Book Bingo: Flower on the Cover
Here are some suggestions for your 2025 Book Bingo NW category: Flower on the cover/in the title. Book Bingo is our annual adult summer reading program presented in partnership with Seattle Arts & Lectures and King County Library System.
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The River Has Roots
Fiction. Two sisters fight their way back to each other across death and Faerie through riddle songs and murder ballads. A book you’ll want to revisit like a favorite song, especially once you know the words to sing along. (Kirkus)
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The Love Remedy
Fiction. Private inquiry agent Jonathan Thorne meets Lucinda Peterson as she's asking his colleague to murder her former lover. Melancholy and sexy in turns, a neo-Victorian love story that puts reproductive rights at the heart of a romance. (Kirkus)
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Let Only Red Flowers Bloom
Nonfiction. An inside look at Xi Jinping’s China through the eyes of its discontents and dissidents. Essential reading for anyone interested in geopolitics—or the world of the near future. (Kirkus)
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The Book of (more) Delights
Nonfiction. In this follow-up to The Book of Delights, the esteemed poet catalogs more quiet pleasures and causes for gratitude. Keenly observed and delivered with deftness, these essays are a testament to the artfulness of attention and everyday joy. (Kirkus)
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A Tropical Rebel Gets the Duke
Fiction. A female doctor in 1880s Paris becomes entangled with a duke... Herrera infuses their romance with her trademark sensuality while using their story to probe themes of racism, sexism, and abortion access. (Publishers Weekly)
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Those Fatal Flowers
Fiction. Ives weaves together Roman mythology and early American history in this dark, atmospheric debut. This unsettling and thought-provoking blend of myth, history, and dark fantasy will leave readers reflecting on its deeper themes. (Booklist)
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The Ghost Orchid
Fiction. Kellerman’s robust latest procedural featuring psychologist Alex Delaware and his best friend, L.A. homicide detective Milo Sturgis, couples a deceptively complex central mystery with surprisingly nuanced character development. It’s both a treat for longtime fans and a great entry point for newcomers. (Publishers Weekly)
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The Honeys
Teen Fiction. A genderfluid 17-year-old attends a seemingly idyllic summer camp in order to investigate their twin sister’s death. La Sala delivers a sharply observed, imaginative tale of grief, destruction, and the transcendent nature of the reinvention that follows the aftermath of death. (Kirkus)
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Yerba Buena
Fiction. When Sara's old life catches up to her, upending everything she thought she wanted just as Emilie has finally gained her own sense of purpose, they must decide if their love is more powerful than their pasts. At once exquisite and expansive, astonishing in its humanity and heart. (Publisher description)
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The Garden Against Time
Nonfiction. In 2020, Olivia Laing began to restore an eighteenth-century walled garden in Suffolk, an overgrown Eden of unusual plants. The work brought to light a crucial question for our age: Who gets to live in paradise, and how can we share it while there's still time? (Publisher description)
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