The Medway Library will be closed on Monday October 14 in observance of Indigenous Peoples' Day.  It will reopen Tuesday October 15 at 10AM.

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October's Staff Picks

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STAFF PICKS

Adult Romance: Haunted Ever After by Jen DeLuca

Adult Romance: Summer Romance by Annabel Monaghan

Adult Fantasy: Deathless by Catherynne M. Valente

Adult Memoir: Down With The System by Serj Tankian

YA Fantasy: Celestial Monsters by Aiden Thomas

YA Graphic Novel: Navigating With You by Jeremy Whitley


2024 STAFF PICKS

 

September's Staff Picks

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STAFF PICKS

Adult Historical: The Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon

Adult Thriller: The Only One Left by Riley Sager

Adult Romance: The Summer We Started Over by Nancy Thayer

Adult Cookbook: Food to Die For: Recipes and Stories from America's Most Legendary Haunted Places

by Amy Bruni

TV Series Tie-in: The Book of Bill by Bill Cipher

YA Graphic Novel: Youth Group by Jordan Morris

 

August's Staff Picks

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STAFF PICKS

Adult Historical: The Fox Wife by Yangsze Choo

Adult Historical: Every Rising Sun by Jamila Ahmed

Adult Romance: For the Love of Summer by Susan Mallery

Adult Horror: Horror Movie by Paul Tremblay

Adult Fantasy: Running Close to the Wind by Alexandra Rowland

YA Graphic Novel: Brownstone by Samuel Teer

 

July's Staff Picks

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STAFF PICKS

Adult Fiction: The Berry Pickers by Amanda Peters

Adult Romance: When in Rome by Sarah Adams

Adult Nonfiction: The Emerald Mile by Kevin Fedarko

Adult Nonfiction: One Long River of Song by Brian Doyle

YA Romance: Wish You Weren’t Here by Erin Baldwin

YA Graphic Novel: The Deep Dark by Molly Knox Ostertag

 

June's Staff Picks

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STAFF PICKS

Adult Romance: Christa Comes Out of Her Shell by Abbi Waxman

Adult Historical Romance: You Should Be So Lucky by Cat Sebastian

Adult Horror: Projections by S.E. Porter

Adult Nonfiction: The Upstairs Delicatessen by Dwight Garner

YA Fantasy: Murtagh by Christopher Paolini

YA Romance: Canto Contigo by Jonny Garza Villa

 

May's Staff Picks

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STAFF PICKS

Adult Romance: Canadian Boyfriend by Jenny Holiday

Adult Fiction: Table for Two by Amor Towels

Adult Memoir: Corrections in Ink by Keri Blakinger

Adult Classics: The Iliad translated by Emily Wilson

YA Fiction: Dear Wendy by Ann Zhao

YA Manga series: Apothecary Diaries by Natsu Hyuuga

 

April's Staff Picks

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STAFF PICKS

Adult Romance: Bride by Ali Hazelwood

Adult Mystery: A Spell For Trouble by Esme Addison

Adult Nonfiction: Dictator's Handbook: Why Bad Behavior Is Almost Always Good Politics by Bruce Bueno de Mesquita

Adult Nonfiction: The Costumes of Downton Abbey by Emma Marriott

YA Horror: The Invocations by Krystal Sutherland

YA Fantasy: Daughter of the Bone Forest by Jasmine Skye

 

March's Staff Picks

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STAFF PICKS

Adult Romance: Sorry Not Sorry by Sophie Ranald

Adult Fantasy: The Inheritance of Orquídea Divina by Zoraida Córdova

Adult Horror: Episode Thirteen by Craig DiLouie

Adult Memoir: While You Were Out by Meg Kissinger

Adult Nonfiction: Awe: The New Science of Everyday Wonder by Dacher Keltner

YA Romance: A Fragile Enchantment by Allison Saft

 

February's Staff Picks

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STAFF PICKS

Adult Horror: Black Sheep by Rachel Harrison

Adult Fiction: Family Lore by Elizabeth Acevedo

Adult Fiction: The Ocean and the Stars by Mark Helprin

Adult Science Fiction: Sister, Maiden, Monster by Lucy A. Snyder

Adult Nonfiction: A Strange Life: Selected Essays of Louisa May Alcott

YA Fantasy: So Let Them Burn by Kamilah Cole

 

January's Staff Picks

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STAFF PICKS

Adult Fantasy: Mortal Follies by Alexis Hall

Adult Fiction: Class Mom by Laurie Gelman

Adult Horror: Lone Women by Victor LaValle

Adult Memoir: If You Would Have Told Me by John Stamos

Adult Nonfiction: Tasting History by Max Miller

YA Romance: Gwen and Art Are Not in Love by Lex Croucher


2023 STAFF PICKS

 

December's Staff Picks

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STAFF PICKS

Adult Fiction: The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store by James McBride

Adult Romance: Curves for Days by Laura Moher

Adult Mystery: Mistletoe Murder by Leslie Meier

Adult Nonfiction: The Marvel Cinematic Universe: An Official Timeline

YA Fantasy: The Bewitching Hour by Ashley Poston

YA Graphic Novel: Brooms by Jasmine Walls

 

November's Staff Picks

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STAFF PICKS

Adult Fiction: Tom Lake by Ann Patchett (especially the audio book read by Meryl Streep)

Adult Romance: A Nobleman’s Guide to Seducing a Scoundrel by KJ Charles

Adult Romance: Hello Stranger by Katherine Center

Adult Memoir: The Good, Good Pig by Sy Montgomery

Adult Memoir: Unraveling by Peggy Orenstein

YA Contemporary: Darius the Great Is Not Okay by Adib Khorram

 

October's Staff Picks

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STAFF PICKS

Adult Fantasy: Crescent City: House of Earth and Blood by Sarah J. Maas

Adult Romance: Love, Theoretically by Ali Hazelwood

Adult Nonfiction: What an Owl Knows by Jennifer Ackerman

Adult Nonfiction: Atomic Habits by James Clear

YA Horror: The Spirit Bares Its Teeth by Andrew Joseph White

YA Graphic Novel: Cosmoknights by Hannah Templer

 

September's Staff Picks

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STAFF PICKS

Adult Fantasy: The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon

Adult SciFi: Kindred by Octavia E. Butler

Adult Mystery: Murder on Cape Cod by Maddie Day

Adult Nonfiction: We Were Once a Family by Roxanna Asgarian

YA Myth Retelling: Spin by Rebecca Caprara

YA Manga: Witch Hat Atelier by Kamome Shirahama

 

August's Staff Picks

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STAFF PICKS

Adult Fantasy: Good Omens by Terry Pratchett & Neil Gaiman

Adult Romance: Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston

Adult Thriller: Lay Your Body Down by Amy Suiter Clarke

Adult Nonfiction: American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer by Kai Bird

Adult Nonfiction: Parenting on Earth: A Philosopher's Guide to Doing Right by Your Kids by Elizabeth Cripps

YA Romance: Nick and Charlie by Alice Oseman

YA Horror: The Getaway by Lamar Giles

 

July's Staff Picks

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STAFF PICKS

Adult Romance: We Could Be So Good by Cat Sebastian

Adult Romance: Best Served Hot by Amanda Elliot

Adult Nonfiction: Eager: The Surprising, Secret Life of Beavers by Ben Goldfarb

YA Fanatsy: Cinder by Marissa Meyer

YA Romance: Going Bicoastal by Dahlia Adler

YA Graphic Novel: Nimona by N.D. Stevenson

 

June's Staff Picks

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STAFF PICKS

Adult Thriller: The Therapist by B.A. Paris

Adult Romance: All Rhodes Lead Here by Mariana Zapata

Adult Romance: If You Only Knew by Kristan Higgins

Adult Biography: Finding Freedom by Erin French

Adult Nonfiction: OMFG BEES! by Matt Kracht

YA Romance: Imogen, Obviously by Becky Albertalli

YA Graphic Novel: The Princess and the Grilled Cheese Sandwich by Deya Muniz

Middle Grade: The Sun and the Star by Mark Oshiro and Rick Riordan

 

May's Staff Picks

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STAFF PICKS

YA Fantasy: Spell Bound by F.T. Lukens

YA Graphic Novel: Heartstopper by Alice Oseman

Adult Nonfiction: Welcome to Dragon Talk by Shelly Mazzanoble & Greg Tito

Adult Historical Fiction: The Marriage Portrait by Maggie O'Farrell

Adult Romance: The Summer House by Jenny Hale

Adult Fiction: The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides

 

April's Staff Picks

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STAFF PICKS

YA Fantasy: The Wicked Bargain by Gabe Cole Novoa

YA Fantasy: The Sunbearer Trials by Aiden Thomas

Adult Fiction: The Cloisters by Katy Hays

Adult Fiction: The Wife Upstairs by Rachel Hawkins

Adult Fantasy: A Marvellous Light by Freya Marske

Adult Nonfiction: From Strength to Strength by Arthur C. Brooks

YA Graphic Novel: Check, Please! by Ngozi Ukazu