Open Books Challenge 2025: Books with Gems, Minerals or Rocks in the Title

Updated December 31, 2024
Rochester Public Library RPL Staff
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Open Books Challenge 2025: Books with Gems, Minerals or Rocks in the Title

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The emerald tide
Bunn, T. Davis
Paper Book
In an uplifting story brimming with romance, art, and intrigue, internationally bestselling author Davis Bunn returns to the breathtaking coastal California town of Miramar Bay, as a widowed art history professor hunts for a stolen masterpiece... Just when he thought he...
Girl with a pearl earring
Chevalier, Tracy.
Paper Book
The New York Times bestselling novel by the author of A Single Thread and At the Edge of the Orchard Translated into thirty-nine languages and made into an Oscar-nominated film, starring Scarlett Johanson and Colin Firth Tracy Chevalier transports...
The women of Pearl Island
Crosby, Polly
Paper Book
Death on the Emerald Isle
Fletcher, Jessica
Paper Book
A trip to Northern Ireland becomes unexpectedly grim for Jessica Fletcher in this new entry in the USA Today bestselling Murder, She Wrote series. Jessica Fletcher is quick to accept an invitation to replace a speaker who couldn't attend a Book Festival...
Emerald green
Gier, Kerstin
Paper Book
Gwen has a destiny to fulfill, but no one will tell her what it is. She's only recently learned that she is the Ruby, the final member of the time-traveling Circle of Twelve, and since then nothing has been going right. She suspects the founder of the Circle, Count Saint-German, is up to...
Amethyst, Princess of Gemworld
Hale, Shannon
Paper Book
Shannon Hale and Dean Hale, the New York Times bestselling creators of Diana- Princess of the Amazons, team with artist Asiah Fulmore to explore Gemworld! Amaya, princess of House Amethyst in Gemworld, is something of a troublemaker. She and her brother have great...
Code name Sapphire
Jenoff, Pam
Paper Book
Iron Lake : a novel
Krueger, William Kent
Paper Book
The 20th anniversary edition of the first novel in William Kent Krueger's beloved and bestselling Cork O'Connor mystery series--includes an exclusive bonus short story! "A brilliant achievement, and one every crime reader and writer needs to celebrate." --Louise Penny, #1...
Stay gold
McSmith, Tobly
Paper Book
Debut author Tobly McSmith delivers a coming-of-age teen love story about a transgender boy who's going stealth at his new Texas high school and a cisgender girl who is drawn to him, even as she's counting down the days until graduation. Perfect for fans of David Levithan, Becky...
Gods of jade and shadow
Moreno-Garcia, Silvia
Paper Book
The Mayan god of death sends a young woman on a harrowing, life-changing journey in this dark, one-of-a-kind fairy tale inspired by Mexican folklore. "A spellbinding fairy tale rooted in Mexican mythology . . . Gods of Jade and Shadow is a magical...
In a garden burning gold
Power, Rory
Paper Book
"Fresh and original . . . full of lush writing and detailed worldbuilding . . . [with a] rich fantasy landscape and an almost Shakespearean feel."--Paste Twins imbued with incredible magic and near-immortality will do anything to keep their family in power--even if it tears...
Amethyst : Dakotah treasures, book 4. [large print]
Snelling, Lauraine.
Paper Book
- All three previous books in the Dakotah Treasures series are bestsellers! - From Award-Winning Novelist Lauraine Snelling - Nearly 200,000 sold in this series alone!
Jade fire gold
Tan, June CL
Paper Book
Girls of Paper and Fire meets A Song of Wraiths and Ruin in June CL Tan's stunning debut, where ferocious action, shadowy intrigue, rich magic, and a captivating slow-burn romance collide. In an empire on the brink of war . . . Ahn is...
The final revival of Opal & Nev : a novel
Walton, Dawnie
Paper Book
An electrifying novel about the meteoric rise of an iconic interracial rock duo in the 1970s, their sensational breakup, and the dark secrets unearthed when they try to reunite decades later for one last tour. A GOOD MORNING AMERICA BUZZ PICK NAMED A BEST...
The Nickel boys : a novel
Whitehead, Colson
Paper Book
PULITZER PRIZE WINNER * NATIONAL BESTSELLER * This follow-up to The Underground Railroad brilliantly dramatizes another strand of American history through the story of two boys unjustly sentenced to a hellish reform school in Jim Crow-era Florida. * "One of the most gifted novelists in...
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