October SweetBean Reading List

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Updated September 30, 2024
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Against the fire
Martin, Kat
Paper Book
Once one of the "no-account Raines boys," Gabriel Raines has pulled himself out of poverty by his bootstraps to become a successful businessman--one who has become the target of revenge... You can't fight what you can't see. And Gabriel Raines can't be sure who's setting the fires...
All consuming
Burton, Jaci
Paper Book
A sizzling new romance about a firefighter who reunites with an old flame and tries to rekindle the passion they once felt.   When firefighter Kal Donovan transfers to the Tactical Rescue Team, he's determined to succeed by giving work one hundred percent of his attention....
American fire : love, arson, and life in a vanishing land
Hesse, Monica
Paper Book
One of NPR's Best Books of 2017 A New York Times Book Review Notable Book of the Year A breathtaking feat of reportage, American Fire combines procedural with love story, redefining American tragedy for our time. The arsons started on a cold...
The book of fire : a novel
Lefteri, Christy
Paper Book
" In present-day Greece, deep in an ancient forest, lives a family: Irini, a musician, who teaches children to read and play music; her husband, Tasso, who paints pictures of the forest, his greatest muse; and Chara, their young daughter, whose name means joy. On the fateful day that will forever...
Fire in Paradise : an American tragedy
Gee, Alastair
Paper Book
The harrowing story of the most destructive American wildfire in a century. There is no precedent in postwar American history for the destruction of the town of Paradise, California. On November 8, 2018, the community of 27,000 people was swallowed by the ferocious Camp Fire, which...
A fire so wild : a novel
Ruiz-Grossman, Sarah
Paper Book
Zibby Mag, Electric Literature, The Rumpus, and She Reads Most Anticipated Book of the Year "Ruiz-Grossman balances the social and political, the emotional and physical, with insight and precision. Her disparate characters all hail from different worlds, and it's a horrific...
A fire story
Fies, Brian
Paper Book
Early morning on Monday, October 9, 2017, wildfires burned through Northern California, resulting in 44 fatalities. In addition, 6,200 homes and 8,900 structures and were destroyed. Author Brian Fies's firsthand account of this tragic event is an honest, unflinching depiction of his personal...
Granite Mountain : the firsthand account of a tragic wildfire, its lone survivor, and the firefighters who made the ultimate sacrifice
McDonough, Brendan
Paper Book
The true story behind the events that inspired the major motion picture Only the Brave. A "unique and bracing" (Booklist) first-person account by the sole survivor of Arizona's disastrous 2013 Yarnell Hill Fire, which took the lives of 19 "hotshots" -- firefighters...
Knot again
Jackson, K. M.
Paper Book
One of... USA Today's Best Rom-Coms of July Shondaland's Best Books of July BookRiot's Best Romance Novels of July Sometimes fireman Lucas Strong feels like he can only find any peace and quiet at the local laundromat, where every day is rinse and repeat --...
Paradise : one town's struggle to survive an American wildfire
Johnson, Lizzie
Paper Book
The definitive firsthand account of California's Camp Fire, the nation's deadliest wildfire in a century, Paradise is a riveting examination of what went wrong and how to avert future tragedies as the climate crisis unfolds. "A tour de force story of wildfire and a...
Radiant heat
Collins, Sarah-Jane
Paper Book
Alison is alive. She rode out the fire on the damp tiles of her bathroom, her entire body swaddled in a wet woolen blanket. The flames crackled around her, the bitter char of eucalyptus settling in the back of her throat. The wildfire devastated the Victoria countryside she calls home, and when...
Set on you
Lea, Amy
Paper Book
One of... Amazon's Best Romances of 2022 Bustle's Most Anticipated Books of May Goodreads' Most Anticipated May Romances SheReads' Best Romance Books Coming in 2022 A gym nemesis pushes a fitness influencer to the max in Amy Lea's steamy debut romantic...
Small town sins : a novel
Jaworowski, Ken
Paper Book
EDGAR AWARD FINALIST Ken Jaworowski's Small Town Sins is a gripping Rust Belt thriller that captures the characters of a down-and-out Pennsylvania town, revealing their troubled pasts and the crimes that could cost them their lives. In Locksburg,...
Things you save in a fire
Center, Katherine
Paper Book
A New York Times Bestselling AuthorCassie Hanwell is a female firefighter in Texas, and she's a total pro at handling other people's emergencies. But when her ailing mother asks her to move to Boston, Cassie suddenly has an emergency of her own. She finds a job at a tough, old-school Boston...

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