Staff Picks
Looking for a great book to read?
Librarians read a lot. And when we find a book we love, we want to share it with other readers. Our staff picks and recommendations will help you identify some of the best books in our collection for kids, teens and adults.
Adult fiction
- 10 Comics We Love 2019
- 10 Novels We Love 2018
- 10 Novels We Love 2019
- 2019 Lambda Awards Fiction and Poetry
- African American
- American Classics
- Asian American
- Book Group Best Bets
- Fantasy
- Graphic Novels and Comics
- Historical Fiction
- Horror
- International
- Latinx
- LGBTQ Classics
- LGBTQ Fiction
- Mystery/Thriller
- Northwest Fiction
- Native American Fiction
- Romance
- Science Fiction
- Seattle Fiction
- Seattle Reads 2018
- Seattle Reads 2019
- Short Classics
Adult nonfiction
- 10 Nonfiction Books We Love 2018
- 10 Nonfiction Books We Love 2019
- 2019 Lambda Awards: Graphic Novel, Memoir, and Nonfiction Finalists
- African American Nonfiction
- Asian Pacific American Heritage Comics and Graphic Novels
- Bike Everywhere
- Book Group Best Bets - Nonfiction
- Biography/Memoir
- Breast Cancer Awareness
- Extreme Adventure
- Food Writing
- Gardening in the Pacific NW
- History
- Jeffery Gibson: Like a Hammer
- LGBTQ Poets
- LGBTQ Nonfiction
- Latinx Poetry
- The Library: Real and Imagined
- Life After 50
- Microhistories
- Native American Poetry
- Personal Finance
- Plays
- Rocktober
- Science
- Seattle Picks: 2019 Poetry Revisited
- Seattle Reads - Further Reading (Nonfiction)
- True Crime
- Washington State Nonfiction
- Zines and Zine culture