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Staff Recommendations

Not sure what to read next? Why not try one of these great books recommended by the Library Services staff!

Andrew Huynh - Teach Me Tech Technician

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Universal Principles of Design cover art
Descender, Volume 1: Tin Stars cover art
Saga by Brian Vaughn
feeling good by David Burns

Anna Forster - Library Services Technician

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Queen of the Tearling cover art
Fourth Wing cover art
The Tattooist of Auschwitz cover art
The Hobbit cover art
City of the Lost cover art

Anne Vermeyden - Writing Consultant

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cover of book, two female pre-teens laughing
cover of book, black and white photo of a crowd of people
Egyptian Belly Dance in Transition cover art

Carrie Barrett - Collections & Copyright Librarian

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The night watch man by Louise Erdrich
demon copperhead by Barbra Kingslover
stolen focus by Johann Harri
Sapiens a brief history of humankind by Yuval Harari

Chelsea Winterkorn - Library Services Assistant

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An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth cover art
How the Light Gets In cover art
witches of new york by ami mckay
the hate u give by angie thomas

Chris Woodley - Manager, Access & Education

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Gideon Falls cover art
Hotel New Hampshire by John Irving
bear and the nightingale by katherine arden
Everything is Illuminated cover art

Christy Randall - Administrative Assistant

Anonymous silhouette
A Man Called Ove cover art
One Hundred Years of Solitude cover art
A Sunday by the Pool in Kigali cover art
All Fours cover art
The Ocean at the End of the Lane cover art
Maame cover art

Danya Goldsmith-Milne - Information Literacy Librarian

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Algorithms of Oppression cover art
A Brief History of Seven Killings cover art
Scarborough cover art
On Palestine cover art

Emily Bingeman - Writing Consultant

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A Face Like Glass cover art
Semiosis cover art
The Fifth Season cover art
The Deep cover art
The Book Eaters cover art
Children of Time cover art

Hillary Steven - Library Services Technician

Anthropocene Reviewed cover art
Where the Crawdads Sing cover art
Dark Places cover art
Fight Club cover art

Jennevie Orio-Bebel - Assistant Manager, User Engagement & Operations

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on book cover, image of a man sneaking behind a lamp post
The City of Brass cover art
raw shark texts by steven hall
Stoker's manuscripts by royce prouty

Jessie Collins - Resource Access Technician

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Page boy by Elliot Page
the neuroscience of you by Chantel Prat
the patriarchs by Angela Saini
critical role: vox machina

Kaitlyn Clarke - Library Services Technician

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Midnight Library by Matt Haig
Tress and the emerald sea by Brandon Sanderson
This time tomorrow by Emma Straub
all systems red by martha wells

Kassandra Caporiccio - Library Services Technician

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cover of book, pink, red, and red arabesque shapes
cover of book, two sets of chopsticks holding up noodles in shape of letter H
book cover is gray with small house in the background

Kathryn Bellamy - Library Services Technician

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starless sea by erin morgenstern
The Male Gazed cover art
cover of Johnathan Strange and mister Norrell
cover art

Lee Mayes - Library Services Technician

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One Piece (Omnibus Edition) Volume 1 cover art
Destiny Disrupted: A History of the World through Islamic Eyes cover art
Pawn of Prophecy cover art
Berserk: Volume 1 cover art
The Shortest History of War cover art

Michelle Doadt - Assistive Learning Technologist

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the nightingale by kristin hannah
homecoming by andrew pyper
i see you by claire mackintosh
somone we know by shari lapena

Mikaela Withers - Writing Consultant

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golden compass by philip pullman
bear and the nightingale by katherine arden
tenant of wildfell hall by anne bronte
god of small things by arundhati roy

Mike Murray - Learning Skills Advisor

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Night cover art
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society cover art
Lest Innocent Blood Be Shed cover art

Mukto Akash - Math Consultant

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Foundation cover art
Second Foundation cover art
Surely You're Joking cover art

Rachel Caldwell - Associate Director, User Engagement & Operations

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bluest eyes by toni morrison
girl with the dragon tattoo by stieg larsson
the girl who played with fire by stieg larsson
the girl who kicked the hornet's nest by stieg larsson

Rachel Kelly - User Access Technician

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night circus by erin morgenstern
through the woods by emily carroll
this one summer by mariko tamaki

Scott Jones - Library Services Technician

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cover of moon of the crusted snow
cover of homeland
giant iceberg on book cover

Susan Lee - Teach Me Tech Services Coordinator

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The Bone Hacker cover art
Atlas of the Heart cover art
Scatterbrain cover art
Every Conservation Counts cover art

Tonya Gousseva - Assistive Learning Technologist

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A Visit from the Goon Squad cover art
JPod cover art
Three Men in a Boat cover art