Checked In: A Davenport Library Podcast

Sci-Fi Reads

New Sci-Fi Reads 

• The Book of Elsewhere by Keanu Reeves and China Mieville 
• The Bright Sword by Lev Grossman 
• Dragons of Eternity by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman 
• The Mercy of Gods by James S.A. Corey 
• To Turn the Tide by S.M. Stirling 
• Storm Furies by Wen Spencer 
• Rebel by David Weber and Richard Fox 
• Overcaptain by L.E. Modesitt 

Old Sci-Fi Reads 

• Dune by Frank Herbert 
• 1984 by George Orwell 
• The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams 
• Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card 
• Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley 
• Brave New World by Aldous Huxley 
• The Time Machine by HG Wells 
• The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. LeGuin

Self-Help Reads

The life-changing magic of tidying up by Marie Kondō

The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning: How to Free Yourself and Your Family from a Lifetime of Clutter by Margareta Magnusson

How to Keep House While Drowning by K.C. Davis 

The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life by Mark Manson

Who Moved My Cheese? By Spencer Johnson

By The Book Podcast hosted by Jolenta Greenberg and Kristen Meinzer

Self Matters: Creating Your Life from the Inside Out by Phil McGraw

Crucial Conversations by Kerry Patterson, Stephen R. Covey, Joseph Grenny, Ron McMillan, & Al Switzler 

The Happiness Advantage by Shawn Achor 

Girl Wash Your Face by Rachel Hollis 

2023 Top Challenge Books

1. Gender Queer: A Memoir by Maia Kobabe 
2. All Boys Aren’t Blue by George M. Johnson 
3. This Book is Gay by Juno Dawson 
4. The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky 
5. Flamer by Mike Curato 
6. The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison 
7. TIE – Me and Earl and the Dying Girl by Jesse Andrews 
8. TIE – Tricks by Ellen Hopkins 
9. Let’s Talk About it: The Teen’s Guide to Sex, Relationships, and Being a Human by Erika Moen and Matthew Nolan 
10. Sold by Patricia McCormick 

Librarian Reads

The Flight Attendant by Chris Bohjalian narrated by Erin Spencer, Grace Experience, and Mark Deakins 

Flying Solo by Linda Holmes

The Wedding People by Alison Espach Narrated by Helen Laser 

The Break-up Pact by Emma Lord and Narrated by Natalie Naudus 

Guess How Much I love you by Sam McBratney illustrated by Anita Jeram 

Don’t Forget to Write by Sara Goodman Confino and Narrated by Helen Laser

The Wild Robot by Peter Brown

The Housekeeper’s Secret by Iona Grey 

Cross the Line by Simone Soltani 

The Summer Pact by Emily Giffin 

The Fiancé Dilemma by Elena Armas 

White smoke by Tiffany D. Jackson

A Bahn Mi for two by Trinity Nguyen

One Hundred Moments of Us by Jon Rance

Where the Children Take Us: How One Family Achieved the Unimaginable by Zain Asher

At Least You Have Your Health by Madi Sinha

Off Main Street : barnstormers, prophets, and gatemouth's gator : essays by Michael Perry

Start by believing : Larry Nassar's crimes, the institutions that enabled him, and the brave women who stopped a monster by John Barr and Dan Murphy

The Mystery Writer by Sulari Gentill 

Peking Duck and Cover by Vivien Chien (book 10 in Noodle House Mystery series) 

The Davenports by Krystal Marquis 

The Leftover Woman by Jean Kwok 

Assistant to the Villain by Hannah Nicole Maehrer 

The Grandest Game by Jennifer Lynn Barnes (book 1 in The Grandest Game series) 

The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins 

Everyone on This Train is a Suspect by Benjamin Stevenson 

Young Mungo by Douglas Stuart 

Expiration Dates by Rebecca Serle 

Weyward by Emilia Hart