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More of What Our Patrons Read for Winter Reading

Did you miss out on our Winter Reading program? You can still enjoy these exciting books that your fellow library patrons have been reading. And keep an eye out for when summer reading starts in June!

Evanston Public Library

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  • This patron let us know this was a LitMatch recommendation! LitMatch is a personalized readers advisory service, simply fill out the form on our website (https://epl.org/litmatch/) and our staff will curate a list of recommendations for…
    BookNew York : Tor, a Tom Doherty Associates Book, 2021. — Science Fiction Maxwe.E
  • Revenge of the Tipping Point

    Overstories, Superspreaders, and the Rise of Social Engineering

    Gladwell, Malcolm, 1963-
    "Why is Miami…Miami? What does the heartbreaking fate of the cheetah tell us about the way we raise our children? Why do Ivy League schools care so much about sports? What is the Magic Third, and what does it mean for racial harmony? In…
    BookNew York : Little, Brown and Company, 2024. — 302 Gladw.M
  • The Marmalade Diaries

    the True Story of An Odd Couple

    Aitken, Ben,
    "Full of warmth, wit and candour, The Marmalade Diaries tells the story of an unlikely friendship during an unlikely time."
    BookLondon : Icon Books, [2022] — 305.26 Aitke.B
  • "1950. Thousands of Yemeni Jews have immigrated to the newly founded Israel in search of a better life. In an overcrowded immigrant camp in Rosh Ha’ayin, Yaqub, a shy young man, happens upon Saida, a beautiful girl singing by the river. In…
    BookNew York : Random House, [2024] — Fiction Tsaba.A
  • "Rosemary Harper doesn’t expect much when she joins the crew of the aging Wayfarer. While the patched-up ship has seen better days, it offers her a bed, a chance to explore the far-off corners of the galaxy, and most importantly, some…
    BookNew York, NY : Harper Voyager, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2016] — Science Fiction Chamb.B
  • "It's been centuries since the robots of Panga gained self-awareness and laid down their tools; centuries since they wandered, en masse, into the wilderness, never to be seen again; centuries since they faded into myth and urban legend.…
    BookNew York : Tordotcom, 2021. — Science Fiction Chamb.B
  • "From the Booker Prize finalist, author of The Island of Missing Trees, an enchanting new tale about three characters living along two great rivers, all connected by a single drop of water."
    BookNew York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2024. — Fiction Shafa.E
  • "Bryce Quinlan had the perfect life-working hard all day and partying all night-until a demon murdered her closest friends, leaving her bereft, wounded, and alone. When the accused is behind bars but the crimes start up again, Bryce finds…
    BookNew York : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2020. — Science Fiction Maas.S
  • "Emily Walker hates having her carefully crafted world disrupted by anyone, most of all her legendary nemesis, Jack Bennett. He’s the opposite of the wonderful heroes she dreams up in her double life as a romance writer, which is why Emily…
    BookNew York : Delacorte Press, [2025] — Fiction Adams.S
  • "Eva Mercy is a single mom and bestselling erotica writer. Shane Hall is a reclusive, award-winning novelist. When the two meet at a literary event, sparks fly, raising not only their buried traumas, but the eyebrows of the Black literati.…
    BookNew York : Grand Central Publishing, 2021. — Fiction Willi.T
  • "ucked away in an old building at the end of a narrow alley in Kyoto, the Kokoro Clinic for the Soul can only be found by people who are struggling in their lives and genuinely need help. The mysterious clinic offers a unique treatment to…
    BookNew York : Berkley, [2024] — Fiction Ishid.S
  • Extremely Online

    the Untold Story of Fame, Influence, and Power on the Internet

    Lorenz, Taylor,
    "For over a decade, Taylor Lorenz has been the authority on internet culture, documenting its far-reaching effects on all corners of our lives. Her reporting is serious yet entertaining and illuminates deep truths about ourselves and the…
    BookNew York : Simon & Schuster, 2023. — 302.231 Loren.T
  • "Born to survivalists in the mountains of Idaho, Tara Westover was seventeen the first time she set foot in a classroom. Her family was so isolated from mainstream society that there was no one to ensure the children received an education,…
    BookNew York : Random House, 2022. — B Westo.T Westo.T
  • Differ We Must

    How Lincoln Succeeded in a Divided America

    Inskeep, Steve,
    "In 1855, with the United States at odds over slavery, the lawyerAbraham Lincoln wrote a note to his best friend, the son of a Kentucky slaveowner. Lincoln rebuked his friend for failing to oppose slavery. But he added: “If for this you…
    BookNew York : Penguin Press, 2023. — 973.7 Inske.S
  • "In 1966, Baltimore is a city of secrets that everyone seems to know—everyone, that is, except Madeline “Maddie” Schwartz. Last year, she was a happy, even pampered housewife. This year, she’s bolted from her marriage of almost twenty…
    BookNew York, NY : William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2019] — Mystery Lippm.L
  • "Beautiful heiress Linnet Doyle has it all - wealth, beauty, and a handsome new husband. But when she's found brutally murdered on the opulent SS Karnak, Poirot must unravel a complex web of secrets, lies, and betrayals to uncover the…
    BookNew York : HarperCollins, 2011, ©1938. — Mystery Chris.A
  • David and Goliath

    Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants

    Gladwell, Malcolm, 1963-
    "Three thousand years ago on a battlefield in ancient Palestine, a shepherd boy felled a mighty warrior with nothing more than a stone and a sling, and ever since then the names of David and Goliath have stood for battles between underdogs…
    BookNew York : Little, Brown and Company, 2013. — 155.24 Gladw.M
  • "Loretta Thurwar and Hamara “Hurricane Staxxx” Stacker are the stars of the Chain-Gang All-Stars, the cornerstone of CAPE, or Criminal Action Penal Entertainment, a highly popular, highly controversial profit-raising program in America’s…
    BookNew York : Pantheon Books, [2023] — Fiction Adjei.N
  • All Systems Red

    the Murderbot Diaries

    Wells, Martha,
    "A murderous android discovers itself in All Systems Red, a tense science fiction adventure by Martha Wells that interrogates the roots of consciousness through Artificial Intelligence." (This is another personal favorite.)
    BookNew York : Tom Doherty Associates, 2017. — Science Fiction Wells.M
  • "Neither Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist Will Navidson nor his companion Karen Green was prepared to face the consequences of the impossibility of their new home, until the day their two little children wandered off and their voices…
    BookNew York : Pantheon Books, [2000] — Fiction Danie.M