Observe Martin Luther King Jr. Day this year by learning more about the man, his work, and the people he has inspired. Explore this booklist and many more on our Booklists page! Titles in top row: King of the North, Theoharis; Seven Social Movements That Changed America, Gordon; A Dream Deferred: Jesse Jackson and the […]
Interested in comics and graphic novels but not sure where to start? Here are some suggestions! Check out this and other booklists on our booklists page!
As the days grow cooler, warm up with a book or movie from Down Under! Explore this and other lists on our Booklists page. Featured titles: Page 1, Row 1: The Doctor Blake Mysteries; Dark Emu, Bruce Pascoe; The Commonwealth of Thieves, Tom Keneally. Page 1, Row 2: Muriel’s Wedding; Walkabout; The Plains, Gerald Murnane. […]
If you are interested in pre-Revolutionary American history, religious history, the history of abolition and slavery, or passionate colorful characters, then “The Fearless Benjamin Lay” by Marcus Rediker may be the book for you! Born in England in 1682 to a family of modest means, Benjamin Lay was a self-taught man of the world. By […]
Celebrate Banned Books Week by perusing a dangerous item from our October booklist! Find this and many more lists on our Booklists page. Featured Books: Top row: The Kite Runner, Khaled Hosseini; The Glass Castle, Jeannette Walls; The Hate U Give, Angie Thomas. Middle row: The Hunger Games, Suzanne Collins; The Bluest Eye, Toni Morrison; […]
After spending at least two horror-filled months reading Stephen King’s 1000+ page novel “It”, I desperately needed to read something relatively fast and absorbing. Griffin Dunne’s family memoir, “The Friday Afternoon Club”, totally fit the bill! So many famous names had been dropped by page 28 that I felt like I was reading a (celebrity) […]
Start your autumn off right with some great novels nominated for the coveted Booker Prize throughout the years! This is a mix of nominated and winning titles, because plenty of amazing books don’t win! Featured books: Top row: The Luminaries, Eleanor Catton; If I Survive You, Jonathan Escoffery. Middle row: The Fishermen, Chigozie Obioma; A […]
This month’s booklist features absurd science fiction and fantasy to make you laugh!
Rare book dealer Rebecca Romney loves Jane Austen, and books in general. After purchasing the 18th century novel “Evelina” by Frances Burney as part of a lot of old books, Romney starts to realize that many of the female authors and works explicitly referenced in the novels and letters of Jane Austen are unknown, or […]
July is National Parks & Recreation Month! Time to celebrate parks, the great outdoors, and Leslie Knope.
