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Adult Services Staff Picks May 2023 |
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Birnam Wood
by Eleanor Catton
Recommended by: Sarah L.
The founder of a guerilla gardening group that plants crops on roadsides, parks and neglected yards fights an enigmatic billionaire over a parcel of land in the new novel from the Booker Prize-winning author of The Luminaries.
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Daisy Jones & the Six
by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Audiobook recommended by: Joanna
When singer Daisy Jones meets Billy Dunne of the band The Six, the two rising 70s rock-and-roll artists are catapulted into stardom when a producer puts them together, a decision that is complicated by a pregnancy and the seductions of fame.
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Homecoming
by Kate Morton
Recommended by: Sarah V.
A laid-off London journalist returns home to Sydney where she discovers a link between her family and an infamous 1959 crime, in the new novel from the New York Times best-selling author of The Clockmaker's Daughter.
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The Insatiable Volt Sisters
by Rachel Eve Moulton
Recommended by: Brandee
Ten years after being separated, sisters Henrietta and Beatrice Volt are brought together by the death of their father and must face the monsters lurking in their family history once and for all to escape the horrors of their past.
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The Last Party
by Clare Mackintosh
Recommended by: Anna Jayne
When homegrown celebrity Rhys Lloyd is murdered after opening the doors to his new luxury resort on New Year's Eve, Ffion Morgan, called in to investigate, fears her deep ties to this once tranquil village will reveal dark truths about her neighbors, friends, family and even herself.
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Maame
by Jessica George
Recommended by: Claire
A young British Ghanaian woman navigates her 20s and finds her place in the world.
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Romantic Comedy
by Curtis Sittenfeld
Recommended by: Sarah R.
A sketch writer for a late-night comedy show, Sally Milz pokes fun at the phenomenon of talented but average men who've gotten romantically involved with beautiful women and how the reverse never happens until she meets a pop music sensation who flips the script on all her assumptions.
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Yellowface
by R. F. Kuang
Recommended by: Grace
After the death of her literary rival in a freak accident, author June Hayward steals her just-finished masterpiece. Sending it to her agent as her own work, she discovers just how far she'll go to keep what she thinks she deserves.
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Singin' in the Rain : The Making of an American Masterpiece
by Hess. Earl J.
Recommended by: Lori
Provides illumination on the film and its reputation, examining how the film was made, marketed, and recieved, and chronicling every step in the production process from its original conception to distribution and reception.
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What Looks Like Bravery : An Epic Journey Through Loss to Love
by Laurel Braitman
Recommended by: Laura
The New York Times bestselling author shares how, in the years following her beloved father's death, she denied her suffering and lived with the constant fear of loss that left her terrified of love and intimacy until she set out on a journey to confront the grief she'd been avoiding for so long.
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