Fairfield Public Library's monthly podcast helps you find your next great read. Fairfield Public Library Fairfield, CT fairfieldpubliclibrary.org Podcast host: Philip Bahr, Head of Adult Services Guests: Tamara Lyhne, Head of Children's Services, Emily Muller, Children's Librarian, and Stefanie Bergstrom, Branch Children's Librarian. Thanks to our podcast editor Max Berryman for making us sound great! This month's FPL staff picks: Tamara Lyhne: Stinkbird Has a Superpower by Jill Esbaum Your One and Only Heart by Rajani LaRocca, M.D. Two Tribes by Emily Bowen Cohenn Upcoming: The Bad Guys in Look Who's Talking (The Bad Guys #18) by Aaron Blabey Cat on the Run in Cat of Death (Cat on the Run #1) by Aaron Blabey Emily Muller: Best Wishes: The Sister Switch by Sarah Mlynowski and Debbie Rigaud, ill. Maxine Vee Home Away From Home by Cynthia Lord Lo and Behold by Wendy Mass, ill. Gabi Mendez Upcoming: The Wild Robot Protects by Peter Brown Stefanie Bergstrom, Branch Children's Librarian Angus Is Here by Hadley Dyer Firefly Summer by Morgan Matson Rebel Girls minis Upcoming: new Percy Jackson

Fairfield Public Library's monthly podcast helps you find your next great read. Fairfield Public Library Fairfield, CT fairfieldpubliclibrary.org Podcast host: Philip Bahr, Head of Adult Services Guests: Jan Fisher, Deputy Town Librarian, Amy Peck, Head of Technical Services, and Leslie Hagel, Adult Services Librarian. Thanks to our podcast editor Max Berryman for making us sound great! This month's FPL staff picks: Jan Fisher: First Ladies by Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray Save What’s Left by Elizabeth Castellano No Two Persons by Erica Bauermeister Block Party by Jamie Day The Rachel Incident by Caroline O’Donoghue Poverty, by America by Matthew Desmond Finding Me by Viola Davis Amy Peck: Better Living Through Birding: Notes From a Black Man In the Natural World by Christian Cooper (June 2023) TV series:  Extraordinary birder with Christian Cooper on National Geographic Leader of the Pack : An Andy Carpenter Mystery [#10] by David Rosenfelt  (July 2012) The Celebrants by Steven Rowley (May 2023) The Heartbeat of the Wild: Dispatches From Landscapes Of Wonder, Peril and Hope by David Quammen (May 2023) Many Things Under a Rock: The Mysteries Of Octopuses by David Scheel (June 2023)  Upcoming:   The Last Devil To Die : A Thursday Murder Club Mystery [#4] by Richard Osman (Sept 2023) Leslie Hagel: The Senator's Wife by Liv Constantine 5/23/23 The Spectacular by Fiona Davis 6/12/23 Hedge by Jane Delury 6/6/23 The Only One Left by Riley Sager 6/20/23 The Woman in the Castello by Kelsey James 7/25/23 California Golden by Melanie Benjamin 8/8/23

Fairfield Public Library's monthly podcast helps you find your next great read. Fairfield Public Library Fairfield, CT fairfieldpubliclibrary.org Podcast host: Philip Bahr, Head of Adult Services Guests: Jennifer Laseman, Head of Teen Services and Elaine Barrie, Adult Services Librarian Thanks to our podcast editor Max Berryman for making us sound great! This month's FPL staff picks: Jennifer Laseman: Warrior Girl on Earth by Angeline Boulley (author of Firekeeper's Daughter) World Made of Glass by Ami Polonsky The Davenports (The Davenports, #1) by Krystal Marquis Spell Bound by F.T. Lukens Elaine Barrie: The Gifts by Liz Hyder The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder by David Grann (author of The Killers of the Flower Moon) Next!: The Power of Reinvention in Life and Work by Joanne Lipman Philip Bahr: looking forward to four new books being released on June 6, 2023: Lesbian Love Story: A Memoir in Archives by Amelia Possanza The Last Gay Man on Earth by Ype Driessen Pageboy: A Memoir by Elliot Page Farrell Covington and the Limits of Style by Paul Rudnick

Fairfield Public Library's monthly podcast helps you find your next great read. Fairfield Public Library Fairfield, CT fairfieldpubliclibrary.org Podcast host: Philip Bahr, Head of Adult Services Guests: Susan Balla, Circulation Manager, Linda Quinn, Adult Services Associate, and Claudia Silk, Adult Services Librarian Thanks to our podcast editor Max Berryman for making us sound great! This month's FPL staff picks: Sue Balla: A Most Tolerant Little Town: A Forgotten Story Of Desegregation In America by Rachel Louise Martin (June 2023) The Spectacular by Fiona Davis (June 2023) You Shouldn’t Have Come Here by Jeneva Rose (April 2023) Yellowface by R.F. Kuang (May 2023) Phaedra by Laura Shepperson (Jan 2023) The Wager: A Tale Of Shipwreck, Mutiny, And Murder by David Grann (April 2023) The General And Julia by Jon Clinch (November 2023) Linda Quinn: Woman in the Photo by Mary Hogan Ms. Davis by Sybille Titeux de la Croix The Beach at Summerly by Beatriz Williams What Remains by Wendy Walker Romantic Comedy by Curtis Sittenfeld The Only One Left by Riley Sager Claudia Silk: The Wishing Game by Meg Shaffer Symphony of Secrets by Brendan Slocumb Violin Conspiracy by Brendan Slocumb All the Dangerous Things by Stacy Willingham Daughters of Nantucket by Julie Gerstenblatt The Little Italian Hotel by Phaedra Patrick Five Star Weekend by Elin Hilderbrand Same Time Next Summer by Annabelle Monaghan Seven Year Slip by Ashley Poston Dead Romantics by Ashley Poston Nora Goes Off Script by Annabelle Monaghan Summer Stage by Meg Mitchell Moore Philip Bahr: The Celebrants by Steven Rowley

Fairfield Public Library's monthly podcast helps you find your next great read. Fairfield Public Library Fairfield, CT fairfieldpubliclibrary.org Podcast host: Philip Bahr, Head of Adult Services Guests: Jan Fisher, Deputy Town Librarian, Amy Peck, Head of Technical Services, and Leslie Hagel, Adult Services Librarian Thanks to our podcast editor Max Berryman for making us sound great! This month's FPL staff picks: Jan Fisher: All That Is Mine I Carry With Me by William Landay Beyond that, the Sea by Laura Spence-Ash Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone by Benjamin Stevenson Mastering the Art of French Murder by Colleen Cambridge The Golden Spoon by Jessa Maxwell The Private Lives of Public Birds: Learning to Listen to the Birds Where We Live by Jack Gedney Fen, Bog and Swamp: A Short History of Peatland Destruction and Its Role in the Climate Crisis by Annie Proulx Amy Peck: A Siege Of Bitterns (Birder Murder mysteries #1) by Steve burrows (2016) Killers Of a Certain Age by Deanna Raybourn (2022) An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us by Ed Yong (2022) Better Living Through Birding: Notes from a Black Man in the Natural World By Christian Cooper (June, 2023) Leslie Hagel: Pineapple Street by Jenny Jackson American Mermaid by Julia Langbein Hello Beautiful by Ann Napolitano Yours Truly by Abby Jimenez The Secret Book of Flora Lea by Patty Callahan Henry The Only One Left by Riley Sager These are the ones I’m looking forward to reading: The Celebrants by Steven Rowley The Senator’s Wife by Liv Constantine Spectacular by Fiona Davis

We are honored that our 2023 One Book One Town (OBOT) title was written by a resident of Fairfield. This year’s OBOT selection is I Keep Trying to Catch His Eye by Ivan Maisel.  It is an honest and emotionally deep memoir in which Ivan reflects on the loss of his dear son Max to suicide, the impact of  grief on family and community, and the painful journey which brings Ivan to a place of seeing grief as an expression of love.  We are so fortunate to have Ivan and his wife Meg Murray with us for the podcast to focus on their journey as individuals, as a couple and as parents to their three children including Max. Please join us for a very special edition of Fairfield, What Are You Reading. Podcast host: Philip Bahr, Head of Adult Services OBOT Co-chair: Mary Coe, Branch Reference Librarian, Guests: Ivan Maisel, author, and his wife Meg Murray Thanks to our podcast editor Max Berryman for making us sound great! Fairfield Public Library's monthly podcast helps you find your next great read. Fairfield Public Library Fairfield, CT fairfieldpubliclibrary.org

Fairfield Public Library's monthly podcast helps you find your next great read. Fairfield Public Library Fairfield, CT fairfieldpubliclibrary.org Podcast host: Philip Bahr, Head of Adult Services Guests: Tamara Lyhne, Head of Children's Services, Stefanie Bergstrom, Branch Children's Librarian, and Emily Muller, Children's Librarian Thanks to our podcast editor Max Berryman for making us sound great! This month's FPL staff picks: Tamara Lyhne: Garvey in the Dark by Nikki Grimes Capturing Cow Farts and Burps by Erin Twamley Cooking with Chef Sloth (Part of the Animal Chef Series) School Trip by Jerry Craft On Air with Zoe Washington by Janae Marks Stefanie Bergstrom: Miles Lewis series – King of the Ice by Kelly Starling Lyons, ill. Wayne Spencer The Girl who Built an Ocean: An Artist, an Argonaut, and the True Story of the World's First Aquarium by Jess Keating, ill. Michelle Mee Nutter The Universe in You: A Microscopic Journey by Jason Chin Emily Muller: Mihi Ever After by Tae Keller, ill. Geraldine Rodríguez Lily and the Night Creatures by Nick Lake, ill. Emily Gravett Upcoming releases: The One and Only Ruby by Katherine Applegate

Fairfield Public Library's monthly podcast helps you find your next great read. Fairfield Public Library Fairfield, CT fairfieldpubliclibrary.org Podcast host: Philip Bahr, Head of Adult Services Guests: Mary Coe, Branch Reference Librarian and Jennifer Laseman, Head of Teen Services Thanks to our podcast editor Max Berryman for making us sound great!

Fairfield Public Library's monthly podcast helps you find your next great read. Fairfield Public Library Fairfield, CT fairfieldpubliclibrary.org December 2022: Our Favorite Books for 2022 Podcast host: Philip Bahr, Head of Adult Services Library Staff Guests: Scott Jarzombek, Town Librarian Breathe: A Life in Flow by Rickson Gracie, Peter Maguire Amy Peck, Head of Technical Services Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt Series by Richard Osman: The Thursday Murder Club The Man Who Died Twice The Bullet That Missed Claudia Silk, Adult Services Librarian Fellowship Point by Alice Elliott Dark These Precious Days by Ann Patchett Emily Muller, Children's Librarian Those Kids from Fawn Creek by Erin Entrada Kelly Cress Watercress by Gregory Maguire Jan Fisher, Deputy Library Director An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us by Ed Yong The Boys: A Memoir of Hollywood and Family by Ron & Clint Howard To Paradise by Hanya Yanagihara Take My Hand by Dolen Perkins-Valdez Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt Jessica Stevens, Woods Adult Services Librarian Carrie Soto is Back by Taylor Jenkins Reid Linda Quinn, Adult Services Library Associate When Women Were Dragons by Kelly Barnhill Stefanie Bergstrom, Woods Children's Librarian A Perfect Mistake by Melanie Conklin Bathe the Cat by Alice McGinty and David Roberts This Story is Not About a Kitten by Randall de Seve and Carson Ellis Elaine Barrie , Adult Services Librarian Happy-Go-Lucky by David Sedaris The Guest List by Lucy Foley Lucy by the Sea by Elizabeth Strout Jennifer Laseman, Head of Teen Services As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow by Zoulfa Katouh Leslie Hagel The Measure by Nikki Erlick Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin Our Missing Hearts by Celeste Ng Mary Coe, Woods Adult Services Librarian Our Missing Hearts by Celeste Ng This Time Tomorrow by Emma Straub Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story by Bono Susan Balla, Circulation Manager Yonder by Jabari Asim Tamara Lyhne, Head of Children's Services My Nest of Silence by Matt Faulkner They Called Us Enemy by George Takei Philip Bahr, Head of Adult Services Under the Whispering Door by T.J. Klune 2022 One Book One Town conversation with author T.J. Klune Thanks to our podcast editor Max Berryman for making us sound great!

Fairfield Public Library's monthly podcast helps you find your next great read. Fairfield Public Library Fairfield, CT fairfieldpubliclibrary.org Podcast host: Philip Bahr, Head of Adult Services Guests: Susan Balla, Circulation Supervisor; Linda Quinn, Adult Services Library Associate, and Claudia Silk, Adult Services Librarian Thanks to our podcast editor Max Berryman for making us sound great! This month's FPL staff picks: Susan Balla, Circulation Manager Prisoners of the Castle: An Epic Story of Survival and Escape from Colditz, The Nazi’s Fortress Prison by Ben Macintyre Few other titles by Ben Macintyre: Operation Mincemeat Double Cross Agent Sonya Killers of a Certain Age by Deanna Raybourn Murder at the Serpentine Bridge by Andrea Penrose #6 in the Wrexford & Sloane Mystery Series. First in series is Murder on Black Swan Lane Little Eve by Catriona Ward Other titles by Catriona Ward: The Last House on Needless Street Sundial American Midnight: Democracy’s Forgotten Crisis, 1917-1921 by Adam Hochschild Some other titles by Hochschild: King Leopold’s Ghost To End All Wars The London Séance Society by Sarah Penner Author of The Lost Apothecary Weyward by Emilia Hart (debut) Linda Quinn, Adult Services Library Associate Anywhere You Run by Wanda Morris Boys from Biloxi by John Grisham Life on the Mississippi by Rinker Buck Series follow-ups: Desert Star by Michael Connelly  (Ballard and Bosch) Ink Black Heart by Robert Galbraith (Cormoran Strike) Kind Worth Saving by Peter Swanson (sequel to The Kind Worth Killing) Golden Enclaves by Naomi Novik (third in trilogy) Mentioned local authors: Juliette Brisman (A Heart Returned) Valerie Walsh (Shattered to the Core) Claudia Silk, Adult Services Librarian Tomorrow, tomorrow and tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin Killers of a Certain Age by Deanna Raybourn The Bullet That Missed by Richard Osman Marmee by Sarah Miller Lucy by the Sea by Elizabeth Strout Anywhere You Run by Wanda Morris All Her Little Secrets by Wanda Morris Mad Honey by Jodi Picoult and Jennifer Finney Boylan I Keep Trying to Catch His Eye by Ivan Maisel

Fairfield Public Library's monthly podcast helps you find your next great read.  Fairfield Public Library Fairfield, CT This month we welcome our new podcast editor, Max Berryman. Welcome and thanks Max for making us sound great! This month's FPL staff picks: Amy Peck, Head of Technical Services The Bullet That Missed by Richard Osman Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt The Fishermen and the Dragon: Fear, Greed, and the Fight for Justice on the Gulf Coast by Kirk Wallace Johnson The Gulf: The Making of an American Sea by Jack Davis also mentioned: Finding Me by Viola Davis (audiobook) Jessica Stevens, Branch Adult Services Librarian Surrounded by Narcissists by Thomas Erikson The Displacements by Bruce Holsinger One True Loves by Taylor Jenkins Reid also mentioned: Surrounded by Idiots by Thomas Erikson The Gifted School by Bruce Holsinger Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid Carrie Soto is Back by Taylor Jenkins Reid Growing Up Getty: The Story of America's Most Unconventional Dynasty by James Reginato Elaine Barrie, Adult Services Librarian The Magnificent Lives of Marjorie Post by Allison Pataki Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Gramus Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage: stories by Alice Munro (The short story is "Queenie") Philip Bahr, Podcast Host and Head of Adult Services The Measure by Nikki Erlick Heat Wave (The Extraordinaries #3) by TJ Klune

Fairfield Public Library Fairfield, CT https://fairfieldpubliclibrary.org/childrens/ https://fairfieldpubliclibrary.org/learning-and-research/find-a-good-book/ Tamara Lyhne, Head of Children's Services A Duet for Home by Karina Yan Glaser The Science Spell Book Magical Experiments For Kids by Cara Florance Odder- Katherine Applegate Library Girl by Karen Henry Clark Stefanie Bergstrom, Woods Branch Children's Librarian The Witchlings by Claribel Ortega The Hatmakers by Tamzin Merchant The Marvellers by Dhonielle Clayton Coming soon: A Taste of Magic by J. Elle

Fairfield Public Library Fairfield, CT https://fairfieldpubliclibrary.org/learning-and-research/find-a-good-book/ Jan Fisher, Deputy Town Librarian Daisy Darker by Alice Feeney Take My Hand by Dolen Perkins-Valdez Did Ye Hear Mammy Died? A Memoir by Séamas O’Reilly Madhouse at the End of the Earth: the Belgica’s Journey into the Dark Antarctic Night by Julian Sancton An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us by Ed Yong The House Across the Lake by Riley Sager Trust by Hernan Diaz Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt Dial A for Aunties by Jesse Sutanto Looking forward to: Thank you for listening by Julia Whelan Dinners with Ruth: A Memoir on the Power of Friendship by Nina Totenerg The Audies (Audiobook Awards): audiopub.org/members/audies Read for Joy: Katherine Center https://youtu.be/7VVyUA4dTAw Mary Coe, Branch Reference Librarian Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver Fellowship Point by Alice Elliott Dark Meant to Be by Emily Giffin The Woman in the Library by Sulari Gentill  Coming soon: Eyes Turned Skyward by Alena Dillon / October 18, 2022 / William Morrow The Marriage Portrait by Maggie O’Farrell / September 6, 2022 / Knopf Shrines of Gaiety by Atkinson / September 27, 2022 / Doubleday Leslie Hagel, Reference Librarian Last Call at the Nightingale by  Katherine Schellman The Girls in Queens by Christine Kandic Torres The Lost Summers of Newport by Beatriz Williams, Lauren Willig and Karen White Tell Us No Secrets by Siena Sterling The Measure by Nikki Erlick The It Girl by Ruth Ware The Last to Vanish by Megan Miranda The Bodyguard by Katherine Center Carrie Soto is Back by Taylor Jenkins Reid The Ways We Hide by Kristina McMorris The Marriage Portrait by Maggie O'Farrell

Fairfield Public Library Fairfield, CT https://fairfieldpubliclibrary.org/learning-and-research/find-a-good-book/ Jennifer Laseman, Head of Teen Services The City Beautiful by Aden Polydoros Loveless by Alice Oseman Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Melinda Lo Little Thieves by Margaret Owen Claudia Silk, Adult Services Librarian Bloomsbury Girls by Natalie Jenner Beach Read by Emily Henry Book Lovers by Emily Henry Blood Sugar by Sasha Rothchild This Time Tomorrow by Emma Straub Songbirds by Christy Lefteri The Change by Kirsten Miller Death at the Chateau Bremont by M.L. Longworth The Vanishing Museum on Rue Mistral by M.L. Longworth Did Your Hear Mammy Died? By Seamus O’Reilly Warming Up with Julia Child by Helen Lefkowitz Horowitz (if you're missing HBOMax's Julia) Hotel Nantucket by Elin Hilderbrand The Summer Place by Jennifer Weiner Philip Bahr, podcast host and Head of Adult Services United Against Book Bans: https://uniteagainstbookbans.org/ American Library Association's press release on censoring efforts: https://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2021/11/american-library-association-opposes-widespread-efforts-censor-books-us Before Her (part of The One) by Jacqueline Woodson Dancer from the Dance by Andrew Holleran (audiobook) (Reel Charlie blog) A Do-Si-Do With Death (Stan Kraychik Mystery Book 7) by Grant Michaels (Queer Writers of Crime podcast)

Fairfield Public Library Fairfield, CT https://fairfieldpubliclibrary.org/learning-and-research/find-a-good-book/ Susan Balla, Circulation Manager River of The Gods: Genius, Courage, And Betrayal In The Search For The Source Of The Nile by Candice Millard Also by Candice Millard: Destiny of The Republic: A Tale Of Madness, Medicine And The Murder Of A President The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey Hero of The Republic: The Boer War, A Daring Escape And The Making of Winston Churchill _______________________________________________________________ Danger On The Atlantic (A Jane Wunderly Mystery #3) by Erica Ruth Neubauer The Marlowe Murder Club by Robert Thorogood Murder Most Grave by G.A. Mckevett Elektra by Jennifer Saint The Scandalous Hamiltons: A Gilded Age Grifter, A Founding Fathers Disgraced Descendant, And A Trial At The Dawn Of Tabloid Journalism by Bill Shaffer Due Out In July: Wayward Children Series by Seanan Mcguire Coming Out Late In The Year: The Nazi Conspiracy: The Secret Plot To Kill Roosevelt, Stalin, And Churchill by Brad Meltzer, Josh Mensch Winter's End: A Mystery (Alaska Wild #4) by Paige Shelton The Mitford Affair : A Novel by Marie Benedict Linda Quinn, Adult Services Associate Iona Iverson's Rules for Commuting by Clare Pooley Flying Solo by Linda Holmes Upgrade by Blake Crouch Taste: My Life Through Food by Stanley Tucci Unprotected by Billy Porter How do I Un-Remember This by Danny Pellegrino Wild and Wicked Things by Francesca May Philip Bahr, Head of Adult Services, Podcast Host Unprotected by Billy Porter The Anatomy of the Spirit by Caroline Myss Sacred Contracts by Caroline Myss

Fairfield Public Library Fairfield, CT https://fairfieldpubliclibrary.org/learning-and-research/find-a-good-book/ Jan Fisher, Deputy Town Librarian West With Giraffes by Lynda Rutledge To Paradise by Hanya Yanagihara The Final Revival of Opal and Nev by Dawnie Walton Sister Stardust by Jane Green The Lioness by Chris Bohjalian (May 2022) It All Comes Down to This by Therese Anne Fowler (June 2022) Leslie Hagel, Adult Services Librarian In a New York Minute by Kate Spencer What Happened to the Bennetts by Lisa Scottoline The Diamond Eye by Kate Quinn The Candy House by Jennifer Egan The Younger Wife by Sally Hepworth Part of Your World by Abby Jimenez The Bookwoman’s Daughter by Kim Michelle Richardson Love Marriage by Monica Ali Amy Peck, Head of Technical Services The Ride Of Her Life: The True Story of a Woman, Her Horse, and Their Last-Chance Journey Across America by Elizabeth Letts  (2020) Audiobook narrated by Tavia Gilbert The One and Only Bob by Katherine Applegate (2020) Audiobook narrated by Danny DeVito The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman (2020) The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek by Kim Michelle Richardson (2019) Audiobook narrated by Katie Schorr Philip Bahr, Head of Adult Services and podcast host Hell of a Book by Jason Mott

Fairfield Public Library Fairfield, CT https://fairfieldpubliclibrary.org/learning-and-research/find-a-good-book/ Welcome to a special edition of Fairfield, What Are You Reading? Each year Fairfield Public Library creates a One Book One Town event for Fairfield, Connecticut. This year the committee (comprised of library staff, local university and bookstore staff, and others) selected TJ Klune’s The House in the Cerulean Sea. From the publisher, “The House in the Cerulean Sea is an enchanting love story, masterfully told, about the profound experience of discovering an unlikely family in an unexpected place—and realizing that family is yours.” On March 1, 2022 Fairfield Public Library hosted an evening (in-person and remote) with author TJ Klune. This podcast episode is the interview portion of the evening as TJ sat down with me for a one-on-one deep dive into his life and work. I'm Philip Bahr, Head of Adult Services at the library. I was extremely honored to interview TJ. Please enjoy this portion of our One Book One Town signature event. To view the entire evening, click below for the YouTube recording: https://youtu.be/1VD0KM4-HOY And now, curl up, and enjoy our 2022 OBOT author TJ Klune.

Fairfield Public Library Fairfield, CT https://fairfieldpubliclibrary.org/learning-and-research/find-a-good-book/ Claudia Silk, Adult Services Librarian and OBOT co-chair Jennifer Laseman, Head of Teen Services and OBOT member Mary Coe, Branch Reference Librarian and OBOT co-chair 2022: The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune https://fairfieldpubliclibrary.org/OBOT/ TJ Klune's website: http://www.tjklunebooks.com/ OBOT History: https://fairfieldpubliclibrary.org/OBOT/history/ Previous OBOT selections: 2008: Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Reling 2009: The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick 2010: Into the Beautiful North by Luis Alberto Urrea 2011: Eating Animals by Jonathan Safran Foer 2012: The Watch That Ends the Night: Voices from the Titanic by Allan Wolf 2013: Wonder by R. J. Palacio 2014: A House in the Sky by Amanda Lindhout and Sara Corbett 2015: Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel 2016: So You’ve Been Publicly Shamed by Jon Ronson 2017: Books for Living by Will Schwalbe & A Child of Books by Oliver Jeffers (no OBOT in 2018) 2019: Harbor Me by Jacqueline Woodson 2020: Running With Sherman by Christopher McDougall 2021: Punching the Air by Ibi Zoboi and Yusef Salaam

Fairfield Public Library Fairfield, CT https://fairfieldpubliclibrary.org/learning-and-research/find-a-good-book/ Tamara Lyhne, Head of Children's Services A Kind of Spark by Elle McNicoll Dragon Kingdom of Wrenly, Ice Dragon vol 6 by Jordan Quinn Northwind by Gary Paulsen Stefanie Bergstrom, Branch Children's Services Librarian The Beatryce Prophecy by Kate Dicamillo Red, White, and Whole by Rajani LaRocca – It did win a Newbery honor! Youth Media Awards: https://www.ala.org/news/mediapresscenter/presskits/youthmediaawards/alayouthmediaawards Emily Muller, Children's Services Librarian Temple Alley Summer by Sachiko Kashiwaba (Author), Miho Satake (Illustrator), Avery Fischer Udagawa (Translator) Tidesong by Wendy Xu Winter Reading Challenge: https://fairfieldpubliclibrary.org/winter-reading/

Join us as we celebrate 2021 and all the great reads from this past year - what books inspired, informed, and made us smile this year.  https://fairfieldpubliclibrary.org/learning-and-research/find-a-good-book/ Linda Quinn, Adult Services: Billy Summers by Stephen King Lightning Strike: A Novel by William Kent Krueger Jennifer Laseman, Head of Teen Services The Extraordinaries by TJ Klune Gilded by Marissa Meyer Amy Peck, Head of Technical Services Hurricane Lizards and Plastic Squid: The Fraught and Fascinating Biology of Climate Change by Thor Hanson A World on the Wing: The Global Odyssey of Migratory Birds by Scott Weidensaul Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law by Mary Roach Owls of the Eastern Ice: A Quest to Find and Save the World's Largest Owl by Jonathan C. Slaght Emily Muller, Children's Librarian The Elephant in the Room by Holly Goldberg Sloan City of Secrets by Victoria Ying City of Illusion by Victoria Ying Claudia Silk, Adult Services Once Upon a Wardrobe by Patti Henry The Man Who Died Twice: A Thursday Murder Club Mystery by Richard Osman Between Two Kingdoms: A Memoir of a Life Interrupted by Suleika Jaouad Jessica Stevens, Adult Services The Adventurer's Son by Roman Dial Philip Bahr, Adult Services and podcast host Alec: A Novel by William di Canzio   Lies With Man (Henry Rios Mystery #3 by Michael Nava  The Vanishing Half: A Novel by Brit Bennett  Mary Coe, Adult Services In Memoriam: Interview with a Vampire by Anne Rice Saved by a Song: The Art and Healing Power of Songwriting by Mary Gauthier  The Other Black Girl: A Novel by Zakiya Dalila Harris  The Lincoln Highway: A Novel by Amor Towles  Leslie Hagel, Adult Services Under the Whispering Door by TJ Klune The Guncle by Stephen Rowley The Reading List: A Novel by Sara Nisha Adams Seven Days in June by Tia Williams All Her Little Secrets by Wanda M. Morris The Family by Naomi Krupitsky Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr  Jan Fisher, Deputy Town Librarian Vanderbilt: The Rise and Fall of an American Dynasty by Anderson Cooper and Katherine Howe  Yes, You're Pregnant, But What About Me? by Kevin Nealon  Caste by Isabel Wilkerson  Crying in H Mart: A Memoir by Michelle Zauner  The Happiest Girl in the World: A Novel by Alena Dillon  While Justice Sleeps by Stacy Abrams Tamara Lyhne, Children's Services Rez Dogs by Joseph Bruchac  Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls: 100 Real-Life Tales of Black Girl Magic (Vol 4) by Elena Favilli and Francesca Cavallo Good as Gold (Whatever After) by Sarah Mlynowski  Stefanie Bergstrom, Children's Services Broken Horses: A Memoir by Brandi Carlile  Taste: My Life Through Food by Stanley Tucci  Scott Jarzombek, Town Librarian Breathe: A Life in Flow by Rickson Gracie and Peter Maguire Long Island Migrant Labor Camps: Dust for Blood by Mark A. Torres I'm Not Holding Your Coat: My Bruises-and-All Memoir of Punk Rock Rebellion by Nancy Barile Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don't Know by Adam Grant The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers