Plano Reads: Selfie Book Talk, Episode #16
Your Plano Library Staff are virtually recommending their favorite reads.
Below is the list of titles, with additional read-alikes you can check out on Overdrive and the Libby App.
See all Book Selfies posts here.
Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks
Recommended by: Amanda at Haggard Library; Print
Genre: Adult Fiction
Description from Novelist: “Eighteen-year-old Anna Frith tells the story of her remote English village, Eyam, which was infected by the plague in 1666 and where, persuaded by their vicar, the townspeople decided to quarantine themselves.”
Read-Alikes:
- The Miniaturist by Jessie Burton
- As Bright as Heaven by Susan Meissner
- Tidelands by Philippa Gregory
Featured Author: Jeramey Kraatz
Recommended by: Sarah at Haggard Library; Author
Genre: Junior Fiction
Series:
Read-Alikes:
- Randoms by David Liss
- The Last Kids on Earth by Max Brallier
- Author Rick Riordan
The Naming by Alison Croggon
Recommended by: Amy B. at Haggard Library; Print
Genre: Teen Fiction
Description from Novelist: “A manuscript from the lost civilization of Edil-Amarandah chronicles the experiences of sixteen-year-old Maerad, an orphan gifted in the magic and power of the Bards, as she escapes from slavery and begins to learn how to use her Gift to stave off the evil Darkness that threatens to consume her world.”
Read-Alikes:
- Finnikin of the Rock by Melina Marchetta
- Truthwitch by Susan Dennard
- Wild Magic by Tamora Pierce
Shapes trilogy by Mac Barnett and Jon Klassen
Recommended by: Andrea at Haggard Library
Genre: Children’s Picture Book
Books in Series:
Read-Alikes:
- Please Mr. Panda by Steve Antony
- Love, Triangle by Marcie Colleen
- You are (not) small by Anna Kang
