Favorite CFS Staff Reads of 2015
A special All Staff edition of MS/US Library Buzz
Favorite Fiction Picks
The Lady Matador's Hotel
--Amy S.
A Suitable Boy
--Bradley
The Girl on the Train
--Melissa
Boone's Lick
--Tommy
Flavia de Luce series (A. Bradley)
--Joanna
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
--Bradley
Station Eleven
Life After Life
Recommended by Mars.
Preparation for the Next Life
The Luminaries
Recommended by Jon L.
The Alchemist
Recommended by Will.
All the Light We Cannot See
Recommended by Lisa J. (and many, many staff members in last year's survey!)
His Majesty's Dragon
Recommended by Mars.
A Man Called Ove
The Festival of Insignificance
Milan Kundera's new novel, and perhaps the capstone of his career.
Eyes Like Stars
Recommended by Mars (for adults and students ~13 and older)
Transition
The Last Unicorn (& Two Hearts)
--Joanna (recommended for MSers and up)
UnCONventional: Twenty-Two Tales of Paranormal Gatherings Under the Guise of Conventions
Recommended by Mars.
Seveneves
The Name of the Wind
--Olynda (US yoga teacher)
The Goldfinch
--Anna
Two Years, Eight Months and Twenty-Eight Nights
Deadwood
The Outlander series
Invisible City
Favorite Non-Fiction Picks
The Devil in the White City
Gratitude
Fat Man to Green Man: From Unfit to Ultramarathon
Stories I Only Tell My Friends
The Gifts of Imperfection
Also recommended by Caitlin W.
The Mindful Path to Self-Compassion: Freeing Yourself from Destructive Thoughts and Emotions
On the Move: A Life
Physician and writer Oliver Sacks recounts his experiences as a young neurologist; his physical passions--weight lifting and swimming; his love affairs, both romantic and intellectual; his guilt over leaving his family to come to America; his bond with his schizophrenic brother; and the writers and scientists who influenced him.
Recommended by Jon L.
The Whole-Brain Child: 12 Proven Strategies to Nurture Your Child's Developing Mind
--Olynda (US yoga teacher)
Between the World and Me
Also recommended by Caitlin W.
Acceptance: A Legendary Guidance Counselor Helps Seven Kids Find the Right Colleges--and Find Themselves
The Gatekeepers: Inside the Admissions Process of a Premier College
Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking
--Natalie H.
One Doctor: Close Calls, Cold Cases and the Mystery of Medicine
--Dawn D.
Desert Queen: The Extraordinary Life of Gertrude Bell
The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics
--Carrie
In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex
The Birth of the Pill: How Four Crusaders Reinvented Sex and Launched a Revolution
Unforgettable: A Son, a Mother, and the Lessons of a Lifetime
Zeitoun
Crazy '08
--Tommy
Sh*t My Dad Says
For Younger Readers -- and Adults, Too!
The Lunar Chronicles (series)
Brown Girl Dreaming
The Crossover
--Justine (recommends for ~11 & up) (and Mig loves it too!)
The Glass Sentence
The Harry Potter series
--Carrie
The One and Only Ivan
The Case for Loving
--Natalie H. (recommended for ages 6-13)
How It Went Down
Ms. Marvel (series)
Everything, Everything
--Natalie H. (recommended for 14 & up)
All the Rage
All Our Yesterdays
--Joanna (recommends for ages 13 & up)