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CCL’s 2023 Staff Reading List

As you might expect, the Charlotte Community Library staff have their own reading lists. One month into 2023 and they are realizing that there are more books than there is time to read them. So, CCL staff put together a list of the top books they’re looking forward to reading this year. Have a peek and maybe you’ll discover books to add to your own never ending “to be read” list!

Christina

  • Monsters in the Mist by Juliana Brandt
    • Junior Fiction, CCL owned
  • All the light we cannot see by Anthony Doer
    • Adult Fiction, CCL owned

Kris

  • Glucose revolution : the life-changing power of balancing your blood sugar by Jessie Inchauspe
    • Adult Non-Fiction, CCL Owned
  • America’s First Daughter by Stephanie Dray
    • Adult Fiction, CCL owned
  • Kinfolk Travel: Slower Ways to See the World by John Burns
    • Adult Non-Fiction, CCL owned

Ann

  • The Box in the Woods by Maureen Johnson
    • YA Fiction, CCL owned
  • The Ink Black Heart by Robert Galbraith
    • Adult Fiction, CCL owned
  • The Witch King by Martha Wells
    • Adult Fiction
    • Releasing May 2023
  • A World of Curiosities by Louise Penny
    • Adult Fiction, CCL owned

Addie

  • Bag of Bones by Stephen King
    • Adult Fiction, CCL owned
  • Practical Magic by Alice Hoffman
    • Adult Fiction, CCL owned
  • Cryptid Creatures: a Field Guide by Kelly Milner Halls
    • Junior Non-Fiction, CCL owned

Sarah

  • Nights of Plague By Orhan Pamuk
    • Adult Fiction, CCL Owned
  • The Swedish Art of Aging Exuberantly by Margareta Magnusson
    • Adult Non-Fiction, CCL Owned
  • All the Beauty in the World: The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Me by Patrick Bringley
    • Adult Non-Fiction
    • Releasing 02/14/23

Kayla

  • No-No Boy by John Okada
    • Adult Fiction
  • The League of Gentlewomen Witches by India Holton
    • Adult Fiction, CCL owned
  • Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
    • Adult Fiction, available on Libby

Savannah

  • Living Lively: 80 Plant-Based Recipes to Activate Your Power and Feed Your Potential by Haile Thomas
    • Adult Non-Fiction, CCL owned
  • Operation Pineapple Express by Scott Mann
    • Adult Non-Fiction, CCL owned
  • One Two Three by Laurie Frankel
    • Adult Fiction, available on hoopla

Caitlyn

  • Tombs by Junji Ito Story Collection
    • Adult Graphic Novel
  • Autobiography of a Geisha by Sayo Masuda
    • Adult Non-Fiction
  • “The King’s Grave: The Discovery of Richard III’s Lost Burial Place and the Clues It Holds”by Philippa Langley and Michael Jones
    • Adult Non-Fiction, CCL owned

Pam

  • America’s First Daughter by Stephanie Dray
    • Adult Fiction, CCL owned
  • The Wedding Dress Sewing Circle by Jennifer Ryan
    • Adult fiction, CCL owned
  • Back to the Prairie by Melissa Gilbert
    • Adult Non-Fiction, CCL owned

Ashley

  • Someone Else’s Shoes by JoJo Moyes
    • Adult Fiction
    • Releasing 02/02/2023
  • The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
    • Young Adult Fiction, CCL owned

Sara

  • The Forty Elephants by Erin Bledsoe
    • Adult fiction, CCL owned
  • The World of Lore by Aaron Mahnke
    • Adult Non-Fiction, CCL owned
  • A Fire in the Flesh by Jennifer Armentrout
    • Adult Fiction
    • Releasing December 2023

Tonya

  • Essentialism by Greg McKeown
    • Adult Non-Fiction, CCL owned
  • Upgrade by Blake Crouch
    • Adult Fiction, CCL owned
  • Before She Disappeared by Lisa Gardner
    • Adult Fiction, CCL owned

The staff at CCL is excited for these new reads of 2023, as well as all the fun we have planned at the Library. Tune into to the Library’s website and social media to stay up to date on exciting upcoming programming.

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