Category: Adults

Hispanic Heritage Month - Adult Fiction

9/15/2023

National Hispanic Heritage Month is September 15 - October 15. Celebrate by reading novels by Hispanic and Latino creators! Starred titles are also available on our shelves in Spanish.

Family Lore by Elizabeth Acevedo, print | ebook | eaudio
The King Is Always above the People by Daniel Alarcón, print
*The Wind Knows My Name by Isabel Allende, translated by Frances Riddle, print | ebook | eaudio
*Afterlife by Julia Alvarez, print | large print | ebook | eaudio
The Storyteller’s Death by Ann Dávila Cardinal, print | ebook
Where We Come From by Oscar Cásares, large print
Next Year in Havana by Chanel Cleeton, print | ebook | eaudio
*The Night Travelers by Armando Lucas Correa, translated by Nick Caistor, Faye Williams & Cecilia Molinari, print
*Dominicana by Angie Cruz, print | ebook | eaudio
*Cantoras by Carolina De Robertis, print | ebook
Death Comes in through the Kitchen, Teresa Dovalpage, print
Infinite Country by Patricia Engel, print | ebook | eaudio
Woman of Light by Kali Fajardo-Anstine, print | ebook | eaudio
Olga Dies Dreaming by Xochitl Gonzalez, print | ebook | eaudio
The Book of Unknown Americans by Cristina Henríquez, print | ebook | eaudio
The Sisters of Alameda Street by Lorena Hughes, print
The Devil Takes You Home by Gabino Iglesias, print | eaudio
*Lost Children Archive by Valeria Luiselli, print | large print | ebook | eaudio
Velvet Was the Night by Silvia Moreno-Garcia, print | ebook | eaudio
The Rock Eaters by Brenda Peynado, print | ebook
The Affairs of the Falcóns by Melissa Rivero, print
The Resurrection of Fulgencio Ramirez by Rudy Ruiz, print
*Las Madres by Esmeralda Santiago, print | ebook
The Wedding Crasher by Mia Sosa, print | ebook | eaudio
Everyone Knows You Go Home by Natalia Sylvester, print
Good Night, Irene by Luis Alberto Urrea, print | ebook | eaudio

Celebramos el mes de la herencia hispana desde el 15 de septiembre hasta al 15 de octubre. Estos libros ficción para adultos son de autores y artistes latinos. Estos libros están disponibles en español en la biblioteca de Monroe. Los libros con estrellas también son disponibles aquí en inglés.

*El viento conoce mi nombre por Isabel Allende, libro | ebook | eaudio
*Más allá por Julia Álvarez, traducido por Mercedes Guhl, libro | eaudio
*La viajera nocturna por Armando Lucas Correa, libro | ebook
*Dominicana por Angie Cruz, traducido por Kianny N. Antigua, libro | ebook
*Cantoras por Carolina De Robertis, traducido por la autora, libro
En el viaje por Anaí López, libro
*Desierto sonoro por Valeria Luiselli, traducido por Daniel Saldaña París y la autora, libro
La fruta del borrachero por Ingrid Rojas Contreras, traducido por Guillermo Arreola, libro
*Las madres por Esmeralda Santiago, traducido por Eva Ibarzábal, libro
Peregrinos por Sofía Segovia, libro
Una novela criminal por Jorge Volpi, libro

Women & Magic

6/23/2023

The Sugar Queen, Sarah Addison Allen, print | ebook | eaudio
When We Were Birds, Ayanna Lloyd Banwo, print | ebook
The Thinking Woman’s Guide to Real Magic, Emily Croy Barker, print | ebook | eaudio
We Ride upon Sticks, Quan Barry, print | ebook | eaudio
Summerlong, Peter S. Beagle, print
Black Candle Women, Diane Marie Brown, print | large print | ebook | eaudio
The Storyteller's Death, Ann Dávila Cardinal, print | ebook
Bestiary, K-Ming Chang, print | ebook
The Bone Witch, Rin Chupeco, print | ebook | eaudio
The Inheritance of Orquídea Divina, Zoraida Córdova, print | ebook | eaudio
Magic for Liars, Sarah Gailey, print | ebook | eaudio
The Witch’s Heart, Genevieve Gornichec, print | ebook | eaudio
Practical Magic, Alice Hoffman, print | ebook | eaudio
The Sisters of Alameda Street, Lorena Hughes, print
Caul Baby, Morgan Jerkins, print | ebook | eaudio
Witches, Brenda Lozano, print | ebook
The Witches of New York, Ami McKay, print | ebook
Circe, Madeline Miller, print | large print | audio | ebook | eaudio
Akata Witch, Nnedi Okorafor, print | ebook | eaudio
The Book of Lost Saints, Daniel José Older, print
The Sisters Grimm, Menna van Praag, print | eaudio
Gold Diggers, Sanjena Sathian, print | ebook | eaudio
The Shattered Court, M. J. Scott, print | ebook
The Chosen and the Beautiful, Nghi Vo, print | ebook | eaudio

Domestic Violence Awareness Month

10/11/2022

October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month, and we've partnered with Green Haven Family Advocates to bring you a list of resources and personal stories regarding partner violence and family violence. Green Haven's 24-hour Crisis Line is (608) 325-7711. Reach out to them if you need assistance.

*Why Does He Do That?, Lundy Bancroft, print | ebook
It’s My Life Now, Meg Kennedy Dugan & Roger R. Hock, print
It Wasn't Your Fault, Beverly Engel, print
Invisible Chains, Lisa Aronson Fontes, print
Invisible Girls, Patti Feuereisen, print
Surviving, Beverly Gooden, print
I Just Want Out, Jodi Schuelke, print
Goodbye Sweet Girl, Kelly Sundberg, print
No Visible Bruises, Rachel Louise Snyder, print | ebook
*Surviving Domestic Violence, Elaine Weiss, print
A Safe Place for Women, Kelly White, print

Starred titles are specifically recommended by Green Haven.

Hispanic Heritage Month - Adults

10/4/2022

September 15 - October 15 is National Hispanic Heritage Month! Take a look at these books from adult nonfiction celebrating Latino and Hispanic Americans and their heritage and cultures. Starred titles are also available in Spanish; see below.

Once upon a Quinceañera, Julia Alvarez, print | eaudio
*Perfectly You, Mariana Atencio, print
Hola Papi, John Paul Brammer, print | ebook | eaudio
A House of My Own, Sandra Cisneros, print
Decoding Despacito, Leila Cobo, print
Magical Realism for Non-Believers, Anika Fajardo, print
American Like Me, America Ferrera & others, print | ebook | eaudio
Mexicanos, Manuel G. Gonzales, print
*A Dream Called Home, Reyna Grande, print
Happiness Will Follow, Mike Hawthorne, print
*Once I Was You, Maria Hinojosa, print | ebook | eaudio
*I Am These Truths, Sunny Hostin, print | eaudio
My Broken Language, Quiara Alegría Hudes, print | ebook | eaudio
Tell Me How It Ends, Valeria Luiselli, print | ebook
In the Dream House, Carmen Maria Machado, print | ebook | eaudio
Mi Cocina, Rick Martínez, print |
For Brown Girls with Sharp Edges and Tender Hearts, Prisca Dorcas Mojíca Rodriguez, print |
Rita Moreno: A Memoir, Rita Moreno, print |
The Crusades of Cesar Chavez, Miriam Pawel, print |
*Finding Latinx, Paola Ramos, print |
We Heard It When We Were Young, Chuy Renteria, print |
*The Man Who Could Move Clouds, Ingrid Rojas Contreras, print |
Where I Come from, Aarón Sánchez, print |
Crying in the Bathroom, Erika L. Sánchez, print | ebook
*App Kid, Michael Sayman, print |
My Beloved World, Sonia Sotomayor, print | ebook | eaudio
Translation Nation, Héctor Tobar, print |
*Trejo, Danny Trejo, print | ebook | eaudio

Celebramos el mes de la herencia hispana entre el 15 de septiembre al 15 de octubre. Estos libros no ficción para adultos describen personas y culturas latinas en los Estados Unidos. Estos libros están disponibles en español en la biblioteca de Monroe.

Perfectamente tú, Mariana Atencio, traducido por los editores, print | ebook | eaudio
La búsqueda de un sueño, Reyna Grande, traducido por Víctor Uribe, print
Una vez fui tú, Maria Hinojosa, traducido por Angélica Ramírez, print | eaudio
Yo soy estas verdades, Sunny Hostin, traducido por Sheilly Vásquez y Natalia Bird Jové, print | ebook | eaudio
Latinx, Paola Ramos, traducido por Hugo López Blanco Calderón, print
El hombre que movía las nubes, Ingrid Rojas Contreras, traducido por Mercedes Guhl, print | ebook
App Kid en español, Michael Sayman, traducido por Melanie Márquez Adams, print
Trejo, Danny Trejo, traducido por Cecilia Molinari, print | ebook

Oceans & Ocean Animals

6/10/2022

Aquarela, BLU
Life on the Rocks: Building a Future for Coral Reefs, Juli Berwald, print
Galápagos: Preserving Darwin's Legacy, Tui De Roy, print
Ocean: A Global Odyssey, Sylvia A. Earle, print
Great White Odyssey, DVD
Moby-Duck, Donovan Hohn, print | ebook
War of the Whales, Joshua Horwitz, print | ebook | eaudio
Invasion of the Killer Whales, DVD
Citizens of the Sea, Nancy Knowlton, print
A Life among Whales, DVD
Octopus Seahorse Jellyfish, David Liittschwager, print
Ocean Odyssey, BLU
The Encyclopedia of Sharks, Steve Parker, print
Reef Rescue, DVD
Shark Drunk, Morten Strøksnes, print
Coral Reef Curiosities, Chuck Weikert, print
Below the Edge of Darkness, Edith Widder, print
Wild Deep: Seven Continents, DVD | BLU

Fiction: Islands & Coasts

6/10/2022

The Last Train to Key West, Chanel Cleeton, print | ebook | eaudio
Sweetland, Michael Crummey, print | ebook
Claire of the Sea Light, Edwidge Danticat, print | ebook | eaudio
Cantoras, Carolina de Robertis, print | ebook
The Lightkeepers, Abby Geni, print
They All Fall Down, Rachel Howzell Hall, print | ebook | eaudio
The Old Man and the Sea, Ernest Hemingway, print | audio CD | ebook | eaudio
Our Homesick Songs, Emma Hooper, print | ebook
Southernmost, Silas House, print | ebook
Allie & Bea, Catherine Ryan Hyde, print
Murder on the Rocks, Karen MacInerney, print | ebook | eaudio
The Lighthouse, Paco Roca, print
The Island of Sea Women, Lisa See, print | ebook | eaudio
Something in the Water, Catherine Steadman, print | ebook | eaudio
The Light between Oceans, M.L. Stedman, print | large print | ebook | eaudio
The Shark Club, Ann Kidd Taylor, print | ebook | eaudio
Remarkably Bright Creatures, Shelby Van Pelt, print | ebook | eaudio
Galápagos, Kurt Vonnegut, print
Adé: a Love Story, Rebecca Walker, print

Ships, Pirates & Islands

6/9/2022

Anote’s Ark, DVD
Rebels at Sea, Eric Jay Dolin, print
438 Days, Jonathan Franklin, print | eaudio
Fifty Ships that Changed the Course of History, Ian Graham, print
Kon-Tiki, Thor Heyerdahl, print
Pirate Hunters, Robert Kurson, print | audio CD | ebook | eaudio
In the Heart of the Sea, Nathaniel Philbrick, print | ebook | eaudio
The Atlas of Shipwrecks & Treasure, Nigel Pickford, print
Pirates! Scourge of the Seven Seas, DVD
Flying Cloud, David W. Shaw, print
In the Kingdom of Ice, Hampton Sides, print | audio CD | ebook | eaudio
Monturiol’s Dream, Matthew Stewart, print
Sealand, Dylan Taylor-Lehman, print
Born to be Hanged, Keith Thomson, print
Sea People, Christina Thompson, print
Six Frigates, Ian W. Toll, print
Unfamiliar Fishes, Sarah Vowell, print
Atlantic, Simon Winchester, print | ebook | eaudio
Pacific, Simon Winchester, print | audio CD

Great Lakes & American Waterways

6/8/2022

Door Way, Norbert Blei, print
The River of Kings, Taylor Brown, print | ebook | eaudio
Once Upon a River, Bonnie Jo Campbell, print
The Living Great Lakes, Jerry Dennis, print | ebook
The Source, Martin Doyle, print
The Death and Life of the Great Lakes, Dan Egan, print | ebook | eaudio
Manhattan Beach, Jennifer Egan, print | large print | ebook | eaudio
The Great Lakes: The Natural History of a Changing Region, Wayne Grady, print
Raft of Stars, Andrew J. Graff, print | large print | playaway | ebook | eaudio
Great Lakes Chronicle: Essays on Coastal Wisconsin, print
Milwaukee: A City Built on Water, John Gurda, print | ebook
The River Swimmer, Jim Harrison, print | eaudio
Iron Lake, William Kent Krueger, print | large print | ebook | eaudio
Sustaining Lake Superior, Nancy Langston, print | ebook
Return to Wake Robin, Marnie O. Mamminga, print | audio CD | ebook
Where the River Ends, Charles Martin, print | ebook | eaudio
Perimeter: A Contemporary Portrait of Lake Michigan, Kevin J. Miyazaki, print | ebook
Niagara Falls, DVD
Lake Superior, Grace Lee Nute, print
Star Lake Saloon and Housekeeping Cottages, Sara Rath, print | ebook
Great Lakes Lighthouses, Bruce Roberts & Ray Jones, print
Mighty Fitz, Michael Schumacher, print | ebook
Death Stalks Door County, Patricia Skalka, print | ebook
Life on the Mississippi, Mark Twain, print | ebook | eaudio
Wisconsin Lighthouses, Ken & Barb Wardius, print | ebook

Fiction: Ships & Oceans

6/7/2022

White Plague, James Abel, print | large print | ebook
Meg, Steve Alten, print | eaudio
The Blue, Lucy Clarke, print
In Waves, A.J. Dungo, print
Into the Drowning Deep, Mira Grant, print | ebook
Middle Passage, Charles Johnson, print
The Unknown Shore, Patrick O’Brian, print
The Cat’s Table, Michael Ondaatje, print | ebook | eaudio
The Whiteness of the Whale, David Poyer, print
The Lifeboat, Charlotte Rogan, print | audio CD | eaudio
The Terror, Dan Simmons, print | ebook | eaudio
The Deep, Rivers Solomon, print | ebook | eaudio
Termination Shock, Neal Stephenson, print | ebook | eaudio
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, Jules Verne, print | several ebook & eaudio editions available
The Caine Mutiny, Herman Wouk, print

Pollution & Climate Change

6/6/2022

Chasing Lakes, Katey Walter Anthony, coming in June
Running Out: In Search of Water on the High Plains, Lucas Bessire, print
The Poisoned City, Anna Clark, print
The Atlas of Disappearing Places, Christina Conklin & Marina Psaros, print
Extreme Ice, DVD
Toms River, Dan Fagin, print
The Big Thirst, Charles Fishman, print
Flint’s Deadly Water, DVD
The Complete Guide to Water Storage, Julie Fryer, print
The Water Will Come, Jeff Goodell, print | ebook
The End of Ice, Dahr Jamail, print
Disasterology, Samantha Montano, print
Paradise Falls, Keith O’Brien, print
Rising, Elizabeth Rush, print
Sinking Cities, DVD (disc 1 | disc 2)

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Booklists and reading suggestions from the team at Monroe Public Library.

After each title, you'll find links to reserve these items on LINKcat and Wisconsin's Digital Library. In many cases, you can choose from print, large print, audio CD, and Playaway, or ebooks and eaudiobooks.

(LINKcat links from 2021 through 4/2022 may be broken. We'll fix them ASAP!)

For lists before 2021:
Titles with an asterisk * are available as ebooks and titles with an ª are available as digital audiobooks on Wisconsin's Digital Library.