Get back into the reading groove this season with these staff-recommended reads centred on bookshops, libraries, and book lovers.
84, Charing Cross Road by Helene Hanff - Elisa's Pick
What started as a request for an out-of-print book evolved into a 20-year friendship between Helene Hanff, a freelance writer living in New York, and Frank Doel, a used-book dealer in London. Through the years, though never meeting and separated both geographically and culturally, they share a winsome, sentimental friendship based on their common love for books.
Funny Story by Emily Henry - Lily's Pick
After being dumped for Petra, her boyfriend's lifelong best friend, children's librarian Daphne agrees to room with Petra's freshly heartbroken ex until she can figure things out, in the novel from the New York Times best-selling author of Happy Place.
Hidden libraries : the world's most unusual book depositories - Samantha's Pick
Explore 50 of the most unique libraries located in unknown spaces across the world in this book for travel-loving bibliophiles. From China's lonely library on a secluded beach to a roving military tank filled with 900 novels in Buenos Aires, this inspirational guide celebrates the great lengths humans will go to to assure access to books.
Ink Blood Sister Scribe by Emma Torzs - Natashia's Pick
Estranged half-sisters Esther and Joanna tasked with guarding their family's library of magical books must work together to unravel a deadly secret at the heart of their collection--a tale of familial loyalty and betrayal, and the pursuit of magic and power.
The Librarian of Crooked Lane by C.J. Archer - Jen D's Pick
Sylvia Ashe knows nothing about her past, having grown up without a father and a mother who refused to discuss him. When she stumbles upon a diary that suggests she's descended from magicians, she's skeptical. After all, magicians are special, and she's just an ordinary girl who loves books. She seeks the truth from a member of the most prominent family of magicians, but she quickly learns that finding the truth won't be easy, especially when he turns out to be as artless as her, and more compelling and dangerous than books.
The Library Book by Susan Orlean - Emma's Pick
The author reopens the unsolved mystery of the most catastrophic library fire in American history, and delivers a dazzling love letter to a beloved institution: our libraries.