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Romantic Reads 

• • Boyfriend Material by Alexis Hall 
• The Boyfriend Project by Farrah Rochon 
• Bridgerton Collection Volume 1  by Julia Quinn 
• How to Catch a Queen by Alyssa Cole 
• How to Fail at Flirting by Denise Williams 
• Intercepted by Alexa Martin 
• • The Lady's Guide to Celestial Mechanics by Olivia Waite (eBook)
• Rebel by Beverly Jenkins 
• • Something to Talk About by Meryl Wilsner (eBook) 
• You Had me at Hola by Alexa Daria 

#OwnVoices Reads 

• The Beet Queen by Louise Erdrich
• Blue Highways by William Least Heart-Moon
• Crazy Brave by Joy Harjo
• Heart Berries by Terese Marie Mailhot 
• House Made of Dawn by N. Scott Momaday
• Black Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse

 Music to Soothe the Soul 

• Disney Dreamin' with Matthew Morrison 
• Fun (Garth Brooks) 
• My Gift (Carrie Underwood) 
• Mrs. Maisel (Soundtrack) 

 Books-to-Screen

• Dare Me by Megan Abbott (eAudiobook) 
• Good Omens by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman (eBook and eAudiobook)
• In Her Shoes by Jennifer Weiner
• Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson (eBook and eAudiobook) 
• Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng (eBook and eAudiobook)
• Orange is the New Black by Piper Kerman (eBook and eAudiobook)
• Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier 
• The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger 

Fantasy/SciFi

• Binti by Nnedi Okorafor (eAudiobook) 
• Black Leopard, Red Wolf by Marlon James (eAudiobook)
• Deal with the Devil: a Mercenary Librarians novel by Kit Rocha
• The Fifth Season by N.K. Jeminson 
• The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune (eAudiobook) 
• Mistborn: The Final Empire by Brandon Sanderson 
• Queen of the Conquered by Kacen Callender  
• The Starless Sea by Erin Morganstern (eBook and eAudio)

Fiction 

• Burial Rites by Hannah Kent
• The Chain by Adrian McKinty
• Conviction by Denise Mina (eAudiobook) 
• Daisy Jones and the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid (eAudiobook and eBook) 
• Dreamers by Karen Thompson Walker 
• Friday Black by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah 
• The Giver of Stars by Jojo Moyes (eAuidoboook and eBook) 
• Island of Sea Women by Lisa See 
• The King at the Edge of the World by Arthur Phillips Euan Morton (eAudiobook) 
• Lady Clementine by Marie Bendict (eBook)
• Night Boat to Tangier by Kevin Barry 
• NOS4A2 by Joe Hill 
• The Codex by Douglas J. Preston 
• The Night Tiger by Yangsze Choo (eAudiobook) 
• Red at the Bone by Jacqueline Woodsen (eAudiobook) 
• Rule of Four by Ian Caldwell 
• The Secrets We Kept by Lara Prescott (eAudiobook and eBook) 
• Silver Sparrow by Tayari Jones 
• State of Wonder by Ann Patchett
• Such a Fun Age By Kiley Reid (eBook)

Mystery 

• Home Before Dark by Riley Sager 
• Miracle Creek by Angie Kim
• The Missing American by Kwei Quartey (eBook) 
• The Silent Patient (Past book club pick and available in eBook/eAudiobook) 

Nonfiction   

• Across that Bridge: A Vision for Change and the Future of America by John Lewis (eBook)
• Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates (eBook/eAudiobook/print) 
• A Black Women's History of the United States by Daina Ramey Barry (print/eBook) 
• The Betrayal of the Duchess: The Scandal that Unmade the Bourbon Monarchy and Made France Modern by Maurice Samuels 
• Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear by Elizabeth Gilbert 
  
  • Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood by Trevor Noah 
• Chokehold by Paul Butler  (eBook)
• Decluttering for Dummies (eBook)
• Fashionopolis by Dana Thomas 
• Freedom's Daughters: The Unsung Heroines of the Civil Rights Movements from 1830 to 1970 by Lynne Olson (print)
• Garlic & Sapphires: The Secret Life of a Critic in Disguise by Ruth Reichi 
• How to be an Antiracist by Ibram Kendi (eAudiobook/print) 
• Leonardo da Vinci by Walter Isaacson (great to read or listen to!) 
• Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil  by John Berendt 
• A People's History of the United States by Howard Zinn (print/eAudiobook)
• The Plaza by Julie Satow (eBook)
• The Ride of a Lifetime by Robert Iger (eBook) 
• Running with Sherman: The Donkey with the Heart of a Hero by Christopher McDougall 
• The Splendid and the Vile by Erik Larson (eBook/eAudiobook) 
• Superman's not coming: our national water crisis and what we the people can do about it by Erin Brockovich 
• The Unexpected Spy by Tracy Walder (eBook)
• The Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson (eBook, print, BookCD) 
• White Fragility by Robin DiAngelo (eBook/eAudiobook)
• Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting in the Cafeteria Together?: and other conversations about race by Beverly Daniel Tatum (print) 
• Why We Can't Wait by Martin Luther King (eBook) 

Children's/Young Adult Books for Adults  

• American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang (print and eBook)
• Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi (eBook and eAudiobook) 
• Dread Nation by Justina Ireland (eAudiobook) 
• The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas (eBook and eAudiobook) 
• Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds (eAudiobook) 
• On the Come Up (eAudiobook)
• The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo (eBook and eAudiobook) 
• Stamped by Jason Reynolds (eAudiobook) 
• Witches of Worm by Zilpha Keatley Snyder 

Recommendations from enki 

• Angel & Faith (graphic novel) (eBook) 
• Cookies for Dummies  (eBook)
• Motorcycling for Dummies (eBook)
• Pride Must Be a Place (eBook) 

Oprah's Book Club Picks Available at Carlsbad City Library

• An American Marriage by Tayari Jones (eBook and eAudiobook) 
• Hidden Valley Road by Robert Kolker (eBook and eAudiobook)
• Love Warrior by Glennon Doyle (eBook and eAudiobook)
• Olive, Again by Elizabeth Strout (eBook and eAudiobook)
• The Water Dancer by Ta-Nehisi Coates (eBook and eAudiobook)