Adult Book Lists

Book Lists & Recommendations

Personalized Recommendations

If the suggested book lists below do not fullfil your needs, Adult Services Librarian is happy to make a personalized recommendation of 3 books. Please allow a minimum of 2 business days to fill these requests. You do not need a library card for this request.

 

For Fans of Colleen Hoover

Title: Love and other words
Love and other words cover
Title: Maybe in another life
Maybe in another life cover
Title: Archer's voice
Archer's voice cover
Title: In five years
In five years cover
Title: Second first impressions
Second first impressions cover
Title: Punk 57
Punk 57 cover
Title: One true loves
One true loves cover
Title: The people we keep
The people we keep
Title: Me before you
Me before you cover
Title: Queenie
Queenie cover
Title: The kiss quotient
The kiss quotient cover
Title: End of day
End of day cover
Title: After
After cover
Title: Josh and Hazel's guide to not dating
Josh and Hazel's guide to not dating cover
Title: My lovely wife
My lovely wife cover
Title: Confessions
Confessions cover
Title: Before I Let Go
Before I Let Go cover

Anti-Racism

Title: So you want to talk about race
So you want to talk about race
Title: Stamped from the beginning : the definitive history of racist ideas in America
Stamped from the beginning : the definitive history of racist ideas in America cover
Title: Waking up white : and finding myself in the story of race
Waking Up White
Title: How to be an antiracist
How to be an Antiracist
Title: When they call you a terrorist : a Black Lives Matter memoir
when the call you a terrorist
Title: The warmth of other suns: the epic story of America's great migration
The Warmth of Other Suns
Title: White fragility : why it's so hard to talk to white people about racism
White Fragility
Title: Between the world and me
Between the World and Me
Title: I'm still here : Black dignity in a world made for whiteness
I'm Still Here
Title: Rising out of hatred : the awakening of a former white nationalist
Rising Out of Hatred
Title: Just mercy : a story of justice and redemption
Just Mercy
Title: The new Jim Crow : mass incarceration in the age of colorblindness
New Jim Crow
Title: "Why are all the Black kids sitting together in the cafeteria?" : and other conversations about race
Why are all the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?

LGBTQ+ Reads

Title: Tomorrow will be different : love, loss, and the fight for trans equality
Tomorrow will be different book cover
Title: The ABC's of LGBT+
The ABC's of LGBT+ cover
Title: The House of Impossible Beauties
The House of Impossible Beauties cover
Title: Less : a novel
Less : a novel cover
Title: Bingo love
Bingo love cover
Title: Transgender 101 : a simple guide to a complex issue
Transgender 101 : a simple guide to a complex issue cover
Title: Me : Elton John
Me : Elton John cover
Title: On swift horses
On swift horses cover
Title: Kept animals : a novel
Kept animals : a novel cover
Title: Red, white & royal blue
Red, white & royal blue cover
Title: The dime
The dime cover
Title: Freshwater
Freshwater cover
Title: Conventionally yours
Conventionally yours cover
Title: Stealing thunder
Stealing thunder cover
Title: When Katie met Cassidy
When Katie met Cassidy cover
Title: I hear the sunspot / Volume 1
I hear the sunspot / Volume 1 cover
Title: Untamed
Untamed cover
Title: Tell the wolves I'm home : a novel
Tell the wolves I'm home : a novel cover
Title: The antidote for everything
The antidote for everything cover
Title: In the dream house : a memoir
In the dream house : a memoir cover
Title: Call me by your name
Call me by your name cover
Title: My lesbian experience with loneliness / Volume 1
My lesbian experience with loneliness / Volume 1 cover
Title: Trans-sister radio : a novel
Trans-sister radio : a novel cover

For Fans of "Where the Crawdads Sing"

Title: The great alone
The great alone cover
Title: History of wolves : a novel
History of wolves : a novel cover
Title: My absolute darling
My absolute darling cover
Title: Southernmost : a novel
Southernmost : a novel cover
Title: Unsheltered : a novel
Unsheltered : a novel cover
Title: Vampires in the lemon grove : stories
Vampires in the lemon grove : stories cover
Title: Beartown : a novel
Beartown : a novel cover
Title: Virgil wander
Virgil wander cover
Title: If the creek don't rise : a novel
If the creek don't rise : a novel cover
Title: We never asked for wings : a novel
We never asked for wings : a novel cover

Beach Reads

Title: Beach Town
Beach Town
Title: The Beach House
The Beach House
Title: Monarch Beach
Monarch Beach
Title: The Husband Hour
The Husband Hour
Title: The Hawaiian Quilt
The Hawaiian Quilt
Title: Forever Beach
Forever Beach
Title: Firefly Beach
Firefly Beach
Title: Ten Beach Road
Ten Beach Road
Title: Beachcomber
Beachcomber
Title: The Girls of August
The Girls of August
Title: It's in His Kiss
It's in His Kiss

Staff Favorites

Title: This is how it always is
This is how it always is book cover
Title: The devil in the white city : murder, magic, and madness at the fair that changed America
The devil in the white city book cover
Title: 1Q84
1Q84 book cover
Title: A darker shade of magic
A darker shade of magic book cover
Title: The Friday night knitting club
The Friday night knitting club book cover
Title: Brain on fire : my month of madness
Brain on fire book cover
Title: Artemis : a novel
Artemis : a novel cover
Title: The glass castle : a memoir
The glass castle book cover
Title: Let's pretend this never happened : (a mostly true memoir)
Let's pretend this never happened book cover
Title: Big mushy happy lump : a "Sarah's scribbles" collection
Big mushy happy lump book cover
Title: The Young Elites
The Young Elites book cover
Title: Emma
Emma book cover
Title: The wedding
The wedding book cover
Title: A gentleman in Moscow
A gentleman in Moscow book cover
Title: Evicted : poverty and profit in the American city
Evicted book cover
Title: Into thin air : a personal account of the Mount Everest disaster
Into thin air book cover