All Points West January 2025: Looking Back, Looking Forward

In this latest installment of GVPL on CBC Radio, we'll look at some favorite reads from 2024 and some books we're looking forward to in 2025, along with reading resolutions, ideas on tracking your reading and more!

Updated January 10, 2025
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The library book
Orlean, Susan
Paper Book
On the morning of April 29, 1986, a fire alarm sounded in the Los Angeles Public Library. As the moments passed, the patrons and staff who had been cleared out of the building realised this was not the usual false alarm. As one fireman recounted later, 'Once that first stack got going, it was...

Adult non-fiction

Also available in e-book, e-audiobook, large print, and additional formats

A prayer for the Crown-Shy
Chambers, Becky 
Paper Book
After A Psalm for the Wild-Built comes this tale of hope and acceptance in the second volume of the USA Today bestselling Monk and Robot series.After touring the rural areas of Panga, Sibling Dex (a Tea Monk of some renown) and Mosscap (a robot sent on a quest to determine what humanity really needs...

Adult fiction (science fiction and fantasy)

Also available in e-book and e-audiobook formats

Chain-Gang All-Stars
Adjei-Brenyah, Nana Kwame
Paper Book
A NEW YORK TIMES TOP TEN BOOK OF THE YEAR * FINALIST FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD IN FICTION * A READ WITH JENNA BOOK CLUB PICK * NATIONAL BESTSELLER * Two top women gladiators fight for their freedom within a depraved private prison system not so far-removed from...

Adult fiction

Also available in e-book, e-audiobook, and large print formats

We'll prescribe you a cat
Syou, Ishida, 1975- author. 
Paper Book
A USA Today Bestseller A cat a day keeps the doctor away... Discover the award-winning, bestselling Japanese novel that has become an international sensation in this utterly charming, vibrant celebration of the healing power of cats. Tucked away...

Adult fiction

Also available in e-book and e-audiobook formats.


How high we go in the dark : a novel
Nagamatsu, Sequoia
Paper Book
NATIONAL BESTSELLER * NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW EDITORS' CHOICE * ROXANE GAY'S AUDACIOUS BOOK CLUB PICK * FINALIST FOR THE URSULA K. LE GUIN PRIZE "Moving and thought-provoking . . . offering psychological insights in lyrical prose while seriously exploring speculative conceits." --...

Adult fiction

Also available in e-book, e-audiobook, large print and other formats

Tom Lake a novel
Patchett, Ann 
Paper Book
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * A REESE'S BOOK CLUB PICK In this beautiful and moving novel about family, love, and growing up, Ann Patchett once again proves herself one of America's finest writers. "Patchett leads us to a truth that feels like life rather than...

Adult fiction

Also available in e-book, e-audiobok, large print and other formats

One dark window
Gillig, Rachel 
Paper Book
THE FANTASY BOOKTOK SENSATION! For fans of Uprooted and For the Wolf comes a dark, lushly gothic fantasy about a maiden who must unleash the monster within to save her kingdom--but the monster in her head isn't the only threat lurking. ...

Adult fiction (science fiction and fantasy)

Also available in e-book and e-audiobook formats


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