Staff Picks 2017

The “Best Books of the Year” lists are out in abundance, and librarians and other staff from Somers Library are eager to share some of their favorite books of the year as well. All of the books on this list were read by members of the Somers Library staff in 2017. Some were hot off the press; others have stood the test of time.

Fiction

Bradley, Alan Thrice the Brinded Cat Hath Mew’d

Connelly, Michael The Late Show

Estes, Kelli The Girl Who Wrote in Silk

Fellowes, Julian Belgravia

Fergus, Jim One Thousand White Women

Fergus, Jim The Vengeance of Mothers

Jiles, Paulette News of the World

Karon, Jan To Be Where You Are

Moriarty, Liane The Husband’s Secret

Moyes, Jojo The Horse Dancer

Pataki, Allison Accidental Empress

Penny, Louise Glass Houses

Ryan, Jennifer The Chilbury Ladies Choir

See, Lisa The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane

Sendker, Jan-Phillip The Art of Hearing Heartbeats

Umrigar, Thrity Everybody’s Son

Walker, Martin The Templar’s Last Secret

Weina Dai Randel The Moon in the Palace

White, Karen The Night the Lights Went Out

Wiggs, Susan Map of the Heart

Wiseman, Ellen Marie The Life She Was Given

 

NON-FICTION

Andersen, Kurt Fantasyland

Bard, Elizabeth Picnic in Provence

Calcaterra, Regina Girl Unbroken

Forsthoefel, Andrew Walking to Listen

Grann, David Killers of the Flower Moon

Kingsolver, Barbara Animal, Vegetable, Miracle

Lindbergh, Anne Morrow Gift from the Sea

Wiking, Meik The Little Book of Hygge