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 Novels We Love 2018
- 2019 Lambda Awards Fiction and Poetry
- African American
- American Classics
- Asian American
- Book Group Reads
- Fantasy
- Graphic Novels and Comics
- Historical Fiction
- Horror
- International
- Latinx
- LGBTQ Classics
- LGBTQ Fiction
- Mystery/Thriller
- Northwest Fiction
- Romance
- Science Fiction
- Seattle Fiction
- Seattle Reads
- Seattle Reads 2019
- Short Classics
Adult nonfiction
- 10 Nonfiction Books We Love 2018
- 2019 Lambda Awards: Graphic Novel, Memoir, and Nonfiction Finalists
- 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
- Life After 50
- Microhistories
- Personal Finance
- Plays
- Rocktober
- Science
- Seattle Reads - Further Reading (Nonfiction)
- True Crime
- Washington State Nonfiction
- Zines and Zine culture