Recommended Reads

Recommended Reads

Library Staff Picks
Lisa
Sarah Beth Durst - The Enchanted Greenhouse
Jill Santopolo - The Light We Lost

Tessa Bailey - It Happened One Summer

Michelle
Micro - Michael Crichton

Colette
Nicholas Sparks/Shyamalan M. Night - Remain

Cathy
Lisa Jewell - Don't Let Him In
Jeneva Rose - The Perfect Marriage
Jeneva Rose - The Perfect Divorce

Linda D.
Meg Tilly - Cliff's Edge (e-audio)

books

October
Most Checked Out & Requested Books
at Charlestown-Clark County Public Library

  1. The widow - Grisham, John
  2. Gone Before Goodbye - Witherspoon, Reese/ Coben, Harlan
  3. Return of the Spider - Patterson, James
  4. The seven rings - Roberts, Nora
  5. Exit Strategy - Child, Lee/ Child, Andrew
  6. Remain: A Supernatural Love Story - Sparks, Nicholas/ Shyamalan, M. Night
  7. The King's Ransom - Evanovich, Janet.
  8. The portrait : a novel - Steel, Danielle
  9. Sharp force - Cornwell, Patricia Daniels
  10. The Christmas Stranger - Evans, Richard Paul
  11. The Girl from Devil's Lake - Jance, J. A.
  12. The color of hope : a novel - Steel, Danielle
  13. A ferry merry Christmas : a novel - Macomber, Debbie
  14. Framed in death - Robb, J. D.
  15. The Proving Ground - Connelly, Michael
  16. Nash falls - Baldacci, David
  17. The Academy - Hilderbrand, Elin/ Cunningham, Shelby
  18. The Picasso Heist - Patterson, James/ Roughan, Howard
  19. The Secret of Secrets - Brown, Dan
  20. The Christmas ring - Kingsbury, Karen
  21. Santa's Holiday Spectacular - Michaels, Fern
  22. The Intruder - McFadden, Freida
  23. The Sword of Light - Graham, Heather
  24. Code blue - Michaels, Fern
  25. Denied Access - Flynn, Vince/ Bentley, Don
  26. The Great Pumpkin Contest - Rozelaar, Angela
  27. The Silver Hills Boarding House - Miller, Linda Lael
  28. Billion-dollar Ransom - Patterson, James/ Swierczynski, Duane
  29. Dr. Seuss's Horton hears a boo! - Bradford, Wade
  30. How to help a pumpkin grow - Wolff, Ashley
  31. Meowl-O-Ween - Muldrow, Diane
  32. Otherwise Engaged - Mallery, Susan
  33. The Surrogate Mother - McFadden, Freida
  34. Trick or treat, Crankenstein - Berger, Samantha
  35. A Haunted Ghost Tour in Indiana - Martin, Louise/ Tafuni, Gabriele
  36. Coyote Hills - Kellerman, Jonathan/ Kellerman, Jesse
  37. Dino-Halloween - Wheeler, Lisa
  38. Five little pumpkins - Dean, James
  39. How to catch a witch - Walstead, Alice
  40. T. Rex trick-or-treats - Grambling, Lois G.
  41. The Hamptons Lawyer - Patterson, James/ Lupica, Mike
  42. The haunting of Paynes Hollow - Armstrong, Kelley
  43. Twice : a novel - Albom, Mitch
  44. And to all a good bite - Rosenfelt, David
  45. Bluey : Grannies
  46. Calder Strong - Dailey, Janet
  47. Cat Kid Comic Club 3 : On purpose - Pilkey, Dav
  48. Chicka chicka tricka treat - Chung, Julien
  49. Click, clack, boo - Cronin, Doreen
  50. Creepy pair of underwear! - Reynolds, Aaron
  51. Evil Bones - Reichs, Kathy
  52. Five Golden Wings - Andrews, Donna
  53. For richer for poorer : a novel - Steel, Danielle
  54. I survived the American Revolution, 1776 v. 8 - Tarshis, Lauren
  55. Karen's witch / v. 1 - Martin, Ann M.
  56. Magic tree house: midnight on the moon v. 8
  57. Nightshade : a novel - Connelly, Michael
  58. Queens. - Penguin Young Readers
  59. Reacher : The Stories Behind the Stories - Child, Lee
  60. Someone else's shoes : a novel - Moyes, Jojo
  61. Spooky hour - Mitton, Tony
  62. Summer Island - Hannah, Kristin
  63. The Burning Library - Macmillan, Gilly
  64. The Crash - McFadden, Freida
  65. The Three Bears' Halloween - Duval, Kathy
  66. The inmate - McFadden, Freida
  67. The let them theory : a life-changing tool that millions of people can't stop talking about - Robbins, Mel
  68. We're going on a pumpkin hunt - Wilcox, Mary Hogan
  69. 25 alive - Patterson, James
  70. 49 miles alone - Richards, Natalie D.
  71. Alchemised - Senlinyu/ Avendell
  72. Atmosphere : a love story - Reid, Taylor Jenkins
  73. Beautiful ugly - Feeney, Alice
  74. Birdlane Island - Andrews, V. C.
  75. Bluey : Bob Bilby
  76. Boy-crazy Stacey / v. 7 : a graphic novel - Martin, Ann M.
  77. Claudia and the new girl : v. 9 : a graphic novel
  78. Come with me on Halloween - Kimball, Linda Hoffman
  79. Diary of a wimpy kid v.2 : Rodrick rules - Kinney, Jeff
  80. Dog man : Fetch-22 - Pilkey, Dav
  81. Duck & Goose, honk! quack! boo! - Hills, Tad
  82. Excuse me-- are you a witch? - Horn, Emily
  83. Falcon vs. hawk - Pallotta, Jerry
  84. Firefighter's tools - Hanson, Anders
  85. Five little monkeys trick-or-treat - Christelow, Eileen
  86. Forget me not : a novel - Willingham, Stacy
  87. Goat in a boat - Trasler, Janee
  88. Grumpy monkey don't be scared - Lang, Suzanne
  89. Harry Potter and the sorcerer's stone v.1 - Rowling, J. K.
  90. Hidden nature - Roberts, Nora
  91. Horton hears a Who! - Seuss, Dr.
  92. How do dinosaurs say trick or treat? - Yolen, Jane
  93. How to catch a turkey - Wallace, Adam
  94. I got the spooky spirit - Schofield-Morrison, Connie
  95. I survived the american revolution, 1776 - Tarshis, Lauren
  96. It Happened on the Lake - Jackson, Lisa
  97. Karen's roller skates - Martin, Ann M.
  98. King Sorrow - Hill, Joe
  99. Kiss Her Goodbye - Gardner, Lisa
  100. Lego awesome ideas - Lipkowitz, Daniel
  101. Miss Smith and the haunted library - Garland, Michael
  102. Monster mash - Catrow, David
  103. Moonlight - Rylant, Cynthia
  104. My Beloved - Karon, Jan
  105. One by one - Ware, Ruth
  106. Peekaboo Rex! - Boynton, Sandra
  107. Ready for pumpkins - Duke, Kate
  108. Regretting You - Hoover, Colleen
  109. Scaredy-cat, Splat! - Scotton, Rob
  110. She didn't see it coming - Lapena, Shari
  111. Sisters - Telgemeier, Raina
  112. Skeleton for dinner - Cuyler, Margery
  113. Something to look forward to : fictions - Flagg, Fannie
  114. Strangers in time : a World War II novel - Baldacci, David
  115. That Last Carolina Summer - White, Karen
  116. The Marigold Cottages murder collective : a mystery - Nichols, Jo
  117. The Perfect Divorce - Rose, Jeneva
  118. The Unseen - Martin, Kat
  119. The black wolf - Penny, Louise
  120. The four winds - Hannah, Kristin
  121. The ghosts went floating - Norman, Kim
  122. The ghostwriter : a novel - Clark, Julie
  123. The leaf thief - Hemming, Alice
  124. The lightning thief v.1 - Riordan, Rick
  125. The little ghost who was a quilt - Nason, Riel
  126. The pool. - Penguin Young Readers
  127. The river knows your name : a novel - Mustian, Kelly
  128. The runaway pumpkin - Lewis, Kevin
  129. The ugly pumpkin - Horowitz, Dave
  130. The unraveling of Julia : a novel - Scottoline, Lisa
  131. The woman in cabin 10 - Ware, Ruth
  132. The women - Hannah, KristinTrue colors - Hannah, Kristin.
  133. Vampire jam sandwich - Lyall, Casey
  134. Warriors : the prophecies begin v. 2 : The prophecies begin a graphic novel - Hunter, Erin/ Riess, Natalie/ Goetter, Sara
  135. Wayward girls : a novel - Wiggs, Susan
  136. We're off to find the witch's house - Krieb, Richard
  137. What Is Puppy Going to Do? - Madden, Carly/ Dall'ava, Caroline

bookclubs

Tween History Book Club

book clubStep back in time and read books about history. This new book club is for students in 5th-8th grades and will cover all kinds of historical events. Registration required.

Sellersburg Library
Thursday, November 20 at 4-5 pm
Tuesday, December 9 at 3-4 pm


Tween Harry Potter Book Club

book clubTweens/teens in grades 5-8 are invited to read the Harry Potter books and discuss them. There will be crafts and snacks.

Registration is required.

Sellersburg Library
Thursday, November 20 at 3-4 pm
Thursday, December 11 at 3-4 pm


New Washington High School & College Book Club

book clubShare with the group the books you are reading. Open to high school and college age students.

No registration is required.

New Washington Library
dates to be announced


Romantasy Book Club

Do you enjoy fantasy and romance? Need someone to discuss it with? Join our Romantasy Book Club. Meeting are the first Friday of each month.

bookNorth is the Night
by Emily Rath

Charlestown Library
Friday, December 5

6-7 pm 
 

 


For the Love of Books

Adults can come share their love of reading books with others. Meetings are monthly at Henryville Library.

bookJar of Hearts
by Jennifer Hillier

Henryville Library
Thursday, November 20
6:30 pm


 


Coffee & Crime

A book club all about true crime. Join us for a cup of coffee, snacks and an afternoon of fun discussing our true crime book of the month at Henryville Library.

bookCruel Sacrifice
by Aphrodite Jones

Henryville Library
Wednesday,
November 26
3:00-4:30 pm

 


The Cozy Mystery Bookclub

Enjoy a fun read that engages your mind and entertains. This bookclub features the cozy mystery genre. Meetings are monthly at Charlestown Library.

no program in November

Charlestown Library
Tuesday, December 16
6:30 pm