Feature : Random Reads

Do you tend to stick to the same author or genre? Step outside your comfort zone and read something new! One book has been selected by author’s last name from each letter of the alphabet for both “Adult Fiction” and “Children’s Everybody” books. Try checking out the book that correlates to the first letter of your first name, the last letter of your last name, the first letter of the month you were born in, or the first letter of your favorite food!

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Adult Fiction

 

A

Afterlife – Julia Alvarez

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

B

Keeping the House – Ellen Baker

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

C

No Judgements – Meg Cabot

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

D

Song of a Captive Bird – Jasmin Darznik

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

E

Lawn Boy – Jonathan Evison

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

F

Leave Me – Gayle Forman

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

G

Stardust – Neil Gaiman

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

H

The NIX – Nathan Hill

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I

You Me Everything – Catherine Isaac

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

J

The Girls in the Garden – Lisa Jewell

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

K

The Book of Longings – Sue Monk Kidd

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

L

The Unpassing – Chia Chia Lin

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

M

The Clockmaker’s Daughter – Kate Morton

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

N

Cult X – Fuminori Nakamura

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

O

The Lonely Hearts Hotel – Heather O’Neill

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

P

Reincarnation Blues – Michael Poore

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Q

Still Life with Bread Crumbs – Anna Quindlen

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

R

Bronte Plot – Katherine Reay

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

S

The Murmur of Bees – Sofia Segovia

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

T

The Devil and the Dark Water – Stuart Turton

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

U

Rabbit, Run – John Updike

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

V

Carnegie Hill – Jonathan Vatner

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

W

The Animators – Kayla Rae Whitaker

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

X

The Autobiography of Malcolm X – Malcolm X

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Y

Black Chalk – Christopher Yates

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Z

Sour Heart – Jenny Zhang

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Everybody Books

 

A

Love is a Handful of Honey – Giles Andreae

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

B

Gnome – Fred Blunt

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

C

Lena’s Shoes are Nervous – Keith Calabrese & Juana Medina

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

D

Love – Matt de la Pena

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

E

Planting a Rainbow – Lois Ehlert

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

F

I Heart You – Meg Fleming

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

G

What’s Up, Maloo? – Genevieve Godbout

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

H

Little White Rabbit – Kevin Henkes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I

The Adventures of an Aluminum Can – Alison Inches

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

J

The Man in the Moon – William Joyce

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

K

I’ve Loved You Since Forever – Hoda Kotb

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

L

A Big Mooncake for Little Star – Grace Lin

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

M

If You Hold a Seed – Elly MacKay

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

N

Don’t Call me Grandma – Vaunda Micheaux-Nelson

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

O

The Not So Quiet Library – Zachariah O’Hora

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

P

All Are Welcome – Alexandra Penfold

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Q

Jo MacDonald Saw a Pond – Mary Quattlebaum

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

R

Nothing Rhymes with Orange – Adam Rex

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

S

Your Alien – Tammi Sauer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

T

The Littlest Uninvited One – Charles Tazewell

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

U

Interstellar Cinderella – Deborah Underwood

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

V

Wishes – Muon Van

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

W

Each Kindness – Jacqueline Woodson

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

X

Measuring Up – Ann Xu

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Y

If I Had a Robot – Dan Yaccarino

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Z

I Will Hold You ‘Til You Sleep – Linda Zuckerman