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Book Lists
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Every once in a while, our staff will create new lists or update these.
Check back for new ideas when you are wondering what to read next....
Tour of the Classics:


A Princess of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs
Tarzan of the Apes by Edgar Rice Burroughs
Cold Sassy Tree by Olive Ann Burns
Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte
A Woman of Substance by Barbara Taylor Bradford
Hannah Coulter by Wendel Berry
Clan of the Cave Bear by Jean Auel
The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
Work by Louisa May Alcott
The More Than Complete Hitchhiker’s Guide by Douglas Adams
Don Quixote by Miguel De Cervantes
The Hours by Michael Cunningham
Crime & Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
David Copperfield by Charles Dickens
The Old Curiosity Shop by Charles Dickens
Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens
The Complete Sherlock Holmes Treasury by Arthur Conan Doyle
The Three Musketeers by Alexander Dumas
Middlemarch by George Eliot
The Invisible Man by George Ellison
The Painted Drum by Louise Erdrich
Giant by Edna Ferber
So Big by Edna Ferber
Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert
The African Queen by CS Forester
The Forsythe Saga by John Galsworthy
One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
The Man Within by Graham Greene
The End of the Affair by Graham Greene
For Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway
Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse
Steppenwolf by Hermann Hesse
The Talented Mr. Ripley by Patricia Highsmith
The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro


More to come…..
4.0 + on GoodReads 

The Falcon of Sparta by Conn Iggulden – Historical Fiction
The Abbot’s Tale by Conn Iggulden – Historical Fiction
To the Bright Edge of the World by Eowyn Ivey – Literary Fiction
Winds of Change by Anna Jacobs – General Fiction
The Weight of Ink by Rachel Kadish – Literary Fiction
Rush Home Road by Lori Lansens – Literary Fiction
Joe DeMarco Series (The Inside Ring Book #1) by Mike Lawson – Political Thriller
Red Metal by Mark Greaney – War Thriller
All the Ugly and Wonderful Things by Bryn Greenwood – Literary Fiction
The One Man by Andrew Gross – WWII Historical Fiction
Button Man by Andrew Gross – Mobster Historical Fiction
The Driver by Hart Hanson – Mystery Thriller
The Dry by Jane Harper – Mystery
The Lost Man by Jane Harper – Mystery
Iron House by John Hart – Mystery
Jimmy Bluefeather by Kim Heacox – Literary Fiction
The Darby Series (The Dogs of March Book #1) by Ernest Hebert - NH based General Fiction
Someone Knows My Name by Lawrence Hill - Historical Fiction
The Nix by Nathan Hill – Literary Fiction
The Rain Wilds Chronicles (Dragon Keeper Book #1) by Robin Hobb – Fantasy
A Parchment of Leaves by Silas House – Literary Fiction
The Universe Versus Alex Woods by Gavin Extence – Literary Fiction
Mr. Loverman by Bernardine Evaristo – Literary Fiction
Virgil Wander by Leif Enger – Literary Fiction
Peace Like a River by Leif Enger – Saga
Song of a Captive Bird by Jasmin Darznik – Literary Fiction
Flavia Albia Series (The Ides of April Book #1) by Lindsey Davis – Historical Mystery
Birds Without Wings by Louis De Bernieres – Historical Fiction
Grace by Natashia Deon – Literary Fiction
Pacific Glory by P T Deutermann – WWII Historical Fiction
The Traitor of Baru Cormorant by Seth Dickinson – Fantasy
The Truth About Harry Quebert Affair by Joel Dicker – Mystery
Misconduct by Penelope Douglas – Contemporary Love Story
Kill the Queen by Jennifer Estep – Gladiators Meets Game of Thrones
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier Clay by Michael Chabon – General Fiction
Goliath by Shawn Corridan – Thriller
The Legends of the First Empire Series (Age of Myth Book #1) by Michael Sullivan – Fantasy
Mistborn Series (The Final Empire Book #1) by Brandon Sanderson – Fantasy
Winternight Trilogy (The Bear and the Nightingale Book #1) by Katherine Arden – Fantasy
Mercy Thompson Series (Moon Called Book #1) by Patricia Briggs – Fantasy
Infected Series (Infected Book #1) by Scott Sigler – Science Fiction
Daemon Series (Daemon Book #1) by Daniel Suarez – Science Fiction

​More to come...
Best Short Story Fiction


Fragile Things by Neil Gaiman
Dangerous Women by Various Authors
And thereby Hangs a Tale by Jeffrey Archer
The Assissination of Margaret Thatcher by Hilary Mantel
The Bazaar of Bad Dreams by Stephen King
The Best American Mystery Stories 2009
A Blink of the Screen by Terry Pratchet
Coronado by Dennis Lehane
Dangers Untold by Various Authors
Dear Husband by Joyce Carol Oates
Dirty Love by Andre Dubus
Fight No More by Lydia Millet
Florida by Lauren Groff
Grand Central by Various Authors
Brown Dog by Jim Harrison
Hall of Small Mammals by Thomas Pierce
Have I Got A Story For You by Various Authors
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