Favorites from our 2021 Popular Reads Display
If you have visited our library lately you have seen that we have moved our Staff Picks, Patron Picks, and Lucky Stars to where the Hot Summer Reads are located in the summer. We are calling it our Hot Reads Corner. A new featured area that contains selections popular with our patrons is our Popular Books of 2021 Display located in the alcove in our Fiction area. These books are no longer considered "new releases" , but have proven to be continually checked out or they continue to be "talked about" in the book reviews, publishing magazines, and selected by book clubs. The selection is diverse and most genres are represented. Here are some of my favorites from 2021. Many of these are debut authors. I enjoy a book with a great sense of place, interesting imperfect characters with inherently good qualities, and a redemptive plot. One of my most memorable reads of the year is The Reading List by Sara Nisha Adams. This novel, set in London England, was a surprising d