Fairfield Public Library Fairfield, CT https://fairfieldpubliclibrary.org/learning-and-research/find-a-good-book/ Mary Coe, Branch Reference Librarian The Great Glorious Goddamn of it All by Josh Ritter The Book of Magic by Alice Hoffman I Keep Trying to Catch His Eye by Ivan Maisel My Body is a Big Fat Temple: an ordinary story of pregnancy and early motherhood Still Life by Sarah Winman Five Tuesdays in Winter by Lily King Leslie Hagel, Part-Time Adult Services Librarian The Photographer by Mary Dixie Carter Survive the Night by Riley Sager Under the Whispering Door by TJ Klune Harlem Shuffle by Colson Whitehead Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr The Mother Next Door by Tara Laskowski Not a Happy Family by Shari LaPena Wish You Were Here by Jodi Picoult Claudia Silk, Adult Services Librarian Mary Jane by Jessica Anya Blau Songs in Ursa Major by Emma Brodie Apples Never Fall by Liane Moriarty The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles Oh William by Elizabeth Strout These Precious Days by Ann Patchett Tender Land by William Kent Krueger Philip Bahr, Head of Adult Services The Guncle by Stephen Rowley Alec by William di Canzio The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune

Fairfield Public Library Fairfield, CT https://fairfieldpubliclibrary.org/learning-and-research/find-a-good-book/ Tamara Lyhne, Head of Children's Services Glitter Gets Everywhere by Yvette Clark Coming soon: 8/31 Friends Forever by Shannon Hale art by LeUyen Pham 9/14 A Soft Place to Land By Janae Marks 9/14 What Lives in the Woods by Lindsay Curie Stefanie Bergstrom, Branch Children's Librarian When You Trap a Tiger, Tae Keller Rez Dogs, Joseph Bruchac Coming soon: Tomatoes for Neela by Padma Lakshmi & Juana Martinez-Neal It Fell From the Sky by The Fan Brothers (Smart Cookie by Jory John, lol) Emily Muller, Children's Librarian The Comeback by E. L. Shen The Elephant in the Room by Holly Goldberg Sloan Secrets of Camp Whatever by Chris Grine Coming soon: Daughter of the Deep by Rick Riordan City of Illusion by Victoria Ying Room to Dream by Kelly Yang Small Spaces by Katherine Arden

Fairfield Public Library Fairfield, CT https://fairfieldpubliclibrary.org/learning-and-research/find-a-good-book/ Helene Murtha, Town Librarian Plot by Jean Hanff Korelitz Dream Girl by Laura Lippman Brat: An ‘80s Story by Andrew McCarthy I Will Judge You By Yout Bookshelf by Grant Snider Looking forward to: Nighthawks by Elly Griffith The Man Who Died Twice by Richard Oscan Jan Fisher, Deputy Town Librarian Kill All Your Darlings by David Bell Everyone in this Room Will Someday Be Dead by Emily Austin Mr. Met : How a sports-mad kid from Jersey became like family to generations of big leaguer by Jay Horowitz Tom Seaver : A Terrific Life by Bill Madden House on Vesper Sands by Paraic O'Donnell Looking forward to: The Night She Disappeared by Lisa Jewell A Line to Kill : A Hawthorne and Horowitz Mystery by Anthony Horowitz Over My Dead Body by Jeffrey Archer Door to Door 7/6/2021: Anthony Horowitz and Jeffrey Archer in Conversation (YouTube) https://youtu.be/Bh9bgCv2UUU Jessica Stevens, Adult Services Branch Librarian Too Good To Be True by Carola Lovering GrowVeg: the beginners guide to easy vegetable gardening by Benedict Vanheems The Secret Ingredient Cookbook: 125 family friendly recipes with surprisingly tasty twists by Kelly Senye Too Good to be True by Carola Lovering  Looking forward to: Dedicated: The Case for Commitment in an Age of Infinite Browsing by Pete Davis Matrix by Lauren Groff Philip Bahr, Head of Adult Services; Podcast Host Later: My Life at the Edge of the World by Paul Lisicky All Boys Aren't Blue by George M. Johnson I Am a Book. I Am a Portal to the Universe by Stefanie Posavec Looking forward to: Unprotected by Billy Porter

Fairfield Public Library Fairfield, CT https://fairfieldpubliclibrary.org/learning-and-research/find-a-good-book/ Sue Balla, Circulation Manager Anthony Doerr: • ALL THE LIGHT WE CANNOT SEE • CLOUD CUCKOO LAND  Chris Bohjalian • HOUR OF THE WITCH Jennifer Saint • ARIADNE Grady Hendrix: • THE FINAL GIRL SUPPORT GROUP Stuart Neville • THE HOUSE OF ASHES • GHOSTS OF BELFAST Claudia Silk, Adult Services Librarian The Exiles by Christina Baker Kline The Color of Air by Gail Tsukiyama Northern Spy by Flynn Berry Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty by Patrick Radden Keefe Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland by Patrick Radden Keefe The Reading List by Sara Nisha Adams Madness of Crowds by Louise Penny Lightning Strike by William Kent Kruegger Philip Bahr, host and Head of Adult Services New LGBTQ books for Pride 2021: Twilight Man: Love and Ruin in the Shadows of Hollywood and the Clark Empire by Liz Brown The Secret to Superhuman Strength by Alison Bechdel Stone Fruit by Lee Lai Let the Record Show: A Political History of ACT UP New York, 1987-1993 by Sarah Schulman After Francesco by Brian Malloy The Guncle by Steven Rowley One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston Bath Haus by P.J. Vernon Last Call: A True Story of Love, Lust, and Murder in Queer New York by Elon Green Detransition, Baby by Torrey Peters 

Fairfield Public Library Fairfield, CT https://fairfieldpubliclibrary.org/learning-and-research/find-a-good-book/ Helene Murtha, Town Librarian Greenlights by Matthew McConaughey We Begin at the End by Chris Whitaker (referred to Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens) Every Last Fear by Alex Finley (referred to The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold) The Good Sister by Sally Hepworth (referred to The Mother In Lawby Sally Hepworth) Amy Peck, Head of Technical Services Owls of the eastern Ice : a quest to find and save the world’s largest owl by Jonathan Slaght (audiobook, read by author) Nomadland: surviving America in the 21st Century by Jessica Bruder (audiobook, read by Karen White) Series titles due out: Heron’s Cry by Ann Cleeves (book 2 of Two Rivers series; out Sept 7) Madness of Crowds by Louise Penny (Inspector Gamache series; out Aug 24) Daughter of the Morning Star by Craig Johnson (Longmire series; out Sept. 21) Claudia Silk, Adult Services Librarian When the Stars Go Dark by Paula McLain We Begin at the End by Chris Whitaker Between Two Kingdoms: A Memoir of Life Interrupted by Suleika Jaouad Golden Girl by Elin Hilderbrand (Release date: June 1, 2021) The One Hundred Years of Lenni and Margot by Marianne Cronin (Release date: June 1, 2021) Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr (Release date: September 28, 2021) Philip Bahr, host and Head of Adult Services Lies With Man by Michael Nava (Henry Rios Mysteries #8) (Release date: April 27, 2021)

Fairfield Public Library Fairfield, CT https://fairfieldpubliclibrary.org/learning-and-research/find-a-good-book/ Jennifer Laseman, Head of Teen Services Firekeeper’s Daughter by Angeline Boulley Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus by Dusti Bowling The Girls I’ve Been By Tess Sharpe Linda Quinn, Reference Associate Falling by TJ Newman Hostage by Clare Mackintosh Mrs. March by Virginia Feito Local Woman Missing by Mary Kubica Mary Coe, Branch Reference Librarian Mercy House by Alena Dillon The Happiest Girl in the World by Alena Dillon Morningside Heights by Joshua Henkin The Henna Artist by Alka Joshi (brief mention) The Searcher by Tana French Upcoming: When Ghosts Come Home by Wiley Cash (September 21st) The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles (October 5th) Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr (September 28th) Philip Bahr, Head of Adult Services (host) Films of Endearment: A Mother, a Son and the '80s Films That Defined Us by Michael Koresky also discussed a film with Anne Bancroft: The Turning Point (1977)

Show notes: Fairfield Public Library Fairfield, CT https://fairfieldpubliclibrary.org/learning-and-research/find-a-good-book/ Jan's books: The Rib King  by Ladee Hubbard    Better Luck Next Time Julia Claiborne Johnson The Survivors by Jane Harper How the Penguins Saved Veronica by Hazel Prior   Caste: the Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson Trial of the Chicago Seven: The Official Transcript  Linda's books:  I Will Judge You By Your Bookshelf by Grant Snider Billie Holiday by Carlos Sampayo Colored: The Unsung Life of Claudette Colvin by Emilie Plateau Adulthood is a Myth by Sarah Andersen Jessica's books: White Ivy by Susie Yang A Bright Ray of Darkness by Ethan Hawke Who is Maud Dixon by Alexandra Andrews Hollywood Park by Mikel Jollett Audie Awards for Audiobooks: https://www.audiopub.org/winners/2021-audies-1

Welcome to our podcast. We are Fairfield Public Library staff in Fairfield, CT and we love to read. Join us monthly as we have a conversation about what we are reading, and what we are looking forward to in the near future. In this episode, we talk about our 2021 One Book, One Town selection, Punching the Air by Ibi Zoboi and Yusef Salaam. https://fairfieldpubliclibrary.org/OBOT/