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 Monthly Reading Suggestions

Browse booklists of titles on various topics chosen each month by our Librarians.
(* indicates related items are also on display in the New Books area for that month.)

March

• Contemporary Fiction by Irish Authors
• Small Press Month 2010
• There’s No Place Like Rome

February

• Barbara Kingsolver - short bio
• Best of 2009 - titles that appeared on multiple “best” lists.
• Getting Up to Speed - The Winter Olympics
• The Help by Kathryn Stockett - Reading Map
• If You Like...Nicholas Sparks
• Mardi Gras At Home - A Taste Of New Orleans & Louisiana

January

• Animal Magnetism: Amazing Stories of the Relationships Between People and Animals
• Psychological Thrillers: The Tension Is All in Your Head
• Second Acts: Stories of Starting Over and/or Reinventing Yourself

December

• Staff Gift Book Suggestions 2009
• Dark Horizons: From Classic to Contemporary, These Visions of Dystopian and/or Post-Apocalyptic Worlds Are the Perfect Match for Sun-Shortened Days*
• Fireside Fiction: Feel-Good Stories for the Holidays*

November

• Alzheimer’s Information for Families
• Family - For better or worse, for laughs or drama, families are at the heart of these novels*
• In Stitches - Fiction Woven In Quilts, Crewel, & Other Handcrafts

October

• If You Like... Vampires*
• It's All Greek To Me! Greece and Greeks in Fiction
• Make Big Plans - Celebrating the Centennial of Daniel Burnham’s Plan for Chicago*
• Mystery is an Art*
• Red Hat Candidates from the Literary World - women “of a certain age,” in fiction

September

• Defying Dewey* - Quirky, Off-Beat Books that are Hard to Describe
• Follow the Yellow Brick Road!* 2009 is the 70th anniversary of the MGM movie release of The Wizard of Oz
• Great Scot!* Have a Fling with a Book Set in Scotland