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Monday, December 16, 2019

Library Reads: January 2020

Library Reads day and that means four things here on RA for All:
  1. I post the list and tag it “Library Readsso that you can easily pull up every single list with one click.
  2. I can remind you that even though the newest list is always fun to see, it is the older lists where you can find AWESOME, sure bet suggestions for patrons that will be on your shelf to actually hand to them right now. The best thing about Library Reads is the compound interest it is earning. We now have hundreds and hundreds of titles worth suggesting right at our fingertips.
  3. You have no excuse not to hand sell any Library Reads titles because there is a book talk right there in the list in the form of the annotation one of your colleagues wrote for you. All you have to say to your patron is, “such and such library worker in blank state thought this was a great read,” and then you read what he or she said.
  4. Every upcoming book now has at least 1 readalike that is available to hand out RIGHT NOW. Book talk the upcoming book, place a hold for it, and then hand out that readalike title for while they wait. If they need more titles before their hold comes in, use the readalike title to identify more readalike titles. And then keep repeating. Seriously, it is that easy to have happy, satisfied readers.

    Also, the Library Reads Board has also started another great book discovery and suggestion tool for you, a monthly What We're Reading column. This means there are even more library worker approved titles, new and old, for you to choose from. 

    So get out there and suggest a good read to someone today. I don’t care what list or resource you use to find the suggestion, just start suggesting books.


    Announcing the January 2020 LibraryReads list!


    You voted, we counted, and January's LibraryReads Favorite is:


    Dear Edward

    A Novel
    by Ann Napolitano

    (The Dial Press)
    “A dear, dear wondrous novel. Edward is The Miracle Boy, the only survivor of a plane crash. As he struggles to navigate the landscape of his new life, we hear the voices of those who didn't make it.

     Napolitano is an amazing writer who deserves a wider audience. For fans of Did You Ever Have a Family (Bill Clegg),The Grief of Others (Leah Hager Cohen), and The Friend (Sigrid Nunez).”

    Jennifer Dayton, Fairfield Public Library, Fairfield, CT


    NoveList read-alike: The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt

    And now, the rest of the LibraryReads January Top 10:

    Don’t miss the January 2020 Hall of Fame Winners!
     Scroll down or visit the Hall of Fame page!


    All the Ways We Said Goodbye: A Novel of the Ritz Paris 

    by Beatriz Williams, Lauren Willig, and Karen White 
    (William Morrow)

    American Dirt: A Novel
    by Jeanine Cummins
    (Flatiron Books)


    Followers: A Novel
    by Megan Angelo
    (Graydon House)


    Highfire: A Novel
    by Eoin Colfer
    (Harper Perennial)


    How Quickly She Disappears

    by Raymond Fleischmann
    (Berkley)


    Long Bright River: A Novel
    by Liz Moore
    (Riverhead)

    Love Her or Lose Her: A Novel
    by Tessa Bailey
    (Avon)

    When We Were Vikings

    by Andrew David MacDonald
    (Gallery/Scout Press)

    You Were There Too

    by Colleen Oakley
    (Berkley)





    Big Lies In A Small Town

    by Diane Chamberlain
    (St. Martin's Press)
    Read-alikes:
    Somebody Knows by Lisa Scottoline
    The Masterpiece by Fiona Davis
    Dreams of Falling by Karen White


    Lady Clementine
    A Novel
    by Marie Benedict
    (Sourcebooks Landmark)
    Read-alikes:
    The Kennedy Debutante by Kerri Maher
    Becoming Mrs. Lewis by Patti Callahan
    Mistress of the Ritz by Melanie Benjamin


    A Long Petal of the Sea
    A Novel
    by Isabel Allende
    (Ballantine Books)
    Read-alikes:
    Salt Houses by Hala Alyan
    Doctor Zhivago by Boris Pasternak
    Love and Ruin by Paula McLean

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