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In-House Favorites October 2025 |
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Check out what our staff and patrons are recommending this month!
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Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghyFrom the beloved, New York Times bestselling author of Migrations and Once There Were Wolves, a novel about a family living alone on a remote island, when a mysterious woman washes up on shore. Picked by: Nicole, Children's Services |
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The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea by Axie OhIn a land ravaged by deadly storms, Mina sacrifices herself to the Sea God to save her brother and, after being swept away to the Spirit Realm, finds him caught in an enchanted sleep and must awaken him to save her people. Picked by: Haley, Public Services Associate |
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Culpability by Bruce W. HolsingerWhen the Cassidy-Shaws' autonomous minivan collides with an oncoming car, seventeen-year-old Charlie is in the driver's seat, with his father, Noah, riding shotgun. In the back seat, tweens Alice and Izzy are on their phones, while their mother, Lorelei, a world leader in the field of artificial intelligence, is absorbed in her work. Yet each family member harbors a secret, implicating them all in the tragic accident. During a weeklong recuperation on the Chesapeake Bay, the family confronts the excruciating moral dilemmas triggered by the crash. Noah tries to hold the family together as a seemingly routine police investigation jeopardizes Charlie's future. Alice and Izzy turn strangely furtive. And Lorelei's odd behavior tugs at Noah's suspicions that there is a darker truth behind the incident. Picked by: Dianne, Circulation Manager |
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Atmosphere : a love story by Taylor Jenkins ReidAtmosphere is Taylor Jenkins Reid at her best: transporting readers to iconic times and places, creating complex protagonists, and telling a passionate and soaring story about the transformative power of love--this time among the stars. Picked by: Carrie, Administrative Assistant |
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I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
by Maya Angelou
Here is a book as joyous and painful, as mysterious and memorable, as childhood itself. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings captures the longing of lonely children, the brute insult of bigotry, and the wonder of words that can make the world right. Maya Angelou’s debut memoir is a modern American classic beloved worldwide. Picked by: Nadge, Adult Services |
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The Rachel Incident by Caroline O'DonoghueRoommates and best friends Rachel and James, trying to maintain a bohemian existence while Ireland is in chaos, find their fates intertwined with a married professor, with whom Rachel falls in love, and his glamorous, well-connected bourgeois wife through a series of secrets and compromises. Picked by: Amy, Adult Services |
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Death in the Stacks by Jenn McKinlayThe library's big fundraiser leaves director Lindsey Norris booked for trouble when she finds Paula, the library's newest hire, crouched over the new library board president's dead body. As the plot thickens, Lindsey must catch the real killer before the book closes on Paula's future. Picked by: Tina, Patron |
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In the Likely Event by Rebecca YarrosTwo people with undeniable chemistry who met on a plane that crashed, Izzy and Nate, can never seem to reconnect over the ensuing years until a high-stakes reunion in Afghanistan puts their lives on the line again. Picked by: Jennifer, Patron |
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Our Wives Under the Sea by Julia ArmfieldLeah is changed. Months earlier, she left for a routine expedition, only this time her submarine sank to the sea floor. When she finally surfaces and returns home, her wife Miri knows that something is wrong. Barely eating and lost in her thoughts, Leah rotates between rooms in their apartment, running the taps morning and night. As Miri searches for answers, desperate to understand what happened below the water, she must face the possibility that the woman she loves is slipping from her grasp. Our Wives Under the Sea is a genre-bending exploration of the depths of love and grief at the heart of a marriage. Picked by: Alexa, Patron |
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The First Gentleman : a thriller by Bill ClintonThe President of the United States is up for reelection. Her husband is on trial for murder. Is the First Gentleman a killer? A pair of brilliant investigative journalists set out to answer that burning question about the NFL star-turned-political spouse. Picked by: Kathy, Patron |
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Avon Lake, Ohio 44012
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