2023 Staff Picks

Click to View All Annual Staff Picks Lists Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver - Shelly Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus - Sai Daisy Jones and the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid - Sai Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros - Sai & Lisa The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson - Sai Reincarnation [...]

2023 Staff Picks2024-03-29T10:35:54-04:00

2022 Staff Picks

Back to Staff Picks The Lost Queen & The Forgotten Kingdom by Signe Pike - WhitneyBook one of a historical trilogy reveals the untold story of Languoreth—a real queen from sixth-century Scotland—twin sister of the man who inspired the legendary character of Merlin. Neon Gods by Katee Robert - Whitney🔥A modern retelling [...]

2022 Staff Picks2022-12-20T10:25:04-05:00

2022 Kids Picks

Back to Staff Picks That's Not My Name by Anoosha Syed -Sew Yeng Namaste is a Greeting by Suma Subramaniam -Sew Yeng Hey, Water! by Antoinette Portis -Sew Yeng Let's Be Friends: A Lift-The-Flap Book by Violet Lemay -Liz Our Love Is: Family Love Through The Seasons! by Jean [...]

2022 Kids Picks2022-12-14T16:47:22-05:00

2021 Staff Picks

Back to Staff Picks Where the Drowned Girls Go by Seanan McGuire (Wayward Children #7) - Adam Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia - Adam & Kiersten Last Thing he told me by Laura Dave - Maryann Midnight Library by Matt Haig - Maryann & Amber Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro [...]

2021 Staff Picks2021-12-22T16:04:10-05:00

Plainsboro Library’s Pride List for 2021

Back to Staff Picks All Boys Aren’t Blue by George M. Johnson A first book by the prominent journalist and LGBTQIA+ activist shares personal essays that chronicle his childhood, adolescence and college years as a Black queer youth, exploring subjects ranging from gender identity and toxic masculinity to structural marginalization and Black joy The [...]

Plainsboro Library’s Pride List for 20212021-12-13T10:21:48-05:00

2020 Staff Picks

Back to Staff Picks Antkind by Charlie Kaufman – Liz Circe by Madeline Miller – Allison The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller – Allison Come Tumbling Down by Seanan McGuire – Adam First Phone Call from Heaven by Mitch Albom – Vanessa The Lion's Den by St. John Katherine – Maryann B Big [...]

2020 Staff Picks2021-12-13T11:09:00-05:00

Plainsboro Library’s Anti-Racism Reading List for 2020

Back to Staff Picks Fire Shut Up In My Bones by Charles M. BlowUniversally praised on its publication, Fire Shut Up in My Bones is a pioneering journalist's indelible coming-of-age tale. Charles M. Blow's mother was a fiercely driven woman with five sons, brass knuckles in her glove box, and a job plucking poultry [...]

Plainsboro Library’s Anti-Racism Reading List for 20202021-12-13T10:29:10-05:00

Plainsboro Library’s Pride List for 2020

Back to Staff Picks Pride It began in New York City on June 28, 1969.When police raided the Stonewall Inn-a bar in the Greenwich Village neighborhood, known as a safe haven for gay men-violent demonstrations and protests broke out in response. The Stonewall Riots, as they would come to be known, were the first [...]

Plainsboro Library’s Pride List for 20202021-12-13T10:24:13-05:00

2019 Staff Picks

Back to Staff Picks To Be Taught, If Fortunate by Becky Chambers – Adam I love odd stories, and this novella is basically an existential puzzle without an answer. It poses questions about the value of life and knowledge in an ever-changing universe. It asks what humans owe to each other, and lets you [...]

2019 Staff Picks2021-12-13T11:05:17-05:00

2018 Staff Picks

Back to Staff Picks Woman in the Window by A.J. Finn– Maryann B. In an Absent Dream by Seanan McGuireThis is the 4th book in the Wayward Children series by Seanan McGuire and I am still completely in love with the characters and the world she's writing.If you want to start at the beginning, [...]

2018 Staff Picks2021-12-13T10:59:32-05:00
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