Provo City Library Staff Reviews

The Door to January By Gillian French Islandport Press, 2017. 193 pgs. Young Adult Fiction Ever since she moved away from her hometown...

American Wolf: A True Story of Survival and Obsession in the West By Nate Blakeslee Crown Publishers, 2017. 300 pgs. Nonfiction Wolve...

Lincoln in the Bardo By George Saunders Random House, 2017. 341 pgs. Fiction The bardo refers to the state of existence between life a...

Alex and Eliza : a love story by Melissa De La Cruz G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2017. 358 pages. Young Adult Fiction. Alexander Hamilton ...

Holes by Louis Sachar New York, Straus and Giroux, 2008. 265pgs. Young Adult Fiction Due to the curse that his no good dirty rotten pig ...

Stripling Warrior  by Kathi Oram Peterson CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2017. 257 pgs. Young Adult Fiction Sydney Morgan ...

Symphony for the City of the Dead: Dmitri Shostakovich and the Siege of Leningrad By M.T. Anderson Candlewick Press, 2017. 456 pgs. Youn...

Origin  (Robert Langdon #5) By Dan Brown Doubleday, 2017. 461 pgs. Fiction Harvard professor and symbologist Robert Langdon receives a...

A Surgeon in the Village: an American Doctor Teaches Brain Surgery in Africa Tony Bartelme Beacon Press, 2017. 274 pgs. Biography Brill...

Uncomfortably Happily By Yeon-sik Hong Drawn & Quarterly, 2017. 572 pgs. Graphic Novel The hustle and bustle of Seoul, as well as ...

Capital Gaines: Smart Things I Learned Doing Stupid Stuff By Chip Gaines W Publishing Group, 2017. 191 pgs. Nonfiction I read Magn...

Klaus By Grant Morrison and Dan Mora Boom! Studios, 2016. 208 pgs. Graphic Novel In this interpretation of Santa Claus's origin, Kla...

It By Stephen King Viking, 1986. 1,138 pgs. Horror In 1958 Derry, Maine, an evil creature is tormenting and killing children, unseen b...

One Dark Throne By Kendare Blake Harper Teen, 2017. 448 pages. Young Adult Fiction In this sequel to Three Dark Crowns , the Ascension...

The Princess Diarist  By Carrie Fisher Blue Rider Press, 2016. 257 pages. Carrie Fisher’s last addition to her already prolific writing ...

Artemis By Andy Weir Crown Publishing Group, 2017. 384 pages.  Sci-Fi Jazz Bashara lives in Artemis, the first city on the moon, which...

Song of the Current By Sarah Tolcser Bloomsbury, 2017, 376 pages, Young Adult Fantasy Caroline Oresteia is destined for the river. Her...

The Fire by Night By Teresa Messineo William Morrow, 2017, 306 pages, Historical Fiction In war-torn France, Jo McMahon tends to six s...

Maybe Today: A Simple Approach to a Soul-Satisfying Life by David Butler & Emily Belle Freeman Ensign Peak, 2015. 113 pgs. Nonfictio...

The Orphan’s Tale By Pam Jenoff Mira, 2017. 363 pgs. Historical Fiction Former circus aerialist Astrid returns home to look for her fa...

Beauty  by Robin Mckinley Harper & Row, 1978. 247pgs. Young Adult Beauty volunteers to live with the Beast who lives in the haunted ...

The Pearl Thief By Elizabeth Wein Hyperion, 2017.325  pgs. Young Adult Fiction In this prequel to Code Name Verity , Elizabeth We...

Dark Breaks the Dawn  by Sara B. Larson Scholastic Press, 2017, 307 pgs Young Adult Princess Evelayn of Eadrolan is the Princess of the ...

How to Find Love in a Bookshop By Veronia Henry Viking, 2017. 340 pgs. Fiction Emilia was raised with books, quite literally. She gr...

Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis HarperCollins, 2013. Fiction, 223 pages. As with most jobs it's helpful to have a mentor to give g...

The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupery Harcourt Books, 1943.  83 pages, Fiction. Styled as a children's book, The Little Pr...

The Dragon’s Price: A Transference Novel by Bethany Wiggins Crown Books for Young Readers, 2017. 296 pgs. Young Adult Fiction; Fantasy ...

A Shadow Bright and Burning By Jessica Cluess Random House, 2016. 207 pages. Young Adult Fantasy In an alternate Victorian England, th...

The Power of When: Discover Your Chronotype--and the Best Time to Eat Lunch, Ask for a Raise, Have Sex, Write a Novel, Take Your Meds, a...

The Happiness Advantage: The Seven Principles of Positive Psychology That Fuel Success and Performance at Work By Shawn Achor Crown Busi...