Staff Favorites

Updated September 10, 2025
G
Grand Prairie Memorial Library Grand Prairie Memorial Library
This is your list in printable form. Simply print this page using your browser's print command.

Staff Favorites

Drag items up and down to your preferred order then select the "Save Order" button.
All is not forgotten
Walker, Wendy
Paper Book
An Indie Next PickA LibraryReads PickFilm rights acquired by Reese WitherspoonIn the small, affluent town of Fairview, Connecticut, everything seems picture perfect. Until young Jenny Kramer is attacked at a local party and given a drug to erase her memory of the assault. As her parents seek help...
Aurora : a novel
Koepp, David
Paper Book
SOON TO BE A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE FROM NETFLIX AND ACADEMY AWARD-WINNING DIRECTOR KATHRYN BIGELOW "Fantastic story, a real page-turner. Impossible to put down." - Stephen King From the author of Cold Storage comes a riveting, eerily plausible thriller, told with the menace and flair...
Be ready when the luck happens : a memoir
Garten, Ina
Paper Book
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * In her long-awaited memoir, Ina Garten--aka the Barefoot Contessa, author of thirteen bestselling cookbooks, beloved Food Network personality, Instagram sensation, and cultural icon--shares her personal story with readers hungry for a seat at her table....
The blonde identity : a novel
Carter, Ally
Paper Book
USA TODAY BESTSELLER "A unique, delightful, hilarious, unputdownable romance... I'm wonderstruck by The Blonde Identity!" -- Ali Hazelwood, New York Times bestselling author of The Love Hypothesis The New York Times bestselling YA author of the beloved Gallagher Girls...
The boys of Riverside : a deaf football team and a quest for glory
Fuller, Thomas (Journalist)
Paper Book
NAMED A BEST BOOK BY BOOK RIOT, AND MORE! . The incredible story of an all-deaf high school football team's triumphant climb from underdog to undefeated, their inspirational brotherhood, a fascinating portrait of deafness in America, and the indefatigable head coach who spearheaded the...
Bright young women
Knoll, Jessica
Paper Book
January 15, 1978, is a night of promise, excitement, and desire. A serial killer's murderous spree in the Pacific Northwest couldn't be further from the minds of the vibrant young women at the top sorority on Florida State University's campus in Tallahassee.
The celebrants : a novel
Rowley, Steven
Paper Book
New York Times Bestseller A TODAY Show #ReadWithJenna Book Club Pick A Big Chill for our times, celebrating decades-long friendships and promises--especially to ourselves--by the bestselling and beloved author of The Guncle. It's been a...
El Dorado Drive
Abbott, Megan.
Paper Book
From the New York Times bestselling author of The Turnout comes a simmering, atmospheric novel of friendship and betrayal, following a women-led pyramid scheme in suburban Detroit. "Abbott is a superstar of the suspense genre." --NPR All I want is to...
The family plot
Priest, Cherie
Paper Book
From Cherie Priest, author of the enormously successfulBoneshaker,The Family Plot is a haunted house story for the ages--atmospheric, scary, and strange, with a modern gothic sensibility that's every bit as fresh as it is frightening. Music City Salvage is owned and...
Gods of jade and shadow
Moreno-Garcia, Silvia
Paper Book
'This is historical fantasy at its best' S.A. Chakraborty, author of The City of Brass Casiopea Tun is too busy scrubbing floors in her wealthy grandfather's house to do anything more than dream of a life far from her dusty, small town in southern Mexico. A life...
The heiress : a novel
Hawkins, Rachel
Paper Book
New York Times bestselling author Rachel Hawkins returns with a twisted new gothic suspense about an infamous heiress and the complicated inheritance she left behind. THERE'S NOTHING AS GOOD AS THE RICH GONE BAD When Ruby McTavish...
Incidents around the house : a novel
Malerman, Josh
Paper Book
"Simply put--and I do not say this lightly--Incidents Around the House is the most purely effective horror novel I have ever read."--Neil McRobert, Esquire A chilling horror novel about a haunting, told from the perspective of a young girl whose troubled...
The King of Diamonds : the search for the elusive Texas jewel thief
Pederson, Rena
Paper Book
The thrilling story of a brazen, uncatchable jewel thief who roamed the homes of Dallas high society--and a window into the dark secrets lurking beneath the surface of the Swinging Sixties. As a string of high profile jewel thefts went unsolved during the Swinging Sixties, the...
Listen for the lie
Tintera, Amy
Paper Book
Am I a murderer? You tell me . . . Lucy Chase can't remember anything about the night her best friend was murdered. Lucky her, you're probably thinking. Who would want that to be their last memory of someone they love? But for Lucy, it's become an issue....
Lock every door : a novel
Sager, Riley
Paper Book
THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER One of . . .  Parade's "Most Anticipated Books of Summer 2019" * PureWow's "The Best Beach Reads of Summer 2019" * BookBub's "Books...
Magpie murders
Horowitz, Anthony
Paper Book
"Magpie Murders is a double puzzle for puzzle fans, who don't often get the classicism they want from contemporary thrillers." --Janet Maslin, The New York Times A New York Times Bestseller | #1 Indie Next Pick | NPR Best Book of 2017 | Amazon Best Book of 2017 | Washington Post Best Book...
Margo's got money troubles : a novel
Thorpe, Rufi
Paper Book
'An audacious, wildly funny, completely unpredictable novel . . . absolutely brilliant'Kevin Wilson, author of Nothing to See HereMargo Millet's got money troubles. As the child of a Hooter's waitress and an ex-Pro-Wrestler, she's always known she'd have to make it on her own....
The ministry of time
Bradley, Kaliane
Paper Book
Never knowing
Stevens, Chevy.
Paper Book
From the acclaimed author ofStill Missing comes a psychological thriller about one woman's search into her past and the deadly truth she uncovers.  All her life, Sara Gallagher has wondered about her birth parents. As an adopted child with...
Nine perfect strangers
Moriarty, Liane
Paper Book
#1 New York Times Bestselling AuthorEditor's Choice #2 TitleNine people gather at a remote health resort -- some to lose weight, some to reboot their life, some for reasons they can't even admit to themselves. Amidst the luxury and pampering, mindfulness and meditation, they know it might involve...
None of this is true : a novel
Jewell, Lisa
Paper Book
One of us is dead
Rose, Jeneva
Paper Book
"Scheming mean girls, sex and scandal, secrets and lies...what's not to love?"--Lisa Unger, New York Times bestselling author of Last Girl Ghosted The Real Housewives meets murder in this deliciously savage and wildly entertaining thriller from Jeneva Rose, #1 New York Times bestselling...
The other valley : a novel
Howard, Scott Alexander
Paper Book
A stunning literary debut novel that is a cross between Kazuo Ishiguro's speculative work, and the heart-rending search for where it all went wrong in Matt Haig's The Midnight Library.
The personal librarian
Benedict, Marie
Paper Book
Over one million copies sold! The Instant New York Times Bestseller! A Good Morning America* Book Club Pick! Named a Best Book of the Year by NPR! Named a Notable Book of the Year by the Washington Post! "Historical fiction at its best!"...
The rose code : a novel
Quinn, Kate
Paper Book
Don't miss the thrilling new novel from Kate Quinn, The Briar Club, coming July 9th! "The reigning queen of historical fiction" -- Fiona Davis, New York Times bestselling author of The Lions of Fifth Avenue   The New York Times and USA Today bestselling...
Scandalous women : a novel of Jackie Collins and Jacqueline Susann
Paul, Gill
Paper Book
Mad Men meets the world of publishing in international bestselling author Gill Paul's new novel about Jackie Collins and Jacqueline Susann, two dynamic, groundbreaking writers renowned for their scandalous and controversial novels, and the beleaguered young editorial assistant who introduces...
Someone in the attic
Mara, Andrea
Paper Book
The gripping, twisty thriller that everyone is talking about - the new novel from Andrea Mara, bestselling author of Richard and Judy Book Club pick, No One Saw a Thing. 'An absolute page turner!' Shari Lapena 'A twisty thriller full of clever...
Take my hand
Perkins-Valdez, Dolen
Paper Book
"Deeply empathetic yet unflinching in its gaze... an unforgettable exploration of responsibility and redemption, the dangers of good intentions, and the folly of believing anyone can decide what's best for another's life."--Celeste Ng Inspired by true events that rocked the nation, a...
Victorian Psycho
Feito, Virginia
Paper Book
'Jane Eyre meets American Psycho. Gloriously outrageous, sensationally unhinged' SUNDAY TIMES 'Simmering with rage, propulsive and laugh-out-loud funny' CATRIONA WARD 'Weird and wonderful' LUCY MANGAN, GUARDIAN Winifred Notty arrives at Ensor House prepared to...
The women
Hannah, Kristin
Paper Book
A #1 bestseller on The New York Times, USA Today, Washington Post, and Los Angeles Times! From the celebrated author of The Nightingale and The Four Winds comes Kristin Hannah's The Women--at once an intimate portrait of coming of age in a...
Yours truly
Jimenez, Abby
Paper Book
A novel of terrible first impressions, hilarious second chances, and the joy in finding your perfect match from "a true talent" (Emily Henry, #1 New York Times bestselling author). Dr. Briana Ortiz's life is seriously flatlining. Her divorce is just about...
Find this list online: https://librarian.syndetics.com/syndeticsunbound/lp/359.4407/list/5259

Library staff! You can create and contribute to lists. Contact your catalog administrator or log in here.