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Staff Favorites 2013.Pdf SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS Dead Beat: A Novel A Game of Thrones (#1) The Android’s Dream of the Dresden Files (#7) Good Omens: The Nice A Clash of Kings (#2) John Scalzi, 2006 General Fiction The Dresden Files Series and Accurate Prophecies A Storm of Swords (#3) SF / SCALZI Jim Butcher, 2005 of Agnes Nutter, Witch A Song of Ice and Fire Series Liked by Brian C. Life After Life: Human Pages SF / BUTCHER Neil Gaiman & Terry George R.R. Martin, 2005 A Novel John Elliott, 2012 PB / SF / BUTCHER Pratchett, 1996 SF / MARTIN Vicious Kate Atkinson, 2013 F / ELLIOTT F / ATKINSON Liked by Caleb W. Liked by Brian C. SF / GAIMAN PB / SF / MARTIN V.E. Schwab, 2013 BOD / F / ATKINSON PB / SF / GAIMAN BOD / SF / MARTIN SF / SCHWAB Liked by Mete S. The Universe Versus Liked by Alex K. Liked by Jennie G. Liked by Rachel J. First Lord’s Fury (#6) Alex Woods Codex Alera Series The Book of Illusions: Gavin Extence, 2013 Jim Butcher, 2009 The Ocean at the End Promise of Blood (#1) Anathem A Novel F / EXTENCE SF / BUTCHER of the Lane The Powder Mage Trilogy Neal Stephenson, 2008 Paul Auster, 2002 Liked by Shih-Mei C. Liked by Brian C. Neil Gaiman, 2013 Brian McClellan, 2013 SF / STEPHENSON F / AUSTER SF / GAIMAN SF / MCCLELLAN BOD / SF / STEPHENSON Liked by Mete S. The Panopticon: A Novel Ender’s Game (#1) BOD / SF / GAIMAN Liked by Rachel J. Liked by Brian C. Jenni Fagan, 2013 The Ender Quintet Liked by Ian I-C., Rachel J., Lexicon: A Novel F / FAGAN & Kasia H. Orson Scott Card, 1994 Haunted: A Novel of Stories Reamde Max Barry, 2013 Liked by Kasia H. PB / SF / CARD Chuck Palahniuk, 2005 Neal Stephenson, 2011 F / BARRY BOD / SF / CARD A Discovery of Witches (#1) H / PALAHNIUK SF / STEPHENSON Liked by Rachel J. We Are All Completely Liked by Lara C. & Robin H. Shadow of Night (#2) Liked by Andy H. Liked by Jordan W. Beside Ourselves All Souls Trilogy The Teleportation Karen Joy Fowler, 2013 Accident: A Novel F / FOWLER Ender’s Shadow Deborah Harkness, 2011 Shadow & Claw The Wise Man’s Fear Ned Beauman, 2013 Liked by Caleb W. & Kasia H. Orson Scott Card, 2000 SF / HARKNESS Gene Wolfe, 1994 Patrick Rothfuss, 2011 F / BEAUMAN SF / CARD BOD / SF / HARKNESS SF / WOLFE Liked by Phyllis B-N. SF / ROTHFUSS Liked by Ian I-C. Adult Favorites Liked by Ian I-C. And the Mountains Echoed PB / SF / CARD Liked by Brian C. Khaled Hosseini, 2013 BOD / SF / CARD The Tokyo-Montana F / HOSSEINI Liked by Robin H. Heart-Shaped Box The Stories of Ibis Joe Hill, 2007 A Stranger in Olondria: Hiroshi Yamamoto, 2010 Express LP / HOSSEINI H / HILL Being the Complete Memoirs SF / YAMAMOTO Richard Brautigan, 1980 BOD / F / HOSSEINI Childhood’s End Liked by Eleanore B., PB / H / HILL of the Mystic, Jevick of Tyom Liked by Ian I-C. F / BRAUTIGAN Arthur C. Clarke, 1963 Liked by Andy H. Robin H. & Phyllis B-N. BOD / H / HILL Sophia Samatar, 2012 SF / CLARKE Liked by Alex K. SF / SAMATAR Liked by Brian C. Liked by Caleb W. Letters from Skye: Ledfeather A Novel Stephen Graham Jones, Prince of Thorns (#1) Jessica Brockmole, 2013 2008 Reaper’s Gale (#7) King of Thorns (#2) Malazan Book F / BROCKMOLE F / JONES Emperor of Thorns (#3) BOD / F / BROCKMOLE Liked by Jordan W. of the Fallen Series The Broken Empire Series Steven Erikson, 2008 Liked by Amber C. Mark Lawrence, 2011 & Robin H. Fever SF / ERIKSON SF / LAWRENCE Liked by Jordan W. Mary Beth Keane, 2013 Liked by Jordan W. The Alchemist F / KEANE Paulo Coelho, 2002 Liked by Kasia H. Man in the Empty Suit The Best of All Possible F / COELHO Sean Ferrell, 2013 Worlds: A Novel Liked by Alex K. Flight Behavior: A Novel SF / FERRELL Karen Lord, 2013 Barbara Kingsolver, 2012 Liked by Rachel J. SF / LORD The Secret Agent: F / KINGSOLVER Liked by Rachel J. A Simple Tale LP / KINGSOLVER American Gods: A Novel Joseph Conrad, 1983 BOD / F / KINGSOLVER Neil Gaiman, 2001 The Flame Alphabet F / CONRAD Liked by Eleanore B. SF / GAIMAN Ben Marcus, 2012 PB / F / CONRAD Liked by Elisabeth P. The Fun Parts PB / SF / GAIMAN SF / MARCUS Sam Lipsyte, 2013 Liked by Alex K. Liked by Ryne L. The Brief Wondrous Life F / LIPSYTE Anansi Boys: A Novel (continued on back) of Oscar Wao Liked by Ryne L. Neil Gaiman, 2005 Junot Díaz, 2007 SF / GAIMAN 210 West Green Street • Urbana, Illinois 61801 F / DIAZ Liked by Alex K. Adult Services • 217-367-4405 • urbanafreelibrary.org BOD / F / DIAZ 12 / 13 Liked by Ian I-C. (continued inside) SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS Redemption in Indigo: The Godfather Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand: Salvage the Bones: A Novel Dead Until Dark (#1) – The Secret Diaries A Novel Mario Puzo, 1969 A Novel Jesmyn Ward, 2011 Mysteries Dead Ever After (#13) Romance of Miss Miranda Cheever Karen Lord, 2010 F / PUZO Helen Simonson, 2010 F / WARD Sookie Stackhouse Novel Series Julia Quinn, 2007 The Allingham Minibus Breakaway F / LORD PB / F / PUZO F / SIMONSON Liked by Kasia H. (a.k.a. Southern Vampire Series) PB / G / QUINN Margery Allingham, 1973 Rochelle Alers, 2010 Liked by Rachel J. LP / PUZO LP / SIMONSON Charlaine Harris, 2008 Liked by Robin H. Liked by Alex K. Liked by Mete S. The First Lady M / ALLINGHAM M / HARRIS PB / G / ALERS Liked by Mete S. PB / M / HARRIS Liked by Bertha K. Blood Meridian, or, The Carl Weber, 2007 All That I Desire LP / M / HARRIS Evening Redness in the West Inherent Vice Mr. Penumbra’s F / WEBER Francis Ray, 2013 Cormac McCarthy, 1992 Track of the Cat BOD / M / HARRIS No Compromise (#1) Thomas Pynchon, 2009 24-Hour Bookstore Liked by Bertha K. PB / G / RAY F / MCCARTHY Nevada Barr, 1993 Liked by Elisabeth P. Hideaway Sons F / PYNCHON Robin Sloan, 2012 Liked by Bertha K. Liked by Andy H. M / BARR and Brothers Trilogy BOD / F / PYNCHON F / SLOAN Care of Wooden Floors: Down River PB / M / BARR Rochelle Alers, 2002 Liked by Andy H. Liked by Rachel J. A Novel John Hart, 2007 Dockside (#3) The Son: A Novel Liked by Lynn T. Will Wiles, 2012 M / HART PB / G / ALERS The Lakeshore Chronicles Philipp Meyer, 2013 Liked by Bertha K. This is Life Letters From Yellowstone F / WILES PB / M / HART Susan Wiggs, 2007 F / MEYER Following Polly: Liked by Robin H. Dan Rhodes, 2012 Diane Smith, 2000 Liked by Lynn T. PB / G / WIGGS BOD / F / MEYER A Novel Demon Hunting in a Dive Bar F / RHODES F / SMITH Liked by Robin H. Liked by Lisa W. Karen Bergreen, 2010 Death Comes to Pemberley Liked by Caleb W. Liked by Kathy M. The Maid’s Version: A Novel Lexi George, 2013 M / BERGREEN P.D. James, 2011 G / GEORGE The Supremes at Earl’s Daniel Woodrell, 2013 M / JAMES I Capture the Castle Liked by Teri D. Liked by Elisabeth P. All-You-Can-Eat: A Novel The River of No Return F / WOODRELL LP / M / JAMES Dodie Smith, 1998 Edward Kelsey Moore, 2013 Bee Ridgway, 2013 Liked by Joel S. BOD / M / JAMES Science Fiction, F / SMITH The Shining Girls To Seduce a Sinner F / MOORE F / RIDGWAY Liked by Lara C. Liked by Teri D. Lauren Beukes, 2013 BOD / F / MOORE Liked by Amber C. The J.M. Barrie Ladies’ Elizabeth Hoyt, 2008 Fantasy & Horror Liked by Michelle J. Swimming Society M / BEUKES The Cold Dish PB / G / HOYT Slaughterhouse-Five, or, Liked by Amber C. Craig Johnson, 2005 LP / G / HOYT Nightfall (especially the BOD!) Housekeeping Barbara J. Zitwer, 2012 The Children’s Crusade: M / JOHNSON Liked by Robin H. Isaac Asimov & Robert Marilynne Robinson, 2004 F / ZITWER The Night Circus: A Novel A Duty-Dance with Death Hotspur Liked by Joel S. & Rachel J. Silverberg, 1990 F / ROBINSON Liked by Amber C. Erin Morgenstern, 2011 Kurt Vonnegut, 1988 Rita Mae Brown, 2002 Flames of Attraction SF / ASIMOV BOD / F / ROBINSON The Girl Who Kicked the F / MORGENSTERN PB / F / VONNEGUT M / BROWN Liked by Brian C. Liked by Kasia H. Hornet’s Nest (#3) Brenda Jackson, 2013 BOD / F / MORGENSTERN Liked by Alex K. Liked by Lynn T. The Millennium Trilogy PB / G / JACKSON Liked by Amber C. Liked by Bertha K. North American Lake The Casual Vacancy Stieg Larsson, 2009 Beautiful Ruins: A Novel Hammett Unwritten: M / LARSSON Monsters: Stories The Secret Keeper: A Novel J.K. Rowling, 2012 Jess Walter, 2012 A Novel LP / M / LARSSON Release Me: A Novel (#1) Nathan Ballingrud, 2013 Kate Morton, 2012 F / ROWLING F / WALTER Owen Fitzstephen, 2013 BOD / M / LARSSON Claim Me: A Novel (#2) SF / BALLINGRUD F / MORTON LP / ROWLING BOD / F / WALTER M / FITZSTEPHEN Liked by Maggie T. Complete Me: A Novel (#3) Liked by Kasia H. BOD / F / MORTON BOD / F / ROWLING Liked by Teri D. Liked by Brian Y. Stark Trilogy Liked by Eleanore B. Liked by Phyllis B-N. The Last Word (#6) The Spellman Series Julie Kenner, 2012 The Thinking Woman’s Gone Girl: A Novel G / KENNER Guide to Real Magic After the Quake: Stories The Blade Itself Lisa Lutz, 2013 Gillian Flynn, 2012 Liked by Mary W.T. Emily Croy Barker, 2013 Haruki Murakami, 2002 Marcus Sakey, 2007 M / LUTZ M / FLYNN PB / SF / BARKER F / MURAKAMI F / SAKEY Liked by Robin H. LP / M / FLYNN Liked by Phyllis B-N. Liked by Andy H. 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