Staff Picks: April 2025

Jessamine County Public Library staff love these books!

Updated March 31, 2025
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I loved you in another life
Arnold, David
Paper Book
A sweeping romantic novel about the power of soulmates and love. Pitch-perfect for the TikTok YA crowd.
Black water sister
Cho, Zen
Paper Book
'A sharp and bittersweet story of past and future, ghosts and gods and family, that kept me turning pages into the dark hours of the night' - Naomi Novik, author of UprootedThis mischievous Malaysian-set novel is an adventure featuring family, ghosts and local gods - from Hugo Award winning novelist...
The dream hotel : a novel
Lalami, Laila
Paper Book
* LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2025 * * A READ WITH JENNA BOOK CLUB PICK MARCH 2025 * 'A gripping, Kafkaesque foray into an all-too-plausible future' JENNIFER EGAN'So cleverly conceived, so relevant, that everyone should read it and...
Six crimson cranes
Lim, Elizabeth
Paper Book
A princess in exile. Six enchanted cranes. An unspeakable curse. 'A dazzling fairy tale' STEPHANIE GARBER 'Unputdownable, sweeping' KERRI MANISCALCO 'This book is magic!' KRISTIN CASHORE A beautiful and immersive YA fantasy...
Palestine
Sacco, Joe.
Paper Book
A powerful graphic novel, capturing the heart of day-to-day life in occupied Palestine. In late 1991 and early 1992, at the time of the first Intifada, Joe Sacco spent two months with the Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, travelling and taking notes.
One of our kind : a novel
Yoon, Nicola
Paper Book
'Your bookclub will be discussing this one for DAYS'-Jodi Picoult, author of SMALL GREAT THINGS Get Out meets The Stepford Wives in #1 New York Times best-selling author Nicola Yoon's first adult novel. When Jasmyn Williams and her husband King realise they...

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