As you might imagine, our library staff reads a lot of books! I recently asked CPL staffers what their favorite reads of the last year were, and the list was varied and long, a mix of fiction and nonfiction, older titles and new releases. If you’re looking for some “librarian-approved” reading, we’ve got quite a few suggestions for you!

Print Fiction:

• Mostly Dead Things by Kristen Arnett
• Redemption by David Baldacci
• Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo
• Resistance Women by Jennifer Chiaverini
• Auschwitz Lullaby by Mario Escobar
• The Girl He Used to Know by Tracey Garvis Graves
• All the Ugly and Wonderful Things by Bryn Greenwood
• Life and Other Inconveniences by Kristan Higgins
• Full Throttle by Joe Hill
• The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
• A Brief History of 7 Killings by Marlon James
• Knife by Jo Nesbø
• Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
• The Overstory by Richard Powers
• The Bookish Life of Nina Hill by Abbi Waxman
• Beware of Pity by Stefan Zweig

Audiobook:

• Less by Andrew Sean Greer
• The Kiss Quotient by Helen Hoang
• Kingdom of the Blind by Louise Penny
• The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman
• Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk by Kathleen Rooney
• The Rosie Result by Graeme Simsion

Graphic Novel:

• This Was Our Pact by Ryan Andrews
• Operatic by Kyo Maclear ; illustrated by Byron Eggenschwiler
• Queen of the Sea by Dylan Meconis
• They Called Us Enemy by George Takei, Justin Eisinger, Steven Scott ; art by Harmony Becker

Print Nonfiction:

• Mama’s Boy by Dustin Lance Black
• Moonwalking With Einsten by Joshua Foer
• Stay Sexy & Don’t Get Murdered by Karen Kilgariff & Georgia Hardstark
• Becoming by Michelle Obama
• How to Change Your Mind by Michael Pollan
• Howard Stern Comes Again by Howard Stern
• Educated by Tara Westover