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2021 Staff Picks
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  • Fiction

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  • Fiction

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
– Maryann
Dilemma
by BA Paris
– Maryann
Exit West 
by Mohsin Hamid 
– Hannah
The Kitchen Front 
by Jennifer Ryan 
– Hannah
The Poppy War
by R.F. Kuang 
– Darren
Matrix
by Lauren Groff
– Kiersten
One Last Stop
by Casey McQuiston
– Kiersten & Adam
Everyone Knows Your Mother is a Witch
by Rivka Galchen
– Kiersten
Conversations with Friends
by Sally Rooney
– Kiersten
The Wish
by Nicholas Sparks
– Nicoleta
Suburban Dicks
by Fabian Nicieza
– Regan
Council of Animals
by Nick McDonell
– Regan
No One is Talking About This
by Patricia Lockwood
– Regan
Northern Spy
by Flynn Berry
– Allison
All the Light We Cannot See
by Anthony Doerr
– Allison
The Guest List
by Lucy Foley
– Allison
The House on Vesper Sands
by Paraic O’Donnell
– Allison
Nothing to See Here
by Kevin Wilson
– Allison
Autopsy of a Boring Wife
by Marie-Renee Lavoie
– Allison
The Lager Queen of Minnesota
by J. Ryan Stradal
– Allison
  • Non-Fiction

When Can We Go Back to America?: Voices of Japanese American Incarceration During World War II
by Susan H. Kamei
– Liz
The Other Talk: Reckoning With Our White Privilege
by Brendan Kiely
– Liz
Punching Bag
by Rex Ogle
– Liz
Allies: Real Talk About Showing Up, Screwing Up, and Trying Again
by Shakirah Bourne
– Liz
The Undocumented Americans
by Karla Cornejo Villavicencio
– Adam & Hannah
America for Americans
by Erika Lee 
– Hannah
Animal, Vegetable, Junk
by Mark Bittman 
– Hannah
Conditional Citizens
by Laila Lailami 
– Hannah
Eat, Drink, Vote
by Marion Nestle 
– Hannah
Letter to a Young Female Physician
by Suzanne Koven 
– Hannah
Sorry I’m Late I didn’t Want to Come
by Jessica Pan 
– Hannah
Crying in H Mart
by Michelle Zauner 
– Hannah
Educated
by Tara Westover 
– Hannah
Cook This Book
by Molly Baz 
– Hannah
Dessert Person
by Claire Saffitz 
– Hannah
Dorie’s Cookies
by Dorie Greenspan 
– Hannah
Living Nations, Living Words
by Joy Harajo 
– James
Think Again : The Power of Knowing What You Don’t Know
by Adam Grant
– Sew-Yeng
My Neighbor Hayao: Art Inspired by the Films of Miyazaki
– James
Stupid Things I Won’t Do When I Get Old
by Steven Petrow
– Nicoleta
The happiest man on Earth
by Eddie Jaku
– Nicoleta
Let’s Take the Long Way Home: A Memoir of Friendship
by Gail Caldwell
– Shelly
We are the Baby-Sitters Club: Essays and Artwork from Grown-Up Readers
by Marisa Crawford
– Shelly
Fair Play: A Game-Changing Solution for When You Have Too Much to Do
by Eve Rodsky
– Shelly
The Story of My Life
by Helen Keller
– Shelly
The Way of the Monk
by Gaur Gopal Das
– Neera
What Doesn’t Kill You Makes You Blacker
by Damon Young
– Regan
Over the Top
by Jonathan Van Ness
– Amber
One Life
by Megan Rapinoe
– Amber
I Overcame My Autism and All I Got Was This Lousy Anxiety Disorder
by Sarah Kurchak
– Amber
Raising Cubby: A Father and Son’s Adventures with Asperger’s, Trains, Tractors, and High Explosives
by John Elder Robison
– Amber
Vanderbilt
by Anderson Cooper
– Allison
Four Lost Cities: a Secret History of the Urban Age
by Annalee Newitz
– Allison
  • Young Adult

Lore
by Alexandra Bracken
– Liz
Yolk
by Mary H.K. Cho
– Liz
Jelly
by Claire Rees
– Liz
Jay’s Gay Agenda
by Jason June
– Liz
Eat Your Heart Out
by Kelly DeVos
– Liz
Six Crimson Cranes
by Elizabeth Lim
– Liz
White Smoke
by Tiffany D. Jackson
– Liz
Defy the Night
by Brigid Kemmerer
– Liz
Into the Dying Light
by Katy Rose Pool
(sequel to As The Shadow Rises)
– Liz
Aristotle and Dante Dive into the Waters of the World
by Benjamin Alire Sáenz
(sequel to Aristotle And Dante Discover The Secrets Of The Universe)
– Liz
These Violent Delights
by Chloe Gong
– Kiersten
All Boys Aren’t Blue: A Memoir-Manifesto
by George M. Johnson
– Maureen
Tweet Cute
by Emma Lord
– Maureen
  • Graphic Novels

Almost American Girl
by Robin Ha
– Liz
The Secret to Superhuman Strength
by Alison Bechdel
– Liz
My Body in Pieces
by Marie-Noëlle Hébert
– Liz
Cheer Up!: Love And Pompoms
by Crystal Frasier
– Liz & Shelly
The Girl from the Sea
by Molly Knox Ostertag
– Adam
My Brother’s Husband vol. 1
by Gengoroh Tagame
– Kiersten
Strange Planet
by Nathan W. Pyle
– Shelly
Living with Mochi
by Gemma Gene
– Shelly
A Fire Story
by Brian Fies
– Shelly
Little Moments of Love
by Catana Chetwynd
– Shelly & Adam
  • Childrens Books

Hooky
by Míriam Bonastre Tur
– Liz
Delicates
by Brenna Thummler
(Sequel to Sheets)
– Liz
The Okay Witch
by Emma Steinkellner
– Liz
Witches of Brooklyn
by Sophie Escabasse
– Liz
This Was Our Pact
by Ryan Andrews
– Liz
Kindness Grows 
by Britta Teckentrup 
– Hannah
The Accursed Vampire
by Madeline McGrane
– Kiersten
The Capybaras
by Alfredo Soderguit
– Kiersten
Little Fox
by Edward van de Vendel
– Kiersten
Only a Tree Knows to be a Tree
by Mary Murphy
– Sew-Yeng
The Most Beautiful Thing
by Kao Kalia Yang
– Sew-Yeng
While We Can’t Hug
by Eoin McLaughlin
– Sew-Yeng
Fred gets Dressed
by Peter Brown
– Sew-Yeng & Amber
When the Moon Forgot
by Jimmy Liao
– Sew-Yeng
Before I Wake Up
by Britta Teckentrup
– Sew-Yeng
Looking For Smile
by Ellen Tarlow
– Sew-Yeng
The Dark
by Lemony Snicket
– Sew-Yeng
A Web
by Isabelle Simler
– Sew-Yeng
Bunny’s Book Club
by Annie Silvestro
– Sew-Yeng
What Do You Do With A Problem
by Kobi Yamata
– Sew-Yeng
What Do You Do With A Chance
by Kobi Yamata
– Sew-Yeng
Monstrous: The Lore, Gore, and Science Behind Your Favorite Monsters
by Carlyn Beccia
– Maureen
Tristan Strong Punches A Hole In The Sky
by Kwame Mbalia
– Maureen
Paola Santiago And The River Of Tears
by Tehlor Kay Mejia
– Maureen
She wanted to be Haunted
by Marcus Ewert
– Maureen
Itty-bitty kitty-corn

by Shannon Hale
– Maureen

Seance Tea Party
by Reimena Lee
– Maureen
Witches of Brooklyn
by Sophie Escabasse
– Maureen
The 5 Worlds Series
by Mark Siege
– Maureen
Miss Spitfire: Reaching Helen Keller
by Sarah Miller
– Shelly
Welcome to Stoneybrook: A Guided Journal
by Jenna Ballard
– Shelly
Kristy and the Snobs
by Chan Chau
– Shelly
Claudia and the New Girl
by Gabriela Epstein
– Shelly
Logan Likes Mary Anne!
by Gale Galligan
– Shelly
White Bird
by R.J. Palacio
– Shelly
Annie Sullivan and the Trials of Helen Keller
by Joseph Lambert
– Shelly
Pepper and Book: A Cat Surprise
by Charise Mericle Harper
– Amber
Hello, Rain!
by Kyo Maclear
– Amber
Puppy in my Head: A Book About Mindfulness
by Elise Gravel
– Amber
My City
by Joanne Liu
– Amber
Hello, Summer!
by Shelly Rotner
– Amber
Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus
by Dusti Bowling
– Amber
Rule of Threes
by Marcy Campbell
– Amber
Tune It Out
by Jamie Sumner
– Amber
  • Music

Red (Taylor’s Version)
by Taylor Swift
– Adam & Liz
Volcanic Bird Enemy and the Voiced Concern
by Lil Ugly Mane
– Liz
SKA DREAM
by Jeff Rosenstock
– Liz
Call Me If You Get Lost
by Tyler the Creator
– Liz
Inside (the songs)
by Bo Burnham
– Liz
1000 Gecs and the Tree of Clues
by 100 Gecs
– Liz
Mystic Familiar
by Dan Deacon
– Liz
Shop: A Pop Opera
by Jack Stauber
– Liz
The New Abnormal
by The Strokes
– Liz
Screen Violence
by CHVRCHES
– Adam
The Art of Losing
by The Anchoress
– Adam
Inside
by Mother Mother
– Adam
GODZILLA
by The Veronicas
– Adam
Blue Weekend
by Wolf Alice
– Adam
Big Mess
by Danny Elfman
– Adam
Valentine
by Snail Mail
– Adam
Holiday Wishes
by Idina Menzel
– Nicoleta
Sour
by Olivia Rodrigo
– Shelly
evermore
by Taylor Swift
– Shelly
Raise the Roof
by Robert Plant & Alison Krauss
– Allison
  • Movies & TV

The Green Knight
– Kiersten
Shiva Baby (2020)
– Kiersten
Succession
– Kiersten & Regan
Mare of Easttown
– Kiersten & Allison
The White Lotus
– Kiersten & Regan
The Other Two
– Kiersten
Ghosts (BBC)
– Kiersten & Adam & Maureen
Staged
– Adam
Infinity Train
– Adam
Centaurworld
– Adam
Schmigadoon!
– Adam
Mythic Quest
– Adam
Midnight Mass
– Adam & Maureen & Allison
The Goes Wrong Show
– Adam
The Forgotten Battle
– Nicoleta
12 Mighty Orphans
– Nicoleta
Critical Role
– Maureen
The Great
– Maureen & Adam & Regan
Fear Street Trilogy
– Maureen
French Dispatch
– Maureen
Waffles and Mochi
– Maureen
Brooklyn 99
– Shelly
The Billion Dollar Code
– Neera
Seaspiracy
– Neera
Skater Girl
– Neera
Lovesick
– Regan
Crashing
– Regan
Unforgotten
– Regan
Promising Young Woman
– Regan
Forget Me Not
– Regan
Only Murders in the Building
– Amber
Reservation Dogs
– Amber
Dickinson
– Amber
Ted Lasso
– Amber
The Chair
– Amber
Bluey
– Amber
Dune
– Allison
Derry Girls
– Allison
The Great British Baking Show
– Allison
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