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Happy Thanksgiving! The library staff is grateful for another year of providing the community with wonderful books to read and so much more. Only two more reading challenges to share with you. In two weeks we’ll provide a list of a few books that we own that are set in winter. Today’s is to read a book published in 2025. There are so many books set in 2025. Just come check out our new shelves for a wide range of options. But here are a few that we think were interesting.
Emily Henry’s newest is A Great Big Beautiful Life . I’ve seen a couple of online arguments about which is her best and this is usually in the mix although some claim Beach Read is her best. Taylor Jenkins Reid of The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo and Daisy Jones and the Six fame came out with Atmosphere this year.
- F. Kuang doesn’t mess around and most of her books are long and involved and I finally read Babel this year just in time for Katabasis. Her specialty is dark academia that explores the dark underbelly of academic life. John Scalzi just released a new book in his ‘Old Man’s War’ series The Shattering Peace, but earlier in the year a stand-alone title When the Moon Hits Your Eye was published.
Anne Tyler published Three Days in June this year and Alice Feeney released Beautiful Ugly. Rebecca Romney is best known as a rare books dealer on the hit “Pawn Shop” but her book about Jane Austen has gotten lots of buzz for examining the authors that Jane Austen read in Jane Austen’s Bookshelf.
Ruth Ware continues her suspenseful fiction with The Woman in Suite 11 to accompany The Woman in Cabin 10. And of course we always love Minnesota authors and Abby Jimenez didn’t disappoint with Say You’ll Remember Me.
Teens (or the young at heart) might want to read The Assassin’s Guide to Babysitting by Natalie C Parker or Eliza from Scratch by Sophia Lee or The Lady or the Tiger by Heather Herrman.
Kids (or anyone really) might find One Wrong Step by Jennifer Nielsen about a Mt. Everet climb in the 1930’s interesting or travel farther back in history and read Rebellion 1776 by Laurie Halse Anderson. Bubblegum Shoes by Goldy Modlavsky or Death by Whoopee Cushion by Vicki Grant will appeal to mystery fans while animal lovers will want to read Gus and Glory by Sarah Guillory. Fans of fantasy and sweet family stories will enjoy The Library of Unruly Treasures by Jeanne Birdsall. And I don’t have space to talk about the wonderful new picture books.
The library will be closed on Thursday, November 27th in observance of Thanksgiving but will be open regular hours on both Friday (10 – 6) and Saturday (10 – 3). Come borrow a holiday book or movie or maybe just sit and read for a bit in the quiet away from the early bustle of the holidays.