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Rape Culture, Survival & Reckoning

9/25/2020

Is Rape a Crime? Michelle Bowdler, 364.1532 BOW
Soulless: The Case Against R. Kelly, Jim DeRogatis, 364.153 DER
Catch and Kill, Ronan Farrow, 362.88 FAR *ª
Invisible Girls, Patti Feuereisen, 362.76 FEU
Nobody’s Victim, Carrie Goldberg, 305.42 GOL
Abused, Rachel Haines, 796.44 HAI
Speaking Truth to Power, Anita Hill, 340.092 HIL
Reckoning, Linda R. Hirshman, 305.42 HIR

The Reckonings, Lacy M. Johnson, 814 JOH
She Said, Jodi Kantor & Megan Twohey, 305.42 KAN *ª
Missoula, Jon Krakauer, 362.883 KRA *ª
At the Dark End of the Street, Danielle L. McGuire, 323.1196 MCG *
Know My Name, Chanel Miller, 364.1532 MIL *ª
A False Report, T. Christian Miller and Ken Armstrong, 364.1532 MIL *
Not That Bad, ed. Roxane Gay, 364.15 NOT *
The Girls, Abigail Pesta, 364.15 PES

No Visible Bruises, Rachel Louise Snyder, 362.82 SNY *
The Mother Of All Questions, Rebecca Solnit, 305.42 SOL
Goodbye Sweet Girl, Kelly Sundberg, 362.8292 SUN
Things We Didn’t Talk About When I Was a Girl, Jeannie Vanasco, 362.883 VAN *
Commute, Erin Williams, GN WIL
Jane Doe January, Emily Winslow, 362.883 WIN
You Too?, ed. Janet Gurtler, YA 176 YOU

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The Opioid Crisis & other drug addiction

8/28/2020

Nova: Addiction, DVD 611.81 ADD
Dignity, Chris Arnade, 362.5 ARN *
A House on Stilts, Paula Becker, 362.29 BEC
Overcoming Opioid Addiction, Adam Bisaga, 616.86 BIS *
My Heroes Have Always Been Junkies, Ed Brubaker & Sean Phillips, GN BRU
If You Love Me, Maureen Cavanagh, 362.29 CAV
American Fix, Ryan Hampton, 362.29 HAM
When These Mountains Burn, David Joy, F JOY
Tightrope, Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn, 306.0973 KRI *ª
The Not Good Enough Mother, Sharon Lamb, 306.874 LAM
Dopesick, Beth Macy, 362.29 MAC *ª
American Overdose, Chris McGreal, 362.29 MCG *

Long Bright River, Liz Moore, F MOO *ª
Robert B. Parker's The Bitterest Pill, Reed Farrel Coleman, M PAR STO-18 *ª
Pharma, Gerald L. Posner, 338.4 POS
Dreamland, Sam Quinones, 362.29 QUI *
In Pain, Travis N. Rieder, 362.29 RIE *ª
Drug Warrior, Jack Riley, 363.25 RIL
The Woman Inside, E.G. Scott, F SCO *ª
The Addiction Solution, Lloyd I. Sederer, 362.29 SED
High, David and Nic Sheff, 616.86 SHE
Understanding the Opioid Epidemic, DVD 362.29 UND
Smacked, Eilene Zimmerman, 362.29 ZIM *ª

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Award-Winning Fiction

8/19/2020

Laura here: I was recently asked about how to find award winners among the books in our adult Fiction collection. Here is a selection of books we own that are winners of some of the more high-profile prizes. Remember, there are many more awards than listed here, and most fiction genres have one or more awards of their own. Additionally, while over time, these prizes have become more diverse by awarding women and people of color, there is still a ways to go.

Continue reading for selections from among winners of: the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, the Nobel Prize for Literature, the National Book Award for Fiction, the Booker Prize, and the Women's Prize for Fiction.

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Modern Storytelling: Comedy, YouTube, TED Talks, & podcasts

7/15/2020

We Should All Be Feminists, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, 305.42 ADI *ª
Telling Your Story, Jerry Apps, 808.06692 APP
Thank You For My Service, Mat Best, 956.7044 BES ª
The Bill Murray Stories, DVD 791.43 BIL
The Gifts of Imperfection, Brené Brown, 158 BRO *
Riding the Elephant, Craig Ferguson 791.45 FER ª
Welcome to Night Vale, Fink & Cranor, F FIN *ª

Dad Is Fat, Jim Gaffigan 814 GAF *ª
Vacationland, John Hodgman, 817 HOD *ª
Wow, No Thank You, Samantha Irby, 814 IRB *ª
Thanks a Thousand, A.J. Jacobs, 179.9 JAC
Why Not Me? Mindy Kaling, 921 KALING *ª
Life In a Day, DVD 920 LIF
Waiting for the Punch, Marc Maron, 920.02 MAR *
The Greatest Love Story Ever Told, Megan Mullally & Nick Offerman, 791.45 MUL *ª

Binge, Tyler Oakley, YA 818.602 OAK *
Broken Places and Outer Spaces, Nnedi Okorafor 155.22 OKO
Yes Please, Amy Poehler, 921 POEHLER *ª
Well, That Escalated Quickly, Franchesca Ramsey, 791.45 RAM
Mobituaries, Mo Rocca, 920 ROC *ª
Brave, Not Perfect, Reshma Saujani, 155.33 SAU ª
Whose Story Is This?, Rebecca Solnit 814 SOL
Stories We Tell, DVD 306.85 STO
Self-Inflicted Wounds, Aisha Tyler, 921 TYLER

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Graphic Memoirs

7/15/2020

The Voyeurs, Gabrielle Bell, GN BEL
The Best We Could Do, Thi Bui, GN BUI *
Girl on Film, Cecil Castellucci, GN CAS
Dancing at the Pity Party, Tyler Feder, YA GN FED
A Fire Story, Brian Fies, GN FIE
I Was Their American Dream, Malaka Gharib, GN GHA
Fights, Joel Christian Gill, YA GN GIL
How to Understand Israel in 60 Days or Less, Sarah Glidden, GN GLI

Rosalie Lightning, Tom Hart, GN HAR
We Ate Wonder Bread, Nicole Hollander, GN HOL
Good Talk, Mira Jacob, GN JAC ª
Gender Queer, Maia Kobabe, GN KOB *
Belonging, Nora Krug, GN KRU ª
Last Things, Marissa Moss, GN MOS
Roots, Tara O’Connor, GN OCO
Tomboy, Liz Prince, YA GN PRI
Imagine Wanting Only This, Kristen Radtke, GN RAD

The Impostor’s Daughter, Laurie Sandell, GN SAN
Big Black: Stand at Attica, Frank “Big Black” Smith, GN SMI
The Fire Never Goes Out, Noelle Stevenson, GN STE
They Called Us Enemy, George Takei, GN TAK *
Honor Girl, Maggie Thrash, YA GN THR
Such a Lovely Little War, Marcelino Truong, GN TRU
Spinning, Tillie Walden, YA GN WAL
Commute, Erin Williams, GN WIL
Dear Scarlet, Teresa Wong, GN WON

A note from Laura: Graphic Memoirs are like graphic novels—illustrated stories—but tell a story from the author and/or illustrator's life. Comics are inherently a collaborative art, as different people may write, draw, color, and letter the story. Many graphic memoirs are written by those who do it all, but others tell someone's true story with assistance from other creative people. In our library, Graphic Memoirs are shelved with Graphic Novels. I have left off this list some of the "bigger names" or "classics" in Graphic Memoir, such as Alison Bechdel, Roz Chast, Lucy Knisley, John Lewis' March, Marjane Satrapi's Persepolis, and David Small's Stitches. I hope this list helps you discover new voices!

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Books in Translation

7/15/2020

The Linden Tree, César Aira, F AIR
Britt-Marie Was Here, Fredrik Backman, F BAC *ª
The Readers of Broken Wheel Recommend, Katarina Bivald, F BIV *ª
A User’s Guide to Neglectful Parenting, Guy Delisle, GN DEL 1
Sovietistan, Erika Fatland, 951.804 FAT
Eva’s Eye, Karin Fossum, M FOS SEJ-1 *ª
A Horse Walks Into a Bar, David Grossman F GRO *ª
Waking Lions, Ayelet Gundar-Goshen, F GUN
A River in Darkness, Masaji Ishikawa 951.93 ISH

The Plotters, Un-su Kim, F KIM
The Dinner, Herman Koch, F KOC *ª
The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up, Marie Kondo 648 KON *ª
Tell Me How It Ends, Valeria Luiselli 305.23 LUI *
The Beekeeper, Dunya Mikhail, 956.7 MIK
Kitaro, Shigeru Mizuki, YA GN MIZ
The Strange Library, Haruki Murakami, F MUR *ª
Tram 83, Fiston Mwanza Mujila, F MWA
Make Your Own Ideabook, Arne & Carlos, 745.59 NER
The Son, Jo Nesbø, M NES *ª

The Memory Police, Yoko Ogawa, F OGA *ª
The Red-Haired Woman, Orhan Pamuk, F PAM *
The House I Loved, Tatiana De Rosnay F ROS ª
To Die in Spring, Ralf Rothmann, F ROT
Two Sisters, Asne Seierstad, 956.9104 SEI
The Legacy, Yrsa Sigurdardottir, M SIG CHI-1
The Neighborhood, Mario Vargas Llosa, F VAR *
Reputations, Juan Gabriel Vasquez, F VAS
Vinland Saga, vol 1, Makoto Yukimura, GN YUK 1

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Tell me Your Story: Kids Audiobooks

6/18/2020

The Children’s Homer, Padraic Colum, +BOCD F COL
D’Aulaires’ Book of Greek Myths, Ingri & Edgar Parin D'Aulaire, +BOCD F DAU ª
Inkheart, Cornelia Funke, +BOCD F FUN *ª
The Inquisitor’s Tale, or, Three Magical Children and Their Dog, Adam Gidwitz, +BOCD F GID *ª
Mr. Lemoncello’s Library Olympics, Chris Grabenstein, +BOCD F GRA *ª
The 39-Storey Treehouse, Andy Griffiths, +BOCD F GRI *
Starry River of the Sky, Grace Lin, +BOCD F LIN
When the Sea Turned to Silver, Grace Lin, +BOCD F LIN *ª
The Great Cake Mystery, Alexander McCall Smith, +BOCD F MCC *ª
Cartwheeling in Thunderstorms, Katherine Rundell, +BOCD F RUN
Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians, Brandon Sanderson +BOCD F SAN *ª
Betty Before X, Ilyasah Shabazz, +BOCD F SHA
Nightbooks, J.A. White, +BOCD F WHI *ª
Girls Who Code: Learn to Code and Change the World, Reshma Saujani, +BOCD 005 SAU *
All in a Drop: How Antony, van Leeuwenhoek Discovered an Invisible World, Lori Alexander, +BOCD 579 ALE *ª
The Boys in the Boat: The True Story of an American Team's Epic Journey to Win Gold, Daniel James Brown, +BOCD 797 BRO *ª

Aru Shah and the End of Time, Roshani Chokshi, + DAB F CHO *ª
The Journey of Little Charlie, Christopher Paul Curtis, + DAB F CUR *ª
Blended, Sharon Draper, + DAB F DRA *ª
Refugee 87, Ele Fountain, + DAB F FOU
Battle of Champions, Henry Lien, + DAB F LIE
Stories for Boys Who Dare to Be Different, Ben Brooks, + DAB 920 BRO ª
Stories for Kids Who Dare to Be Different, Ben Brooks, + DAB 920 BRO

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Tell Me Your Story: Kids Movies

6/18/2020

Dazzle Ships, +DVD 940.4 DAZ
Astro Girl, +DVD AST
The BFG, +DVD BFG
The Black Stallion, +DVD BLA
The Breadwinner, +DVD BRE
Captain Underpants, +DVD CAP
Dreamers, +DVD DRE
Faerie Tale Theatre, +DVD FAE
Ferdinand, +DVD FER
Goodnight Moon and Other Sleepy Tales, +DVD GOO
Goosebumps, +DVD GOO
Grand Canyon, +DVD GOO

Heidi, +DVD HEI
Hugo, +DVD HUG
The Napping House and More Stories that Rhyme, +DVD NAP
Noisy Nora and More Stories by Rosemary Wells, +DVD NOI
The Poky Little Puppy & Friends, +DVD POK
Rapunzel and More Classic Fairy Tales, +DVD RAP
Redwoods, +DVD RED
Rescue and Jessica: A Life Changing Friendship, +DVD RES
The Secret Garden, +DVD SEC
Storywatchers Club: World Folktales, +DVD STO
Thank You, Omu, +DVD THA
Two Friends, +DVD TWO
The Wind in the Willows: a Tale of Two Toads, +DVD WIN
Wolfie the Bunny and Other Rabbit Adventures, +DVD WOL
Wonder, +DVD WON
Wonderstruck, +DVD WON
A Wrinkle in Time, +DVD WRI

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Tell Me Your Story: Picture Books

6/18/2020

How to Read a Book, Kwame Alexander, ++ALE
How this Book Was Made, Mac Barnett, ++BAR
The Best Place to Read, Debbie Bertram, ++BER *
Just One More Story, Jennifer Brutschy, ++BRU
A Very Late Story, Marianna Coppo, ++COP
My Mighty Journey, A Waterfall's Story, John Coy, ++COY
Stories of the Night, Kitty Crowther, ++CRO
Letters from Bear, Gauthier David, ++DAV
The Fish Who Cried Wolf, Julia Donaldson, ++DON
The Storyteller's Candle, or La velita de los cuentos, Lucia Gonzalez, ++GON

A Story, a Story: An African Tale, Gail Haley, ++HAL
Ralph Tells a Story, Abby Hanlon, ++HAN
Rocket Writes a Story, Tad Hills, ++HIL *
Little Red Writing, Joan Holub ++HOL *
A Child of Books, Oliver Jeffers, ++JEF
A Squiggly Story, Andrew Larsen, ++LAR
Lift, Minh Le, ++LE
Idea Jar, Adam Lehrhaupt, ++LEH
Chapter Two Is Missing!, Josh Lieb, ++LIE
The Story I'll Tell, Nancy Tupper Ling, ++LIN
Look! I Wrote a Book! (And You Can Too), Sally Lloyd-Jones, ++LLO

A Perfectly Messed-up Story, Patrick McDonnell, ++MCD
Lola at the Library, Anna McQuinn, ++MCQ
How to Read a Story, Kate Messner, ++MES
Reading Makes You Feel Good, Todd Parr, ++PAR
I Want a Bedtime Story, Tony Ross, ++ROS
Story Time for Little Porcupine, Joseph Slate, ++SLA
The Best Story, Eileen Spinelli, ++SPI
Ideas Are All Around, Phillip Stead, ++STE
Interrupting Chicken and the Elephant of Surprise, David Ezra Stein, ++STE *

I Want to Be in a Scary Story, Sean Taylor, ++TAY
Grandfather Tang's Story, Ann Tompert, ++TOM
The Storyteller, Evan Turk, ++TUR
The Tickle Stories, Jean Van Leeuwen, ++VAN
Wait! I Want to Tell You a Story, Tom Willans, ++WIL
Hooray for Books, Brian Won, ++WON
A Quieter Story, Liza Woodruff, ++WOO
I Am a Story, Dan Yaccarino, ++YAC
The Whisperer, Pamela Zagarenski, ++ZAN

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Mythology & Folklore, adaptations & retellings

6/16/2020

The Wrath and the Dawn, Renee Ahdieh, YA AHD WRA 1 *ª
The Annotated African American Folktales ed. Gates & Tatar, 398.2089 ANN
The Arabian Nights, tr. Husain Haddawy, 398.22 ARA
The Norwegian Folktales of Asbjornsen and Moe, tr. Tiina Nunnally 398.2 ASB
Beowulf, trans. Seamus Heaney 829 BEO ª
Through the Woods, Emily Carroll GN CAR
The Canterbury Tales, Geoffrey Chaucer, retold Peter Ackroyd, 821 CHA
A Wild Swan, Michael Cunningham, F CUN *

Malinche, Laura Esquivel, F ESQ
ODY-C, Matt Fraction GN FRA
American Gods, Neil Gaiman, F GAI *ª
Norse Mythology, Neil Gaiman, F GAI *ª
Fairy Tales from the Brothers Grimm, Philip Pullman, 398.20943 GRI
The Mere Wife, Maria Dahvana Headley F HEA
Dream Angus, Alexander McCall Smith, F MCC
Circe, Madeline Miller, F MIL *ª
Gods of Jade and Shadow, Silvia Moreno-Garcia, SF MOR *ª

The Penguin Book of Mermaids, ed. Bacchilega and Brown, 398.21 PEN
Fearless Girls, Wise Women, & Beloved Sisters, Kathleen Ragan, 398.2082 RAG
The Cassandra, Sharma Shields, F SHI
A Thousand Beginnings and Endings, ed. Oh and Chapman, YA THO
House of Names, Colm Toibin, F TOI
The Legend of Sigurd and Gudrun, J. R. R. Tolkien, SF TOL *
Trickster, Matt Dembicki, YA GN TRI *

A note from Laura: Humans have always told stories to explore and explain the world, so myths and tales often have roots in religious traditions. Inclusion on or exclusion from this list is not meant to promote or denigrate any cultural or religious tradition.

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