Fairfield What Are You Reading?

Fairfield Public Library's podcast helps you find your next great read.Fairfield Public Library, Fairfield, CT fairfieldpubliclibrary.org  Guest: Jennifer Laseman, Head of Teen Services and OBOT Co-chair Guest: Scott Jarzombek, Town LibrarianGuest: John Kofron, Youth and Teen Library Services Manager, Pequot LibraryPodcast host: Philip Bahr, Head of Adult Services and OBOT Co-chairThanks to our podcast editor Emma Jane Kennely for making us sound great!This episode is all about our One Book One Town (OBOT) selection for 2025 Beautyland by Marie-Helene Bertino

Fairfield Public Library's monthly podcast helps you find your next great read. Fairfield Public Library, Fairfield, CT fairfieldpubliclibrary.org Library Staff Favorite Books for 2024: Amy Peck, Head of Technical Services Crossings: How Road Ecology Is Shaping the Future of Our Planet by Ben Goldfarb We Solve Murders by Richard Osman Claudia Silk, Adult Services Librarian James by Percival Everett The Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon Elaine Barrie, Adult Services Librarian Everyone Here Is Lying by Shari Lapena Finding Margaret Fuller by Allison Pataki Emily Muller, Children's Librarian A Rover's Story by Jasmine Warga Jan Fisher, Deputy Town Librarian The Backyard Bird by Amy Tan How the Light Gets In by Joyce Maynard Jennifer Laseman, Head of Teen Services When the World Tips Over by Jandy Nelson Jessica Stevens, Adult Services Librarian Here One Moment by Liane Moriarty Leslie Hagel, Adult Servies Librarian Here One Moment by Liane Moriarty (selected twice!) Mary Coe, Branch Reference Librarian Table for Two by Amor Towles Long Island by Colm Toibin The Lost Boy of Santa Chionia by Juliet Grames Stefanie Bergstrom, Branch Children's Librarian This Book Will Make You An Artist by Ruth Millington and Ellen Surrey Spider in the Well by Jess Hannigan Susan Balla, Senior Circulation Coordinator A Murder Most French: American in Paris Mystery, Book 2 by Colleen Cambridge A Fashionably French Murder (An American in Paris Mystery Book 3) (coming in April) Tamara Lyhne, Head of Children's Services Tress of the Emerald Sea: A Cosmere Novel (Secret Projects Book 1) Book 1 by Brandon Sanderson and Howard Lyon The Curious Why (The Magical Yet, 2) Book 2 by Angela DiTerlizzi and Lorena Alvarez Gómez Philip Bahr, Head of Adult Services After Oz by Gordon McAlpine Farrell Covington and the Limits of Style by Paul Rudnick Scott Jarzombek, Town Librarian The Deep Sky by Yume Kitasei The Demon of Unrest by Erik Larson    Podcast host: Philip Bahr, Head of Adult Services Thanks to our podcast editor Emma Jane Kennely for making us sound great!

Fairfield Public Library's monthly podcast helps you find your next great read. Fairfield Public Library, Fairfield, CT fairfieldpubliclibrary.org    Podcast host: Philip Bahr, Head of Adult Services Guests: Tamara Lyhne, Head of Children's Services, Stefanie Bergstrom, Woods Branch Children's Librarian and Emily Muller, Children's Librarian Thanks to our podcast editor Emma Jane Kennely for making us sound great! This month's FPL staff picks: Tamara: Detective Beans: and the Case of the Missing Hat Hardcover by Li Chen This Land: The History of the Land We Are On by Ashley Fairbanks Looking forward to: Fairy Door Diaries: Eliza and the Flower Fairies by Megan McDonald Your Places Series by Jon Klassen Stefanie: The Fairy Tale Fan Club: Legendary Letters Collected by C.C. Cecily by Richard Ayoade ill. David Roberts Doctor Fairytale by Catherine Jacob, ill. Hoang Giang Presidential Elections and Other Cool Facts by Syl Sobel Looking forward to: Keeper of the Lost Cities – Unraveled by Shannon Messenger Impossible Creatures by Katherine Rundell Emily: Trouble at the Tangerine by Gillian McDunn The Happy Shop by Brittany Long Olsen Scare School Diaries: Welcome to Scare School by Jarrett Lerner Looking forward to: Scare School Diaries: Forest Frights by Jarrett Lerner Best Wishes: Like a Boss by Sarah Mlynowski and Hena Khan, ill. Jennifer Bricking The Bad Guys in One Last Thing by Aaron Blabey

Fairfield Public Library's monthly podcast helps you find your next great read. Fairfield Public Library, Fairfield, CT fairfieldpubliclibrary.org    Podcast host: Philip Bahr, Head of Adult Services Guests: Mary Coe, Branch Reference Librarian, Jennifer Laseman, Head of Teen Services, and Elaine Barrie, Adult Services Librarian Thanks to our podcast editor Emma Jane Kennely for making us sound great! This month's FPL staff picks: Mary: Maria by Michelle Moran The Days I Loved You Most by Amy Neff In My Time of Dying by Sebastian Junger All the Colors of the Dark by Chris Whitaker The Cliffs by J. Courtney Sullivan The Stolen Child by Ann Hood   also mentioned: The Perfect Couple by Elin Hilderbrand The Life Impossible by Matt Haig A Reason to See You Again by Jami Attenberg Here One Moment by Liane Moriarty Jen: None Shall Sleep by Ellie Marney Divine Rivals by Rebecca Ross Once Upon a Broken Heart by Stephanie Garber Powerless by Lauren Roberts Snowglobe by Soyoung Park Elaine: James by Percival Everett How to Solve Your Own Murder by Kristen Perrin Long Island by Colm Toibin Philip (up and coming): Our Evenings by Alan Holinghurst Somewhere Beyond the Sea by TJ Klune Rough Pages by Lev AC Rosen When the World Tips Over by Jandy Nelson The Last Dream by Pedro Almodovar

Fairfield Public Library's monthly podcast helps you find your next great read. Fairfield Public Library Fairfield, CT fairfieldpubliclibrary.org    Podcast host: Philip Bahr, Head of Adult Services Guests: Jan Fisher, Deputy Town Librarian, Jessica Stevens, Adult Services Branch Librarian, Leslie Hagel, Adult Services Librarian Thanks to our podcast editor Emma Jane Kennely for making us sound great! This month's FPL staff picks: Jan: The Friday Afternoon Club by Griffin Dunne The Yankee Way: the untold inside story of the Brian Cashman era by Andy Martino Ten Tomatoes That Changed the World: a history by William Alexander  Long After We Are Gone by Terah Shelton Harris The Book of Fire by Christy Lefteri Wolf at the Table by Adam Rapp Sandwich by Catherine Newman A Daughter of Fair Verona by Christina Dodd Jessica: The Witches of Bellinas by J. Nicole Jones  Once Upon A Time by Elizabeth Beller  One Perfect Couple by Ruth Ware  She's not Sorry by Mary Kubica  Vaster Wilds by Lauren Groff Bébé day by day : 100 keys to French parenting by Pamela Druckerman Leslie: Summer Romance by Annabel Monaghan Summer Fridays by Suzanne Rindell The Midnight Feast by Lucy Roley The Same Bright Stars by Ethan Joella The God of the Woods by Liz Moore (current audio) The Singer Sisters by Sarah Seltzer By Any Other Name by Jodi Picoult The Sequel by Jean Hanff (talked about with Jess) Philip Karma: My Autobiography by Boy George After Oz by Gordon McAlpine Lark Ascending by Silas House

Fairfield Public Library's monthly podcast helps you find your next great read. Fairfield Public Library Fairfield, CT fairfieldpubliclibrary.org    Podcast host: Philip Bahr, Head of Adult Services Guests: Susan Balla, Circulation Manager and Claudia Silk, Adult Services Librarian Thanks to our podcast editor Emma Jane Kennely for making us sound great! This month's FPL staff picks: Sue: THE GARDEN TOURIST: 120 DESTINATION GARDENS AND NURSERIES IN THE NORTHEAST  by Jana Milbocker D-DAY-THE UNHEARD TAPES by Geraint Jones NORMANDY '44: D-DAY AND THE EPIC 77-DAY BATTLE FOR FRANCE by James Holland THE STONE WITCH OF FLORENCE by Anna Rasche Due out in October AFTER OZ by Gordon McAlpine COMING AUGUST 6, 2024  BEAR by Julia Phillips COMING JUNE 25 2024  DISAPPEARING EARTH- also by Julia Phillips  THE WIDE WIDE SEA by Hampton Sides April 2024 Other titles: On Desperate Ground, In the Kingdom of Ice, Blood and Thunder, and Ghost Soldiers THE HUNTER'S DAUGHTER by Nicola Solvinic Out May 14, 2024 MURDER AT AN IRISH CHIPPER by Carlene O'Connor Out February 2024   #10 in Irish Village Mystery Series A MURDER MOST FRENCH by Colleen Cambridge   Out in April   An American in Paris #2 Led me to…  WINE AND WAR: WINE AND WAR: THE FRENCH, THE NAZIS, AND THE BATTLE FOR FRANCE'S GREATEST TREASURE Don Kladstrup INCIDENTS AROUND THE HOUSE by Josh Malerman out June 25, 2024 bestselling author of Bird Box LOOKING FORWARD TO: THE GREY WOLF by Louise Penny         October 29 BLOOD LIKE MINE by Stuart Neville                August 6 author of The Ghosts of Belfast. Also writes as Haylen Beck. THE LIFE IMPOSSIBLE : A NOVEL by MATT HAIG ON SALE DATE: SEPTEMBER 3, 2024 SOMEWHERE BEYOND THE SEA by TJ KLUNE SERIES: CERULEAN CHRONICLES (#2) SEPTEMBER 10, 2024 Claudia: American Mother by Colum McCann & Diane Foley Let the Great World Spin by Colum McCann The Hazelbourne Ladies Motorcycle and Flying Club by Helen Simonson Twilight Garden by Sara Nisha Adams The Many Lives of Mama Love by Lara Love Hardin The Sun Does Shine: How I Found Life and Freedom on Death Row by Anthony Ray Hinton Guncle Abroad by Stephen Rowley Funny Story by Emily Henry Swan Song by Elin Hilderbrand The Comfort of Ghosts by Jacqueline Winspear Philip: In Tongues by Thomas Grattan Wildful by Kengo Kurimato Farrell Covington and the Limits of Style by Paul Rudnick

Fairfield Public Library's monthly podcast helps you find your next great read. Fairfield Public Library Fairfield, CT fairfieldpubliclibrary.org    Podcast host: Philip Bahr, Head of Adult Services Guests: Tamara Lyhne, Head of Children's Services, Stefanie Bergstrom, Branch Children's Librarian, and Emily Muller, Children's Librarian Thanks to our podcast editor Emma Jane Kennely for making us sound great! This month's FPL staff picks: Tamara Sick!: The Twists and Turns Behind Animal Germs by Heather L. Montgomery One Day This Tree Will Fall by Leslie Barnard Booth The Book That Almost Rhymed by Omar Abed and Hatem Aly Looking forward to: The Infinity Rainbow Club Series (3 in a series) by Jen Malia and Peter Francis Stefanie The Sixth Extinction (young readers adaptation): An Unnatural History by Elizabeth Kolbert The Bard and the Book by Ann Bausum and Marta Sevilla Piano Wants to Play by Colleen Kong-Savage Orris and Timble: The Beginning by Kate DiCamillo and Carmen Mok Looking forward to: The Curious Why (The Magical Yet, 2) by Angela DiTerlizzi and Lorena Alvarez Gómez Emily Dogtown by Gennifer Choldenko and Katherine Applegate Wildful by Kengo Kurimoto Rise of the Green Flame: A Branches Book (Kwame's Magic Quest #1) by Bernard Mensah and Natasha Nayo Looking forward to: Emily's Cupcake Magic! (1) (Cupcake Diaries: The New Batch) Book 1 of 2: Cupcake Diaries: The New Batch by Coco Simon and Manuela Lopez The One and Only Family by Katherine Applegate Karen's Sleepover: A Graphic Novel (Baby-Sitters Little Sister #8) (Baby-Sitters Little Sister Graphix) by Ann M. Martin and Katy Farina Summer Reading coming soon!

Fairfield Public Library's monthly podcast helps you find your next great read. Fairfield Public Library Fairfield, CT fairfieldpubliclibrary.org    Podcast host: Philip Bahr, Head of Adult Services and OBOT Co-chair Guest: Jennifer Laseman, Head of Teen Services and OBOT Co-chair Guest: Leslie Hagel, Adult Services Librarian and OBOT Reading Committee Member Thanks to our podcast editor Emma Jane Kennely for making us sound great! This month is all about our One Book One Town (OBOT) selection for 2024: Warrior Girl Unearthed by Angeline Boulley.

Fairfield Public Library's monthly podcast helps you find your next great read. Fairfield Public Library Fairfield, CT fairfieldpubliclibrary.org    Podcast host: Philip Bahr, Head of Adult Services Guests: Jan Fisher, Deputy Town Librarian, Mary Coe, Branch Reference Librarian, and Amy Peck, Head of Technical Services. Thanks to our podcast editor Emma Jane Kennely for making us sound great! This month's FPL staff picks: Jan Fisher: Mother, Nature: A 5,000-Mile Journey to Discover if a Mother and Son Can Survive Their Differences by Jedidiah Jenkins Rental Person Who Does Nothing: A Memoir by Shoji Morimoto Everyone on This Train Is a Suspect: A Novel by Benjamin Stevenson The Fury by Alex Michaelides The Lioness of Boston by Emily Franklin Mary Coe: The Hunter by Tana French (also talked about the 1st book in the series, The Searcher) The Official MIND Diet by Dr. Martha Claire Morris and Laura Morris The Berry Pickers by Amanda Peters The Fury by Alex Michaelides My Father's House by Joseph O'Connor Amy Peck: Crossings: How Road Ecology Is Shaping The Future Of Our Planet by Ben Goldfarb  Flight Paths: How A Passionate And Quirky Group Of Pioneering Scientists Solved The Mystery Of Bird Migration by Rebecca Heisman A Wing And A Prayer: The Race To Save Our Vanishing Birds by Anders Gyllenhaal and Beverly Gyllenhaal Philip Bahr: Better Living Through Birding by Christian Cooper

Fairfield Public Library's monthly podcast helps you find your next great read. Fairfield Public Library Fairfield, CT fairfieldpubliclibrary.org    Podcast host: Philip Bahr, Head of Adult Services Guests: All Podcast Staff. Thanks to our podcast editor Emma Jane Kennely for making us sound great! This month everyone connected with the podcast shares their favorites reads for 2023. Susan Balla, Senior Circulation Manager The General and Julia by Jon Clinch Stefanie Bergstrom, Branch Children's Librarian: Big by Vashti Harrison Simon sort of says by Erin Bow Leslie Hagel, Adult Services Librarian: The Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon The Woman in the Castello by Kelsey James Jessica Stevens: The Ferryman by Justin Cronin Tamara Lyhne, Head of Children's Services 20 Questions by Mac Barnett and Christian Robinson Simon Sort of Says by Erin Bow Spy School Goes North by Stuart Gibbs Opinions and Opossums by Ann Braden Emily Muller, Children's Services Librarian The Lost Library by Rebecca Stead and Wendy Mass Elaine Barrie, Adult Services Librarian Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus Resurrection Walk by Michael Connelly Claudia Silk, Adult Services Librarian Tom Lake by Ann Patchett The Last Devil to Die by Richard Osman West with Giraffes by Lynda Rutledge Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers by Jesse Q. Sutanto Pineapple Street by Jenny Jackson Book Club Hotel by Sara Morgan Amy Peck, Head of Technical Services Better Living Through Birding by Christian Cooper The Secret Lives of Bats by Merlin Tuttle The Last Devil to Die by Richard Osman Mary Coe, Branch Reference Librarian I Have Some Questions for You by Rebecca Makkai Hello Beautiful by Ann Napolitano Saturday Night at the Lakeside Supper Club by J. Ryan Stradel The Covenant of Water by Abraham Vergshese Good Night, Irene by Luis Alberto Urrea The Celebrants by Steven Rowley The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store by James McBride The Invisible Hour by Alice Hoffman Tom Lake by Ann Patchett Crow Mary by Kathleen Grissom Jennifer Laseman, Head of Teen Services The Promise Boys by Nick Brooks Accountable: The True Story of a Racist Social Media Account and the Teenagers Whose Lives It Changed by Dashka Slater All CT Reads: sites.google.com/view/allctreads/ One Book One Town (OBOT): fairfieldpubliclibrary.org/OBOT/ Philip Bahr, Head of Adult Services and Podcast Host The Lavender Scare: The Cold War Persecution of Gays and Lesbians in the Federal Government by David K. Johnson The Bell in the Fog (Andy Mills Book 2) by Lev AC Rosen No Two Persons by Erica Bauermeister Notes on Complexity: A Scientific Theory of Connection, Consciousness, and Being by Neil Theise Jan Fisher, Deputy Town Librarian Elon Musk by Walter Isaacson Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus Poverty by America by Matthew Desmond Better Living through Birding by Christian Cooper Scott C. Jarzombek, Town Librarian The Lighthouse of Stalingrad: The Hidden Truth at the Heart of the Greatest Battle of World War II by Iain MacGregor

Fairfield Public Library's monthly podcast helps you find your next great read. Fairfield Public Library Fairfield, CT fairfieldpubliclibrary.org    Podcast host: Philip Bahr, Head of Adult Services Guests: Claudia Silk, Adult Services Librarian and Elaine Barrie, Adult Services Librarian. Thanks to our podcast editor Emma Jane Kennely for making us sound great! This month's FPL staff picks: Claudia Silk: The Last Devil to Die (Thursday Murder Club book 4) by Richard Osman The Well-Lived Life: A 102 Year Old Dr.'s Six Secrets to Health & Happiness at Every Age by Gladys McGarey xoxo Cody: An Opinionated Homosexual's Guide to Self-Love, Relationships and Tactful Pettiness by Cody Rigsby The Golden Gate by Amy Chua  The Second Chance Year by Melissa Weisner (12/5/23 release date) The Last Love Note by Emma Grey (1/24/23 release date)  Magnolia Palace by Fiona Davis  The Lions of Fifth Avenue by Fiona Davis    Elaine Barrie: Everyone Here is Lying by Shari Lapena The Spectacular by Fiona Davis The General and Julia by Jon Clinch (11/14/23) Philip Bahr: The Bell in the Fog by Lev LC Rosen

Fairfield Public Library's monthly podcast helps you find your next great read. Fairfield Public Library Fairfield, CT fairfieldpubliclibrary.org Podcast host: Philip Bahr, Head of Adult Services Guests: Mary Coe, Branch Reference Librarian, Susan Balla, Circulation Manager, and Leslie Hagel, Adult Services Librarian. Thanks to our podcast editor Emma Jane Kennely for making us sound great! This month's FPL staff picks: Mary Coe: A Life with Ghosts: true, terrifying, and insightful tales from my favorite haunts by Steve Gonsalves Life with the Afterlife: 13 truths I learned about ghosts by Amy Bruni And the Devil Shivered: a year in my life by Dustin Pari Ghost Hunting: true stories of unexplained phenomena from the Atlantic Paranormal Society by Jasonn Hawes and Grant Wilson All the Beauty in the World: the Metropolitan Museum of Art and me  by Patrick Bringley The Queen of Dirt Island by Donal Ryan Summer on the Bluffs by Sunny Hostin   Looking forward to: After Annie by Anna Quindlen The Hunter by Tana French Susan Balla The Caretaker: A Novel by Ron Rash On Great Fields: The Life And Unlikely Heroism Of Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain by Ronald C. White The Bell In The Fog by Lev Ac Rosen The Mystery Guest by Nita Prose Mastering the Art of French Murder (An American In Paris Mystery) by Colleen Cambridge Hallowe'en Party: Inspiration for the 20th Century Studios Major Motion Picture A Haunting in Venice (Hercule Poirot series Book 36) by Agatha Christie How Can I Help You by Laura Sims Hercule Poirot's Silent Night: A Novel by Sophie Hannah Book 5 of 5: The New Hercule Poirot Mystery Leslie Hagel: Mister Magic by Kiersten White The September House by Carissa Orlando Briefly, at end, The Night House by Jo Nesbo Happiness Falls by Angie Kim Amazing Grace Adams by Fran Littlewood Bright Lights, Big Christmas by Mary Kay Andrews The Reformatory by Tananarive Due

Fairfield Public Library's monthly podcast helps you find your next great read. Fairfield Public Library Fairfield, CT fairfieldpubliclibrary.org Podcast host: Philip Bahr, Head of Adult Services Guests: Tamara Lyhne, Head of Children's Services, Emily Muller, Children's Librarian, and Stefanie Bergstrom, Branch Children's Librarian. Thanks to our podcast editor Max Berryman for making us sound great! This month's FPL staff picks: Tamara Lyhne: Stinkbird Has a Superpower by Jill Esbaum Your One and Only Heart by Rajani LaRocca, M.D. Two Tribes by Emily Bowen Cohenn Upcoming: The Bad Guys in Look Who's Talking (The Bad Guys #18) by Aaron Blabey Cat on the Run in Cat of Death (Cat on the Run #1) by Aaron Blabey Emily Muller: Best Wishes: The Sister Switch by Sarah Mlynowski and Debbie Rigaud, ill. Maxine Vee Home Away From Home by Cynthia Lord Lo and Behold by Wendy Mass, ill. Gabi Mendez Upcoming: The Wild Robot Protects by Peter Brown Stefanie Bergstrom, Branch Children's Librarian Angus Is Here by Hadley Dyer Firefly Summer by Morgan Matson Rebel Girls minis Upcoming: new Percy Jackson

Fairfield Public Library's monthly podcast helps you find your next great read. Fairfield Public Library Fairfield, CT fairfieldpubliclibrary.org Podcast host: Philip Bahr, Head of Adult Services Guests: Jan Fisher, Deputy Town Librarian, Amy Peck, Head of Technical Services, and Leslie Hagel, Adult Services Librarian. Thanks to our podcast editor Max Berryman for making us sound great! This month's FPL staff picks: Jan Fisher: First Ladies by Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray Save What's Left by Elizabeth Castellano No Two Persons by Erica Bauermeister Block Party by Jamie Day The Rachel Incident by Caroline O'Donoghue Poverty, by America by Matthew Desmond Finding Me by Viola Davis Amy Peck: Better Living Through Birding: Notes From a Black Man In the Natural World by Christian Cooper (June 2023) TV series:  Extraordinary birder with Christian Cooper on National Geographic Leader of the Pack : An Andy Carpenter Mystery [#10] by David Rosenfelt  (July 2012) The Celebrants by Steven Rowley (May 2023) The Heartbeat of the Wild: Dispatches From Landscapes Of Wonder, Peril and Hope by David Quammen (May 2023) Many Things Under a Rock: The Mysteries Of Octopuses by David Scheel (June 2023)  Upcoming:   The Last Devil To Die : A Thursday Murder Club Mystery [#4] by Richard Osman (Sept 2023) Leslie Hagel: The Senator's Wife by Liv Constantine 5/23/23 The Spectacular by Fiona Davis 6/12/23 Hedge by Jane Delury 6/6/23 The Only One Left by Riley Sager 6/20/23 The Woman in the Castello by Kelsey James 7/25/23 California Golden by Melanie Benjamin 8/8/23

Fairfield Public Library's monthly podcast helps you find your next great read. Fairfield Public Library Fairfield, CT fairfieldpubliclibrary.org Podcast host: Philip Bahr, Head of Adult Services Guests: Jennifer Laseman, Head of Teen Services and Elaine Barrie, Adult Services Librarian Thanks to our podcast editor Max Berryman for making us sound great! This month's FPL staff picks: Jennifer Laseman: Warrior Girl on Earth by Angeline Boulley (author of Firekeeper's Daughter) World Made of Glass by Ami Polonsky The Davenports (The Davenports, #1) by Krystal Marquis Spell Bound by F.T. Lukens Elaine Barrie: The Gifts by Liz Hyder The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder by David Grann (author of The Killers of the Flower Moon) Next!: The Power of Reinvention in Life and Work by Joanne Lipman Philip Bahr: looking forward to four new books being released on June 6, 2023: Lesbian Love Story: A Memoir in Archives by Amelia Possanza The Last Gay Man on Earth by Ype Driessen Pageboy: A Memoir by Elliot Page Farrell Covington and the Limits of Style by Paul Rudnick

Fairfield Public Library's monthly podcast helps you find your next great read. Fairfield Public Library Fairfield, CT fairfieldpubliclibrary.org Podcast host: Philip Bahr, Head of Adult Services Guests: Susan Balla, Circulation Manager, Linda Quinn, Adult Services Associate, and Claudia Silk, Adult Services Librarian Thanks to our podcast editor Max Berryman for making us sound great! This month's FPL staff picks: Sue Balla: A Most Tolerant Little Town: A Forgotten Story Of Desegregation In America by Rachel Louise Martin (June 2023) The Spectacular by Fiona Davis (June 2023) You Shouldn't Have Come Here by Jeneva Rose (April 2023) Yellowface by R.F. Kuang (May 2023) Phaedra by Laura Shepperson (Jan 2023) The Wager: A Tale Of Shipwreck, Mutiny, And Murder by David Grann (April 2023) The General And Julia by Jon Clinch (November 2023) Linda Quinn: Woman in the Photo by Mary Hogan Ms. Davis by Sybille Titeux de la Croix The Beach at Summerly by Beatriz Williams What Remains by Wendy Walker Romantic Comedy by Curtis Sittenfeld The Only One Left by Riley Sager Claudia Silk: The Wishing Game by Meg Shaffer Symphony of Secrets by Brendan Slocumb Violin Conspiracy by Brendan Slocumb All the Dangerous Things by Stacy Willingham Daughters of Nantucket by Julie Gerstenblatt The Little Italian Hotel by Phaedra Patrick Five Star Weekend by Elin Hilderbrand Same Time Next Summer by Annabelle Monaghan Seven Year Slip by Ashley Poston Dead Romantics by Ashley Poston Nora Goes Off Script by Annabelle Monaghan Summer Stage by Meg Mitchell Moore Philip Bahr: The Celebrants by Steven Rowley

Fairfield Public Library's monthly podcast helps you find your next great read. Fairfield Public Library Fairfield, CT fairfieldpubliclibrary.org Podcast host: Philip Bahr, Head of Adult Services Guests: Jan Fisher, Deputy Town Librarian, Amy Peck, Head of Technical Services, and Leslie Hagel, Adult Services Librarian Thanks to our podcast editor Max Berryman for making us sound great! This month's FPL staff picks: Jan Fisher: All That Is Mine I Carry With Me by William Landay Beyond that, the Sea by Laura Spence-Ash Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone by Benjamin Stevenson Mastering the Art of French Murder by Colleen Cambridge The Golden Spoon by Jessa Maxwell The Private Lives of Public Birds: Learning to Listen to the Birds Where We Live by Jack Gedney Fen, Bog and Swamp: A Short History of Peatland Destruction and Its Role in the Climate Crisis by Annie Proulx Amy Peck: A Siege Of Bitterns (Birder Murder mysteries #1) by Steve burrows (2016) Killers Of a Certain Age by Deanna Raybourn (2022) An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us by Ed Yong (2022) Better Living Through Birding: Notes from a Black Man in the Natural World By Christian Cooper (June, 2023) Leslie Hagel: Pineapple Street by Jenny Jackson American Mermaid by Julia Langbein Hello Beautiful by Ann Napolitano Yours Truly by Abby Jimenez The Secret Book of Flora Lea by Patty Callahan Henry The Only One Left by Riley Sager These are the ones I'm looking forward to reading: The Celebrants by Steven Rowley The Senator's Wife by Liv Constantine Spectacular by Fiona Davis

We are honored that our 2023 One Book One Town (OBOT) title was written by a resident of Fairfield. This year's OBOT selection is I Keep Trying to Catch His Eye by Ivan Maisel. It is an honest and emotionally deep memoir in which Ivan reflects on the loss of his dear son Max to suicide, the impact of grief on family and community, and the painful journey which brings Ivan to a place of seeing grief as an expression of love. We are so fortunate to have Ivan and his wife Meg Murray with us for the podcast to focus on their journey as individuals, as a couple and as parents to their three children including Max. Please join us for a very special edition of Fairfield, What Are You Reading. Podcast host: Philip Bahr, Head of Adult Services OBOT Co-chair: Mary Coe, Branch Reference Librarian, Guests: Ivan Maisel, author, and his wife Meg Murray Thanks to our podcast editor Max Berryman for making us sound great! Fairfield Public Library's monthly podcast helps you find your next great read. Fairfield Public Library Fairfield, CT fairfieldpubliclibrary.org

Fairfield Public Library's monthly podcast helps you find your next great read. Fairfield Public Library Fairfield, CT fairfieldpubliclibrary.org Podcast host: Philip Bahr, Head of Adult Services Guests: Tamara Lyhne, Head of Children's Services, Stefanie Bergstrom, Branch Children's Librarian, and Emily Muller, Children's Librarian Thanks to our podcast editor Max Berryman for making us sound great! This month's FPL staff picks: Tamara Lyhne: Garvey in the Dark by Nikki Grimes Capturing Cow Farts and Burps by Erin Twamley Cooking with Chef Sloth (Part of the Animal Chef Series) School Trip by Jerry Craft On Air with Zoe Washington by Janae Marks Stefanie Bergstrom: Miles Lewis series – King of the Ice by Kelly Starling Lyons, ill. Wayne Spencer The Girl who Built an Ocean: An Artist, an Argonaut, and the True Story of the World's First Aquarium by Jess Keating, ill. Michelle Mee Nutter The Universe in You: A Microscopic Journey by Jason Chin Emily Muller: Mihi Ever After by Tae Keller, ill. Geraldine Rodríguez Lily and the Night Creatures by Nick Lake, ill. Emily Gravett Upcoming releases: The One and Only Ruby by Katherine Applegate

Fairfield Public Library's monthly podcast helps you find your next great read. Fairfield Public Library Fairfield, CT fairfieldpubliclibrary.org Podcast host: Philip Bahr, Head of Adult Services Guests: Mary Coe, Branch Reference Librarian and Jennifer Laseman, Head of Teen Services Thanks to our podcast editor Max Berryman for making us sound great!

Fairfield Public Library's monthly podcast helps you find your next great read. Fairfield Public Library Fairfield, CT fairfieldpubliclibrary.org December 2022: Our Favorite Books for 2022 Podcast host: Philip Bahr, Head of Adult Services Library Staff Guests: Scott Jarzombek, Town Librarian Breathe: A Life in Flow by Rickson Gracie, Peter Maguire Amy Peck, Head of Technical Services Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt Series by Richard Osman: The Thursday Murder Club The Man Who Died Twice The Bullet That Missed Claudia Silk, Adult Services Librarian Fellowship Point by Alice Elliott Dark These Precious Days by Ann Patchett Emily Muller, Children's Librarian Those Kids from Fawn Creek by Erin Entrada Kelly Cress Watercress by Gregory Maguire Jan Fisher, Deputy Library Director An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us by Ed Yong The Boys: A Memoir of Hollywood and Family by Ron & Clint Howard To Paradise by Hanya Yanagihara Take My Hand by Dolen Perkins-Valdez Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt Jessica Stevens, Woods Adult Services Librarian Carrie Soto is Back by Taylor Jenkins Reid Linda Quinn, Adult Services Library Associate When Women Were Dragons by Kelly Barnhill Stefanie Bergstrom, Woods Children's Librarian A Perfect Mistake by Melanie Conklin Bathe the Cat by Alice McGinty and David Roberts This Story is Not About a Kitten by Randall de Seve and Carson Ellis Elaine Barrie , Adult Services Librarian Happy-Go-Lucky by David Sedaris The Guest List by Lucy Foley Lucy by the Sea by Elizabeth Strout Jennifer Laseman, Head of Teen Services As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow by Zoulfa Katouh Leslie Hagel The Measure by Nikki Erlick Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin Our Missing Hearts by Celeste Ng Mary Coe, Woods Adult Services Librarian Our Missing Hearts by Celeste Ng This Time Tomorrow by Emma Straub Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story by Bono Susan Balla, Circulation Manager Yonder by Jabari Asim Tamara Lyhne, Head of Children's Services My Nest of Silence by Matt Faulkner They Called Us Enemy by George Takei Philip Bahr, Head of Adult Services Under the Whispering Door by T.J. Klune 2022 One Book One Town conversation with author T.J. Klune Thanks to our podcast editor Max Berryman for making us sound great!

Fairfield Public Library's monthly podcast helps you find your next great read. Fairfield Public Library Fairfield, CT fairfieldpubliclibrary.org Podcast host: Philip Bahr, Head of Adult Services Guests: Susan Balla, Circulation Supervisor; Linda Quinn, Adult Services Library Associate, and Claudia Silk, Adult Services Librarian Thanks to our podcast editor Max Berryman for making us sound great! This month's FPL staff picks: Susan Balla, Circulation Manager Prisoners of the Castle: An Epic Story of Survival and Escape from Colditz, The Nazi's Fortress Prison by Ben Macintyre Few other titles by Ben Macintyre: Operation Mincemeat Double Cross Agent Sonya Killers of a Certain Age by Deanna Raybourn Murder at the Serpentine Bridge by Andrea Penrose #6 in the Wrexford & Sloane Mystery Series. First in series is Murder on Black Swan Lane Little Eve by Catriona Ward Other titles by Catriona Ward: The Last House on Needless Street Sundial American Midnight: Democracy's Forgotten Crisis, 1917-1921 by Adam Hochschild Some other titles by Hochschild: King Leopold's Ghost To End All Wars The London Séance Society by Sarah Penner Author of The Lost Apothecary Weyward by Emilia Hart (debut) Linda Quinn, Adult Services Library Associate Anywhere You Run by Wanda Morris Boys from Biloxi by John Grisham Life on the Mississippi by Rinker Buck Series follow-ups: Desert Star by Michael Connelly (Ballard and Bosch) Ink Black Heart by Robert Galbraith (Cormoran Strike) Kind Worth Saving by Peter Swanson (sequel to The Kind Worth Killing) Golden Enclaves by Naomi Novik (third in trilogy) Mentioned local authors: Juliette Brisman (A Heart Returned) Valerie Walsh (Shattered to the Core) Claudia Silk, Adult Services Librarian Tomorrow, tomorrow and tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin Killers of a Certain Age by Deanna Raybourn The Bullet That Missed by Richard Osman Marmee by Sarah Miller Lucy by the Sea by Elizabeth Strout Anywhere You Run by Wanda Morris All Her Little Secrets by Wanda Morris Mad Honey by Jodi Picoult and Jennifer Finney Boylan I Keep Trying to Catch His Eye by Ivan Maisel

Fairfield Public Library's monthly podcast helps you find your next great read. Fairfield Public Library Fairfield, CT This month we welcome our new podcast editor, Max Berryman. Welcome and thanks Max for making us sound great! This month's FPL staff picks: Amy Peck, Head of Technical Services The Bullet That Missed by Richard Osman Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt The Fishermen and the Dragon: Fear, Greed, and the Fight for Justice on the Gulf Coast by Kirk Wallace Johnson The Gulf: The Making of an American Sea by Jack Davis also mentioned: Finding Me by Viola Davis (audiobook) Jessica Stevens, Branch Adult Services Librarian Surrounded by Narcissists by Thomas Erikson The Displacements by Bruce Holsinger One True Loves by Taylor Jenkins Reid also mentioned: Surrounded by Idiots by Thomas Erikson The Gifted School by Bruce Holsinger Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid Carrie Soto is Back by Taylor Jenkins Reid Growing Up Getty: The Story of America's Most Unconventional Dynasty by James Reginato Elaine Barrie, Adult Services Librarian The Magnificent Lives of Marjorie Post by Allison Pataki Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Gramus Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage: stories by Alice Munro (The short story is "Queenie") Philip Bahr, Podcast Host and Head of Adult Services The Measure by Nikki Erlick Heat Wave (The Extraordinaries #3) by TJ Klune

Fairfield Public Library Fairfield, CT https://fairfieldpubliclibrary.org/childrens/ https://fairfieldpubliclibrary.org/learning-and-research/find-a-good-book/ Tamara Lyhne, Head of Children's Services A Duet for Home by Karina Yan Glaser The Science Spell Book Magical Experiments For Kids by Cara Florance Odder- Katherine Applegate Library Girl by Karen Henry Clark Stefanie Bergstrom, Woods Branch Children's Librarian The Witchlings by Claribel Ortega The Hatmakers by Tamzin Merchant The Marvellers by Dhonielle Clayton Coming soon: A Taste of Magic by J. Elle

Fairfield Public Library Fairfield, CT https://fairfieldpubliclibrary.org/learning-and-research/find-a-good-book/ Jan Fisher, Deputy Town Librarian Daisy Darker by Alice Feeney Take My Hand by Dolen Perkins-Valdez Did Ye Hear Mammy Died? A Memoir by Séamas O'Reilly Madhouse at the End of the Earth: the Belgica's Journey into the Dark Antarctic Night by Julian Sancton An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us by Ed Yong The House Across the Lake by Riley Sager Trust by Hernan Diaz Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt Dial A for Aunties by Jesse Sutanto Looking forward to: Thank you for listening by Julia Whelan Dinners with Ruth: A Memoir on the Power of Friendship by Nina Totenerg The Audies (Audiobook Awards): audiopub.org/members/audies Read for Joy: Katherine Center https://youtu.be/7VVyUA4dTAw Mary Coe, Branch Reference Librarian Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver Fellowship Point by Alice Elliott Dark Meant to Be by Emily Giffin The Woman in the Library by Sulari Gentill Coming soon: Eyes Turned Skyward by Alena Dillon / October 18, 2022 / William Morrow The Marriage Portrait by Maggie O'Farrell / September 6, 2022 / Knopf Shrines of Gaiety by Atkinson / September 27, 2022 / Doubleday Leslie Hagel, Reference Librarian Last Call at the Nightingale by Katherine Schellman The Girls in Queens by Christine Kandic Torres The Lost Summers of Newport by Beatriz Williams, Lauren Willig and Karen White Tell Us No Secrets by Siena Sterling The Measure by Nikki Erlick The It Girl by Ruth Ware The Last to Vanish by Megan Miranda The Bodyguard by Katherine Center Carrie Soto is Back by Taylor Jenkins Reid The Ways We Hide by Kristina McMorris The Marriage Portrait by Maggie O'Farrell

Fairfield Public Library Fairfield, CT https://fairfieldpubliclibrary.org/learning-and-research/find-a-good-book/ Jennifer Laseman, Head of Teen Services The City Beautiful by Aden Polydoros Loveless by Alice Oseman Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Melinda Lo Little Thieves by Margaret Owen Claudia Silk, Adult Services Librarian Bloomsbury Girls by Natalie Jenner Beach Read by Emily Henry Book Lovers by Emily Henry Blood Sugar by Sasha Rothchild This Time Tomorrow by Emma Straub Songbirds by Christy Lefteri The Change by Kirsten Miller Death at the Chateau Bremont by M.L. Longworth The Vanishing Museum on Rue Mistral by M.L. Longworth Did Your Hear Mammy Died? By Seamus O'Reilly Warming Up with Julia Child by Helen Lefkowitz Horowitz (if you're missing HBOMax's Julia) Hotel Nantucket by Elin Hilderbrand The Summer Place by Jennifer Weiner Philip Bahr, podcast host and Head of Adult Services United Against Book Bans: https://uniteagainstbookbans.org/ American Library Association's press release on censoring efforts: https://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2021/11/american-library-association-opposes-widespread-efforts-censor-books-us Before Her (part of The One) by Jacqueline Woodson Dancer from the Dance by Andrew Holleran (audiobook) (Reel Charlie blog) A Do-Si-Do With Death (Stan Kraychik Mystery Book 7) by Grant Michaels (Queer Writers of Crime podcast)

Fairfield Public Library Fairfield, CT https://fairfieldpubliclibrary.org/learning-and-research/find-a-good-book/ Susan Balla, Circulation Manager River of The Gods: Genius, Courage, And Betrayal In The Search For The Source Of The Nile by Candice Millard Also by Candice Millard: Destiny of The Republic: A Tale Of Madness, Medicine And The Murder Of A President The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey Hero of The Republic: The Boer War, A Daring Escape And The Making of Winston Churchill _______________________________________________________________ Danger On The Atlantic (A Jane Wunderly Mystery #3) by Erica Ruth Neubauer The Marlowe Murder Club by Robert Thorogood Murder Most Grave by G.A. Mckevett Elektra by Jennifer Saint The Scandalous Hamiltons: A Gilded Age Grifter, A Founding Fathers Disgraced Descendant, And A Trial At The Dawn Of Tabloid Journalism by Bill Shaffer Due Out In July: Wayward Children Series by Seanan Mcguire Coming Out Late In The Year: The Nazi Conspiracy: The Secret Plot To Kill Roosevelt, Stalin, And Churchill by Brad Meltzer, Josh Mensch Winter's End: A Mystery (Alaska Wild #4) by Paige Shelton The Mitford Affair : A Novel by Marie Benedict Linda Quinn, Adult Services Associate Iona Iverson's Rules for Commuting by Clare Pooley Flying Solo by Linda Holmes Upgrade by Blake Crouch Taste: My Life Through Food by Stanley Tucci Unprotected by Billy Porter How do I Un-Remember This by Danny Pellegrino Wild and Wicked Things by Francesca May Philip Bahr, Head of Adult Services, Podcast Host Unprotected by Billy Porter The Anatomy of the Spirit by Caroline Myss Sacred Contracts by Caroline Myss

Fairfield Public Library Fairfield, CT https://fairfieldpubliclibrary.org/learning-and-research/find-a-good-book/ Jan Fisher, Deputy Town Librarian West With Giraffes by Lynda Rutledge To Paradise by Hanya Yanagihara The Final Revival of Opal and Nev by Dawnie Walton Sister Stardust by Jane Green The Lioness by Chris Bohjalian (May 2022) It All Comes Down to This by Therese Anne Fowler (June 2022) Leslie Hagel, Adult Services Librarian In a New York Minute by Kate Spencer What Happened to the Bennetts by Lisa Scottoline The Diamond Eye by Kate Quinn The Candy House by Jennifer Egan The Younger Wife by Sally Hepworth Part of Your World by Abby Jimenez The Bookwoman's Daughter by Kim Michelle Richardson Love Marriage by Monica Ali Amy Peck, Head of Technical Services The Ride Of Her Life: The True Story of a Woman, Her Horse, and Their Last-Chance Journey Across America by Elizabeth Letts (2020) Audiobook narrated by Tavia Gilbert The One and Only Bob by Katherine Applegate (2020) Audiobook narrated by Danny DeVito The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman (2020) The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek by Kim Michelle Richardson (2019) Audiobook narrated by Katie Schorr Philip Bahr, Head of Adult Services and podcast host Hell of a Book by Jason Mott

Fairfield Public Library Fairfield, CT https://fairfieldpubliclibrary.org/learning-and-research/find-a-good-book/ Welcome to a special edition of Fairfield, What Are You Reading? Each year Fairfield Public Library creates a One Book One Town event for Fairfield, Connecticut. This year the committee (comprised of library staff, local university and bookstore staff, and others) selected TJ Klune's The House in the Cerulean Sea. From the publisher, “The House in the Cerulean Sea is an enchanting love story, masterfully told, about the profound experience of discovering an unlikely family in an unexpected place—and realizing that family is yours.” On March 1, 2022 Fairfield Public Library hosted an evening (in-person and remote) with author TJ Klune. This podcast episode is the interview portion of the evening as TJ sat down with me for a one-on-one deep dive into his life and work. I'm Philip Bahr, Head of Adult Services at the library. I was extremely honored to interview TJ. Please enjoy this portion of our One Book One Town signature event. To view the entire evening, click below for the YouTube recording: https://youtu.be/1VD0KM4-HOY And now, curl up, and enjoy our 2022 OBOT author TJ Klune.

Fairfield Public Library Fairfield, CT https://fairfieldpubliclibrary.org/learning-and-research/find-a-good-book/ Claudia Silk, Adult Services Librarian and OBOT co-chair Jennifer Laseman, Head of Teen Services and OBOT member Mary Coe, Branch Reference Librarian and OBOT co-chair 2022: The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune https://fairfieldpubliclibrary.org/OBOT/ TJ Klune's website: http://www.tjklunebooks.com/ OBOT History: https://fairfieldpubliclibrary.org/OBOT/history/ Previous OBOT selections: 2008: Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Reling 2009: The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick 2010: Into the Beautiful North by Luis Alberto Urrea 2011: Eating Animals by Jonathan Safran Foer 2012: The Watch That Ends the Night: Voices from the Titanic by Allan Wolf 2013: Wonder by R. J. Palacio 2014: A House in the Sky by Amanda Lindhout and Sara Corbett 2015: Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel 2016: So You've Been Publicly Shamed by Jon Ronson 2017: Books for Living by Will Schwalbe & A Child of Books by Oliver Jeffers (no OBOT in 2018) 2019: Harbor Me by Jacqueline Woodson 2020: Running With Sherman by Christopher McDougall 2021: Punching the Air by Ibi Zoboi and Yusef Salaam

Fairfield Public Library Fairfield, CT https://fairfieldpubliclibrary.org/learning-and-research/find-a-good-book/ Tamara Lyhne, Head of Children's Services A Kind of Spark by Elle McNicoll Dragon Kingdom of Wrenly, Ice Dragon vol 6 by Jordan Quinn Northwind by Gary Paulsen Stefanie Bergstrom, Branch Children's Services Librarian The Beatryce Prophecy by Kate Dicamillo Red, White, and Whole by Rajani LaRocca – It did win a Newbery honor! Youth Media Awards: https://www.ala.org/news/mediapresscenter/presskits/youthmediaawards/alayouthmediaawards Emily Muller, Children's Services Librarian Temple Alley Summer by Sachiko Kashiwaba (Author), Miho Satake (Illustrator), Avery Fischer Udagawa (Translator) Tidesong by Wendy Xu Winter Reading Challenge: https://fairfieldpubliclibrary.org/winter-reading/

Join us as we celebrate 2021 and all the great reads from this past year - what books inspired, informed, and made us smile this year. https://fairfieldpubliclibrary.org/learning-and-research/find-a-good-book/ Linda Quinn, Adult Services: Billy Summers by Stephen King Lightning Strike: A Novel by William Kent Krueger Jennifer Laseman, Head of Teen Services The Extraordinaries by TJ Klune Gilded by Marissa Meyer Amy Peck, Head of Technical Services Hurricane Lizards and Plastic Squid: The Fraught and Fascinating Biology of Climate Change by Thor Hanson A World on the Wing: The Global Odyssey of Migratory Birds by Scott Weidensaul Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law by Mary Roach Owls of the Eastern Ice: A Quest to Find and Save the World's Largest Owl by Jonathan C. Slaght Emily Muller, Children's Librarian The Elephant in the Room by Holly Goldberg Sloan City of Secrets by Victoria Ying City of Illusion by Victoria Ying Claudia Silk, Adult Services Once Upon a Wardrobe by Patti Henry The Man Who Died Twice: A Thursday Murder Club Mystery by Richard Osman Between Two Kingdoms: A Memoir of a Life Interrupted by Suleika Jaouad Jessica Stevens, Adult Services The Adventurer's Son by Roman Dial Philip Bahr, Adult Services and podcast host Alec: A Novel by William di Canzio Lies With Man (Henry Rios Mystery #3 by Michael Nava The Vanishing Half: A Novel by Brit Bennett Mary Coe, Adult Services In Memoriam: Interview with a Vampire by Anne Rice Saved by a Song: The Art and Healing Power of Songwriting by Mary Gauthier The Other Black Girl: A Novel by Zakiya Dalila Harris The Lincoln Highway: A Novel by Amor Towles Leslie Hagel, Adult Services Under the Whispering Door by TJ Klune The Guncle by Stephen Rowley The Reading List: A Novel by Sara Nisha Adams Seven Days in June by Tia Williams All Her Little Secrets by Wanda M. Morris The Family by Naomi Krupitsky Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr Jan Fisher, Deputy Town Librarian Vanderbilt: The Rise and Fall of an American Dynasty by Anderson Cooper and Katherine Howe Yes, You're Pregnant, But What About Me? by Kevin Nealon Caste by Isabel Wilkerson Crying in H Mart: A Memoir by Michelle Zauner The Happiest Girl in the World: A Novel by Alena Dillon While Justice Sleeps by Stacy Abrams Tamara Lyhne, Children's Services Rez Dogs by Joseph Bruchac Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls: 100 Real-Life Tales of Black Girl Magic (Vol 4) by Elena Favilli and Francesca Cavallo Good as Gold (Whatever After) by Sarah Mlynowski Stefanie Bergstrom, Children's Services Broken Horses: A Memoir by Brandi Carlile Taste: My Life Through Food by Stanley Tucci Scott Jarzombek, Town Librarian Breathe: A Life in Flow by Rickson Gracie and Peter Maguire Long Island Migrant Labor Camps: Dust for Blood by Mark A. Torres I'm Not Holding Your Coat: My Bruises-and-All Memoir of Punk Rock Rebellion by Nancy Barile Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don't Know by Adam Grant The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers

Fairfield Public Library Fairfield, CT https://fairfieldpubliclibrary.org/learning-and-research/find-a-good-book/ Susan Balla, Circulation Supervisor The Taking of Jemima Boone by Mathew Pearl Read a-likes: The First Conspiracy by Brad Meltzer The Lincoln Conspiracy by Brad Meltzer Devil In The White City by Erik Larson Isaac's Storm by Erik Larson The Splendid And The Vile by Erik Larson Manhunt: The 12 Day Chase For Lincoln's Killer by James L. Swanson Bloody Crimes: The Funeral Of Abraham Lincoln And The Chase For Jefferson Davis by James L. Swanson The Heron's Cry: A Detective Matthew Venn Novel (#2 In Series) by Ann Cleeves Yonder by Jabari Asim (due out in January) A Flicker In The Dark by Stacy Willingham (due out in January) Murder On An Irish Farm (An Irish Village Mystery #8) by Carlene O'Connor (due out in February) Claudia Silk, Adult Services Librarian The Family by Naomi Krupitski Taste: My Life Through Food by Stanley Tucci The Personal Librarian by Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray Violetta by Isabel Allende (due out in January) These Precious Days by Ann Patchett Jessica Stevens, Branch Reference Librarian Daisy Jones and the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia Velvet was the Night by Silvia Moreno-Garcia Philip Bahr, podcast host and Head of Adult Services How Y'all Doing?: Misadventures and Mischief from a Life Well Lived by Leslie Jordan The Extraordinaries by TJ Klune The Perfume Thief by Timothy Schaffert

Fairfield Public Library Fairfield, CT https://fairfieldpubliclibrary.org/learning-and-research/find-a-good-book/ Amy Peck, Head of Technical Services Adult Non-fiction: Fuzz: When nature breaks the law by Mary Roach How y'all doing? Misadventures and mischief from a life well lived by Leslie Jordan (audiobook: read by Leslie Jordan) Adult Fiction: Leave the world behind by Rumaan Alam Heron's Cry (Book 2, Detective Matthew Venn series) by Ann Cleeves Jennifer Laseman, Head of Teen Services Graceling by Kristin Cashore Sycthe by Neal Shusterman Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo Time's 100 Best YA Books of All Time: https://time.com/collection/100-best-ya-books/ Linda Quinn, Adult Services Associate Main Deadly Education by Naomi Novik Last Graduate by Naomi Novik Cackle by Rachel Harrison My Heart is a Chainsaw by Stephen Graham Jones Witch Please by Ann Aguirre Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois by Honoree Fanonne Jeffers Philip Bahr, Head of Adult Services, Podcast Host The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue by Mackenzi Lee Bury Me in Shadows by Gregg Herren Time YA: I'll Get There, It better be worth the trip by John Donovan The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Saenz I'll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas Day of Dialog: https://www.libraryjournal.com/?event=library-journal-day-of-dialog-nyc-ve-spring

Fairfield Public Library Fairfield, CT https://fairfieldpubliclibrary.org/learning-and-research/find-a-good-book/ Mary Coe, Branch Reference Librarian The Great Glorious Goddamn of it All by Josh Ritter The Book of Magic by Alice Hoffman I Keep Trying to Catch His Eye by Ivan Maisel My Body is a Big Fat Temple: an ordinary story of pregnancy and early motherhood Still Life by Sarah Winman Five Tuesdays in Winter by Lily King Leslie Hagel, Part-Time Adult Services Librarian The Photographer by Mary Dixie Carter Survive the Night by Riley Sager Under the Whispering Door by TJ Klune Harlem Shuffle by Colson Whitehead Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr The Mother Next Door by Tara Laskowski Not a Happy Family by Shari LaPena Wish You Were Here by Jodi Picoult Claudia Silk, Adult Services Librarian Mary Jane by Jessica Anya Blau Songs in Ursa Major by Emma Brodie Apples Never Fall by Liane Moriarty The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles Oh William by Elizabeth Strout These Precious Days by Ann Patchett Tender Land by William Kent Krueger Philip Bahr, Head of Adult Services The Guncle by Stephen Rowley Alec by William di Canzio The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune

Fairfield Public Library Fairfield, CT https://fairfieldpubliclibrary.org/learning-and-research/find-a-good-book/ Tamara Lyhne, Head of Children's Services Glitter Gets Everywhere by Yvette Clark Coming soon: 8/31 Friends Forever by Shannon Hale art by LeUyen Pham 9/14 A Soft Place to Land By Janae Marks 9/14 What Lives in the Woods by Lindsay Curie Stefanie Bergstrom, Branch Children's Librarian When You Trap a Tiger, Tae Keller Rez Dogs, Joseph Bruchac Coming soon: Tomatoes for Neela by Padma Lakshmi & Juana Martinez-Neal It Fell From the Sky by The Fan Brothers (Smart Cookie by Jory John, lol) Emily Muller, Children's Librarian The Comeback by E. L. Shen The Elephant in the Room by Holly Goldberg Sloan Secrets of Camp Whatever by Chris Grine Coming soon: Daughter of the Deep by Rick Riordan City of Illusion by Victoria Ying Room to Dream by Kelly Yang Small Spaces by Katherine Arden

Fairfield Public Library Fairfield, CT https://fairfieldpubliclibrary.org/learning-and-research/find-a-good-book/ Helene Murtha, Town Librarian Plot by Jean Hanff Korelitz Dream Girl by Laura Lippman Brat: An ‘80s Story by Andrew McCarthy I Will Judge You By Yout Bookshelf by Grant Snider Looking forward to: Nighthawks by Elly Griffith The Man Who Died Twice by Richard Oscan Jan Fisher, Deputy Town Librarian Kill All Your Darlings by David Bell Everyone in this Room Will Someday Be Dead by Emily Austin Mr. Met : How a sports-mad kid from Jersey became like family to generations of big leaguer by Jay Horowitz Tom Seaver : A Terrific Life by Bill Madden House on Vesper Sands by Paraic O'Donnell Looking forward to: The Night She Disappeared by Lisa Jewell A Line to Kill : A Hawthorne and Horowitz Mystery by Anthony Horowitz Over My Dead Body by Jeffrey Archer Door to Door 7/6/2021: Anthony Horowitz and Jeffrey Archer in Conversation (YouTube) https://youtu.be/Bh9bgCv2UUU Jessica Stevens, Adult Services Branch Librarian Too Good To Be True by Carola Lovering GrowVeg: the beginners guide to easy vegetable gardening by Benedict Vanheems The Secret Ingredient Cookbook: 125 family friendly recipes with surprisingly tasty twists by Kelly Senye Too Good to be True by Carola Lovering Looking forward to: Dedicated: The Case for Commitment in an Age of Infinite Browsing by Pete Davis Matrix by Lauren Groff Philip Bahr, Head of Adult Services; Podcast Host Later: My Life at the Edge of the World by Paul Lisicky All Boys Aren't Blue by George M. Johnson I Am a Book. I Am a Portal to the Universe by Stefanie Posavec Looking forward to: Unprotected by Billy Porter

Fairfield Public Library Fairfield, CT https://fairfieldpubliclibrary.org/learning-and-research/find-a-good-book/ Sue Balla, Circulation Manager Anthony Doerr: • ALL THE LIGHT WE CANNOT SEE • CLOUD CUCKOO LAND Chris Bohjalian • HOUR OF THE WITCH Jennifer Saint • ARIADNE Grady Hendrix: • THE FINAL GIRL SUPPORT GROUP Stuart Neville • THE HOUSE OF ASHES • GHOSTS OF BELFAST Claudia Silk, Adult Services Librarian The Exiles by Christina Baker Kline The Color of Air by Gail Tsukiyama Northern Spy by Flynn Berry Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty by Patrick Radden Keefe Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland by Patrick Radden Keefe The Reading List by Sara Nisha Adams Madness of Crowds by Louise Penny Lightning Strike by William Kent Kruegger Philip Bahr, host and Head of Adult Services New LGBTQ books for Pride 2021: Twilight Man: Love and Ruin in the Shadows of Hollywood and the Clark Empire by Liz Brown The Secret to Superhuman Strength by Alison Bechdel Stone Fruit by Lee Lai Let the Record Show: A Political History of ACT UP New York, 1987-1993 by Sarah Schulman After Francesco by Brian Malloy The Guncle by Steven Rowley One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston Bath Haus by P.J. Vernon Last Call: A True Story of Love, Lust, and Murder in Queer New York by Elon Green Detransition, Baby by Torrey Peters

Fairfield Public Library Fairfield, CT https://fairfieldpubliclibrary.org/learning-and-research/find-a-good-book/ Helene Murtha, Town Librarian Greenlights by Matthew McConaughey We Begin at the End by Chris Whitaker (referred to Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens) Every Last Fear by Alex Finley (referred to The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold) The Good Sister by Sally Hepworth (referred to The Mother In Lawby Sally Hepworth) Amy Peck, Head of Technical Services Owls of the eastern Ice : a quest to find and save the world's largest owl by Jonathan Slaght (audiobook, read by author) Nomadland: surviving America in the 21st Century by Jessica Bruder (audiobook, read by Karen White) Series titles due out: Heron's Cry by Ann Cleeves (book 2 of Two Rivers series; out Sept 7) Madness of Crowds by Louise Penny (Inspector Gamache series; out Aug 24) Daughter of the Morning Star by Craig Johnson (Longmire series; out Sept. 21) Claudia Silk, Adult Services Librarian When the Stars Go Dark by Paula McLain We Begin at the End by Chris Whitaker Between Two Kingdoms: A Memoir of Life Interrupted by Suleika Jaouad Golden Girl by Elin Hilderbrand (Release date: June 1, 2021) The One Hundred Years of Lenni and Margot by Marianne Cronin (Release date: June 1, 2021) Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr (Release date: September 28, 2021) Philip Bahr, host and Head of Adult Services Lies With Man by Michael Nava (Henry Rios Mysteries #8) (Release date: April 27, 2021)

Fairfield Public Library Fairfield, CT https://fairfieldpubliclibrary.org/learning-and-research/find-a-good-book/ Jennifer Laseman, Head of Teen Services Firekeeper's Daughter by Angeline Boulley Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus by Dusti Bowling The Girls I've Been By Tess Sharpe Linda Quinn, Reference Associate Falling by TJ Newman Hostage by Clare Mackintosh Mrs. March by Virginia Feito Local Woman Missing by Mary Kubica Mary Coe, Branch Reference Librarian Mercy House by Alena Dillon The Happiest Girl in the World by Alena Dillon Morningside Heights by Joshua Henkin The Henna Artist by Alka Joshi (brief mention) The Searcher by Tana French Upcoming: When Ghosts Come Home by Wiley Cash (September 21st) The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles (October 5th) Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr (September 28th) Philip Bahr, Head of Adult Services (host) Films of Endearment: A Mother, a Son and the '80s Films That Defined Us by Michael Koresky also discussed a film with Anne Bancroft: The Turning Point (1977)

Show notes: Fairfield Public Library Fairfield, CT https://fairfieldpubliclibrary.org/learning-and-research/find-a-good-book/ Jan's books: The Rib King by Ladee Hubbard Better Luck Next Time Julia Claiborne Johnson The Survivors by Jane Harper How the Penguins Saved Veronica by Hazel Prior Caste: the Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson Trial of the Chicago Seven: The Official Transcript Linda's books: I Will Judge You By Your Bookshelf by Grant Snider Billie Holiday by Carlos Sampayo Colored: The Unsung Life of Claudette Colvin by Emilie Plateau Adulthood is a Myth by Sarah Andersen Jessica's books: White Ivy by Susie Yang A Bright Ray of Darkness by Ethan Hawke Who is Maud Dixon by Alexandra Andrews Hollywood Park by Mikel Jollett Audie Awards for Audiobooks: https://www.audiopub.org/winners/2021-audies-1

Welcome to our podcast. We are Fairfield Public Library staff in Fairfield, CT and we love to read. Join us monthly as we have a conversation about what we are reading, and what we are looking forward to in the near future. In this episode, we talk about our 2021 One Book, One Town selection, Punching the Air by Ibi Zoboi and Yusef Salaam. https://fairfieldpubliclibrary.org/OBOT/