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Adult Services Staff Picks September 2024 |
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Adam & Evie's Matchmaking Tour
by Nora Nguyen
Recommended by: Rachel
Evie Lang, reeling from job loss and heartbreak, inherits her aunt's San Francisco home on the condition she joins a matchmaking tour in Vietnam, where she clashes, yet sparks, with a grumpy tour leader.
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Burn
by Peter Heller
Recommended by: Sarah R.
After emerging from the woods following their annual Maine hunting trip, lifelong friends Jess and Storey find themselves in a terrifying landscape of secession and war. Lacking information and safety, they rely on each other as they fight their way home. A gripping read that excavates the messy depths of long friendship and the importance of connection in a fractured world.
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Close to Death
by Anthony Horowitz
Recommended by: Cathy
When Charles Kentworthy is found dead on his doorstep after moving his loud, boisterous family into an idyllic gated community, Detective Hawthorne investigates, in the fifth novel of the series following The Twist of a Knife.
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The God of the Woods
by Liz Moore
Recommended by: Kelly
Early morning, August 1975: a camp counselor discovers an empty bunk. Its occupant, Barbara Van Laar, has gone missing. Barbara isn’t just any thirteen-year-old: she’s the daughter of the family that owns the summer camp and employs most of the region’s residents. And this isn’t the first time a Van Laar child has disappeared. Barbara’s older brother similarly vanished fourteen years ago, never to be found.
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Grown Women
by Sarai Johnson
Recommended by: Sarah V.
Three generations of strong-willed Black women in rural Tennessee, bound by love and burdened by resentment and clashing personalities, find an unexpected chance for reconciliation when they reunite to raise a child.
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Educated
by Tara Westover
Recommended by: Lori
Traces the author's experiences as a child born to survivalists in the mountains of Idaho, describing her participation in her family's paranoid stockpiling activities and her resolve to educate herself well enough to earn acceptance into a prestigious university and the unfamiliar world beyond.
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Eyeliner: A Cultural History
by Zahra Hankir
Recommended by: Brandee
The acclaimed editor of Our Women on the Ground combines social commentary and on-the-ground reporting to trace the impact of eyeliner on conceptions of beauty, power and gender throughout the ages.
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Outlive: The Science & Art of Longevity
by Peter Attia
Recommended by: Joanna
Drawing on the latest science and challenging mainstream medicine, a visionary physician and leading longevity expert presents a well-founded strategic and tactical approach to extending lifespan while also improving our physical, cognitive and emotional health.
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