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Recommendations for National Read A Book Day!Unpublished

Did you know? September 6th is National Read a Book Day! Our librarians compiled a list of suggestions for different reader types. Check them out!

Updated September 5, 2024

Cabarrus County Public Library

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Ayesha at last

Jalaluddin, Uzma

Paper Book

As seen on The Today Show! One of the best summer romance picks! One of Publishers Weekly Best Romance Books of 2019! A modern-day Muslim Pride and Prejudice for a new generation of love. Ayesha Shamsi has a lot going on. Her dreams of...

The Hopeless Romantic!

Charles and Emma : the Darwins' leap of faith

Heiligman, Deborah.

Paper Book

Charles Darwin published The Origin of Species, his revolutionary tract on evolution and the fundamental ideas involved, in 1859. Nearly 150 years later, the theory of evolution continues to create tension between the scientific and religious communities. Challenges about teaching the...

The Hopeless Romantic!

The Bad Guys

Blabey, Aaron

Paper Book

NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE!"I wish I'd had these books as a kid. Hilarious!" -- Dav Pilkey, creator of Captain Underpants and Dog ManThis New York Times bestselling illustrated series is perfect for fans of Dog Man and Captain Underpants.They sound like bad guys, they look like bad...

The Film and TV Buff!

Hilda and the troll

Pearson, Luke

Paper Book

Hilda can never sit still for long without setting off on another adventure. She can't resist exploring her enchanting world--a place where trolls walk, crows speak, and mountains move. The magic and folklore of the wild, windswept North come alive in this book about an adventurous little...

The Repeat Reader!

The wicked + the divine. Vol. 1, The Faust act

Gillen, Kieron

Paper Book

"solid storytelling and clean, gorgeousartwork will keep readers engrossed and eager for more." - PublishersWeekly (Starred) "Gillen's penchantfor fast, sharp dialogue and McKelvie and Wilson's razor-lined,...

The Repeat Reader!

Maisie Dobbs : a novel

Winspear, Jacqueline

Paper Book

"A female investigator every bit as brainy and battle-hardened as Lisbeth Salander." --Maureen Corrigan, NPR's Fresh Air, on Maisie Dobbs Maisie Dobbs got her start as a maid in an aristocratic London household when she was thirteen. Her employer,...

The Binge Reader!

Happy place

Henry, Emily

Paper Book

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ∙ A couple who broke up months ago pretend to still be together for their annual weeklong vacation with their best friends in this glittering and wise novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Emily Henry. "The beach-read master...

The Binge Reader

Big little lies

Moriarty, Liane.

Paper Book

From the author of Here One Moment and The Husband's Secret comes the #1 New York Times bestselling novel about the dangerous little lies we tell ourselves just to survive. THE INSPIRATION FOR THE AWARD-WINNING HBO® SERIES STARRING REESE...

The Film and TV Buff!

The perfect couple : a novel

Hilderbrand, Elin

Paper Book

Now a Netflix limited series, from New York Times bestselling author Elin Hilderbrand comes a "quintessential summer read" (People) about the many ways family can fill our lives with love -- if they don't kill us first. It's Nantucket wedding...

The Film and TV Buff!

The giver of stars

Moyes, Jojo

Paper Book

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER | A REESE'S BOOK CLUB PICK "A great narrative about personal strength and really captures how books bring communities together." --Reese Witherspoon From the author of the forthcoming Someone Else's...

The Fiction Lover!

Only the beautiful

Meissner, Susan

Paper Book

A heartrending story about a young mother's fight to keep her daughter, and the winds of fortune that tear them apart by the USA Today bestselling author of The Nature of Fragile Things and The Last Year of the War. California, 1938--When she loses her parents in an accident, sixteen-year-old...

The Fiction Lover!

Pachinko

Lee, Min Jin

Paper Book

In this New York Times bestseller, four generations of a poor Korean immigrant family fight to control their destiny in 20th-century Japan-the inspiration for the television series on Apple TV+. In the early 1900s, teenaged Sunja, the adored...

The Fiction Lover!

The kiss quotient

Hoang, Helen

Paper Book

From the author of The Bride Test comes a romance novel hailed as one of The Washington Post's 50 Notable Works of Fiction in 2018 and one of Amazon's Top 100 Books of 2018! "This is such a fun read and it's also quite original and sexy and sensitive."--Roxane Gay,...

The Vacation Reader!

The rise and fall of the dinosaurs : a new history of a lost world

Brusatte, Stephen

Paper Book

"THE ULTIMATE DINOSAUR BIOGRAPHY," hails Scientific American: A thrilling new history of the age of dinosaurs, from one of our finest young scientists. "A masterpiece of science writing." --Washington Post A New York Times Bestseller * Goodreads Choice Awards ...

The Nonfiction Nerd!

The king's shadow : obsession, betrayal, and the deadly quest for the Lost City of Alexandria

Richardson, Edmund

Paper Book

A lost city. A thousand-year-old mystery. A quest that changed history. Beneath the plains of Afghanistan lie the remains of a fabulous city: Alexandria Beneath the Mountains, founded by Alexander the Great. For centuries, it was a meeting point of East and West. Then it...

The Nonfiction Nerd!

Dial A for Aunties

Sutanto, Jesse Q.

Paper Book

"Sutanto brilliantly infuses comedy and culture into the unpredictable rom-com/murder mystery mashup as Meddy navigates familial duty, possible arrest and a groomzilla. I laughed out loud and you will too."--USA Today (four-star review) "A hilarious, heartfelt...

The Vacation Reader!

Carrie Soto is back : a novel

Reid, Taylor Jenkins

Paper Book

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * "An epic adventure about a female athlete perhaps past her prime, brought back to the tennis court for one last grand slam" (Elle), from the author of Malibu Rising, Daisy Jones & The Six, and The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo

The Binge Reader!

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