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DateTitleAuthorStars
4 January 2025The RivalEmma Lord3
26 December 2024She Doesn't Have a ClueJenny Elder Moke2.66
16 December 2024Beautiful UglyAlice Feeney3
26 November 2024Not in My BookKatie Holt2
19 November 2024The Business TripJessie Garcia3.66
24 October 2024Let It GlowMarissa Meyer & Joanne Levy4.5
22 October 2024A New Lease on Death (Supernatural Mysteries #1)Olivia Blacke4
13 October 2024The More the Terrier (Andy Carpenter #30)David Rosenfelt4.33
10 October 2024Rockin' Around the Chickadee (Meg Langslow #36)Donna Andrews3.66
5 October 2024From Wonderland, With LoveJeffrey Westhoff4
2 October 2024The Nightmare Before KissmasSara Raasch3
26 September 2024The Merriest MistersTimothy Janovsky3.66
20 September 2024The Serial Killer Guide to San FranciscoMichelle Chouinard4
18 September 2024ShowmanceChad Beguelin3.66
6 September 2024Kwame Crashes the UnderworldCraig Kofi Farmer3.66
2 September 2024Low-Hanging Fruit: Sparkling Whines, Champagne Problems, and Pressing Issues from My Gay AgendaRandy Rainbow3.66
19 August 2024What Time the Sexton's Spade Doth Rust (Flavia de Luce #11)Alan Bradley3.66
5 August 2024The Dark Wives (Vera Stanhope #11)Ann Cleeves3.66
4 August 2024The Break-Up PactEmma Lord3
29 July 2024Between a Flock and a Hard Place (Meg Langslow #35)Donna Andrews3.5
17 July 2024The Wedding People Alison Espach3.33
7 July 2024Trouble in QueenstownDelia Pitts3.66
5 July 2024Lenny Marks Gets Away with MurderKerryn Mayne3.66
1 July 2024Humor MeCat Shook3.5
19 June 2024The MatchSarah Adams3.33
17 June 2024The WitchstoneHenry H. Neff4
13 June 2024Dog Day Afternoon (Andy Carpenter #29)David Rosenfelt3.66
11 June 2024A Certain Kind of StarlightHeather Webber4
3 June 2024Pitch Dark (Mike Bowditch #15)Paul Doiron3.33
29 May 2024Dead Tired (Expectant Detectives #2)Kat Ailes3.5
27 May 2024Service ModelAdrian Tchaikovsky3.66
17 May 2024The Rom-CommersKatherine Center4.5
16 May 2024Just Some Stupid Love StoryKatelyn Doyle2.5
12 May 2024The Guncle Abroad (The Guncle #2)Steven Rowley4
9 May 2024Red Side Story (Shades of Grey #2)Jasper Fforde4.5
6 May 2024If Something Happens to MeAlex Finlay4.33
21 April 2024Every Time I Go on Vacation, Someone Dies (The Vacation Mysteries #1)Catherine Mack2.66
17 April 2024Death by Chocolate Raspberry Scone (A Death by Chocolate Mystery #7)Sarah Graves3.5
10 April 2024The General's GoldLynDee Walker & Bruce Robert Coffin4
5 April 2024Ash Dark as NightGary Phillips3
3 April 2024The Cemetery of Untold StoriesJulia Alvarez3.5
2 April 2024I Cheerfully Refuse Leif Enger3.66
29 March 2024Darling GirlsSally Hepworth3.5
21 March 2024OlivettiAllie Millington3
17 March 2024Bless Your HeartLindy Ryan3.33
8 February 2024Anita de Monte Laughs LastXóchitl González3.33
28 January 2024Finlay Donovan Rolls the Dice (#4)Elle Cosimano4.33
19 January 2024Family FamilyLaurie Frankel4.5
18 January 2024The Getaway ListEmma Lord3.66
8 January 2024Love, NaturallySophie Sullivan3.33
6 January 2024The Sign of Four Spirits (Sherlock Holmes Bookshop Mystery #9)Vicki Delany3
4 January 2024The Expectant DetectivesKat Ailes4
31 December 2023Revenge of the LibrariansTom Gauld4.33
12 December 2023Thieves' GambitKayvion Lewis4.0
10 December 2023Death ValleyMelissa Broder3.35
9 December 2023Finding My ElfDavid Valdes3.5
8 December 2023The Better HalfAlli Frank & Asha Youmans3.35
7 December 2023Coconut Drop Dead (Spice Isle Bakery Mysteries #3)Olivia Matthews3
5 December 2023What You Need to Be Warm: A poem of welcomeNeil Gaiman3.5
5 December 2023SchooledTed Fox3.5
3 December 2023The Secret (Jack Reacher #28)Lee Child & Andrew Child3.5
17 November 2023Emergency ContactLauren Layne & Anthony LeDonne3.35
1 October 2023Bookshops & Bonedust (Legends & Lattes #0)Travis Baldree3.35
23 September 2023Butt or Face?Kari Lavelle4.5
15 September 2023Twas the Bite Before Christmas (Andy Carpenter #28)David Rosenfelt3.66
12 September 2023Starling HouseAlix E. Harrow3.66
22 August 2023Lion on the Inside: How One Girl Changed BasketballBilqis Abdul-Qaadir, Judith Henderson, Katherine Ahmed (Illustrator)4
18 August 2023Scorched GraceMargot Douaihy2.5
17 August 2023Under the InfluenceNoelle Crooks2.5
11 August 2023Good Bad GirlAlice Feeney3.5
9 August 2023The Raging StormAnn Cleeves3.35
3 August 2023Amazing Grace AdamsFran Littlewood2
28 July 2023The Lost LibraryRebecca Stead & Wendy Mass4.35
22 July 2023Unnecessary DramaNina Kenwood3.66
19 July 2023At the Coffee Shop of CuriositiesHeather Webber4.5
14 July 2023Birder, She Wrote (Meg Langslow #33)Donna Andrews3.35
18 June 2023Hello StrangerKatherine Center4.35
15 June 2023Flop Dead Gorgeous (Andy Carpenter #27)David Rosenfelt3.5
10 June 2023How the Murder CrumblesDebra Sennefelder3.35
22 May 2023Revenge of the LibrariansTom Gauld4.33
14 May 2023Bad Summer PeopleEmma Rosenblum2.35
8 May 2023Six Ostriches (Dr. Bannerman Vet Mystery #2)Philipp Schott3
5 May 2023Ward DFreida McFadden2
4 May 2023The Collected Regrets of CloverMikki Brammer4.5
2 April 2023Hestia Strikes a MatchChristine Grillo2.35
30 March 2023Said No One EverStephanie Eding3
29 March 2023An American in ScotlandLucy Connelly3.5
28 March 2023French HolidaySarah Ready3.35
20 January 2023Finlay Donovan Jumps the Gun (Finlay Donovan #3)Elle Cosimano4
15 January 2023MaameJessica George3.66
9 January 2023Locust LaneStephen Amidon2.5
3 January 2023All the Dangerous ThingsStacy Willingham4.35
28 December 2022The VillaRachel Hawkins3.5
13 December 2022All the Dark PlacesTerri Parlato3.35
30 November 2022Number One Is WalkingSteve Martin & Harry Bliss (Illustrator)3.35
29 November 2022Astrid Parker Doesn't Fail (Bright Falls #2)Ashley Herring Blake3.35
28 November 2022Sign HereClaudia Lux2.66
27 November 2022Poorly Drawn LinesReza Farazmand2.5
26 November 2022Friends Like TheseJennifer Lynn Alvarez2.5
25 November 2022Rock the BoatBeck Dorey-Stein2.5
22 November 2022Bring Your Baggage and Don't Pack LightHelen Ellis3
21 November 2022The WidowmakerHannah Morrissey2.66
18 November 2022Flight Risk (The Booking Agents #2)Cherie Priest3.35
17 November 2022I'm Wearing Tunics Now: On Growing Older, Better, and a Hell of a Lot LouderWendi Aarons3.66
15 November 2022Cece Rios and the King of Fears (Cece Rios, #2)Kaela Rivera3.35
14 November 2022Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs?: Big Questions from Tiny Mortals About DeathCaitlin Doughty3.5
13 November 2022Nothing More to TellKaren M. McManus4
11 November 2022Let's Not Do That AgainGrant Ginder3.5
10 November 2022Before the Coffee Gets ColdToshikazu Kawaguchi2.66
7 November 2022The Cracked SpinePaige Shelton2.5
6 November 2022Firekeeper's DaughterAngeline Boulley3.66
4 November 2022You Matter to MeDoyin Richards & Robert Paul Jr. (Illustrator)4.5
3 November 2022Excuse Me While I Disappear: Tales of Midlife MayhemLaurie Notaro4
2 November 2022Going Rogue: Rise and Shine Twenty-NineJanet Evanovich3.5
1 November 2022There Are Flowers in OhioRumaan Alam2
1 November 2022The President’s Brain Is MissingJohn Scalzi3
31 October 2022This Pen for HireLaura Levine2.5
30 October 2022Something Rotten (Thursday Next #4)Jasper Fforde4.66
29 October 2022Ejaculate Responsibly: a Whole New Way to Think About AbortionGabrielle Stanley Blair4.5
28 October 2022Bad Vibes Only: (and Other Things I Bring to the Table)Nora McInerny3.5
28 October 2022A Most Efficient MurderAnthony Slayton3.66
26 October 2022A Wolf at the Schoolhouse Door: The Dismantling of Public Education and the Future of SchoolJack Schneider & Jennifer Berkshire3.5
25 October 2022The Headspace Guide to Meditation & MindfulnessAndy Puddicombe3.66
24 October 2022The Witches of Moonshyne ManorBianca Marais3.35
22 October 2022Jasmine Zumideh Needs a WinSusan Azim Boyer3.5
21 October 2022The Seven Husbands of Evelyn HugoTaylor Jenkins Reid3.35
20 October 2022GallantV.E. Schwab2.66
19 October 2022Newsroom ConfidentialMargaret Sullivan3
17 October 2022A Death in Door CountyAnnelise Ryan3
16 October 2022Float PlanTrish Doller3
16 October 2022They Both Die at the EndAdam Silvera3.35
14 October 2022Daisy DarkerAlice Feeney3.35
12 October 2022The Stars Did Wander DarklingColin Meloy3
9 October 2022Well, That Was UnexpectedJesse Q. Sutanto3
6 October 2022The Messy Lives of Book PeoplePhaedra Patrick3.5
4 October 2022The Utterly Uninteresting and Unadventurous Tales of Fred, the Vampire AccountantDrew Hayes2.5
3 October 2022Book ScavengerJennifer Chambliss Bertman4
1 October 2022The Vicious CircleKatherine St. John3.5
30 September 2022Delilah Green Doesn't CareAshley Herring Blake3.35
29 September 2022Vacation at Home: Design Ideas for Creating Your Everyday GetawayVern Yip3
28 September 2022All The Lonely PeopleMike Gayle4.35
27 September 2022Killers of a Certain AgeDeanna Raybourn3.35
26 September 2022Stories from the Tenants DownstairsSidik Fofana3
25 September 2022Stay AwakeMegan Goldin2.66
18 September 2022GhostsDolly Alderton2.66
16 September 2022Rewire Your Anxious BrainCatherine M. Pittman, PhD & Elizabeth M. Karle, MLIS2
15 September 2022Profiles in Ignorance: How America's Politicians Got Dumb and DumberAndy Borowitz4.5
12 September 2022Fairy TaleStephen King3.35
9 September 2022Less Is LostAndrew Sean Greer3.35
8 September 2022How Not to Drown in a Glass of WaterAngie Cruz3
7 September 2022Until Someone Listens: A Story About Borders, Family, and One Girl's MissionEstela Juarez & Lissette Norman (Illustrator)3.66
6 September 2022The Kaiju Preservation SocietyJohn Scalzi3.5
5 September 2022One Thursday AfternoonBarbara DiLorenzo4.66
4 September 2022Other BirdsSarah Addison Allen3.5
2 September 2022Thank You for ListeningJulia Whelan3.5
1 September 2022Carrie Soto Is BackTaylor Jenkins Reid3
30 August 2022ElectionTom Perrotta3
28 August 2022The VerifiersJane Pek3.5
26 August 2022Husband Material (London Calling #2)Alexis Hall2.66
23 August 2022Bicycling with ButterfliesSara Dykman3.5
20 August 2022The ExtraordinariesT.J. Klune3
18 August 2022My Imaginary MaryCynthia Hand, Brodi Ashton, Jodi Meadows2.5
15 August 2022My Government Means to Kill MeRasheed Newson1.35
14 August 2022Ada Twist, Scientist: Ghost BustedGabrielle Meyer4.5
13 August 2022The Family Remains (The Family Upstairs #2)Lisa Jewell2.35
11 August 2022Bookish PeopleSusan Coll3
9 August 2022Twice as PerfectLouisa Onomé2.66
7 August 2022The Couple at Number 9Claire Douglas3.66
4 August 2022Flying SoloLinda Holmes4
2 August 2022The Valkyrie's DaughterTiana Warner4
1 August 2022A Killing in CostumesZac Bissonnette3.66
30 July 2022Once Upon a QuinceañeraMonica Gomez-Hira2.66
29 July 2022The Suitcase CloneRobin Sloan3
28 July 2022From the JumpLacie Waldon3
26 July 2022Tracy Flick Can't WinTom Perrotta3
25 July 2022California FeverJohn J. Jacobson3
24 July 2022Three Girls from BronzevilleDawn Turner2.35
22 July 2022Blaine for the WinRobbie Couch3
21 July 2022Vera Kelly Is Not a Mystery (Vera Kelly #2)Rosalie Knecht3
19 July 2022Better Than the MoviesLynn Painter3.35
18 July 2022The Decomposition of JackKristin O'Donnell Tubb4
17 July 2022Race and ReckoningEllis Cose3.5
15 July 2022UpgradeBlake Crouch4
13 July 2022Scarecrow Has a GunMichael Paul Kozlowsky1.66
10 July 2022Finding My VoiceValerie Jarrett4
8 July 2022The BodyguardKatherine Center4
6 July 2022Keya Das's Second ActSopan Deb3
3 July 2022The Law of Innocence (Mickey Haller #6)Michael Connelly3.5
30 June 2022Adult Assembly RequiredAbbi Waxman3.66
28 June 2022The Library of the DeadT. L. Huchu2.66
27 June 2022Hurricane GirlMarcy Dermansky1.35
26 June 2022The Gods of Guilt (Mickey Haller #5)Michael Connelly3.5
24 June 2022Last Summer on State StreetToya Wolfe4
23 June 2022Acts of VioletMargarita Montimore3
22 June 2022Lessons in ChemistryBonnie Garmus4.66
21 June 2022The Mutual FriendCarter Bays2
19 June 2022I, AntigoneCarlo Gébler3
17 June 2022The Fifth Witness (Mickey Haller #4)Michael Connelly3.5
16 June 2022Things to Look Forward To: 52 Large and Small Joys for Today and Every DaySophie Blackall3.5
15 June 2022The Sisters SputnikTerri Favro3
13 June 2022The Reversal (Mickey Haller #3)Michael Connelly3.66
11 June 2022Book LoversEmily Henry4
9 June 2022The Brass Verdict (Mickey Haller #2)Michael Connelly4
7 June 2022CounterfeitKirstin Chen2.66
5 June 2022A Mirror Mended (Fractured Fables #2)Alix E. Harrow3
4 June 2022The Lincoln Lawyer (Mickey Haller #1)Michael Connelly4
2 June 2022Improbable Magic for Cynical WitchesKate Scelsa2.66
1 June 2022Book of NightHolly Black2.0
30 May 2022Meet Me in the MarginsMelissa Ferguson2
28 May 2022The GatekeeperJames Byrne3.66
26 May 2022Bellweather RhapsodyKate Racculia4
24 May 2022The Cactus LeagueEmily Nemens3
22 May 2022An IslandKaren Jennings2.66
21 May 2022The Secret Life of Albert EntwistleMatt Cain3.5
18 May 2022AssemblyNatasha Brown3
17 May 2022The AgathasKathleen Glasgow & Liz Lawson4
15 May 2022Yerba BuenaNina LaCour4
13 May 2022The Murder RuleDervla McTiernan3.5
12 May 2022Jameela Green Ruins EverythingZarqa Nawaz2.5
10 May 2022The Marlow Murder ClubRobert Thorogood4
8 May 2022I Kissed Shara WheelerCasey McQuiston3
6 May 2022True BizSara Nović3
4 May 2022Remarkably Bright CreaturesShelby Van Pelt4
3 May 2022Let's DanceDavid Bowie (original lyrics) & Hannah Marks (Illustrator)3.5
2 May 2022Birds of CaliforniaKatie Cotugno3.35
30 April 2022One of Us Is DeadJeneva Rose4.35
28 April 2022Jennifer Chan Is Not AloneTae Keller2.66
26 April 2022Two Nights in LisbonChris Pavone3
24 April 2022Start Without Me (I'll Be There in a Minute)Gary Janetti3.35
23 April 2022Hope and GloryJendella Benson3.35
22 April 2022Everywhere BabiesSusan Meyers & Marla Frazee (Illustrator)5
20 April 2022Playing with MyselfRandy Rainbow4.35
19 April 2022The Left-Handed Booksellers of LondonGarth Nix2.66
18 April 2022We Are Better TogetherBill McKibben & Stevie Lewis (Illustrator)4
17 April 2022Unlikely AnimalsAnnie Hartnett2.66
15 April 2022One PotatoTyler Mcmahon4
14 April 2022Fifty-Four PigsPhilipp Schott3.35
12 April 2022Pay Dirt RoadSamantha Jayne Allen4.35
11 April 2022My Evil MotherMargaret Atwood4
10 April 2022Like a SisterKellye Garrett3.5
8 April 2022The Sugar QueenSarah Addison Allen3.35
6 April 2022The Wise WomenGina Sorell3
5 April 2022I Don't Know What You Know Me From: Confessions of a Co-StarJudy Greer3.35
4 April 2022Suburban DicksFabian Nicieza3.5
2 April 2022From Hollywood with Love: The Rise and Fall (and Rise Again) of the Romantic ComedyScott Meslow3.5
31 March 2022A Matter of WillAdam Mitzner 3.35
29 March 2022Heidi's Guide to Four Letter WordsTara Sivec & Andi Arndt3.35
28 March 2022The BookshopPenelope Fitzgerald2.66
27 March 2022Frogkisser!Garth Nix3.5
26 March 2022The Ex HexErin Sterling2.66
24 March 2022The Recovery AgentJanet Evanovich4
23 March 2022The Thursday Murder ClubRichard Osman3.5
19 March 2022Small Steps (Holes #2)Louis Sachar3
19 March 2022Good Night, Good NightSandra Boynton4.66
18 March 2022Secret IdentityAlex Segura3
17 March 2022The Book of Cold CasesSimone St. James4
15 March 2022Animal Instinct (The K Team #2)David Rosenfelt3.35
14 March 2022Bad ActorsMick Herron3
12 March 2022The Unsinkable Greta JamesJennifer E Smith3
10 March 2022The Night ShiftAlex Finlay3.5
9 March 2022Witch PleaseAnn Aguirre3
7 March 2022To Tell You the TruthGilly Macmillan2.66
6 March 2022Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the EndAtul Gawande4
5 March 2022Citizen K-9 (The K Team #3)David Rosenfelt3.5
3 March 2022The Paris ApartmentLucy Foley3.35
28 February 2022The June BoysCourt Stevens3.5
24 February 2022Everything's Trash, But It's OkayPhoebe Robinson3.35
21 February 2022The FieldsErin Young2.66
18 February 2022The K TeamDavid Rosenfelt3
17 February 2022You Can't Be SeriousKal Penn3.35
16 February 2022StargazerAnne Hillerman3.5
15 February 2022Dear LibrarianLydia M. Sigwarth, Romina Galotta (Illustrator)3.5
14 February 2022We Were KingsCourt Stevens4.66
11 February 2022Made In Scotland: My Grand Adventures in a Wee CountryBilly Connolly4
10 February 2022Mr. Watson's ChickensJarrett Dapier, Andrea Tsurumi (Illustrator)3.5
10 February 2022An Elderly Lady Is Up to No GoodHelene Tursten, Marlaine Delargy (Translator)3
9 February 2022The MaidNita Prose3
8 February 2022Snacking Cakes: Simple Treats for Anytime Cravings: A Baking BookYossy Arefi 4
8 February 2022When You Get the ChanceEmma Lord3.66
7 February 2022The Windsor KnotS.J. Bennett3.35
5 February 2022Wrong Lanes Have Right Turns: A Pardoned Man's Escape from the School-to-Prison Pipeline and What We Can Do to Dismantle ItMichael Phillips2.5
5 February 2022What the Fireflies KnewKai Harris1.66
3 February 2022Finlay Donovan Knocks 'Em Dead (Finlay Donovan #2)Elle Cosimano4
2 February 2022The Power of Regret: How Looking Backward Moves Us ForwardDaniel H. Pink3.5
1 February 2022The Book of Magic (Practical Magic #2)Alice Hoffman3.66
31 January 2022Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and LifeAnne Lamott3.5
30 January 2022Go Back to Where You Came From: And Other Helpful Recommendations on How to Become an AmericanWajahat Ali4.35
27 January 2022Everywhere You Don't BelongGabriel Bump3.35
27 January 2022The ChaseCandice Fox4
24 January 2022Hope Never Dies (Obama Biden Mysteries #1)Andrew Shaffer3
23 January 2022Devil's Chew ToyRob Osler4.35
21 January 2022Dark Horse (Orphan X #7)Gregg Andrew Hurwitz3
19 January 2022Enter the AardvarkJessica Anthony3.35
18 January 2022BlackoutDhonielle Clayton, Tiffany D. Jackson, Nic Stone, Angie Thomas, Ashley Woodfolk, Nicola Yoon4
17 January 2022Mouth to MouthAntoine Wilson3.35
16 January 2022Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress CycleEmily Nagoski & Amelia Nagoski4
15 January 2022Shit Cassandra Saw: StoriesGwen E. Kirby3
14 January 2022The Moon, the Stars, and Madame BurovaRuth Hogan3
14 January 2022How We Can Win: Race, History and Changing the Money Game That's RiggedKimberly Jones3.5
12 January 2022An Abolitionist's Handbook: 12 Steps to Changing Yourself and the WorldPatrisse Khan-Cullors4
11 January 2022AnthemNoah Hawley3
10 January 2022Death in Cornwall (St. Just Mystery #4)G.M. Malliet3
9 January 2022Love in the LibraryMaggie Tokuda-Hall & Yas Imamura (Illustrator)3.5
8 January 2022Finlay Donovan Is Killing ItElle Cosimano4
7 January 2022StuckOliver Jeffers3
6 January 2022Better Luck Next TimeJulia Claiborne Johnson3
5 January 2022The Last Chance LibraryFreya Sampson3.5
4 January 2022Smoke and Mirrors (The Brighton Mysteries #2)Elly Griffiths3.35
3 January 2022Here's to Us (What If It's Us #2)Becky Albertalli & Adam Silvera3.5
2 January 2022Minimum Wage MagicRachel Aaron3.66
31 December 2021Several People Are TypingCalvin Kasulke3
31 December 2021This Moose Belongs to MeOliver Jeffers3.35
31 December 2021The 1619 Project: Born on the WaterNikole Hannah-Jones & Renée Watson, Nikkolas Smith (Illustrator)5
31 December 2021The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris LessmoreWilliam Joyce, Joe Bluhm (Illustrator)4.35
30 December 2021Wish You Were HereJodi Picoult4
29 December 2021A Thousand ShipsNatalie Haynes 2.66
27 December 2021Who Thought This Was a Good Idea?: And Other Questions You Should Have Answers to When You Work in the White HouseAlyssa Mastromonaco3
26 December 2021Olga Dies DreamingXóchitl González 4
26 December 2021Sleepless Over YouSydney Smyth3
22 December 2021How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across AmericaClint Smith4
20 December 2021Poison for BreakfastLemony Snicket3
20 December 2021The Cat Who Saved BooksSōsuke Natsukawa [Louise Heal Kawai, Translator]2.66
19 December 2021Hope Was HereJoan Bauer5
19 December 2021The Pleasure of My CompanySteve Martin2.5
18 December 2021Funny in Farsi: A Memoir of Growing Up Iranian in AmericaFiroozeh Dumas3.35
17 December 2021Girl Logic: The Genius and the AbsurdityIliza Shlesinger3.66
16 December 2021Cece Rios and the Desert of SoulsKaela Rivera3.66
15 December 2021Let It SnowJohn Green, Maureen Johnson & Lauren Myracle3.5
14 December 2021Apparently There Were Complaints Sharon Gless2.66
12 December 2021A Snake Falls to EarthDarcie Little Badger3.5
10 December 2021The Phantom TollboothNorton Juster (Rainn Wilson narration)5
9 December 2021Upstairs at the White House: My Life with the First LadiesJ.B. West2.66
8 December 2021Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the UniverseBenjamin Alire Sáenz2.66
7 December 2021The Mysterious Benedict SocietyTrenton Lee Stewart2.5
5 December 2021Black-Eyed SusansJulia Heaberlin3.35
4 December 2021A Child of BooksOliver Jeffers & Sam Winston (Illustrator)5
3 December 2021Is This Anything?Jerry Seinfeld3.66
2 December 2021Dava Shastri's Last DayKirthana Ramisetti3
1 December 2021Change Sings: A Children's AnthemAmanda Gorman5
30 November 2021An Ambush of WidowsJeff Abbott3.66
29 November 2021Slewfoot: A Tale of BewitcheryBrom1.5
28 November 2021The Hawthorne SchoolSylvie Perry2
27 November 2021Here We Are: Notes for Living on Planet EarthOliver Jeffers4.35
26 November 2021All The Lonely PeopleMike Gayle4.35
25 November 2021We Are Water ProtectorsCarole Lindstrom & Michaela Goade (Illustrator)4
24 November 2021Tell Me How to BeNeel Patel3
23 November 2021The EveryDave Eggers3
22 November 2021I Am "Why Do I Need Venmo?" Years Old: Adventures in AgingJanine Annett & Ali Solomon (Illustrator)3.35
21 November 2021The Bone CayEliza Nellums3.66
20 November 2021The Day the Crayons QuitDrew Daywalt & Oliver Jeffers (Illustrator)4.0
20 November 2021Renegades: Born In the USABarack Obama & Bruce Springsteen3.5
19 November 2021Taste: My Life through FoodStanley Tucci3.66
18 November 2021RoommaidSariah Wilson3.35
17 November 2021These Silent WoodsKimi Cunningham Grant3.5
16 November 2021You Can RunKaren Cleveland4
15 November 2021The Book of DelightsRoss Gay3.66
14 November 2021The Party CrasherSophie Kinsella3.35
13 November 2021If This Gets OutSophie Gonzales & Cale Dietrich3
12 November 2021Find Her Alive (Detective Josie Quinn #8)Lisa Regan3
11 November 2021The Girl I WasJeneva Rose3
10 November 2021The Happy Ever After Playlist (The Friend Zone #2)Abby Jimenez 3.5
9 November 2021Don't Panic: Douglas Adams & The Hitchhiker's Guide to the GalaxyNeil Gaiman3
8 November 2021The Hitchhiker's Guide to the GalaxyDouglas Adams4.5
7 November 2021Baggage: Tales from a Fully Packed LifeAlan Cumming4.35
6 November 2021Malibu RisingTaylor Jenkins Reid3.66
5 November 2021All Her Little SecretsWanda M. Morris3.66
3 November 2021Game On: Tempting Twenty-EightJanet Evanovich4
2 November 2021The Lighthouse WitchesCJ Cooke1.66
31 October 2021As the Wicked Watch (Jordan Manning #1)Tamron Hall3
27 October 2021Grave Reservations (The Booking Agents #1)Cherie Priest3.66
26 October 2021A Line to Kill (Hawthorne and Horowitz Mystery #3)Anthony Horowitz3.5
24 October 2021Entertaining Race: Performing Blackness in AmericaMichael Eric Dyson2
21 October 2021Where the Deer and the Antelope Play: The Pastoral Observations of One Ignorant American Who Loves to Walk OutsideNick Offerman3.35
18 October 2021State of TerrorLouise Penny & Hillary Rodham Clinton3.66
15 October 2021The Last Thing He Told MeLaura Dave3.35
13 October 2021Music Is HistoryQuestlove4
11 October 2021The People We KeepAllison Larkin2.5
9 October 2021Hello, SunshineLaura Dave2.66
7 October 2021Please Don't Sit on My Bed in Your Outside Clothes: EssaysPhoebe Robinson3.66
5 October 2021The Marginalized MajorityOnnesha Roychoudhuri2.66
4 October 2021The New Mother [original title: Mother's Helper]Julia Crouch1.5
2 October 2021My MonticelloJocelyn Nicole Johnson3.35
1 October 2021A Spindle SplinteredAlix E. Harrow4
1 October 2021Shelf Life: Chronicles of a Cairo BooksellerNadia Wassef3.35
30 September 2021Light From Uncommon StarsRyka Aoki2.66
28 September 2021The Very Nice BoxLaura Blackett & Eve Gleichman3.0
26 September 2021The Final Girl Support GroupGrady Hendrix3.5
24 September 2021Harlem ShuffleColson Whitehead5
23 September 2021The Orphan WitchPaige Crutcher3.5
20 September 2021The Stolen HoursAllen Eskens3
16 September 2021The Bookbinder's DaughterJessica Thorne3
14 September 2021The Last House on Needless StreetCatriona Ward2.5
13 September 2021At the End of the World, Turn LeftZhanna Slor1.5
12 September 2021Under the Whispering DoorTJ Klune4.35
8 September 202133 WomenIsabel Ashdown4.35
6 September 2021The Book of Lost ThingsJohn Connolly3.0
3 September 2021The Second SeasonEmily Adrian2.5
2 September 2021An Ordinary WonderBuki Papillon4
31 August 2021The Taking of Jake LivingstonRyan Douglass2.5
30 August 2021Lethal Bayou Beauty (Miss Fortune Mystery #2)Jana Deleon3.5
29 August 2021One Last StopCasey McQuiston2.66
26 August 2021Silent Scream (D.I. Kim Stone #1)Angela Marsons3
24 August 2021Gateway (Heechee Saga #1)Frederik Pohl2
23 August 2021A Psalm for the Wild-BuiltBecky Chambers2
22 August 2021Billy SummersStephen King2.5
19 August 2021The Girl Beneath the Sea (Underwater Investigation Unit #1)Andrew Mayne3.35
18 August 2021Mary JaneJessica Anya Blau2
16 August 2021The GuncleSteven Rowley5
15 August 2021How Y'all Doing?: Misadventures and Mischief from a Life Well LivedLeslie Jordan4
14 August 2021Some Girls DoJennifer Dugan2.67
13 August 2021Sunny Days: The Children's Television Revolution That Changed AmericaDavid Kamp3.35
12 August 2021The Very First Damned Thing (The Chronicles of St Mary's #1.5)Jodi Taylor3
11 August 2021Just One Damned Thing After Another (The Chronicles of St Mary's #1)Jodi Taylor3.5
10 August 2021Trail of Lightning (The Sixth World #1)Rebecca Roanhorse2.66
9 August 2021You're Going to Mars!Rob Dircks3.66
8 August 2021Have You Seen Luis Velez?Catherine Ryan Hyde3.66
7 August 2021The Monster at the End of this BookJon Stone (illustrated by Michael J. Smollin)5
7 August 2021Scythe (Arc of a Scythe #1)Neal Shusterman3.5
3 August 2021Company TownMadeline Ashby3.35
1 August 2021Garden Spells (Waverley Family #1)Sarah Addison Allen 4.5
31 July 2021Dimension of MiraclesRobert Sheckley3
30 July 2021The Advocate (The Advocate, #1)Teresa Burrell 3.5
29 July 2021Together We Will GoJ. Michael Straczynski3
28 July 2021The Colors We ShareAngélica Dass5
27 July 2021Wings of Ebony (Wings of Ebony #1)J. Elle3.35
25 July 2021For Your Own GoodSamantha Downing2.66
22 July 2021The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper TogetherHeather McGhee4.66
20 July 2021The Ugly Cry: A MemoirDanielle Henderson3.35
18 July 2021The Startup WifeTahmima Anam2.66
15 July 2021Girl OneSara Flannery Murphy2.66
12 July 2021The Wee Free Men (Discworld, #30; Tiffany Aching, #1)Terry Pratchett3.35
9 July 2021Dear Miss MetropolitanCarolyn Ferrell
8 July 2021In the QuickKate Hope Day2.66
6 July 2021RabbitsTerry Miles3.66
2 July 2021No One Is Talking About ThisPatricia Lockwood2.66
1 July 2021The OverstoryRichard Powers
30 June 2021The Fire Next TimeJames Baldwin4
29 June 2021Do Nothing: How to Break Away from Overworking, Overdoing, and UnderlivingCeleste Headlee3
28 June 2021The President's DaughterBill Clinton & James Patterson3.35
26 June 2021Sippin' SafariJeff Berry4
25 June 2021#1960Now: Photographs of Civil Rights Activists and Black Lives Matter ProtestsSheila Pree Bright4.35
25 June 2021The MaidensAlex Michaelides2
23 June 2021The Box in the Woods (Truly Devious #4)Maureen Johnson3.66
21 June 2021One Two ThreeLaurie Frankel4.5
18 June 2021The Other Black GirlZakiya Dalila Harris2
15 June 2021You'll Never Believe What Happened to Lacey: Crazy Stories about RacismAmber Ruffin & Lacey Lamar4.35
14 June 2021IndivisibleDaniel Aleman4
12 June 2021The Break-Up Book ClubWendy Wax3
9 June 2021The ElementalsMichael McDowell3.66
6 June 2021Tilt-a-Whirl (John Ceepak #1)Chris Grabenstein3.35
3 June 2021Jim Henson: The BiographyBrian Jay Jones3.35
27 May 2021Version ZeroDavid Yoon2.5
25 May 2021The Janus Stone (Ruth Galloway #2)Elly Griffiths3
23 May 2021The Upside of UnrequitedBecky Albertalli3.35
22 May 2021Have Fun, Molly Lou MelonPatty Lovell4
20 May 2021While Justice SleepsStacey Abrams3.35
19 May 2021Caste: The Origins of Our DiscontentsIsabel Wilkerson4
16 May 2021The Making of Asian America: A HistoryErika Lee3
13 May 2021People We Meet on VacationEmily Henry3.35
11 May 2021The South Side: A Portrait of Chicago and American SegregationNatalie Y. Moore4.35
9 May 2021Frankly in LoveDavid Yoon2.66
6 May 2021Arsenic and Adobo (Tita Rosie's Kitchen Mystery #1)Mia P. Manansala3.0
4 May 2021Dear Martin (Dear Martin #1)Nic Stone4
3 May 2021Half EmptyDavid Rakoff4
1 May 2021Superior DonutsTracy Letts4
1 May 2021Jungle NightSandra Boynton3.35
1 May 2021Speak Up, Molly Lou MelonPatty Lovell2.66
30 April 2021The Case of the Deadly Butter Chicken (Vish Puri #3)Tarquin Hall
29 April 2021Dial A for AuntiesJesse Q. Sutanto2.5
28 April 2021The SelloutPaul Beatty2.66
26 April 2021The Wizards of Once (The Wizards of Once #1)Cressida Cowell3.66
24 April 2021The Chicken SistersK.J. Dell'Antonia3.66
22 April 2021Kate in WaitingBecky Albertalli3.35
20 April 2021Nothing More DangerousAllen Eskens4.35
19 April 2021The Souvenir MuseumElizabeth McCracken2
17 April 2021The Queen's RoadR.S. Belcher2.66
15 April 2021Hard Rain (Rogue Book 1)Irma Venter2.66
15 April 2021The Atomic Weight of LoveElizabeth J. Church
13 April 2021Chicago Protests: A Joyful RevolutionVashon Jordan Jr.4
13 April 2021Orlando PeopleAlexander C. Kane3.66
12 April 2021The Bookshop at Water's EndPatti Callahan Henry1.66
11 April 2021Life's Too Short (The Friend Zone #3)Abby Jimenez3.35
10 April 2021Broken (in the best possible way)Jenny Lawson4
8 April 2021The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper TogetherHeather McGhee4.5
4 April 2021The Map of Stars (York #3)Laura Ruby3.66
2 April 2021The Clockwork Ghost (York #2)Laura Ruby3.5
30 March 2021Southern Exposure: The Overlooked Architecture of Chicago's South SideLee Bey4.5
30 March 2021Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?Beverly Daniel Tatum4
24 March 2021The Postscript Murders (Harbinder Kaur #2)Elly Griffiths3
20 March 2021The Invisible Life of Addie LaRueV.E. Schwab3
17 March 2021How to Be Less Stupid About Race: On Racism, White Supremacy, and the Racial DivideCrystal Marie Fleming3.35
16 March 2021LaterStephen King3.66
14 March 2021Happily Ever Afters (Happily Ever Afters #1)Elise Bryant2.66
12 March 2021Shit, ActuallyLindy West2.66
10 March 2021What's Mine and YoursNaima Coster
10 March 2021Their Eyes Were Watching GodZora Neale Hurston3
8 March 2021This Is My AmericaKim Johnson4
6 March 2021We Are Not Here to Be BystandersLinda Sarsour3.35
5 March 2021The Shadow Cipher (York #1)Laura Ruby4
2 March 2021HenchNatalie Zina Walschots3.5
27 February 2021Quiet in Her BonesNalini Singh3
25 February 2021Murder GamesJames Patterson & Howard Roughan2.75
24 February 2021Bruno, Chief of PoliceMartin Walker2.66
22 February 2021Four Hundred Souls: A Community History of African America, 1619–2019Ibram X. Kendi & Keisha N. Blain, editors4
20 February 2021The Stranger DiariesElly Griffiths3.66
18 February 2021Do No HarmChristina McDonald
17 February 2021Real Men KnitKwana Jackson3
16 February 2021Game ChangerNeal Shusterman1.66
14 February 2021The Gilded OnesNamina Forna
14 February 2021Orphan XGreg Hurwitz3
13 February 2021Feel FreeZadie Smith
11 February 2021ShippedAngie Hockman3
10 February 2021Someone Who Will Love You in All Your Damaged GloryRaphel Bob-Waksberg3
9 February 2021How We Fight for Our LivesSaeed Jones4
7 February 2021Adequate Yearly ProgressRoxanna Elden2.66
4 February 2021Lock InJohn Scalzi3
2 February 2021For We Are Many (Bobiverse #2)Dennis E. Taylor3.35

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I got my first library card at age 4, at the Blackstone Branch of the Chicago Public Library, and have been a regular user of public and university libraries ever since. I am a trustee of the Palatine [Illinois] Public Library District in my second term, currently serving as board president.

I read books for all age groups, from all time periods, and from practically all genres, though my all-time favorite genre is mystery. I love to talk about books with others, so please join me in conversation about a book we both read or tell me about a book you think I'd like.

I'm never not reading.

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