Staff Favorites: Wild Cards!

This list includes all our favorites that don't fit neatly into other lists -- romance, manga, nonfiction, middle grade, and more!

Updated November 26, 2025
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Staff Favorites: Wild Cards!

This list includes all our favorites that don't fit neatly into other lists -- romance, manga, nonfiction, middle grade, and more!

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Wotakoi : love is hard for otaku. 1
Fujita (Manga artist)
Paper Book
A geeky girl whose life revolves around yaoi manga and a quiet gamer boy are old friends, but when they start working in the same office, they decide to date. It's a relationship of convenience at first, but could it become something more? This manga comedy is now a hit streaming anime!
Poets Square : a memoir in thirty cats
Gustafson, Courtney
Paper Book
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * An intimate memoir about the importance of community and care in a world that can feel impossibly broken--and a story about accidentally going viral while tending to a colony of feral cats. AN NPR AND CHICAGO PUBLIC LIBRARY BEST BOOK OF THE...
Stitch : reimagining Frankenstein
Kenny, Pádraig
Paper Book
An atmospheric retelling of Frankenstein, full of adventure and as thrilling as a lightning strike. Stitch and his friend Henry Oaf were brought to life by the genius Professor Hardacre. But when his wicked nephew takes over the laboratory, they soon discover that the new...
Mexikid : a graphic memoir
Martin, Pedro
Paper Book
NEWBERY HONOR AWARD WINNER * An unforgettable graphic memoir about a Mexican American boy's family and their adventure-filled road trip to bring their abuelito back from Mexico "One of those books that kids will pass to their friends as soon as they have finished it."-...
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Miller, Kayla
Paper Book
From New York Times bestselling author-illustrator Kayla Miller comes a graphic novel about friendship and finding where you "click" in middle school, perfect for fans of Smile and Real Friends. Olive wants to get in on the act . . . . . . Any act! Olive "clicks"...
The perks of loving a wallflower
Ridley, Erica
Paper Book
Fans of Bridgerton will love this "delightful" Regency romp (Julia Quinn, New York Times bestselling author​) named one of the best romances of the year by Entertainment Weekly. As a master of disguise, Thomasina Wynchester can be a...
The labors of Hercules Beal
Schmidt, Gary D.
Paper Book
Advertising in key school & library media, including School Library Journal, The Horn Book, and Booklist   Top of the Stacks promotion  Featured title in webcast presentations to librarians and educators  Featured title at school & library...
Ginseng roots : a memoir
Thompson, Craig
Paper Book
From the celebrated author of Blankets and Habibi comes a new graphic memoir exploring the class divide, childhood labor, family, and our globalized world--all centered on Wisconsin's ginseng farming industry "Ginseng Roots is Thompson's most visually arresting...
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