “Blood Feast” by Malika Moustadraf
- “Dark Harvest” by Norman Partridge
- “An Elderly Lady Is Up to No Good” by Helene Tursten
- “Endling” by Maria Reva
- “Foster” by Claire Keegan
- “Fever Dream” by Samanta Schweblin
- “The Great When” by Alan Moore
- “I Who Have Never Known Men” by Jacqueline Harpman
- “The Last Unicorn” by Peter S. Beagle
- “The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet” by Becky Chambers
- “Leviathan Wakes” by James SA Corey
- “The Lies of the Ajungo” by Moses Ose Utomi
- “Lucky Day” by Chuck Tingle
- “Melmoth” by Sarah Perry
- “The Murmur of Bees” by Sofía Segovia
- “The Museum of Rain” by Dave Egger
- “Numamushi” by Mina Ikemoto Ghosh
- “A Short History of Tractors in Ukranian” by Marina Lewycka
- “So Late in the Day” by Claire Keegan
- “Terra Nullius” by Claire G. Coleman
- “The Teller of Small Fortunes” by Julie Leong
Recommended by Lisa S.
- “Greta & Valdin” by Rebecca K. Reilly – “This book reminded me of a fresh, modern take on a Jane Austen novel with a multinational, multigenerational cast of characters. The story is full of love (new and old, lost and found, romantic and familial) with comedy and pathos. I adored it.”
Recommended by Susan B.
- “Beautiful Ugly” by Alice Feeney
- “Don’t Believe It” by Charlie Donlea
Recommended by Diana T.
- “The Wedding People” by Alison Espach
Fiction – Teens/YA
Recommended by Cher D.
- “Catwoman: Soulstealer” by Sarah J. Maas
- “The Do-over” by Lynn Painter – “Groundhog’s Day for teens”
- “Half a Soul” by Olivia Atwater – “Fantasy, neurodivergent main character”
- “Pride and Premeditation: A Jane Austen Murder Mystery” by Tirzah Price – “A Pride and Prejudice retelling with a who-dunit”
- “Graceling” by Kristin Cashore – “Fantasy, strong female lead.”
More to Explore
- Find suggestions right in the Library Catalog under the description of a book you like
- Go to Novelist or Novelist K-8, sign in with your library card number, and browse curated lists, or search by mood, reading level, award winners, and more!
