2019 HOLIDAY GIFT GUIDE Book Recommendations from MGPL Staff
MYSTERY & SUSPENSE
YOUR HOUSE AMERICAN SPY DRIVE YOUR PLOW VANISHING IN LADY IN THE LAKE THE WHISPER WILL PAY by Lauren Wilkinson OVER THE BONES THE HAIGHT by Laura Lippman MAN by Steph Cha OF THE DEAD by Max Tomlinson by Alex North by Olga Tokarczuk
HISTORY: FACT & FICTION
DOMINICANA SPEARHEAD THE CONFESSIONS THE NICKEL BOYS THE SECRETS AFRICAN SAMURAI by Angie Cruz by Adam Makos OF FRANNIE by Colson WE KEPT by Thomas Lockley LANGTON Whitehead by Lara Prescott and Geoffrey Girard by Sara Collins
SCIENCE FICTION & FANTASY
NINTH HOUSE MAGIC FOR LIARS THE BIRD KING WASTE TIDE GODS OF JADE AND RECURSION by Leigh Bardugo by Sarah Gailey by G. Willow by Chen Qiufan SHADOW by Blake Crouch Wilson by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
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THE BRIDE TEST RED, WHITE & THE RIGHT SWIPE BRINGING GET A LIFE, PRIDE, PREJUDICE, by Helen Hoang ROYAL BLUE by Alisha Rai DOWN THE CHLOE BROWN AND OTHER by Casey McQuiston DUKE by Talia Hibbert FLAVORS by Evie Dunmore by Sonali Dev
LITERARY FICTION
MOSTLY DEAD THE TESTAMENTS THE WATER WOMEN RED AT THE BONE GIRL, WOMAN, THINGS by Margaret Atwood DANCER TALKING by Jacqueline OTHER by Kristen Arnett by Ta-Nehisi Coates by Miriam Toews Woodson by Bernadine Evaristo
SHORT STORIES
GRAND UNION FALSE BINGO ORANGE WORLD SALT SLOW EVERYTHING THE WORLD by Zadie Smith by Jac Jemc AND OTHER STORIES by Julia Armfield INSIDE DOESN’T REQUIRE by Karen Russell by Edwidge Danticat YOU by Rion Amilcar Scott
HUMOR MINDFULNESS
HOLY LANDS POLITE SOCIETY THE ACCIDENTAL THE CRAFTFULNESS: THE ART OF by Amanda Sthers by Mahesh Rao FURTHER ADVENTURES PROMISE OF MEND YOURSELF BY SIMPLE LIVING OF THE HUNDRED WHOLENESS MAKING THINGS by Shunmyo Masuno YEAR-OLD-MAN by Eric Ehrke by Rosemary by Jonas Jonasson Davidson COOKBOOKS & BAKING
KAWAII SWEET VEGETABLES MIDWEST MADE SPICED DINNER FOR DAPPLED WORLD UNLEASHED by Shauna Sever by America’s Test EVERYONE by Nicole Rucker by Rachel Fong by José Andrés Kitchen by Mark Bittman
CELEBRITY BIOS & MEMOIRS
DEAR GIRLS ME: ELTON IAN McKELLEN: HOME WORK: A I AM C-3PO: THE OVER THE TOP: by Ali Wong JOHN OFFICIAL A BIOGRAPHY MEMOIR OF MY INSIDE STORY A RAW JOURNEY AUTOBIOGRAPHY by Garry HOLLYWOOD YEARS by Anthony Daniels TO SELF-LOVE by Elton John O’Connor by Julie Andrews by Jonathan Van Ness
GRAPHIC NOVELS
GIDEON FALLS GOOD TALK: BTTM FDRS THE HANDMAID’S THE ROLLING WE ARE HERE BOOK 2: A MEMOIR IN by Ezra Clayton TALE STONES IN FOREVER ORIGINAL SINS CONVERSATIONS Daniels by Margaret Atwood COMICS by Michelle Gish by Jeff Lemire by Mira Jacob and Renee Nault by Céka
AUDIOBOOKS
BLACK LEOPARD, DAISY JONES & THE SIX THE ISLAND OF QUEENIE THE CHESTNUT THE RAVEN RED WOLF by Taylor Jenkins Reid, read SEA WOMEN by Candice Carty- MAN TOWER by Marlon James, by Jennifer Beals, Benjamin by Lisa See, Williams, read by by Søren Sveistrup, by Ann Leckie, read by Dion Graham Bratt, and a Full Cast read by Jennifer Lim Shvorne Marks read by Peter Noble read by Adjoa Andoh TEEN & YA
FIVE DARK FATES CHILDREN OF VIRTUE PUMPKIN HEADS WILDER GIRLS FRANKLY IN LOVE by Kendare Blake AND VENGEANCE by Rainbow Rowell by Rory Power by David Yoon by Tomi Adeyemi
PICTURE BOOKS
BETWEEN US AND A BIG BED FOR MY FOOTPRINTS SULWE YOU ARE HOME: ABUELA LITTLE SNOW by Bao Phi and by Lupita Nyong’o AN ODE TO THE by Mitali Perkins and by Grace Lin Basia Tran NATIONAL PARKS Sara Palacios by Evan Turk
CHAPTER BOOKS
BEVERLY, THE DOG WHO MALAMANDER OTHER WORDS TRISTAN STRONG RIGHT HERE LOST HIS BARK by Thomas Taylor FOR HOME PUNCHES A HOLE by Kate DiCamillo by Eoin Colfer and by Jasmine Warga IN THE SKY P.J. Lynch by Kwame Mbalia
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