Staff Picks 

Check out what staff members at the Louisville Free Public Library are reading in May!


Terren - Administration
The Coal Tattoo: A Novel by Silas House


Nancye - Administration
The Dog Stars by Peter Heller


Melanie - Administration
The Robber Bride by Margaret Atwood


Angel - Bon Air
Big Data: A Revolution That Will Transform How We Live, Work, and Think by Viktor Mayer-Schonberger and Kenneth Cukier


Karen - Bon Air
Dark Triumph by Robin LaFevers


Lisa - Branch Services
Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking by Susan Cain


Sean - Computer Services
Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking by Malcolm Gladwell


Debbe - Content Management
A Killing in the Hills by Julia Keller


Caren - Crescent Hill
Merchant, Soldier, Sage: A History of the World in Three Castes by David Priestland


Carolyn - Crescent Hill
The Silence of Bonaventure Arrow by Rita Leganski


Gail - Crescent Hill
A Death in the Family by James Agee


Sally - Crescent Hill
One Second After by William R. Forstchen


Stevie - Fairdale
Requiem by Lauren Oliver


Jessi - Fern Creek
The Storyteller by Jodi Picoult


Brian - Highlands / Shelby Park
Horror Films of the 1970s by John Kenneth Muir


Ruth Ellen - Highlands / Shelby Park
Called to Serve: A History of Nuns in America by Margaret M. McGuinness


Stevi - Highlands / Shelby Park
The Secrets of Happy Families: Improve Your Mornings, Rethink Family Dinner, Fight Smarter, Go Out and Play, and Much More by Bruce S. Feiler


Sophie - Iroquois
This Is How You Lose Her by Junot Diaz


b]Susan - Iroquois
Design Like You Give A Damn: Architectural Responses to Humanitarian Crises, edited by Architecture for Humanity


Christi - Main Circulation
Wedding Night by Sophie Kinsella


Simon - Main Circulation
Toyo Ito: Forces of Nature, edited by Jessie Turnbull


Natalie - Main Children’s
Life After Life: A Novel by Kate Atkinson


Jody - Main Information Services
NOS4A2 by Joe Hill


Kathy - Main Information Services
The Stranger by Albert Camus


Kelly - Main Information Services
The Palace of Illusions by Chitra Divakaruni


Rebecca - Main Information Services
Wicked Appetite by Janet Evanovich


Tony - Main Information Services
Lone Wolf and Cub 3: The Flute of the Fallen Tiger by Kazuo Koike and Goseki Kojima


Alex - Middletown
The Dangerous Animals Club by Stephen Tobolowsky


Emily - Middletown
A Tale Dark and Grimm by Adam Gidwitz


Tina - Middletown
The Shining by Stephen King


Alexis - Okolona
A House Divided by Kimberla Lawson Roby


Shannon – Portland
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle


Heather - St. Matthews
The Assassin's Curse by Cassandra Rose Clarke


Sylvester - St. Matthews
How to Cheat in Photoshop Elements 11: Release Your Imagination by David Asch


LaQuisha - Shawnee
Manology by Tyrese Gibson and Rev. Run


Buddha - Shively
What Are Journalists For by jay rosen


Micah - Shively
The Hit by David Baldacci


Aimee - Southwest
Let's Explore Diabetes with Owls by David Sedaris


Garrett - Southwest
We Learn Nothing: Essays and Cartoons by Tim Kreider


Michael - Southwest
When Giants Walked the Earth: A Biography of Led Zeppelin by Mick Wall


Trevor - Southwest
Tenth of December by George Saunders