Recent Staff Favorites

One of the most popular places in the library to grab a good fiction title is a small area just to the right of the Reader Services desk known as "Staff Picks". Books fly off these shelves almost as quickly as we can replace them. Titles selected for these shelves typically are not newly published books. So I decided to do an informal survey of some of the library staff 's more avid readers in order to uncover a few of their most recent fiction favorites. Listed below are titles that just may find themselves on the "Staff Picks" shelves in the near future.

Clara and Mr. Tiffany by Susan Vreeland, 2011
Janet (Reader Services)

Saving CeeCee Honeycutt by Beth Hoffman, 2010
Linda (Reader Services)

Dreams of Joy by Lisa See, 2011
The Paris Wife by Paula McLain, 2011
So Much for That by Lionel Shriver, 2010                    
Remarkable Creatures by Tracy Chevalier, 2010
Cynthia (Reference Services)

Any Man of Mine by Rachel Gibson, 2011
Call Me Irresistible by Susan Elizabeth Phillips, 2011
Treachery in Death by J.D. Robb, 2011
Burning Lamp by Amanda Quick, 2010
Nancy (Reference Services)

The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson, 2010
Jake (Reference Services)

Vaclav & Lena by Haley Tanner, 2011
Becky (Reader Services)

The Land of Painted Caves by Jean M. Auel, 2011
Moonlight Mile by Dennis Lehane, 2010
The Host by Stephenie Meyer, 2008 (older, but highly recommended!)
Deena (Reference Services)

Good People by Marcus Sakey, 2008 (an overlooked Chicago author)
Karen (Reader Services)

Interestingly, the most frequently mentioned staff favorites were Major Pettigrew's Last Stand by Helen Simonson (2010) and Room by Emma Donoghue (2010)--titles that have already become favorites among Glenview residents, too.