Books recommended by Calgary Public Library staff

Description: Both in-person displays and the online lists count. Please include a description of where you found it recommended if possible! Note that some books that were once recommended might not even be present in the CPL system anymore. || Books missing from LibraryThing: [Equal as Citizens: The Tumultuous and Troubled History of A Great Canadian Idea ( https://calgary.bibliocommons.com/list/share/393989767_calgarylibrary_adults/413788788_get_ready_to_vote,_calgary / https://calgary.bibliocommons.com/item/show/935831095 )] [Coding and AI, Mandeep Locham ( https://calgary.bibliocommons.com/list/share/393778337_calgarylibrary_youth/2456554355_2024_the_year_we_learn_to )] [Who Do You Think You Are?, Alice Munro ( https://calgary.bibliocommons.com/list/share/422868168_calgarylibraryguestpicks/487408307_lee_kverns_top_10_writing_influences )]

1 2 3 4 5

Rank Title Author Added

The Catcher in the Rye

by J. D. Salinger

77,446 members

1,199 reviews

3.8

3 Members: ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda, ngoomie
Explanations: ngoomie: https://calgary.bibliocommons.com/list/share/393989767_calgarylibrary_adults/592318559_freedom_to_read_week_2016

The Handmaid's Tale

by Margaret Atwood

48,669 members

1,238 reviews

4.1

3 Members: ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda, ngoomie
Explanations: ngoomie: https://calgary.bibliocommons.com/list/share/393989767_calgarylibrary_adults/592318559_freedom_to_read_week_2016

Life of Pi

by Yann Martel

47,430 members

1,054 reviews

3.9

3 Members: ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda, ngoomie
Explanations: ngoomie: https://calgary.bibliocommons.com/list/share/393989767_calgarylibrary_adults/448543673_imagine_adult_summer_reading_challenge_week_3

The Giver

by Lois Lowry

46,902 members

1,685 reviews

4.1

3 Members: ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda, ngoomie
Explanations: ngoomie: https://calgary.bibliocommons.com/list/share/393778337_calgarylibrary_youth/858377088_freedom_to_read_meet_the_accused

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

by Douglas Adams

44,107 members

811 reviews

4.2

3 Members: ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda, ngoomie
Explanations: ngoomie: https://calgary.bibliocommons.com/list/share/393778337_calgarylibrary_youth/1073755867_librarymoments_teen_team_picks

Northern Lights

by Philip Pullman

40,229 members

794 reviews

4.1

3 Members: ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda, ngoomie
Explanations: ngoomie: https://calgary.bibliocommons.com/list/share/393778337_calgarylibrary_youth/858377088_freedom_to_read_meet_the_accused

The Magician's Nephew

by C. S. Lewis

34,742 members

411 reviews

3.9

3 Members: ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda, ngoomie
Explanations: ngoomie: https://calgary.bibliocommons.com/list/share/393778337_calgarylibrary_youth/427579857_magical

Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West

by Gregory Maguire

33,248 members

710 reviews

½ 3.6

3 Members: ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda, ngoomie
Explanations: ngoomie: https://calgary.bibliocommons.com/list/share/393778337_calgarylibrary_youth/573510307_professor_snapes_favourite_books

Heart of Darkness

by Joseph Conrad

26,515 members

431 reviews

½ 3.6

3 Members: ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda, ngoomie
Explanations: ngoomie: https://calgary.bibliocommons.com/list/share/393989767_calgarylibrary_adults/438591129_explore_adult_summer_reading_challenge_week_1

The Graveyard Book

by Neil Gaiman

25,016 members

1,316 reviews

4.2

3 Members: ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda, ngoomie
Explanations: ngoomie: https://calgary.bibliocommons.com/list/share/393778337_calgarylibrary_youth/858377088_freedom_to_read_meet_the_accused

The Perks of Being a Wallflower

by Stephen Chbosky

24,398 members

814 reviews

3 Members: ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda, ngoomie
Explanations: ngoomie: https://calgary.bibliocommons.com/list/share/393778337_calgarylibrary_youth/1073755867_librarymoments_teen_team_picks

Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children

by Ransom Riggs

23,605 members

1,201 reviews

½ 3.7

3 Members: ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda, ngoomie
Explanations: ngoomie: https://calgary.bibliocommons.com/list/share/393778337_calgarylibrary_youth/697429754_schools_you_want_to_go_to

The Once and Future King

by T. H. White

17,406 members

225 reviews

4.1

3 Members: ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda, ngoomie
Explanations: ngoomie: https://calgary.bibliocommons.com/list/share/393778337_calgarylibrary_youth/573510307_professor_snapes_favourite_books

Howl's Moving Castle

by Diana Wynne Jones

15,624 members

495 reviews

½ 4.3

3 Members: ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda, ngoomie
Explanations: ngoomie: https://calgary.bibliocommons.com/list/share/393778337_calgarylibrary_youth/573510307_professor_snapes_favourite_books

The Satanic Verses

by Salman Rushdie

13,567 members

153 reviews

½ 3.7

3 Members: ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda, ngoomie
Explanations: ngoomie: https://calgary.bibliocommons.com/list/share/393989767_calgarylibrary_adults/592318559_freedom_to_read_week_2016

A Monster Calls

by Patrick Ness

6,971 members

510 reviews

½ 4.4

3 Members: ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda, ngoomie
Explanations: ngoomie: https://calgary.bibliocommons.com/list/share/393778337_calgarylibrary_youth/595993855_dont_be_a_bully

The Incredible Journey

by Sheila Burnford

6,798 members

84 reviews

3.9

3 Members: ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda, ngoomie
Explanations: ngoomie: https://calgary.bibliocommons.com/list/share/393778337_calgarylibrary_youth/1023345067_road_trip_ontario

Furiously Happy

by Jenny Lawson

4,003 members

209 reviews

3 Members: ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda, ngoomie
Explanations: ngoomie: https://calgary.bibliocommons.com/list/share/393989767_calgarylibrary_adults/521447147_october_staff_picks_for_adults

Lord of the Flies

by William Golding

57,598 members

821 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: ahef1963, ngoomie
Explanations: ngoomie: https://calgary.bibliocommons.com/list/share/393778337_calgarylibrary_youth/595993855_dont_be_a_bully

The Book Thief

by Markus Zusak

52,599 members

2,244 reviews

½ 4.4

2 Members: ahef1963, ngoomie
Explanations: ngoomie: https://calgary.bibliocommons.com/list/share/393778337_calgarylibrary_youth/2218367131_top_10_titles_for_teens

Crime and Punishment

by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

52,039 members

578 reviews

4.2

2 Members: ahef1963, ngoomie
Explanations: ngoomie: https://calgary.bibliocommons.com/list/share/422868168/2626590779

Dune

by Frank Herbert

50,873 members

808 reviews

½ 4.3

2 Members: ManWithAnAgenda, ngoomie
Explanations: ngoomie: Copy I got after placing a hold on the book had the "Place" sticker used in one of the displays they have at different library locations, implying it was put on display by a staff member at some point. Don't remember which library it said it was from, wasn't one of the ones I go to often though

Romeo and Juliet

by William Shakespeare

33,033 members

307 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: ahef1963, ngoomie
Explanations: ngoomie: https://calgary.bibliocommons.com/list/share/393778337_calgarylibrary_youth/573510307_professor_snapes_favourite_books

Love in the Time of Cholera

by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

31,031 members

447 reviews

3.9

2 Members: ahef1963, ngoomie
Explanations: ngoomie: https://calgary.bibliocommons.com/list/share/393989767_calgarylibrary_adults/448543673_imagine_adult_summer_reading_challenge_week_3

Middlesex: A Novel

by Jeffrey Eugenides

29,157 members

661 reviews

4.1

2 Members: ahef1963, ngoomie
Explanations: ngoomie: https://calgary.bibliocommons.com/list/share/393989767_calgarylibrary_adults/438591129_explore_adult_summer_reading_challenge_week_1

Beloved

by Toni Morrison

26,716 members

449 reviews

3.9

2 Members: ahef1963, ngoomie
Explanations: ngoomie: https://calgary.bibliocommons.com/list/share/422868168/2626590779

The Outsiders

by S. E. Hinton

26,082 members

740 reviews

2 Members: ahef1963, ngoomie
Explanations: ngoomie: https://calgary.bibliocommons.com/list/share/393778337_calgarylibrary_youth/595993855_dont_be_a_bully

City of Bones

by Cassandra Clare

25,845 members

935 reviews

3.8

2 Members: ahef1963, ngoomie
Explanations: ngoomie: https://calgary.bibliocommons.com/list/share/393778337_calgarylibrary_youth/573510307_professor_snapes_favourite_books

The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America

by Erik Larson

25,324 members

761 reviews

2 Members: ahef1963, ngoomie
Explanations: ngoomie: https://calgary.bibliocommons.com/list/share/393989767_calgarylibrary_adults/2296814561_book_club_essentials

The Martian

by Andy Weir

23,120 members

1,384 reviews

½ 4.3

2 Members: ahef1963, ngoomie
Explanations: ngoomie: https://calgary.bibliocommons.com/list/share/393989767_calgarylibrary_adults/438591129_explore_adult_summer_reading_challenge_week_1

The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle: A Novel

by Haruki Murakami

19,710 members

406 reviews

4.2

2 Members: ahef1963, ngoomie
Explanations: ngoomie: https://calgary.bibliocommons.com/list/share/393989767_calgarylibrary_adults/2375363132_read_like_raphael

Oryx and Crake

by Margaret Atwood

18,883 members

577 reviews

3.9

2 Members: ahef1963, ngoomie
Explanations: ngoomie: https://calgary.bibliocommons.com/list/share/393989767_calgarylibrary_adults/2375415860_read_like_phil

Where the Sidewalk Ends: Poems and Drawings

by Shel Silverstein

18,471 members

513 reviews

½ 4.3

2 Members: ahef1963, ngoomie
Explanations: ngoomie: https://calgary.bibliocommons.com/list/share/422868168_calgarylibraryguestpicks/703138627_micheline_maylors_top_picks

The Midnight Library

by Matt Haig

17,264 members

653 reviews

3.8

2 Members: ahef1963, ngoomie
Explanations: ngoomie: https://calgary.bibliocommons.com/list/share/393989767_calgarylibrary_adults/2296814561_book_club_essentials

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

by Rebecca Skloot

17,017 members

779 reviews

4.2

2 Members: ahef1963, ngoomie
Explanations: ngoomie: https://calgary.bibliocommons.com/list/share/393989767_calgarylibrary_adults/460704299_live_adult_summer_reading_week_5

Speak

by Laurie Halse Anderson

16,680 members

751 reviews

4.1

2 Members: ahef1963, ngoomie
Explanations: ngoomie: https://calgary.bibliocommons.com/list/share/393778337_calgarylibrary_youth/573510307_professor_snapes_favourite_books https://calgary.bibliocommons.com/list/share/393778337_calgarylibrary_youth/1731430074_read_woke_womens_voices_for_teens

The House of the Spirits

by Isabel Allende

15,651 members

284 reviews

4.1

2 Members: ahef1963, ngoomie
Explanations: ngoomie: https://calgary.bibliocommons.com/list/share/393989767_calgarylibrary_adults/448543673_imagine_adult_summer_reading_challenge_week_3

If on a Winter's Night a Traveler

by Italo Calvino

14,355 members

287 reviews

2 Members: ahef1963, ngoomie
Explanations: ngoomie: https://calgary.bibliocommons.com/list/share/422868168_calgarylibraryguestpicks/487408307_lee_kverns_top_10_writing_influences

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian

by Sherman Alexie

13,277 members

830 reviews

½ 4.3

2 Members: ahef1963, ngoomie
Explanations: ngoomie: https://calgary.bibliocommons.com/list/share/393989767_calgarylibrary_adults/592318559_freedom_to_read_week_2016

The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales

by Oliver Sacks

13,077 members

237 reviews

3.9

2 Members: ahef1963, ngoomie
Explanations: ngoomie: https://calgary.bibliocommons.com/list/share/422868168_calgarylibraryguestpicks/422869657_jay_ingrams_favourite_books_on_the_brain_and_memory

Naked

by David Sedaris

13,010 members

127 reviews

2 Members: ManWithAnAgenda, ngoomie
Explanations: ngoomie: https://calgary.bibliocommons.com/list/share/393989767_calgarylibrary_adults/466839427_laugh_adult_summer_reading_week_6

Night

by Elie Wiesel

12,973 members

240 reviews

½ 4.3

2 Members: ahef1963, ngoomie
Explanations: ngoomie: https://calgary.bibliocommons.com/list/share/393778337_calgarylibrary_youth/2244473339_not_long_ago,_not_far_away_holocaust_day_of_remembrance

The Hate U Give

by Angie Thomas

12,180 members

527 reviews

½ 4.5

2 Members: ahef1963, ngoomie
Explanations: ngoomie: https://calgary.bibliocommons.com/list/share/393778337_calgarylibrary_youth/1102871827_best_books_of_2017_for_young_adults https://calgary.bibliocommons.com/list/share/393778337_calgarylibrary_youth/1731430074_read_woke_womens_voices_for_teens https://calgary.bibliocommons.com/list/share/393778337_calgarylibrary_youth/1730702009_read_woke_social_justice_for_teens

The Magicians

by Lev Grossman

11,868 members

718 reviews

½ 3.4

2 Members: ManWithAnAgenda, ngoomie
Explanations: ngoomie: https://calgary.bibliocommons.com/list/share/393778337_calgarylibrary_youth/697429754_schools_you_want_to_go_to

Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life

by Anne Lamott

11,575 members

261 reviews

4.1

2 Members: ahef1963, ngoomie
Explanations: ngoomie: https://calgary.bibliocommons.com/list/share/393989767_calgarylibrary_adults/457084199_create_adult_summer_reading_challenge_week_4

Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood

by Marjane Satrapi

11,503 members

379 reviews

4.2

2 Members: ahef1963, ngoomie
Explanations: ngoomie: https://calgary.bibliocommons.com/list/share/393778337_calgarylibrary_youth/858377088_freedom_to_read_meet_the_accused

The Fifth Season

by N. K. Jemisin

11,095 members

447 reviews

4.2

2 Members: ahef1963, ngoomie
Explanations: ngoomie: https://calgary.bibliocommons.com/list/share/393989767_calgarylibrary_adults/2375415860_read_like_phil

Eleanor and Park

by Rainbow Rowell

10,847 members

671 reviews

4.1

2 Members: ahef1963, ngoomie
Explanations: ngoomie: https://calgary.bibliocommons.com/list/share/393778337_calgarylibrary_youth/1731436239_read_woke_poverty_and_homelessness_for_teens

A Great and Terrible Beauty

by Libba Bray

10,742 members

365 reviews

3.8

2 Members: ahef1963, ngoomie
Explanations: ngoomie: https://calgary.bibliocommons.com/list/share/393778337_calgarylibrary_youth/697429754_schools_you_want_to_go_to

A Darker Shade of Magic

by V. E. Schwab

10,536 members

367 reviews

3.9

2 Members: ahef1963, ngoomie
Explanations: ngoomie: https://calgary.bibliocommons.com/list/share/393989767_calgarylibrary_adults/555738878_best_cover_art_2015

Red, White, and Royal Blue

by Casey McQuiston

9,680 members

313 reviews

4.2

2 Members: ahef1963, ngoomie
Explanations: ngoomie: https://calgary.bibliocommons.com/list/share/393989767_calgarylibrary_adults/2375350609_read_like_jemielyn

The Book of Three

by Lloyd Alexander

9,003 members

172 reviews

2 Members: ManWithAnAgenda, ngoomie
Explanations: ngoomie: https://calgary.bibliocommons.com/list/share/393778337_calgarylibrary_youth/427579857_magical

They Both Die at the End

by Adam Silvera

8,956 members

176 reviews

2 Members: ManWithAnAgenda, ngoomie
Explanations: ngoomie: https://calgary.bibliocommons.com/list/share/393778337_calgarylibrary_youth/1102871827_best_books_of_2017_for_young_adults https://calgary.bibliocommons.com/list/share/393778337_calgarylibrary_youth/1733182899_read_woke_voices_of_people_of_colour_for_teens

Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe

by Benjamin Alire Sáenz

7,953 members

385 reviews

½ 4.3

2 Members: ManWithAnAgenda, ngoomie
Explanations: ngoomie: https://calgary.bibliocommons.com/list/share/393778337_calgarylibrary_youth/1257149277_would_you_like_pride_with_that https://calgary.bibliocommons.com/list/share/393778337_calgarylibrary_youth/1731000743_read_woke_lgbtq_for_teens

Half of a Yellow Sun

by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

7,938 members

317 reviews

4.2

2 Members: ahef1963, ngoomie
Explanations: ngoomie: https://calgary.bibliocommons.com/list/share/422868168/2626590779

Everything I Never Told You

by Celeste Ng

7,880 members

416 reviews

3.9

2 Members: ahef1963, ngoomie
Explanations: ngoomie: https://calgary.bibliocommons.com/list/share/393989767_calgarylibrary_adults/501595478_september_staff_picks_for_adults

In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex

by Nathaniel Philbrick

7,359 members

187 reviews

4.2

2 Members: ahef1963, ngoomie
Explanations: ngoomie: https://calgary.bibliocommons.com/list/share/393989767_calgarylibrary_adults/487284281_be_adult_summer_reading_week_9

State of Wonder

by Ann Patchett

6,891 members

410 reviews

3.9

2 Members: ahef1963, ngoomie
Explanations: ngoomie: https://calgary.bibliocommons.com/list/share/393989767_calgarylibrary_adults/438591129_explore_adult_summer_reading_challenge_week_1

Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art

by Scott McCloud

5,760 members

107 reviews

½ 4.3

2 Members: ManWithAnAgenda, ngoomie
Explanations: ngoomie: https://calgary.bibliocommons.com/list/share/393778337_calgarylibrary_youth/1811710029_calgary_expo_reading_challenge_for_teens

Monster

by Walter Dean Myers

5,703 members

356 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: ahef1963, ngoomie
Explanations: ngoomie: https://calgary.bibliocommons.com/list/share/393778337_calgarylibrary_youth/785691037_great_reads_for_2017_teens

Feed

by M. T. Anderson

5,631 members

444 reviews

3.8

2 Members: ManWithAnAgenda, ngoomie
Explanations: ngoomie: https://calgary.bibliocommons.com/list/share/393778337_calgarylibrary_youth/1811710029_calgary_expo_reading_challenge_for_teens

A Tale for the Time Being

by Ruth Ozeki

5,318 members

281 reviews

4.1

2 Members: ahef1963, ngoomie
Explanations: ngoomie: https://calgary.bibliocommons.com/list/share/393989767_calgarylibrary_adults/2375363132_read_like_raphael

The Unhoneymooners

by Christina Lauren

5,287 members

141 reviews

3.8

2 Members: ahef1963, ngoomie
Explanations: ngoomie: https://calgary.bibliocommons.com/list/share/393989767_calgarylibrary_adults/2375350609_read_like_jemielyn

Every Day

by David Levithan

5,093 members

299 reviews

3.9

2 Members: ManWithAnAgenda, ngoomie
Explanations: ngoomie: https://calgary.bibliocommons.com/list/share/393778337_calgarylibrary_youth/1042641697_embrace_the_rainbow

Burial Rites

by Hannah Kent

4,206 members

306 reviews

2 Members: ahef1963, ngoomie

The School for Good and Evil

by Soman Chainani

4,191 members

138 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: ManWithAnAgenda, ngoomie
Explanations: ngoomie: https://calgary.bibliocommons.com/list/share/393778337_calgarylibrary_youth/697429754_schools_you_want_to_go_to

The Hazel Wood

by Melissa Albert

4,079 members

159 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: ManWithAnAgenda, ngoomie
Explanations: ngoomie: https://calgary.bibliocommons.com/list/share/393778337_calgarylibrary_youth/1343917639_great_reads_2019_teens

The Kiss Quotient

by Helen Hoang

4,066 members

200 reviews

3.9

2 Members: ahef1963, ngoomie
Explanations: ngoomie: https://calgary.bibliocommons.com/list/share/393989767_calgarylibrary_adults/2375350609_read_like_jemielyn

The Only Good Indians

by Stephen Graham Jones

4,040 members

140 reviews

3.8

2 Members: ngoomie, bekisar
Explanations: ngoomie: https://calgary.bibliocommons.com/list/share/393989767_calgarylibrary_adults/2400179069_no_tricks,_just_treats

The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake

by Aimee Bender

3,644 members

292 reviews

½ 3.4

2 Members: ManWithAnAgenda, ngoomie
Explanations: ngoomie: https://calgary.bibliocommons.com/list/share/393989767_calgarylibrary_adults/448543673_imagine_adult_summer_reading_challenge_week_3

The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue

by Mackenzi Lee

3,435 members

184 reviews

2 Members: ManWithAnAgenda, ngoomie
Explanations: ngoomie: https://calgary.bibliocommons.com/list/share/393778337_calgarylibrary_youth/1731596749_read_woke_diverse_abilities_for_teens https://calgary.bibliocommons.com/list/share/393778337_calgarylibrary_youth/1731000743_read_woke_lgbtq_for_teens

The Stories of Eva Luna

by Isabel Allende

3,204 members

34 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: ahef1963, ngoomie
Explanations: ngoomie: https://calgary.bibliocommons.com/list/share/422868168/2626590779

Warcross

by Marie Lu

2,748 members

153 reviews

2 Members: ManWithAnAgenda, ngoomie
Explanations: ngoomie: https://calgary.bibliocommons.com/list/share/393778337_calgarylibrary_youth/1102871827_best_books_of_2017_for_young_adults

The Long Way Home

by Louise Penny

2,617 members

147 reviews

3.8

2 Members: ahef1963, ngoomie
Explanations: ngoomie: https://calgary.bibliocommons.com/list/share/422868168_calgarylibraryguestpicks/552422397_winter_word_fair_guest_picks

They Called Us Enemy

by George Takei

2,511 members

126 reviews

½ 4.4

2 Members: ManWithAnAgenda, ngoomie
Explanations: ngoomie: https://calgary.bibliocommons.com/list/share/393778337_calgarylibrary_youth/1811710029_calgary_expo_reading_challenge_for_teens

The Book of Strange New Things: A Novel

by Michel Faber

2,479 members

142 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: ahef1963, ngoomie
Explanations: ngoomie: https://calgary.bibliocommons.com/list/share/393989767_calgarylibrary_adults/541039007_november_staff_picks_for_adults

Dread Nation

by Justina Ireland

2,129 members

115 reviews

4.2

2 Members: ManWithAnAgenda, ngoomie
Explanations: ngoomie: https://calgary.bibliocommons.com/list/share/393778337_calgarylibrary_youth/2183845849_oh,_the_horror https://calgary.bibliocommons.com/list/share/393778337_calgarylibrary_youth/1728763799_read_woke_black_voices_for_teens

Lives of Girls and Women

by Alice Munro

2,070 members

48 reviews

2 Members: ahef1963, ngoomie
Explanations: ngoomie: https://calgary.bibliocommons.com/list/share/393989767_calgarylibrary_adults/592318559_freedom_to_read_week_2016

Aru Shah and the End of Time

by Roshani Chokshi

2,014 members

42 reviews

3.9

2 Members: ManWithAnAgenda, ngoomie
Explanations: ngoomie: https://calgary.bibliocommons.com/list/share/393778337_calgarylibrary_youth/2025659063_race_to_the_sun

The Stone Angel

by Margaret Laurence

1,948 members

46 reviews

3.8

2 Members: ahef1963, ngoomie
Explanations: ngoomie: https://calgary.bibliocommons.com/list/share/422868168_calgarylibraryguestpicks/487408307_lee_kverns_top_10_writing_influences

The Proposal

by Jasmine Guillory

1,697 members

72 reviews

½ 3.6

2 Members: ahef1963, ngoomie
Explanations: ngoomie: https://calgary.bibliocommons.com/list/share/393989767_calgarylibrary_adults/2375399769_read_like_jasmine

Darius the Great Is Not Okay

by Adib Khorram

1,647 members

73 reviews

4.2

2 Members: ManWithAnAgenda, ngoomie
Explanations: ngoomie: https://calgary.bibliocommons.com/list/share/393778337_calgarylibrary_youth/1733182899_read_woke_voices_of_people_of_colour_for_teens

The Marrow Thieves

by Cherie Dimaline

1,634 members

53 reviews

2 Members: ahef1963, ngoomie
Explanations: ngoomie: https://calgary.bibliocommons.com/list/share/393778337_calgarylibrary_youth/1734388989_read_woke_first_nations,_inuit_amp_m%C3%A9tis_voices_for_teens

Fry Bread: A Native American Family Story

by Kevin Noble Maillard

1,601 members

119 reviews

½ 4.4

2 Members: ManWithAnAgenda, ngoomie
Explanations: ngoomie: https://calgary.bibliocommons.com/list/share/393778337_calgarylibrary_youth/2025659063_race_to_the_sun

Pet

by Akwaeke Emezi

1,523 members

53 reviews

4.1

2 Members: ManWithAnAgenda, ngoomie
Explanations: ngoomie: https://calgary.bibliocommons.com/list/share/393778337_calgarylibrary_youth/1728763799_read_woke_black_voices_for_teens

The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz

by Mordecai Richler

1,502 members

19 reviews

3.8

2 Members: ahef1963, ngoomie
Explanations: ngoomie: https://calgary.bibliocommons.com/list/share/393989767_calgarylibrary_adults/592318559_freedom_to_read_week_2016

On the Move: A Life

by Oliver Sacks

1,497 members

55 reviews

2 Members: ManWithAnAgenda, ngoomie
Explanations: ngoomie: https://calgary.bibliocommons.com/list/share/393989767_calgarylibrary_adults/556322327_best_adult_non-fiction_of_2015

Tempests and Slaughter

by Tamora Pierce

1,375 members

41 reviews

4.1

2 Members: ManWithAnAgenda, ngoomie
Explanations: ngoomie: https://calgary.bibliocommons.com/list/share/393778337_calgarylibrary_youth/2162909189_class_starts_at_8

Witch Hat Atelier, Vol. 1: A Touch of Magic

by Kamome Shirahama

1,356 members

33 reviews

½ 4.3

2 Members: ManWithAnAgenda, ngoomie
Explanations: ngoomie: https://calgary.bibliocommons.com/list/share/393778337_calgarylibrary_youth/1811710029_calgary_expo_reading_challenge_for_teens

The Wars

by Timothy Findley

1,298 members

28 reviews

3.9

2 Members: ahef1963, ngoomie
Explanations: ngoomie: https://calgary.bibliocommons.com/list/share/393989767_calgarylibrary_adults/592318559_freedom_to_read_week_2016

The Broken Shore

by Peter Temple

1,279 members

57 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: ahef1963, ngoomie
Explanations: ngoomie: https://calgary.bibliocommons.com/list/share/422868168_calgarylibraryguestpicks/517647529_nancy_pearls_must_reads

Blood on Snow

by Jo Nesbo

1,245 members

66 reviews

½ 3.4

2 Members: ahef1963, ngoomie
Explanations: ngoomie: https://calgary.bibliocommons.com/list/share/393989767_calgarylibrary_adults/429483497_sizzling_summer_reads

Mooncakes

by Suzanne Walker

1,106 members

77 reviews

3.8

2 Members: ManWithAnAgenda, ngoomie
Explanations: ngoomie: https://calgary.bibliocommons.com/list/share/393778337_calgarylibrary_youth/2196308369_cozy_reads_for_cloudy_skies

Check, Please!, Book 1: #Hockey

by Ngozi Ukazu

1,067 members

61 reviews

½ 4.3

2 Members: ManWithAnAgenda, ngoomie
Explanations: ngoomie: https://calgary.bibliocommons.com/list/share/393778337_calgarylibrary_youth/1811710029_calgary_expo_reading_challenge_for_teens

Batman: Nightwalker

by Marie Lu

1,049 members

33 reviews

½ 3.3

2 Members: ManWithAnAgenda, ngoomie
Explanations: ngoomie: https://calgary.bibliocommons.com/list/share/393778337_calgarylibrary_youth/1343917639_great_reads_2019_teens

Punching the Air

by Ibi Zoboi

830 members

22 reviews

½ 4.4

2 Members: ManWithAnAgenda, ngoomie
Explanations: ngoomie: https://calgary.bibliocommons.com/list/share/393778337_calgarylibrary_youth/1728763799_read_woke_black_voices_for_teens

A Jest of God

by Margaret Laurence

806 members

21 reviews

2 Members: ahef1963, ngoomie
Explanations: ngoomie: https://calgary.bibliocommons.com/list/share/393989767_calgarylibrary_adults/592318559_freedom_to_read_week_2016

Monkey Beach

by Eden Robinson

796 members

20 reviews

4.1

2 Members: ahef1963, ngoomie
Explanations: ngoomie: https://calgary.bibliocommons.com/list/share/393989767_calgarylibrary_adults/645083662_reading_indigenous

The End of the Wasp Season

by Denise Mina

767 members

51 reviews

3.9

2 Members: ahef1963, ngoomie
Explanations: ngoomie: https://calgary.bibliocommons.com/list/share/393989767_calgarylibrary_adults/427088247_great_summer_thrillers

100

One of Us: The Story of Anders Breivik and the Massacre in Norway

by Åsne Seierstad

741 members

27 reviews

4.2

2 Members: ahef1963, ngoomie
Explanations: ngoomie: https://calgary.bibliocommons.com/list/share/393989767_calgarylibrary_adults/501595478_september_staff_picks_for_adults

1 2 3 4 5

Books recommended by Calgary Public Library staff

About This List

Related Lists

Current Discussions

Related Tags

Books recommended by Calgary Public Library staff

About This List

Related Lists

Current Discussions

Related Tagss

Related Tags