Staff Picks

We like to read, and we like to share what we read! This is a list of recent favorites. STAFF PICKS

In the Kingdom of Ice: The Grand and Terrible Polar Voyage of the USS Jeannette By Sides, Hampton 2014-08 - Doubleday Books 9780385535373 Check Our Catalog "New York Times" bestselling author Hampton Sides returns with a white-knuckle tale of polar exploration and survival in the Gilded Age In the late nineteenth century, people were obsessed by one of the last unmapped areas of the globe: the North Pole. No one knew what existed beyond the fortress of ice rimming the northern oceans, although theories abounded. The foremost cartographer in the …More

Beautiful Ruins By Walter, Jess 2012-06 - Harper 9780061928123 Check Our Catalog Awards: Indies Choice Book Awards (2013) The acclaimed, award-winning author of the national bestseller "The Financial Lives of the Poets" returns with his funniest and most romantic novel yet: the story of an almost-love affair that begins on the Italian coast in 1962 and is rekindled in Hollywood 50 years later. …More

Two Graves By Preston, Douglas J. Author Child, Lincoln 2012-12 - Grand Central Publishing 9780446554992 Check Our Catalog After his wife, Helen, is abducted, Special Agent Pendergast furiously pursues the kidnappers, chasing them across the country and into Mexico. But then, things go terribly, tragically wrong; the kidnappers escape; and a shattered Pendergast retreats to his New York apartment and shuts out the world. But when a string of bizarre murders erupts across several Manhattan hotels, NYPD Lieutenant …More

The Good Luck of Right Now By Quick, Matthew 2014-02 - Harper 9780062285539 Check Our Catalog From Matthew Quick, the New York Times bestselling author of The Silver Linings Playbook, comes The Good Luck of Right Now, a funny and tender story about family, friendship, grief, acceptance, and Richard Gere--an entertaining and inspiring tale that will leave you pondering the rhythms of the universe and marveling at the power of kindness and love. …More

The Art Thief By Charney, Noah 2007-09 - Atria Books 9781416550303 Check Our Catalog BookPage Notable Title Charney crafts an intellectual masterpiece in this work that sweeps through three of the world's most art-filled cities. This novel is a witty, fast-paced page-turner full of artistic symbolism and insider knowledge about legendary art thefts, forgeries, and secret engravings. …More

And When She Was Good By Lippman, Laura 2012-08 - William Morrow & Company 9780061706875 Check Our Catalog A brilliant new stand-alone novel from "New York Times"-bestselling author Lippman. A suburban madam, a convicted murderer whose sentence is about to be overturned, and the child who they will both do anything to keep. …More

Fortunately, the Milk By Gaiman, Neil Illustrator Young, Skottie 2013-09 - HarperCollins Publishers 9780062224071 Check Our Catalog Awards: Great Stone Face Book Award (2015), Kentucky Bluegrass Award (2015) Newbery Medalist Gaiman teams with artist Young for a hilarious story of time travel. While picking up milk for his children's cereal, a father is abducted by aliens and finds himself on a wild adventure through time and space. Illustrations. …More