The Return of Ellie Blackby Emiko JeanSimon & Schuster, 2024. 299 pages. FictionIt's been twenty years since Detective Chelsey Calhoun's sister vanished when they were teenagers, and eve… Read More
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Books read and reviewed by the librarians at Provo City Library.
The Last Cuentistaby Donna Barbra HigueraLevine Querido, 2021. 320 pages. YA Science Fiction
A girl named Petra Pena, who wanted nothing more than to be a storyteller, like her abuelit… Read More
A Long Stretch of Bad DaysBy Mindy McGinnisKatherine Tegan Books, 2023. 362 pages. Young Adult FictionA small town's past and its secrets are unearthed by two teenage girls and a podcast in… Read More
The Good NeighborsBy Holly Black & Ted NaifehGraphix, 2023. 352 pages. Fantasy Graphic NovelRue Silver's mother has disappeared... and her father has been arrested, suspected of killing… Read More
Traces of MadnessBy Fernando Balius, Illustrated by Mario PellejerGraphic Mundi, 2024. 1 volume unpaged. Graphic Novels In Traces of Madness, Fernando describes what it feels like, both… Read More
Observar las EstrellasPor Sara GillinghamCincotintas, 2020. 213 páginas. No Ficción Hace miles de años, la humanidad alzó la mirada al cielo y vio grupos de… Read More
Tom LakeBy Ann Patchett Harper Collins Publishers, 2023. 309 pages. RomanceDuring the spring of 2020, Lara's three daughters return to the family's Northern Michigan orchard. The girls… Read More
BoyMomBy Ruth WhippmanNew York: Harmony, 2024. 290 pages. Nonfiction Combining painfully honest memoir, cultural analysis, and reporting, BoyMom is a humorous and heartbreaking deep div… Read More
Soil: the story of a Black mother's gardenBy Camille T Dungy Simone & Schuster Paperbacks, 2024. 325 pages. NonfictionPoet and scholar Camille T. Dungy shares her seven-year jo… Read More
Maelstrom: A Prince of EvilBy Lorian MerrimanHenry Holt and Company, 2024. 236 pages. Young Adult Comic.Maelstrom is a half-demon prince pining for a place in history. (Honestly, he's just b… Read More
Horror MovieBy Paul TremblayWilliam Morrow, 2024. 275 pages. FictionIn June 1993, a group of young guerilla filmmakers spent four weeks making Horror Movie, a notorious, disturbing, art-hous… Read More
Shower ThoughtsBy David H. PyleDavid H. Pyle, 2024. Unpaged. Nonfiction.Do crabs think fish can fly? Have you almost died without knowing it? Does a straw have one hole or two? From the thou… Read More
One Perfect Couple
by Ruth Ware
Scout Press, 2024. 383 pages. Fiction Lyla is in a bit of a rut. Her post-doctoral research has fizzled out, she's pretty sure they won't extend her cont… Read More
The Rom-Commers
by Katherine Center
St. Martin’s Press, 2024. 321 pages. Romance Emma Wheeler desperately longs to be a screenwriter. She's spent her life studying, obsessing over… Read More
DwellingsBy Jay StephensOni-Lion Forge Publishing Group, LLC, 2024. 271 pages. Graphic NovelsWelcome to Elwich—an oasis of small-town perfection, where the schools overflow with cheery… Read More
As Long as the Lemon Trees Growby Zoulfa Katouh Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, 2022. 417 pages. Young AdultThis book tells the gripping story of Salama Kassab, a young pharmacy… Read More
HulaBy Jasmin 'Iolani HakesHarperVia, 2023. 387 pages. FictionHi'i is proud to be a Naupaka, a family renowned for its contributions to hula and her hometown of Hilo, Hawaii, but there's a l… Read More
The Paradise ProblemBy Christina LaurenGallery Books, 2024. 340 pages. Romance Anna Green thought she was marrying Liam "West" Weston for access to subsidized family housing while at UC… Read More
The Rachel IncidentBy Caroline O’DonoghueAlfred A. Knopf, 2023. 289 pages. Fiction.Rachel is a student working at a bookstore when she meets James, and it’s love at first sight… Read More
The Ministry of Timeby Kaliane BradleyAvid Reader Press, 2024. 339 pages. Science FictionIn the near future, a British civil servant is offered the salary of her dreams to work on a top-secr… Read More
First Person Singular: Stories By Haruki Murakami Alfred A. Knopf, 2021. 245 pages. Fiction. A riveting new collection of short stories from the beloved, internationally accla… Read More
El Príncipe y la Coyote Por David BowlesEdiciones LQ, 2024. 443 páginas. FicciónMéxico. 1418. Les presentamos al príncipe Acolmiztli. Puma de la gente Acol… Read More
Lulu's Crochet Dolls: 8 adorable dolls and accessories to crochetSearch Press Limited, 2024. 111 pages. Craft Books.Step into the enchanting world of Lulu Compotine! Journey through the seas… Read More
Full of MyselfBy Siobhán GallagherAndrews McMeel Publishing, 2024. 313 pages. Graphic
NovelsAuthor and illustrator Siobhán
Gallagher’s humorous and heartfelt graphic… Read More
Bad Habitby Alana S. PorteroHarperCollins Publishers, 2024. 224 pages. FictionThis book, translated from the original Spanish (La mala costumbre), is one that will stick with me, one that I… Read More
Shark Heart: A Love Story by Emily Habeck Marysue Rucci Books, 2023. 408 pages. Fiction. Taking place in an alternate reality where humans can mutate into
animals, Habeck’s… Read More
BordadoPor Lucinda GandertonDorling Kindersley Limited, 2024. 159 páginas. No Ficción¡Aprende más de 200 puntos de bordado con esta práctica guía! Si… Read More
The Celtic YearBy Shirley ToulsonElement Inc, 1993. 259 pages. NonfictionLavishly illustrated throughout with pictures of famous sites and artifacts, maps, and line drawings, this beautifull… Read More
And Then There Was UsBy Kern CarterTundra Books, 2024. 223 pages. Young Adult FictionCoi is just eighteen years old but has already survived years of physical and verbal abuse from her mothe… Read More
The Twilight Gardenby Sarah Nisha AdamsWilliam Morrow, 2024. 391 pages. FictionIn a small pocket of London, between the houses of No.77 and No.79 Eastbourne Road, lies a neglected community… Read More
Consort of FireBy Kit RochaMontlake, 2023. 381 pages. RomanceFor three thousand years, an ancient dragon god has protected the borders of the Sheltered Lands. In return, he makes only one de… Read More
El libro de las abejasPor María Sánchez VadilloAlcobendas, 2021. 160 páginas. No ficciónLas abejas son una maravilla de la naturaleza y fundamentales para la exis… Read More
Hábitos atómicos Por James ClearPaidós, 2003. 326 páginas. No ficción Hábitos Atómicos parte de una simple pero poderosa pregunta: ¿C… Read More
Funny StoryBy Emily HenryBerkley, 2024. 387 pages. RomanceDaphne always loved the way Peter told their story. Too bad it turned out to be more of a prequel, a complication to Peter's actual… Read More
I Feed Her to the Beast and the Beast is Me By Jamison SheaMacmillan Audio, 2023. 12 Hours. YA FictionThis slow-burn horror novel lifts a veil on the institutions that profit from exclu… Read More
Charming Young Man By Eliot Schrefer Katherine Tegen Books, 2023. 274 pages. Young Adult They say Léon Delafosse will be France's next great pianist. But despite… Read More
Beneath the Wide Silk Sky By Emily Inouye Huey Scholastic Press, 2022. 323 pages. Young Adult With the recent death of her mother and the possibility of her family losing thei… Read More
Nothing Special Volume 1: Through the Elder WoodsBy Katie CookTen Speed Press, 2024. 399 pages. Young Adult Comic.In the grand scheme of the worlds at large, Callie thinks she's nothing spec… Read More
The Sunlit ManBy Brandon SandersonDragonsteel Entertainment, 2023. 447 pages. FantasyYears ago he had comrades in arms and a cause to believe in, but now the man who calls himself Nomad… Read More
My Hygge Home: How to Make Home Your Happy Place By Meik Wiking Abrams Image, 2022. 271 pages. Nonfiction Inspired by Danish design and traditions, this inspiring book, featur… Read More
Plan A By Deb Caletti Labyrinth Road, 2023. 404 pages. Young Adult After finding herself pregnant by unexpected means, 16-year-old Ivy and her steadfast boyfriend Lorenzo, emb… Read More
Reading the Gaelic Landscape = Leughadh Aghaidh na TireBy John MurrayWhittles Publishing, 2019. 264 pages. Nonfiction Reading the Gaelic Landscape is essential for anyone who is interested i… Read More
More Than A BodyBy Lexie Kite, PhD & Lindsay Kite, PhDHarperCollins, 2020. 346 pages. Nonfiction"Your body is an instrument, not an ornament." WOW. This nonfiction masterpiece on the way… Read More
Why We Read: on Bookworms, Libraries, and Just One More Page Before Lights Out by Shannon Reed Hanover Square Press, 2024. 329 pages. Nonfiction What makes someone a capital-R… Read More
Someone You Can Build a Nest InBy John WiswellRandom House, 2024. 310 pages. FantasyNursed back to health
by Homily, a warm-hearted human, shapeshifting monster Shesheshen falls in love
with… Read More
Never LieBy Freida McFaddenPoisoned Pen Press, 2024. 296 pages. Fiction Newlyweds Tricia and Ethan are searching for the house of their dreams. But when they visit the remote manor that… Read More
The Great Divideby Cristina HenriquezEcco, 2024. 321 pages. Historical FictionA novel about the construction of the Panama Canal in 1907, following the intersecting lives of the local famili… Read More
One Dark WindowBy Rachel GilligOrbit, 2022. 421 pages. FantasyElspeth Spindle needs more than luck to stay safe in the eerie, mist-locked kingdom she calls home--she needs a monster. She cal… Read More
Voyage de GourmetBy Paul TobinMad Cave Studios, 2023. 248 pages. Young Adult Comic.Layne Green is a social media sensation of a cook. He's selected to compete on a reality TV show called Voy… Read More
Listen for the Lie By Amy TinteraCeladon Books, 2024. 336 pages. FictionWhat would you do if you thought you murdered your best friend? And if everyone else thinks so too? What if the t… Read More
A Little Devil in America: Notes in Praise of Black Performance By Hanif Abdurraqib Random House, 2021. 300 pages. Nonfiction A Little Devil in America is an urgent project th… Read More
The Six: The Untold Story of America's First Women Astronautsby Loren GrushScribner, 2023. 422 pages. NonfictionWhen NASA sent astronauts to the moon in the 1960s and 1970s the agency exclud… Read More
A Fate Inked in BloodBy Danielle L. JensenDel Rey, 2024. 418 pages. Fantasy
A shield maiden
blessed by the gods battles to unite a nation under a power-hungry king—while
fighting her… Read More
A Season of Monstrous Conceptions By Lina RatherRecorded Books, 2023. 4 Hours. FantasyAn eldritch historical fantasy of midwifery, monstrosity, and the rending of the world, for fans of… Read More
The Enchanted LifeBy Sharon BlackieAmbrosia, 2018. 356 pages. NonfictionTaking as her starting point the inspiration and wisdom that can be derived from myth, fairy tales, and folk culture… Read More
The Heiress St. Martin’s Press, 2024. 304 pages. Fiction.by Rachel Hawkins When Ruby McTavish Callahan Woodward Miller Kenmore dies, she's not only North Carolina's richest… Read More
Confetti RealmsBy Nadia ShammasMaverick, 2023. 196 pages. Young Adult Comic.On Halloween night, when the moon is full, teenagers get up to mischief. But when an encounter with a giant, senti… Read More
Letters to a Diminished Church By Dorothy L SayersW Publishing Group, 2004. 284 pages. NonfictionIn her writings, Dorothy L. Sayers turned the popular perception of Christia… Read More
The Frozen Riverby Ariel Lawhon
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 2023. 432 pages. Historical Fiction 1789: When the Kennebec River freezes, entombing a man in the ice, Martha Ballard i… Read More
The Milky Way: An autobiography of our galaxy By Moiya McTierGrand Central Publishing, 2022. 244 pages. NonfictionAfter a few billion years of bearing witness to life on Earth, of watch… Read More
The TalkBy Darrin BellHenry Holt and Company, 2023. unpaged. Graphic Novels Darrin Bell was six years old when his mother told him he couldn’t have a realistic water gun. She said… Read More
Nineteen Stepsby Millie Bobby Brown
William Morrow, 2023. 304 pages. Historical Fiction It’s 1942, and London remains under threat of enemy attack as WWII rages on. In the Bethnal… Read More
The Womenby Kristin HannahSt. Martin's Press, 2024. 471 pages. Historical FictionWomen can be heroes. When twenty-year-old nursing student Frances "Frankie" McGrath hears these unexpected wo… Read More
BrideBy Ali HazelwoodBerkley, 2024. 399 pages. Romance Misery Lark, the only daughter of the most powerful Vampyre councilman of the Southwest, is an outcast--again. Her days of living… Read More
The Art Thief By Michael Finkel Alfred A. Knopf, 2023. 221 pages. Nonfiction For centuries, works of art have been stolen in countless ways from all over the world, but no one… Read More
Florence Alder Swims Foreverby Rachel BeanlandSimon & Schuster, 2020. 309 pages. Historical Fiction In 1934, Florence Adler has aspirations to be the next Gertrude Ederle and swim… Read More
The Unmaking of June FarrowBy Adrienne YoungDelacorte Press, 2023. 320 pages. FictionOne woman's deeply emotional story of self-discovery, family, and love - but make it time travel! In the… Read More
Civilización ZapotecaPor Captivating HistoryCreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2018. 72 páginas. No Ficción Los zapotecas vivieron, prosperaron y se convirtier… Read More
Prepara Tu Corazón Por Fr. Agustino TorresAve Maria Press, 2023. 144 páginas. Religioso Únete al padre Agustino Torres, CFR, fundador de Corazón Puro, en un viaje… Read More
Tress of the Emerald SeaBy Brandon SandersonDragonsteel Entertainment, 2023. 483 pages. FantasyThe only life Tress has known on her island home in an emerald-green ocean has been a simple on… Read More
God was in this place and I, I did not knowBy Lawrence KushnerJewish Lights 2016. 183 pages. NonfictionIn a daring blend of scholarship and imagination, psychology and history, Lawrence Kush… Read More
Prince of Song and SeaBy Linsey MillerDisney Press, 2022. 345 pages. Young Adult.Before Prince Eric's mother, the Queen of Vellona, went missing two years ago, she reminded him about the det… Read More
What Lies in the WoodsBy Kate Alice MarshallFlatiron Books, 2023. 322 pages. Fiction Twenty-two years ago, Naomi Shaw believed in magic. She and her two best friends, Cassidy and Olivia… Read More
Going Dark By Melissa de la Cruz Union Square and Co., 2023. 329 pages. Young Adult When 19-year-old Josh returns from Rome without his budding influencer girlfriend Amelia, h… Read More
Magic Has No Borders By Sona CharaiportraHarperTeen, 2023. 338 pages. Young Adult FictionFrom chudails and peris to jinn and goddesses, this lush collection… Read More
No One Left But YouBy Tash McAdamSoho Teen, 2023. 269 pages.Young Adult FictionFor me, this book is the definition of not judging based on the cover - this cover doesn't do the novel justice… Read More
What You Are Looking For Is In the Libraryby Michiko AoyamaHanover Square Press, 2023. 300 pages. FictionWhat are you looking for? So asks Tokyo’s most enigmatic librarian. For Sayuri… Read More
Cursed Princess ClubBy LambCatWebtoon Unscrolled, 2023. 273 pages. YA Comics
Gwendolyn,
the youngest of the King's three daughters, is living proof that princesses
don't always have it all… Read More
Revelations of Divine LoveBy Julian of NorwichPenguin Books, 1998. 192 pages. NonfictionComing from a society where women were barred from serious writing and teaching, Julian, an anchorite… Read More
The Foxglove Kingby Hannah Whitten
Orbit, 2023. 466 pages. Fantasy When Lore was thirteen, she escaped a cult in the catacombs beneath the city of Dellaire. And in the ten years since… Read More
How Far the Light Reaches: A Life in Ten Sea Creatures By Sabrina Imbler Little, Brown and Company, 2022. 263 pages. Nonfiction. Imbler profiles ten of the ocean's strangest c… Read More
Divine Rivals By Rebecca Ross Wednesday Books, 2023. 357 pages. Young Adult After centuries of sleep, the gods are warring again. But 18-year-old Iris Winnow just wants to hol… Read More
Love & Resistance By Kara H. L. Chen Quill Tree Books, 2023. 339 pages. Young Adult Starting at a new school and having to stand up to infamous --and racist-- it-girl Mitz… Read More
The Fragile Threads of PowerBy V.E. SchwabTor Books, 2023. 416 pages. FantasyOnce, there were four worlds, nestled like pages in a book, each pulsing with fantastical power, and connected by… Read More
The Princess and the Grilled Cheese Sandwich By Deya Muniz Little, Brown and Company, 2023. 235 pages. Young Adult ComicsLady Camembert wants to live life on her own terms, without… Read More
Artifacts of an Ex
by Jennifer Chen
Wednesday Books, 2023. 277 pages. Young Adult Fiction
Sixteen-year-old Chloe and her family move from New York to
Los Angeles to be with her Taiwanese… Read More
A Mortal BaneBy Roberta GellisForge, 1999. 350 pages. Mystery.In 12th-century London, the Bishop of Winchester, head of St. Mary Overy Church, has made a most unusual pact with Magdalene la… Read More
My Darling Girl By Jennifer McMahon Scout Press, 2023. 308 pages. Fiction Alison has never been a fan of Christmas. But with it right around the corner and her husband busily… Read More
Sin Filtro y Otras MentirasPor Crystal MaldonadoHoliday House, 2023. 352 páginas. FicciónMax Monroe, de 21 anos, lo tiene todo- belleza, amigos y una vida esplendorosa llena de… Read More
29 CitasPor Melissa de la CruzEdicones Kiwi, 2020. 351 páginas. FicciónLos tradicionales padres coreanos de Jisu están preocupados por lo que ellos creen una falta… Read More
Star Splitter By Matthew J. Kirby Dutton Books, 2023. 305 pages. Young Adult 2199. Deep-space exploration is a reality and teleportation is routine. But this time something se… Read More
The Weight of BloodBy Tiffany D. JacksonKatherine Tegen Books, 2022. 406 pages. Young Adult FictionWhen Springville residents -- at least, the ones still alive -- are questioned about what h… Read More
Canción de NavidadPor Charles DickensJM Ediciones, 1999. 123 páginas. FicciónEbenezer Scrooge es un hombre avaro y egoísta, sarcástico y huraño con… Read More
The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafiby Shannon ChakrabortyHarper Voyager, 2023. 482 pages. Fantasy After a storied and scandalous career as one of the Indian Ocean's most notorious pirates… Read More
Monstrilio By Gerardo Sámano Córdova Zando, 2023. 326 pages. Fiction. Grieving mother Magos cuts out a piece of her deceased eleven-year-old son Santiago's lung. Acti… Read More
Counting the Cost: A Memoirby Jill Duggar
Gallery Books, 2023. 288 pages. Biography/Memoir As a star on the popular TLC reality show 19 Kids and Counting, Jill Duggar grew up in front o… Read More
Fourth Wing By Rebecca YarrosRed Tower Books, 2023. 498 pages. Adult FantasyTwenty-year-old Violet Sorrengail was supposed to enter the Scribe Quadrant, living a quiet life among books… Read More
Mistletoe Murder: and other storiesBy P.D. JamesAlfred A. Knopf, 2016. 152 pages. MysteryFour previously uncollected stories from one of the great mystery writers of our time--swift, cunning… Read More
Queen Bee: An Anti-historical Regency Romp
by Amalie Howard
Joy Revolution, 2023. 352 pages. Young Adult Fiction
Lady Ela Dalvi knows the exact moment her life was forever
changed--when h… Read More
¡Viva Lola Espinoza!By Ella CerónKokila, an imprint of
Penguin Random House LLC, 2023. 392 pages. Young Adult Fiction
Cursed
in love, Lola Espinoza finds herself torn between t… Read More