Librarian List: Top 5 Picks Books Librarians Love
Week of November 24:

1. The Secret Keeper by Kate Morton
2. Juliet, Naked by Nick Hornby
3. A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan
4. City of Secrets by Kelli Stanley
5. Murder and Mendelssohn by Kerry Greenwood

Five Keywords used to generate results: music, secrets, mystery, female detectives, suspense (based on words popular in culture this week)

Librarian List: Top 5 Picks Books Librarians Love
Week of November 17:

1. Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan
2. Blood & Beauty by Sarah Dunant
3. Golden State by Michelle Richmond
4. God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater by Kurt Vonnegut
5. Brave New World by Aldous Huxley

Five Keywords used to generate results: politics, twitter, romance, dystopian, adventure (based on words popular in culture this week)

Librarian List: Top 5 Picks Books Librarians Love
Week of November 11:

1. Outlander by Diana Gabaldon
2. All the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthy
3. Twilight: New Moon by Stephanie Meyer
4. The Moon and the Sun by Vonda McIntyre
5. Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins

Five Keywords used to generate results: exciting, shooting, new moon, fire, romance (based on words popular in culture this week)

Librarian List: Top 5 Picks Books Librarians Love
Week of November 4:

1. Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark by Alvin Schwartz
2. Revolution by Jennifer Donnelly
3. The Quick by Lauren Owen
4. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling
5. Speaking from Among the Bones by Alan Bradley

Five Keywords used to generate results: halloween, ghosts, time travel, historical, horror (based on words popular in culture this week)

Librarian List: Top 5 Picks Books Librarians Love
Week of October 28:

1. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
2. Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
3. This Book Is Overdue by Marilyn Johnson
4. Heist Society by Ally Carter
5. Don’t Turn Around by Michelle Gagnon

Five Keywords used to generate results: lawsuit, computers, hackers, crime, justice (based on words popular in culture this week)

Librarian List: Top 5 Picks Books Librarians Love
Week of October 21:

1. The Cardturner by Louis Sachar
2. Kidnap & Ransom by Michelle Gagnon
3. Murder at the Lantern Rouge by Cara Black
4. All Unquiet Things by Anna Jarzab
5. Inherent Vice by Thomas Pynchon

Five Keywords used to generate results: kidnapping, murder, gambling, vice, adversity (based on words popular in culture this week)

Librarian List: Top 5 Picks Books Librarians Love
Week of October 14:

1. The Flamethrowers by Rachel Kushner
2. Deaf Republic by Ilya Kaminsky
3. Her Right Foot by Dave Eggers
4. The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
5. Divergent by Veronica Roth

Five Keywords used to generate results: protests, outcasts, rebellions, dishonesty, art (based on words popular in culture this week)

Librarian List: Top 5 Picks Books Librarians Love
Week of October 7:

1. Me Before You by Jojo Moyes
2. The Book Thief by Marcus Zusak
3. How Good It Can Be by Michelle Zaffino
4. Jacob Have I Loved by Katherine Patterson
5. The Lord of the Flies by William Golding

Five Keywords used to generate results: death, heartbreak, social issues, survivors, young adult (based on words popular in culture this week)

Librarian List: Top 5 Picks Books Librarians Love
Week of September 30:

1. I'll Give you the Sun by Jandy Nelson
2. Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher
3. The Love Quad by Michelle Zaffino
4. Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson
5. Looking for Alaska by John Green

Five Keywords used to generate results: teens, adventure, LGBTQ, trauma, underage drinking (based on words popular in culture this week)

Librarian List: Top 5 Picks Books Librarians Love
Week of September 23

1. The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley
2. Blubber by Judy Blume
3. Blood and Chocolate by Annette Curtis Klause
4. The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier
5. Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert

Five Keywords used to generate results: teenage, love, alternative, food, coming of age (based on words popular in culture this week)

Librarian List: Top 5 Picks Books Librarians Love
Week of September 16:

1. The Secret Keeper by Kate Morton
2. Juliet, Naked by Nick Hornby
3. A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan
4. City of Secrets by Kelli Stanley
5. Murder and Mendelssohn by Kerry Greenwood

Five Keywords used to generate results: music, secrets, mystery, female detectives, suspense (based on words popular in culture this week)

Librarian List: Top 5 Picks Books Librarians Love
Week of September 9:

1. Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan
2. Blood & Beauty by Sarah Dunant
3. Golden State by Michelle Richmond
4. God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater by Kurt Vonnegut
5. Brave New World by Aldous Huxley

Five Keywords used to generate results: politics, twitter, romance, dystopian, adventure (based on words popular in culture this week)