Staff Recommendations

Looking for your next read? Want to know what we’re reading? You’ve come to the right spot. Here, staff members from every department recommend some of their favorite reads!

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Audience
Genre
Reviewer

True Beauty

by Yaongi

At her previous school, Jugyeong Lim is bullied by all the students for being ugly. After learning how to do makeup on youtube, she discovers how to make herself look beautiful.

The Mafia Nanny

by Violet Matter

After her parents are murdered, Davina was raised in a facility that trains elite nannies for high profile families.

The Apothecary Diaries

by Natsu Hyuuga

This is the light novel version of the popular series. Maomao is the adoptive daughter of an apothecary who ends up being kidnapped and sold to the royal palace as a servant.

Villains are Destined to Die

by Gyeoeul gwon

The main character gets isekaied into a video game she played in her last life. In easy mode, one can play Ivonne becomes loved by all. In hard mode, one can play the villainess, well hated by everyone.

Why Raeliana Ended Up at the Duke's Mansion

by Whale

The main character, Eunha Park, gets isekaied into a book she knows the ending of. The thing is, she becomes a character she knows gets murdered by her fiance.

Daisy Jones and the Six

by Taylor Jenkins Reid

The story is written similar to a rolling stones interview or a band documentary. It follows the story of a band that becomes huge in the 70s.

Oranges are Not the Only Fruit

by Jeanette Winterson

Oranges are not the Only Fruit is a autobiographical novel by Jeanette Winterson.

Station Eleven

by Emily St. John Mandel

Can the apocalypse be peaceful?  Set in a world where a virus has wiped out the vast majority of the population.

Montana Sky

by Nora Roberts

Three estranged sisters must live together on their father's ranch in Montana for one year, per his last Will. Mystery and romance ensue for all of the women. Good Read!

Circus Ship

by Chris Van Dusen

A ship wrecks on an island loaded with circus animals headed to Boston. The Ringleader of the circus leaves the animals. They begin to live on the island with the townspeople.

Heartbreaker

by Julie Garwood

A woman is threatened when her Priest brother gets a confession from a deranged person. He gets the help from the FBI to catch him. Romance, thrilling and unexpected twists. 

The Cottingley Secret

by Hazel Gaynor

Frances Griffiths and Elsie Wright claimed to have photographed fairies in their garden and convinced the world that fairies really did exist in 1917.