Since their inception in September 2013, LibraryReads has honored 140 books. Librarians voted for their favorites among the 140, and LibraryReads created their first ever "Favorite of Favorites" list. The top ten overall picks are shown below and are all available at the Community Library.
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The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin
After his rare collection of Edgar Allen Poe poems is stolen, bookstore owner A.J. Fikry begins isolating himself from his friends, family, and associates until he is compelled to change his life after receiving a mysterious package. (Publisher Summary)
The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion
A socially awkward genetics professor who has never been on a second date sets out to find the perfect wife, but instead finds Rosie Jarman, a fiercely independent barmaid who is on a quest to find her biological father. (Publisher Summary)
All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
A blind French girl on the run from the German occupation and a German orphan-turned-Resistance tracker struggle with respective beliefs after meeting on the Brittany coast. (Publisher Summary)
Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell
Feeling cast off when her best friend outgrows their shared love for a favorite celebrity, Cath, a dedicated fan-fiction writer, struggles to survive on her own in her first year of college while avoiding a surly roommate, bonding with a handsome classmate who only wants to talk about words and worrying about her fragile father. (Publisher Summary)
The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt
We Were Liars by E. Lockart
Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
One Plus One by Jojo Moyes
Landline by Rainbow Powell
Longbourne by Jo Baker
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Taken in by a wealthy family friend after surviving an accident that killed his mother, thirteen-year-old Theo Decker tries to adjust to life on Park Avenue. (Publisher Summary)
We Were Liars by E. Lockart
Spending the summers on her family's private island off the coast of Massachusetts with her cousins and a special boy named Gat, teenaged Cadence struggles to remember what happened during her fifteenth summer. (Publisher Summary)
Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
The sudden death of a Hollywood actor during a production of "King Lear" marks the beginning of the world's dissolution in a story told at various past and future times from the perspectives of the actor and four of his associates. (Publisher Summary)
One Plus One by Jojo Moyes
A single mom trying to raise a bullied stepson and a mathlete daughter finds an unexpected rescue in the form of an obnoxious tech millionaire named Geeky Ed. (Publisher Summary)
Recognizing that her marriage is in deep trouble in spite of her abiding and mutual love for her husband, television writer Georgie excludes herself from a Christmas family visit before discovering a way to reconnect with the man her husband used to be. (Publisher Summary)
Longbourne by Jo Baker
A reimagining of Jane Austen's "Pride and Prejudice" from the perspectives of its below-stairs servants captures the drama of the Bennet household from the sideline viewpoint of Sarah, an orphaned housemaid. (Publisher Summary)
