All Points West Jan-March 2024

Recommendations shared by GVPL librarians Caitlin Ottenbreit, Brooklyn Kemp, and Rebecca Baugniet (and Jason D'Souza!) on CBC Radio's All Points West.

January: Cozy Reads; February: RomComs; March: Celebrity Recommendations

Updated April 4, 2024
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Legends & lattes : a novel of high fantasy and low stakes
Baldree, Travis
Paper Book
An Instant New York Times Bestseller A Barnes & Noble Best Book of 2022 A Library Reads Pick An Indie Next Pick A Goodreads Best Fantasy Choice Award Nominee The much-beloved BookTok sensation, Travis Baldree's novel of high...
The galaxy, and the ground within
Chambers, Becky
Paper Book
FROM THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR AND HUGO AWARD WINNER FOR BEST SERIES. Winner of The Kitschie Red Tentacle for Best Novel. The stunning finale to the award-winning Wayfarers series by Becky Chambers, author of the beloved...
What moves the dead
Kingfisher, T. 
Paper Book
An Instant USA Today & Indie Bestseller A Barnes & Noble Book of the Year Finalist A Goodreads Best Horror Choice Award Nominee A gripping and atmospheric reimagining of Edgar Allan Poe's "The Fall of the House of Usher" from Hugo, Locus, &...
The sun down motel
St. James, Simone
Paper Book
Upstate NY, 1982. Viv Delaney knows something isn't right at the Sun Down motel, where she works as a night clerk, and she's determined find out what. Upstate NY, 2017. Carly Kirk has always been fascinated by her aunt Viv who disappeared from the Sun Down before Carly was born. Using a small...
The Thursday Murder Club
Osman, Richard
Paper Book
THE FIRST NOVEL IN THE RECORD-BREAKING, MILLION-COPY BESTSELLING THURSDAY MURDER CLUB SERIES. ---------- 'Smart, compassionate, warm, moving and so VERY funny' Marian Keyes 'So smart and funny. Deplorably good' Ian Rankin 'Thrilling,...
One last stop
McQuiston, Casey 
Paper Book
*INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER* *INSTANT USA TODAY BESTSELLER* *INSTANT #1 INDIE BESTSELLER* From the New York Times bestselling author of Red, White & Royal Blue comes a new romantic comedy that will stop readers in their tracks... ...
Get a life, Chloe Brown a novel
Hibbert, Talia 
Paper Book
Really good, actually
Heisey, Monica
Paper Book
THE NO. 2 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER The Times Popular Fiction Book of the Year 'A heartbreaker of a book' THE TIMES 'Alarmingly relatable' MARIAN KEYES 'Hilarious and profound' DOLLY ALDERTON
Wired for love : a neuroscientist's journey through romance, loss, and the essence of human connection
Cacioppo, Stephanie
Paper Book
From the world's foremost neuroscientist of romantic love comes a personal story of connection and heartbreak that brings new understanding to an old truth: better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all.At thirty-seven, Dr. Stephanie Cacioppo was content to be single....
The flatshare
O'Leary, Beth
Paper Book
What if your roommate is your soul mate? A joyful, quirky romantic comedy, Beth O'Leary's The Flatshare is a feel-good novel about finding love in the most unexpected of ways. Tiffy and Leon share an apartment. Tiffy and Leon have never met. ...
Held
Michaels, Anne
Paper Book
SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2024 **The international bestseller** **A Guardian Book of the Autumn 2023** **Chosen as a book of the year by the independent.co.uk** 'Michaels's writing continues to stand head and...

Rebecca's recommendation; This book is also recommended by Canadian filmmaker Sarah Polley

Wandering Stars
Orange, Tommy.
Paper Book
Following its unforgettable characters through almost two centuries of history, from the horrors of the Sand Creek Massacre of 1865 to the aftermath of a mass shooting in the early 21st century, Wandering Starsis an indelible novel of America's war on its own people. It is also...

Rachel's recommendation; This book is also recommended by writer and cultural critic Roxane Gay

Siddhartha : an Indian tale
Hesse, Hermann
Paper Book
A bold translation of Nobel Prize-winner Herman Hesse's most inspirational and beloved work, which was nominated as one of America's best-loved novels by PBS's The Great American ReadA Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition Hesse's famous and influential...

Brooklyn's recommendation; This book is also recommended by Canadian athlete Clara Hughes

Lessons in chemistry
Garmus, Bonnie
Paper Book
Discover the must-read Sunday Times and New York Times bestseller, the perfect uplifting summer read, now a major Apple TV series starring Brie Larson. 'The most charming, life-enhancing novel I've read in ages' Sunday Times 'A page...

Brooklyn and Jason's recommendation! This book is also recommended by actor and foodie, Stanley Tucci

Cloud cuckoo land a novel
Doerr, Anthony, 1973- author. 
Paper Book
On the New York Times bestseller list for over 20 weeks * A New York Times Notable Book * A National Book Award Finalist * Named a Best Book of the Year by Fresh Air, Time, Entertainment Weekly, Associated Press, and many more "If you're looking for...

Jason's recommendation; This book is also recommended by former President of the United States Barack Obama

Arsenic and adobo
Manansala, Mia P.
Paper Book
In the small town of Shady Palms, Illinois, Lila Macapagal and her relatives run Tita Rosie's Kitchen, serve delicious Flipino dishes, and solve crimes on the side.

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