It goes without saying that librarians love to read. What we love even more is talking about titles we read and enjoy. Here’s a brief list of what the staff of Homewood Library is reading this summer…
Fiction
Gone to Dust by Matt Goldman
Love the One You’re With by Emily Giffin
Swan Song by Robert McCammon
Red Rising by Pierce Brown
The Ninth Hour by Alice McDermott
Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman
Rules of Civility by Amor Towles
Down the River Unto the Sea by Walter Mosely
Artemis by Andy Weir
Hurricane Season by Lauren Denton
An American Marriage by Tayari Jones
Other People’s Houses by Abi Waxman
Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fanny Flagg
Crazy in Alabama by Mark Childress
Sycamore by Brynn Chancellor
Brief Cases by Jim Butcher
Fierce Kingdom by Gin Phillips
Nonfiction
The Geography of Bliss by Eric Weiner
Born a Crime: And Other Stories by Trevor Noah
Factfulness: Ten Reasons We’re Wrong About the World – And Why Things Are Better Than You Think by Hans Rosling
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes: And Other Lessons From the Crematory by Caitlin Doughty
Educated: A Memoir by Tara Westover
The Girl: Marilyn Monroe, The Seven Year Itch, and the Birth of an Unlikely Feminist by Michelle Morgan
The Cooking Gene: A Journey Through African American Culinary History in the Old South by Michael Twitty
Well, That Escalated Quickly: Memoirs and Mistakes of an Accidental Feminist by Franchesca Ramsey
What Happy People Know: How the New Science of Happiness Can Change Your Life for the Better by Dan Baker and Cameron Stauth
The Royal Art of Poison by Eleanor Herman
Brave by Rose McGowan
Spoiler Alert: The Hero Dies: A Memoir of Love, Loss, and Other Four Letter Words by Michael Ausiello
Radical Candor: How to Be a Kick Ass Boss Without Losing Your Humanity by Kim Malone Scott
Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption by Bryan Stevenson
Super Woman RX: Discover the Secrets of Lasting Health, Your Perfect Weight, Energy, and Passion with Dr. Taz’s Power Type Plans by Tasneem Bhalia, MD
The Inklings: C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien, Charles Williams, and Their Friends by Humphrey Carpenter
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