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Try these book suggestions by the Library Staff February 2026 |
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The #1 Dad Book: Be the Best Dad You Can
Be in 1 Hour
by James Patterson
Patterson did the homework, so you don't have to do as much. He
talked to lots of experts, and lots of dads, and lots of experts who are also dads. Then he wrote and rewrote this book, filled with steps you
can take to become a better dad. This book is filled with stories and advice that will unlock the mysteries of fatherhood both for new dads
and for those looking to up their dad game.
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Atmosphere: A Love Story
by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Thoughtful and reserved, Joan is content with her life as a professor
of physics and astronomy at Rice University and as aunt to her precocious niece Frances--that is, until she comes across an advertisement seeking the first women scientists to join NASA's space shuttle program. Suddenly, Joan burns to be one of the few people to
go to space. Selected from a pool of thousands of applicants in the summer of 1980, Joan begins training at Houston's Johnson Space Center, alongside an exceptional group of fellow candidates. As the
new astronauts become unlikely friends and prepare for their first
flights, Joan finds a passion and a love she never imagined. In this
new light, Joan begins to question everything she thinks she knows about her place in the observable universe.
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Count My Lies
by Sophie Stava
Sloane Caraway is a liar. Harmless lies, mostly, to make her self-proclaimed sad, little life a bit more interesting. So when Sloane sees
a young girl in tears at a park one afternoon, she can't help herself -
she tells the girl's (very attractive) dad she's a nurse and helps him pull
a bee stinger from the girl's foot. With this lie, and chance encounter Sloane becomes the nanny for the wealthy, and privileged life of Jay
and Violet Lockhart. The perfect New York couple, with a brownstone,
a daughter in private school, and summers on Block Island. But maybe Sloane isn't the only one lying, and all that's picture perfect harbors a much more dangerous truth.
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The Emperor of Gladness: Oprah's Book Club
by Ocean Vuong
A heartfelt and powerful examination of those living on the fringes of society, and the unique challenges they face to survive and thrive. --Oprah Winfrey Ocean Vuong returns with a bighearted novel about chosen family, unexpected friendship, and the stories we tell ourselves
in order to survive. At its heart is a brave epic about what it means to exist on the fringes of society and to reckon with the wounds that haunt our collective soul. Hallmarks of Ocean Vuong's writing--formal innovation, syntactic dexterity, and the ability to twin grit with grace through tenderness--are on full display in this story of loss, hope, and how far we would go to possess one of life's most fleeting mercies: a second chance.
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Wild Dark Shore: A Novel
by Charlotte McConaghy
Dominic Salt and his three children are caretakers of Shearwater, a
tiny island not far from Antarctica. Home to the world's largest seed
bank, Shearwater was once full of researchers, but with sea levels
rising, the Salts are now its final inhabitants. Until, during the worst
storm the island has ever seen, a woman mysteriously washes ashore. Isolation has taken its toll on the Salts, but as they nurse the woman, Rowan, back to strength, it begins to feel like she might just be what
they need. Rowan, long accustomed to protecting herself, starts imagining a future where she could belong to someone again. But Rowan isn't telling the whole truth about why she set out for
Shearwater. And when she discovers sabotaged radios and a freshly
dug grave, she realizes Dominic is keeping his own secrets. As the storms on Shearwater gather force, they all must decide if they can
trust each other enough to protect the precious seeds in their care
before it's too late--and if they can finally put the tragedies of the past behind them to create something new, together.
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