Staff Book and Media Recommendations

The $12 Million Stuffed Shark by Donald N. Thompson

300 Frogs by Christopher Mattison; Chris Mattison

500 Butterflies by Ken Preston-Mafham

Alice in Tumblr-Land by Tim Manley

The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay by Michael Chabon

An Arsonist's Guide to Writers' Homes in New England by Brock Clarke

Assassination Vacation by Sarah Vowell

The Atlas of American Architecture by Tom Martinson; Richard Meier (Foreword by)

Au Revoir, Crazy European Chick by Joe Schreiber

Beautiful Ruins by Jess Walter

Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys

The Bible: a History by Stephen M. Miller; Robert Huber; Miller

Birds of Oklahoma Field Guide by Stan Tekiela

Blue Norther and Other Poems by William Bedford Clark

Body Work by Sara Paretsky

The Book of the Courtesans by Susan Griffin

Bring up the Bodies by Hilary Mantel

Can't Wait to Get to Heaven by Fannie Flagg

Cemetery Stories by Katherine M. Ramsland

Chuck Klosterman by Chuck Klosterman

Classical Painting Atelier by Juliette Aristides

Consider the Fork by Bee Wilson

Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata; Ginny Tapley Takemori (Translator)

Creatures by Crissy Van Meter

Cruise Confidential by Brian David Bruns

The Cuckoo's Calling by Robert Galbraith

Cultish by Amanda Montell

Denialism by Michael Specter

The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson

The Dog Stars by Peter Heller

Eats, Shoots and Leaves by Lynne Truss; Frank McCourt (Foreword by)

Eden's Outcasts by John Matteson

Encyclopedia of American Urban History by David R. Goldfield (Editor)

Fall of Giants by Ken Follett

Final Exam by Pauline W. Chen

Five Days At Memorial by Sheri Fink

Fordlandia by Greg Grandin

The Forgotten Garden by Kate Morton

Freedom by Jonathan Franzen

Garden Spells by Sarah Addison Allen

Ghosts of the McBride House by Cecilia Back

Gingerbread by Helen Oyeyemi

The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest - Millennium Trilogy by Stieg Larsson

The Girl Who Played with Fire - Millennium Trilogy by Stieg Larsson; Reg Keeland (Translator)

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo - Millennium Trilogy by Stieg Larsson; Reg Keeland (Translator)

The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt

The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman

The Great Typo Hunt by Jeff Deck; Benjamin D. Herson

The Heathen School by John Demos

Her Fearful Symmetry by Audrey Niffenegger

A Homemade Life by Molly Wizenberg

The House in the Cerulean Sea by T. J. Klune

How I Killed Pluto and Why It Had It Coming by Mike Brown

How to Set a Fire and Why by Jesse Ball

The Husband's Secret by Liane Moriarty

I Lick My Cheese by Oonagh O'Hagan

Inside Out and Back Again by Thanhha Lai

The Invisible Life of Addie Larue by V. E. Schwab

I Swear by Lane Davis

Just A Guy by Bill Engvall; Alan Eisenstock

The Last Mona Lisa by Jonathan Santlofer

The Light Between Oceans by M. L. Stedman

Looking for Yesterday by Marcia Muller

Love is a Mix Tape by Rob Sheffield

The Magic Fish by Trung Le Nguyen

The Magician's Assistant by Ann Patchett

Maisie Dobbs by Jacqueline Winspear

Makers by Cory Doctorow

The Making of Star Wars by J. W. Rinzler

Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman

The Man Who Ate His Boots by Anthony Brandt

The Midnight Library by Matt Haig

Mooncop by Tom Gauld

Mozart's Starling by Lyanda Lynn Haupt

My Friend Dahmer by Derf Backderf

The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri

Neil Patrick Harris by Neil Patrick Harris

The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern

Nothing to Be Frightened Of by Julian Barnes

The Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan

The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate; Patricia Castelao (Illustrator)

Outlaw Sea by William Langewiesche

Peace Like a River by Leif Enger

Pity the Beautiful by Dana Gioia

Point Omega by Don DeLillo

Post-It Note Diaries by Arthur Jones (Editor, Illustrator)

The Power of Art by Simon Schama

Quiet by Susan Cain

Rabid by Bill Wasik; Monica Murphy

Ready Player One by Ernest Cline

Restroom: Contemporary Design by Jennifer Hudson

The Secret Knowledge of Water by Craig Childs

Sick Girl by Amy Silverstein

The Silver Lining - The Benefits of Natural Disasters by Seth R. Reice

Slavery by Another Name by Douglas A. Blackmon

The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating by Elisabeth Tova Bailey

Sprezzatura: 50 ways Italian genius shaped the world by Peter D'Epiro; Mary Desmond Pinkowish

Star Trek by Mark Cotta Vaz; J. J. Abrams (Foreword by)

The Steampunk Bible by Jeff VanderMeer; S. J. Chambers

The Stranger in the Woods by Michael Finkel

Stumbling on Happiness by Daniel Gilbert

Tales of the Wide-A-Wake Cafe by Curt Munson

There Are More Beautiful Things Than Beyoncé by Morgan Parker

The Thing with Feathers by Noah Strycker

Transmission by Hari Kunzru

Trigger Men by Hans Halberstadt; Jack Coughlin (Foreword by)

The Twelve Lives of Samuel Hawley by Hannah Tinti

Two Solitudes by Hugh MacLennan

Under the Mesquite by Guadalupe Garcia McCall

The Visual Miscellaneum by David McCandless

War Dances by Sherman Alexie

War Posters by James Aulich

Whalefall by Daniel Kraus

What Technology Wants by Kevin Kelly

Will Grayson, Will Grayson by John Green; David Levithan

W Is for Wasted by Sue Grafton

Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel

The Women by T. C. Boyle

The Wonderful Future That Never Was by Popular Mechanics Press Editors; Gregory Benford

The Worst Hard Time by Timothy Egan

The Wrenchies by Farel Dalrymple (Illustrator)

The Year of Living Biblically by A. J. Jacobs

Yoga Anatomy by Leslie Kaminoff

10 Questions for the Dalai Lama

2046

The Amazing Spider-Man

Arlington: Field of Honor by A National Geographic Production

Bringing Up Baby

Buster Keaton Collection

A Cemetery Special: A PBS Documentary

The Chinese Connection by Pai Ye Loh

Christine

Crimson Peak by Guillermo del Toro

The Dark Ages

Dave Made a Maze by Bill Watterson

Flight from Death: The quest for immortality

Full Metal Jacket

Ghost in the Shell

A History of Britain: the Complete Collection

Impromptu

Inglourious Basterds

Into The Wild

Ip Man (葉問-Yè Wèn)

Jazz: a film by Ken Burns

The Lives of Others (Das Leben der Anderen)

Mamma Mia!

The Mark of Zorro

Misery

The Mormons

Mr. Blandings Builds his Dream House

Name Brand Counterfeiting: global economic crisis

The New World by Terrence Malick

Nova – Judgment Day: Intelligent Design on Trial

Now, Voyager

Secret Access: Air Force One

Tokyo Zombie

Trois Couleurs: Bleu

The Twelve Lives of Samuel Hawley by Hannah Tinti

The Viking Deception: The Truth Behind the Vinland Map

Volver (Return)

We Are Marshall

The White House: Behind Closed Doors

Young Frankenstein

B. B. King and Eric Clapton - Riding with the King by Eric Clapton (Other Primary Creator); B. B. King (Other Primary Creator)

Bad News Boys by King Khan & BBQ Show

Eats, Shoots and Leaves by Lynne Truss

Just Dance 4 by Ubi Soft

Lyrics by Sting