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Try these book suggestions by the Library Staff January 2026 |
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Great Big Beautiful Life
by Emily Henry
Alice Scott is an eternal optimist, still dreaming of her big writing
break. Hayden Anderson is a Pulitzer-prize winning human
thundercloud. And they're both on balmy Little Crescent Island for
the same reason: to write the biography of a woman no one has seen
in years--or at least to meet with the octogenarian who claims to be
the Margaret Ives. Tragic heiress, former tabloid princess, and
daughter of one of the most storied (and scandalous) families of the
20th century, Margaret invites them both for a one-month trial
period, after which she'll choose the person who'll tell her story.
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Everything Is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection
by John Green
In 2019, John Green met Henry, a young tuberculosis patient at
Lakka Government Hospital in Sierra Leone while traveling with
Partners in Health. John became fast friends with Henry, a boy with spindly legs and a big, goofy smile. In the years since that first visit
to Lakka, Green has become a vocal and dynamic advocate for increased access to treatment and wider awareness of the healthcare inequities that allow this curable, treatable infectious disease to also
be the deadliest, killing 1.5 million people every year. In Everything
is Tuberculosis, John tells Henry's story, woven through with the
scientific and social histories of how tuberculosis has shaped our
world and how our choices will shape the future of tuberculosis.
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The God of the Woods
by Liz Moore
When Barbara Van Laar is discovered missing from her summer
camp bunk one morning in August 1975, it triggers a panicked,
terrified search. Losing a camper is a horrific tragedy under any circumstances, but Barbara isn't just any camper: she's the daughter
of the wealthy family who owns the camp--as well as the opulent
nearby estate, and most of the land in sight. And this isn't the first
time a Van Laar child has disappeared in this region. Barbara's older brother also went missing 16 years earlier, never to be found. How
could this have happened yet again? Out of this gripping beginning,
Liz Moore weaves a textured drama, both emotionally nuanced and propelled by a double-barreled mystery.
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One Dark Window
by Rachel Gillig
Elspeth Spindle needs more than luck to stay safe in the eerie,
mist-locked kingdom she calls home--she needs a monster. She
calls him the Nightmare, an ancient, mercurial spirit trapped in her
head. He protects her. He keeps her secrets. But nothing comes for
free, especially magic. When Elspeth meets a mysterious highwayman on the forest road, her life takes a drastic turn. Thrust into a world of shadow and deception, she joins a dangerous quest to cure the
kingdom of the dark magic infecting it. Except the highwayman just so happens to be the King's own nephew, Captain of the Destriers, and guilty of high treason. He and Elspeth have until Solstice to gather
twelve Providence Cards--the keys to the cure. But as the stakes heighten and their undeniable attraction intensifies, Elspeth is forced to face her darkest secret yet: the Nightmare is slowly, darkly, taking over her mind. And she might not be able to stop him--
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White Nights
by Fyodor Dostoevsky
White Nights by Fyodor Dostoevsky is a poignant short story set in
the captivating summer nights of St. Petersburg. It follows a lonely dreamer who forms a profound emotional bond with Nastenka, a
young woman with her own heartache. Through themes of unrequited love, isolation and fleeting moments of joy, Dostoevsky beautifully explores the complexities of human longing and the bittersweet pain
of unfulfilled dreams. One night, two souls and a love never to be! Dostoevsky's masterful use of language and narrative style draws one into a world of beauty, melancholy, and existential contemplation.
The story's setting in the magical, white nights of St. Petersburg adds
a surreal, atmospheric quality to the narrative. A concise yet deeply
moving tale that packs a thought-provoking experience in a short format.
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