Saturday, November 29, 2014

2014 Gift Book Suggestions from the Staff of the Northfield Public Library



Fiction

All the Light We Cannot See—Anthony Doerr
Museum of Extraordinary Things—Alice Hoffman
Cambridge—Susanna Kaysen
Goldfinch—Donna Tartt
The Invention of Wings—Sue Monk Kidd
The Assassination of Margaret Thatcher; stories—Hillary Mantel
The Children Act—Ian McEwan
The Arsonist—Sue Miller
Still Life With Bread Crumbs—Anna Quindlen
Lila—Marilynne Robinson
Nora Webster—Colm Toibin
 

Non Fiction

Before we Say Goodnight: How to tell Bedtime Stories about Your Life and Family—Hank Frazee
Can’t we Talk About Something More Pleasant? A Memoir—Roz Chast
Empathy Exams: Essays—Leslie Jamison
A Farm Dies Once a Year—Arlo Crawford
In the Kingdom of Ice: the Grand and Terrible Voyage of the U.S.S.
Jeannette—Hampton Sides
Lego Architecture: the Visual Guide—Phillip Wilkinson
Minnesota’s Own: Preserving our Grand Homes—Larry Millett
Texts from Jane Eyre– Mallory Ortberg
Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End—Atul Gawande
Yes, Please—Amy Poehler
 
 Cookbooks
 
 America: Farm to Table: Simple, Delicious Recipes Celebrating
 Local Farmers—Mario Batali
 Baking Bible—Rose Levy Berenbaum
 Lake Superior Flavors: a Field  Guide to Food and Drink Along the Circle Tour—James R. Norton
 Make some Beer: Small Batch Recipes from Brooklyn to Bamburg– Erica Shea
 Make it Ahead: a Barefoot Contessa Cookbook—Ina Garten
 
 Children’s Picture Books
 
 Book with No Pictures—B.J. Novak
 Duck Sock Hop—Jane Kohuth
 I Wish I Had a Pet—Maggie Rudy
 Ninja Red Riding Hood—Corey Schwartz
 The Secret Life of Squirrels—Nancy Rose
 Little Blue Truck’s Christmas—Alice Shertle