Staff Picks - Parker Memorial Library

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Carole’s Picks

Wait Till Next Year

Wait Till Next Year

The Last Kingdom (The Last Kingdom Series, Book 1)

The Last Kingdom (The Last Kingdom Se...

Bread and Roses

Bread and Roses

Travels with Charley

Travels with Charley

Sisters

Selected Poems

Northanger Abbey

Northanger Abbey

Bloomer Girls

John Adams

A Distant Mirror

A Distant Mirror

Once and Future King

Once and Future King

Founding Brothers

Founding Brothers

The Killer Angels

The Killer Angels

The Midwife

The Midwife’s Tale

The Midwife’s Tale

Maine

Diane’s Picks

Witch Child

Emotional Intelligence 2.0

Emotional Intelligence 2.0

Code Talker

Truth Worth Telling

Truth Worth Telling

Deadline

Friction

Finding Jake

The Cold Dish

Iron Lake (20th Anniversary Edition)

Iron Lake (20th Anniversary Edition)

St. Agnes’ Stand

St. Agnes’ Stand

The Last Ride

The Unexpected Waltz

The Unexpected Waltz

Method 15/33

The Gown

A Christmas Carol

A Christmas Carol

A Drop in the Ocean

A Drop in the Ocean

In the Barren Ground

In the Barren Ground

The Dark Bones

Pieces of Her

Scrublands

Outlander

Defending Jacob

Defending Jacob

Mission Hill

Cemetery Road

The President is Missing

The President is Missing

The Last Kind Words

The Last Kind Words

The Lying Game

The Night Crew

A Criminal Defense

A Criminal Defense

The Dark Lake (FREE PREVIEW – Prologue and First Five Chapters)

The Dark Lake (FREE PREVIEW – P...

Live to Tell

Fear Nothing

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil

Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

Lost in Shangri-La

Lost in Shangri-La

Portrait Of A Killer: Jack The Ripper — Case Closed

Portrait Of A Killer: Jack The Ripper...

The Shining

Memoirs of a Geisha

Memoirs of a Geisha

The Good Daughter: The gripping new bestselling thriller from a No. 1 author

The Good Daughter: The gripping new b...

The Witch of Painted Sorrows

The Witch of Painted Sorrows

On a Pale Horse

On a Pale Horse

The Shoemaker’s Wife

The Shoemaker’s Wife

The Fortune Teller

The Fortune Teller

Mississippi Blood

Mississippi Blood

The Lost Man

For Better and Worse

For Better and Worse

VOX

High Crimes

Find Her

Nanci’s Picks

The Book Club

Entangled: The Homecoming: The Sugar Maple Chronicles –

Entangled: The Homecoming: The Sugar ...

The Bookshop on the Shore

The Bookshop on the Shore

Rose Madder

Jar of Hearts

A Gathering of Secrets

A Gathering of Secrets

Midnight at the Blackbird Cafe

Midnight at the Blackbird Cafe

Charming Billy

On Writing

Brokeback Mountain

Brokeback Mountain

State of Wonder

State of Wonder

A Secret History of Witches

A Secret History of Witches

A Discovery of Witches

A Discovery of Witches

Room

Time Enough for Drums

Time Enough for Drums

Beyond the Burning Time

Beyond the Burning Time

Speak

Marked

The Scarlet Letter

The Scarlet Letter

Bastard Out of Carolina

Bastard Out of Carolina

Child of My Heart

Child of My Heart

Charming Billy

NOS4A2

Personhood

Weetzie Bat

Putting Makeup on the Fat Boy

Putting Makeup on the Fat Boy

Infinity

No Mercy

Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret.

Are You There God? It’s Me, Mar...

The Phantom Tollbooth

The Phantom Tollbooth

I Am Forbidden

Interview with the Vampire: Claudia’s Story

Interview with the Vampire: Claudia&#...

The Witching Hour

The Witching Hour

Defending Jacob

Defending Jacob

Trans-Sister Radio

Trans-Sister Radio

Gimme Some Sugar

Gimme Some Sugar

A Few Pecans Short of a Pie

A Few Pecans Short of a Pie

Ain’t She a Peach

Ain’t She a Peach

Sweet Tea and Sympathy

Sweet Tea and Sympathy

Fledgling

Changeling

The Book Charmer

The Book Charmer

Jane Austen in Boca

Jane Austen in Boca

Queen of Broken Hearts

Queen of Broken Hearts

Between, Georgia

Between, Georgia

While I Was Gone

While I Was Gone

The World Below

The World Below

Digging to America

Digging to America

The Devil in the White City

The Devil in the White City

The Restorer

CIRCULATION

Cheryl’s Picks

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s...

The Hunger Games

The Hunger Games

Deception’s Daughter

Deception’s Daughter

The Conjurer

Knowing Jesse

Bossypants

In a Dark, Dark Wood

In a Dark, Dark Wood

Multiple Choice

Multiple Choice

Cemetery Girl

Look for Me

Right Behind You

Right Behind You

Firestarter

The Dark Half

The Dead Zone

Cujo

Pet Sematary

The Stand

The Ladies of Covington Send Their Love

The Ladies of Covington Send Their Love

Heart-Shaped Box LP

Heart-Shaped Box LP

The Keep

The Winter People

The Winter People

The Help

The Art of Racing in the Rain LP

The Art of Racing in the Rain LP

American Wife

The Mermaid Chair

The Mermaid Chair

Joyce’s Picks

Mystic River

That Was Then, This is Now

That Was Then, This is Now

The Firm

The Five People You Meet in Heaven

The Five People You Meet in Heaven

Snow Falling on Cedars

Snow Falling on Cedars

Me & Emma

Gone Girl

My Sister’s Keeper

My Sister’s Keeper

The School of Essential Ingredients

The School of Essential Ingredients

Fried Green Tomatoes At The Whistle Stop Cafe

Fried Green Tomatoes At The Whistle S...

Leslie’s Picks

About My Mother

About My Mother

The Real Lolita

The Real Lolita

In Pieces

Diana Ross

American Heiress

American Heiress

Prairie Fires

The Flight

Kidnapped

The Trial of Lizzie Borden

The Trial of Lizzie Borden

Sounds Like Titanic: A Memoir

Sounds Like Titanic: A Memoir

De Niro

Anything Goes

Melissa’s Picks

Circling the Sun

Circling the Sun

Clara and Mr. Tiffany

Clara and Mr. Tiffany

The Hidden Diary of Marie Antoinette

The Hidden Diary of Marie Antoinette

Orphan Train

One Thousand White Women

One Thousand White Women

The Husband’s Secret

The Husband’s Secret

Mrs. Poe

Goodnight June

A Man Called Ove

A Man Called Ove

The Wolves of Andover

The Wolves of Andover

The Aviator’s Wife

The Aviator’s Wife

The Daring Ladies of Lowell

The Daring Ladies of Lowell

Twain’s End

The Ice Cream Queen of Orchard Street

The Ice Cream Queen of Orchard Street

Behind Closed Doors

Behind Closed Doors

The Address

Saint Mazie

The Stars are Fire

The Stars are Fire

The Stolen Marriage

The Stolen Marriage

Cooper’s Charm

Vox

The Tattooist of Auschwitz

The Tattooist of Auschwitz

YoungOak’s Picks

Love Beyond Time

Love Beyond Time

The Zookeeper’s Wife

The Zookeeper’s Wife

White Chrysanthemum

White Chrysanthemum

Those Who Save Us

Those Who Save Us

The Nazi Officer’s Wife

The Nazi Officer’s Wife

Trust Exercise

A Christmas Carol

A Christmas Carol

Oliver Twist

The Nightingale

The Nightingale

Beyond the Bright Sea

Beyond the Bright Sea

My Mother’s Secret

My Mother’s Secret

CHILDREN’S SERVICES

Christine’s Picks

Don’t Look Behind You

Don’t Look Behind You

The Guardian

The Notebook

Nights in Rodanthe

Nights in Rodanthe

Safe Haven

The Green Mile

Thinner

The Devil’s Chessboard

The Devil’s Chessboard

Freakonomics

The Death of Truth

The Death of Truth

No Is Not Enough

No Is Not Enough

I Am Malala

After the First Death

After the First Death

Girls Night in

Brook Farm

Yankee Magazine’s Living Well on a Shoestring

Yankee Magazine’s Living Well o...

Oz, the Complete Collection

Oz, the Complete Collection

Organizing from the Inside Out Cards

Organizing from the Inside Out Cards

Getting It Through My Thick Skull

Getting It Through My Thick Skull

Procrastination

Procrastination

First Kill Your Family

First Kill Your Family

Joan’s Picks

The Stand

Little Women

The Martian

The Book of the Unnamed Midwife

The Book of the Unnamed Midwife

Of Mice and Men: Teacher’s Deluxe Edition

Of Mice and Men: Teacher’s Delu...

The Bell Jar

The Girl With All The Gifts

The Girl With All The Gifts

The Bees

Oryx and Crake

Ender’s Game

The Poisonwood Bible

The Poisonwood Bible

The Grapes of Wrath

The Grapes of Wrath

Duncton Wood

Penny’s Picks

Rules

Ella Enchanted

The War that Saved My Life

The War that Saved My Life

The One and Only Ivan

The One and Only Ivan

The Trumpet of the Swan

The Trumpet of the Swan

The Bronze Pen

Ghost Ship

Nuts to You

How Oliver Olson Changed the World

How Oliver Olson Changed the World

Slacker

The Boggart

Lunch Money

Al Capone Does My Shirts

Al Capone Does My Shirts

The Children of Green Knowe

The Children of Green Knowe

The Penderwicks

The Penderwicks

REFERENCE DEPARTMENT

Cathy’s Picks

The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs

The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs

The Sixth Extinction

The Sixth Extinction

Nothing to Envy

Nothing to Envy

Pictures at a Revolution

Pictures at a Revolution

Five Came Back

Wolf

Waterloo

The Demon Under the Microscope

The Demon Under the Microscope

The Butchering Art

The Butchering Art

The Trial of Lizzie Borden

The Trial of Lizzie Borden

TECHNICAL SERVICES

Laura’s Picks

Borrowed Light

Cold-Hearted Rake

Cold-Hearted Rake

The Great Mortality

The Great Mortality

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies

Persuasion

Emily of New Moon

Emily of New Moon

Lamb

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the G...

The Blue Castle

The Blue Castle

Rose in Bloom

Jane Eyre

YOUNG ADULT DEPARTMENT

Meghan’s Picks

Kakuriyo: Bed & Breakfast for Spirits

Kakuriyo: Bed & Breakfast for Sp...

Kakegurui – Compulsive Gambler –

Kakegurui – Compulsive Gambler ...

The Phantom Tollbooth

The Phantom Tollbooth

Peeps

The White Queen

The White Queen

The Wicked King (The Folk of the Air #2)

The Wicked King (The Folk of the Air #2)

The Cruel Prince

The Cruel Prince

Impostors

The Island of Sea Women

The Island of Sea Women

The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane

The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane

TRUSTEES PICKS

Eric’s Picks

In Other Lands

The Wee Free Men

The Wee Free Men

Dreadnought

So You Want to Be a Wizard

So You Want to Be a Wizard

Cordelia’s Honor

Cordelia’s Honor

The Duchess War

The Duchess War

Monstress 1

Ms. Marvel Vol. 1

Ms. Marvel Vol. 1

Chew Vol. 1

The Backstagers #1

The Backstagers #1

Girl Genius

On the Edge

Widdershins

The Golem and the Djinni

The Golem and the Djinni

Rivers of London

Rivers of London

Carousel Tides

The Deed of Paksenarrion

The Deed of Paksenarrion

The Curse of Chalion

The Curse of Chalion

Sorcerer to the Crown: Sorcerer Royal 1

Sorcerer to the Crown: Sorcerer Royal 1

Three Parts Dead

Three Parts Dead

The Bone Doll’s Twin

The Bone Doll’s Twin

Monique’s Picks

Where are You Now?

Where are You Now?

Remember Me

You Belong To Me

You Belong To Me

The Cotton Malone Series 8-Book Bundle

The Cotton Malone Series 8-Book Bundle

The Cotton Malone Series 8-Book Bundle

The Cotton Malone Series 8-Book Bundle

The 14th Colony

The 14th Colony

A Discovery of Witches

A Discovery of Witches

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