Staff Picks Adult Fiction
August 2021
The Midnight Library
by Matt Haig
This book is a lot like It’s A Wonderful Life. It’s about a woman named Nora who decides to end her life, but in doing so finds herself in “the library” instead. It’s here that she gains the chance to change her past in any way she can think of. What if she had become a famous swimmer? What if she became a famous rock star? So many choices to try out, but she only has a limited amount of time to try them all out and choose the best one before her life is officially over. Will she make the best decision? Or was her original life really the best one?
This book is available in the library and on Over/Drive as an ebook and e audiobook.
Recommended by: Erin Faxel, Youth Services Teen Librarian
Posted in: Adult Fiction
Secrets of a Charmed Life
by Susan Meissner
This historical fiction‘s main characters, Emmy and Julia Downtree, live with their single mother in London in the 40’s. They are evacuated to the countryside when the bombing from the war becomes too dangerous. Emmy wants to return to London in order to work with a designer who has shown interest in her bridal gown drawings. Emmy decides to leave Julia behind as she is only seven years old but Julia discovers her plan and insists on coming with her sister. Emmy’s decision to bring her sister with her changes the course of both their lives. The events that follow are both heartbreaking and reaffirming.
This book is available in the library and on OverDrive/Libby as an ebook and eaudiobook.
Recommended by: Becky McCormack, Youth Services Assistant Manager
Posted in: Adult Fiction
July 2021
Spoiler Alert
by Olivia Dade
Spoiler Alert is a story about a plus sized woman who gets bullied for posting a photo of herself in a cosplay dress from her favorite show, and how an actor from the show sees the harassment and invites her out to dinner. Things go well, but they both have secrets that could threaten the relationship and their jobs. Full of fandom, fanfiction, and overall geekiness, you’ll fall in love with this romance.
Recommended by: Erin Faxel, Youth Services Teen Librarian
Posted in: Adult Fiction
June 2021
The Rose Code
by Kate Quinn
This historical fiction novel takes us back to both World War II and the wedding of then Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip. Mab, Osla and Beth are three young women who are all chosen to work on code breaking at Bletchley Park in England during World War II. They are sworn to secrecy regarding their work. As time and the war march onward, loyalties are broken, romantic liaisons are developed and emotions run high. This book, Playaway and CD audio is available at the library and on OverDrive as an ebook.
Recommended by: Becky McCormack Youth Services Assistant Manager
Posted in: Adult Fiction
May 2021
Once We Were Here
by Christopher Cosmos
Posted in: Adult Fiction
The Storyteller’s Secret
by Sejal Badani
Jaya has just suffered her third miscarriage. Her devastation is made more intense when her marriage starts deteriorating. She makes the decision to go to India to see her dying grandfather, who she has never met, in order to better understand her past. Told in two time periods, modern day and the 30’s and 40’s, this book brings you into another culture and time period with gripping results.
Recommended by: Becky McCormack, Youth Services Assistant Manager
Posted in: Adult Fiction
The Thursday Murder Club
by Richard Osman
Posted in: Adult Fiction
The Woman of Troublesome Creek
by Kim Michelle Richardson
Posted in: Adult Fiction
The Book of Lost Names
by Kristin Harmel
Eva, in her eighties, sees a photograph in a newspaper of a book that she hasn’t seen in over 60 years. The article says researchers are looking to reunite books stolen by the Nazis in World War II to their rightful owners. This particular book has a special code in it that they are eager to crack. Eva has the answers but is she willing to revisit all those past memories?
This book is available in the library and on OverDrive/Libby as an ebook and an audiobook on CD.
Recommended by: Becky McCormack, Youth Services Assistant Manager
Posted in: Adult Fiction
The Sun Down Motel
by Simone St. James
Two stories, separated by time and connected by location. In 1982, Viv stops in Fell, NY on her way to New York City. She trades working the night shift at the Sun Down Motel for a place to stay. Soon she gets pulled into the mystery and suspense of a small town with 3 recent murders and a haunted motel. In 2017, Carly heads to Fell, NY after her mother passes to see if she can uncover the truth about her Aunt Viv’s mysterious disappearance in 1982 and ends up working the same night shift in the motel. This dual timeline, alternating narrator novel is absolutely thrilling. Part murder mystery, part ghost story, this novel is bound to get you hooked.
This book is available in the library and on OverDrive as an ebook.
Recommended by: Brandi Smits, Youth Services Manager
Posted in: Adult Fiction