Staff Faves 2022: Fiction
Every year we ask our staff across the system for their favorite books published in a given year. Enjoy these fiction staff favorites, some with comments from staff, together with blurbs from the publishers. (Created November 2022)
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Vladimir
"An English professor in her late 50s becomes infatuated with a new addition to the department - a handsome, married younger man - while her husband, the chair of the department, is accused of being a sexual predator by former students. A provocative take on the current political and cultural climate." - Frank
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Real Sugar Is Hard To Find: A Collection Of Stories By
"A collection of queer sci fi stories about climate change, reproductive rights, and interpersonal trauma. This anthology is uniquely arranged from dystopian to increasingly utopian. The world building of each story is really well done, and I deeply appreciated the inclusion of a detailed list of trigger warnings for each story." - Jennie
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Nettle & Bone
"A spare princess leaves the nunnery, gathers some unlikely companions (a gravewitch, a godmother, a knight, and a demon-possessed chicken) and heads off on a quest to save her sister from an abusive prince. Adventurous, funny, and a little disturbing." - Andrea
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Babel
"The author herself calls this the love child of The Secret History and Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell–two of her favorite books. It's a dark academia historical fantasy set in 1830s Oxford that explores secret societies, student revolution, and empire. We meet four students who study languages in a prestigious Institute where the magic that runs the world is created and maintained. They get so wrapped up in their studies and enticed by the luxury & glamour at Oxford, that they don't see at first that their work may not be as altruistic as they were told. This book starts as a slow burn but once the fuse is lit–it's fireworks all the way to the end. This is a smart, thought-provoking, & utterly unforgettable read that fires on all cylinders." - Misha
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Yerba Buena
The debut adult novel by the bestselling and award-winning YA author Nina LaCour, following two women on a star-crossed journey toward each other. At once exquisite and expansive, astonishing in its humanity and heart, Yerba Buena is a love story for our time and a propulsive journey through the lives of two women finding their way in the world.
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Bliss Montage
"A new creation by the author of Severance, the stories in Bliss Montage crash through our carefully built mirages. "I'm still thinking of these unexpected, layered, and surreal short stories." - Eric
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Heartbreaker
A fierce, fearless heroine is on a mission to steal a duke's secrets...and his heart. When the two find themselves on a breakneck journey across Britain on a trip filled with bad weather, bad luck, and a surprising lack of beds, Adelaide soon realizes that this perfect duke kisses like a proper scoundrel, and is turning out to be a thief in his own right...
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Homicide and Halo-halo
Death at a beauty pageant turns Tita Rosie's Kitchen upside down in the latest entry of this witty and humorous cozy mystery series by Mia P. Manansala, author of Arsenic and Adobo.
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Sea of Tranquility
In order to investigate an anomaly in the North American wilderness, a detective travels hundreds of years in the past and meets a young Englishman exiled to Canada in 1912 and a famous writer who lives on a moon colony but is on a book tour on Earth in 2203.
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Acts of Violet
From Margarita Montimore, the author of GMA Book Club pick and national bestseller Oona Out of Order, Acts of Violet is a dazzling and twisty new novel about a famous magician who disappears, leaving her sister to figure out what really happened. "The audiobook is especially good! It's full cast and really brings the podcast portions to life." - Margie
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