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Throughout the year, we’ve been sharing some of our favorite books on social media. Everything from horror to adventure, to the coziest stories to warm you up on a cold winter night! Are you looking for your next read to add to your Winter Reading Challenge? Look over all of our picks for 2024 and find your newest adventure!

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Study in Scarlet Women

“A Study in Scarlet Women” by Sherry Thomas is an alternate version of Sherlock Holmes, where Sherlock is called Charlotte! This is the first book in the series, which has 8 installments– awesome if you’re looking to be part of the same universe for a good long while!

We recommend this book those who enjoy historical mysteries with a dash of romance or humor. It’s such a fun take on the Sherlock Holmes trope!

Into audiobooks? This one packs a punch with a great narrator!

A Rover’s Story

“A Rover’s Story” by Jasmine Warga. This story follows a Mars rover, Res, who learns about change, growth, resilience, and love from the NASA scientists that work on him and the other robots being worked on for this dangerous mission to Mars. Will Res and the other Mars robots and drones make it to Mars at all? … And maybe the bigger question is, if they make it there, can they even make it back to Earth in one piece?

If you loved Pixar’s WALL-E, BB-8 from Star Wars, or the Iron Giant, you’ll love this story. It’s a really great middle grade book. (And if you’re a teacher looking for something to share in class, this is a great one to read out loud, too!)

Vicious

“Vicious” by V.E Schwab is about two college roommates: Victor and Eli. In their senior year, they both become fascinated with supernatural events, with the theory that under the right conditions, someone could develop extraordinary abilities. But when their thesis moves from the academic to the experimental, things go horribly wrong….

If you’re an adult looking for a superhero / sci fi adventure, and you grew up watching Marvel movies or the Batman animated series, this book may be a hit for you!

Uzumaki
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“Uzumaki” by Junji Ito follows the tale of a young woman, Kirie, and her boyfriend, Saito, as their hometown of Kurouzu-cho spirals into the depths of a deadly madness in a series of short stories. These literally twisted tales of psychological horror makes for a book that is impossible to put down.⁠
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Uzumaki is largely regarded as the mangaka Junji Ito’s masterpiece. We recommend this book to adult horror fans who appreciates beautiful, but chilling, artwork. (Particularly manga and anime buffs!)⁠

Quackery

“Quackery: A Brief History of the Worst Ways to Cure Everything” by Lydia Kang, MD and Nate Pedersen. This book explores the long and storied history of frauds, charlatans, and simply misguided doctors attempting to cure the various ailments of mankind. It’s a huge reminder of how far the medical field has come, and how often the treatments doctors of the past prescribed were far worse than the disease.

We recommend this book to adults and older teens with a fascination with history and medicine, and anyone who loves offbeat humor.

The Wager

“The Wager” by David Grann dives into the past of 1741. We follow a British naval vessel as it gets shipwrecked off the coast of Chile sending the survivors onto a tumbling tale. We recommend this one for adults of all ages who are into history and true crime: with this nautical novel combining those two elements in a thrilling fashion.

Did you know? This book is being turned into a movie with Leonardo DiCaprio starring and Martin Scorsese directing! The film is currently in production with no set release date. Plenty of time to catch up on the book before you hit the cinema!

Remarkably Bright Creatures

“Remarkably Bright Creatures” by Shelby Van Pelt is set in the Pacific Northwest. Our protagonist is seventy year old Tova, who spends nights cleaning at the local aquarium. She’s processing grief from the loss of her son decades ago under mysterious circumstances. But Tova develops an extraordinary friendship with Marcellus, a lonely yet exceptionally clever octopus living in the aquarium. Marcellus pieces together information that will help Tova solve the mystery of what happened to her son and discover a new future, with new friends and family, once unimaginable.

We recommend this book is for anyone who enjoys contemporary fiction with an element of mystery and wise old animals. The characters in this novel are older and contemplating late in life decisions.

Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder

As the scent of sweet baked goods slowly fills the air around her, Hannah Swensen smiles with content. Her bakery is at peace. That is… until she discovers a murder!

If you have previously seen “Murder, She Baked/Hannah Swensen Mystery” on the Hallmark Channel, this book might ring a bell for you! It was this book that inspired the movies. Whether you’re looking for a cozy mystery or if you’re into crime novels, we would definitely recommend this book. Give the “Cozy Mystery” genre a go!

Daughter of the Pirate King

“Daughter of the Pirate King” by Tricia Levenseller is about Alosa, a fierce pirate captain sent on a mission to find a treasure map by her father (the titular pirate king). Suspecting that an enemy has the map, she allows herself to get captured to search their ship. The only problem? The clever and irritatingly dashing first mate…
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We recommend this book to everyone, but especially those who like the young adult / teen adventure genre, light hearted action, and romance!

Life As We Knew It

The “Last Survivors” is a series of four books: Life as We Knew It, The Dead and the Gone, The World We Live In, and The Shade of the Moon by Susan Beth Pfeffer.

In the first novel, “Life as We Knew It,” Miranda’s disbelief turns to fear in a split second when a meteor knocks the moon closer to the earth. How should her family prepare for the future when worldwide tsunamis wipe out the coasts, earthquakes rock the continents, and volcanic ash blocks out the sun? As summer turns to Arctic winter, Miranda, her two brothers, and their mother retreat to the unexpected safe haven of their sunroom, where they subsist on stockpiled food and limited water in the warmth of a wood-burning stove.

Told in journal entries, this is the heart-pounding story of Miranda’s struggle to hold on to the most important resource of all–hope–in an increasingly desperate and unfamiliar world.

We’d recommend this to anyone that likes Science Fiction and end of the world type books. The book is written through journal entries, so we’d also recommend this to readers who like interesting and new takes on prose!