Staff Favourite Reads

Vincent Library team's recommendations and favourite reads

Updated December 11, 2023
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Idaho : a novel
Ruskovich, Emily
Paper Book
LOS ANGELES TIMESĀ BESTSELLERĀ * A stunning debut novel about love and forgiveness, about the violence of memory and the equal violence of its loss--from O. Henry Prize-winning author Emily Ruskovich WINNER OF THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST BOOK AWARD * WINNER OF THE...
Lanny : a novel
Porter, Max
Paper Book
Longlisted for the 2019 Booker Prize An entrancing new novel by the author of the prizewinning Grief Is the Thing with Feathers There's a village an hour from London. It's no different from many others today: one pub, one church, redbrick cottages, some...
Our souls at night
Haruf, Kent.
Paper Book
A spare yet eloquent, bittersweet yet inspiring story of a man and a woman who, in advanced age, come together to wrestle with the events of their lives and their hopes for the imminent future. In the familiar setting of Holt, Colorado, home to all of Kent Haruf's inimitable...
The muse
Burton, Jessie 1982-
Paper Book
"Love, war, desire, and art--it's all here." --Elle A picture hides a thousand words . . . On a hot July day in 1967, Odelle Bastien climbs the stone steps of the Skelton gallery in London, knowing that her life is about to change forever. Having struggled to find her place in the...
Us against you
Backman, Fredrik 1981-
Paper Book
A #1 New York Times Bestselling AuthorAfter all that the citizens of Beartown have gone through, they now learn that their beloved hockey team will soon be disbanded. Former Beartown players now playing for a rival team take obvious satisfaction in that fact. Amidst the mounting tension, a...
Holidays on ice
Sedaris, David.
Paper Book
David Sedaris's beloved holiday collection is new again with six more pieces, including a never before published story. Along with such favoritesas the diaries of a Macy's elf and the annals of two very competitive families, are Sedaris's tales of tardy trick-or-treaters ("Us and Them"); the...

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