Provo City Library Staff Reviews

The Great Fire: One American's Mission to Rescue Victims of the 20th Century's First Genocide by Lou Ureneck HarperCollins, 2015...

Nobody Walks by Mick Herron Soho Crime, 2015.  296 pgs.  Mystery Nobody Walks  is as well written a thriller--or book of any kind--tha...

Still Foolin' 'Em: Where I've Been, Where I'm Going, and Where the Hell Are My Keys By Billy Crystal Henry Holt and Co.,...

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee Warner Books, 1988. 296 pp. Fiction This is one of those classic novels I somehow missed all throu...

Information Doesn't Want to be Free by Cory Doctorow McSweeney's, 2014. 162 pp. Non-fiction In this book, Cory Doctorow builds...

The Killer Angels by Michael Shaara Ballantine Books, 1974. 374 pages. Fiction. I recently re-read this book and was reminded why I of...

Re Jane By Patricia Park Viking, 2015. 342 pgs. Fiction. Jane Re is a half-Korean, half-American orphan who grew up in Flushing, New Y...

Summer Campaign By Carla Kelly Sweetwater Books, 2015. 259 pgs. Romance Onyx Hamilton should feel lucky to be marrying the respectable...

A Desperate Fortune By Suzanna Kearsley Sourcebooks Landmark, 2015. 495. Fiction Sara Thomas doesn't feel qualified to go to Paris...

Joyride by Anna Banks Feiwel and Friends, 2015. 278 pgs. Young Adult Ever since her parents were deported to Mexico, Carly Vega's ...

Sweet By Emmy Laybourne Feiwel & Friends, 2015. 272 pgs. Young Adult By a stroke of luck (or by way of having a wealthy best frien...

The Last of the Doughboys: The Forgotten Generation and Their Forgotten World War By Richard Rubin Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2013. 356p...

First Frost By Sarah Addison Allen St. Martin’s Press, 2015. Fiction. 304 pgs. This sequel catches up with sisters Claire and Sydney W...

Work Simply:Embracing the Power of Your Personal Productivity Style by Carson Tate Penguin, 2015. 286 pgs. Nonfiction Time management...

K-Pop: Korea’s Musical Explosion By Stuart A. Kallen Twenty-First Century Books, 2014. 64 pgs. Nonfiction. Korean pop music, or K-pop,...

H is for Hawk by Helen Macdonald Grove Press, 2015. 300 pgs. Nonfiction. Helen Macdonald is a well known author and naturalist from th...

The Precious One By Marisa De los Santos William Morrow, 2015. 359 pgs. Fiction. Wilson Cleary, a highly respected professor and busin...

The Anticancer Diet: Reduce Cancer Risk Through the Foods You Eat  By Dr. David Khayat W.W. Norton and Company, 2015. 288 pgs. Nonficti...

Cooked: A Natural History of Transformation By Michael Pollan Penguin Books, 2013. 480 pgs. Nonfiction What makes humans different fro...

Ms. Marvel. 1, No Normal By Willow G. Wilson Marvel Worldwide, Inc., 2014. 120 pgs. Graphic Novel Kamala is a teen living in Jersey Ci...

The Residence: Inside the Private World of the White House By Kate Anderson This is a fascinating look into the residential life of Amer...

Funny Girl: A Novel by Nick Hornby Riverhead Books, 2015. 452 pgs. Fiction Nick Hornby’s new novel is set in London during the 1960s. ...

Ghost Boy: The Miraculous Escape of a Misdiagnosed Boy Trapped Inside His Own Body by Martin Pistorius Nelson Books, 2013. 276 pgs. Biog...

Tigerman by Nick Harkaway Alfred A. Knopf, 2014.  337 pgs. Fiction Lester Ferris is a British soldier assigned, after terrible tours i...

Swan Song 1945: A Collective Diary of the Last Days of the Third Reich by Walter Kempowski W. W. Norton, 2015.  479 pgs. History Walte...

The Children Act by Ian McEwan Nan A. Talese/Doubleday, 2014. 221 pages. Fiction. Presiding as judge over family law in the London H...

Little Beach Street Bakery by Jenny Colgan William Morrow, 2014. 424 pages. Fiction. Polly Waterford's life has fallen apart. Her ...

The Fierce Urgency of Now: Lyndon Johnson, Congress, and the Battle For the Great Society by Julian E. Zelizer Penguin Press. 2015 370 p...

On the Fence by Kasie West HarperTeen, 2014. 295 pages. Young adult fiction. Growing up with just her dad and three older brothers, Ch...

Of Noble Family (Shades of Milk & Honey #5) by Mary Robinette Kowal Tor, 2015. 575 pages. Fantasy In the final book in the Glamou...