It was a great year for reading! Here are some of the PFL Staff’s favorites from 2023.
Pet by Catherine Chidgey
Cursed Bunny by Bora Chung
A delightfully unnerving collection of wild and genre-defying short stories. -Sarah, Reference and Children’s Room
The Body in Question by Jill Ciment
Spare by Prince Harry
Audio is a must! -Gia, Children’s Room
Wellness by Nathan Hill
The Queens of Animation: The Untold Story of the Women Who Transformed the World of Disney and Made Cinematic History by Nathalia Holt
Starve Acre by Andrew Michael Hurley
An unsettling novel of a couple’s s grief after the loss of a young son. – Sarah, Reference and Children’s Room
Pathogenesis: A History of the World in Eight Plagues by Jonathan Kennedy
Fascinating history of how germs have shaped our history from the rise of humans to the present. -Meredith, Children’s Room
Stolen by Ann-Helén Laestadius
An unflinching look at the political and environmental struggles experienced by the Sámi people of Northern Europe. -Sarah, Reference and Children’s Room
Mexican Gothic, Gods of Jade and Shadow, Certain Dark Things, Signal to Noise, all by Sylvia Moreno-Garcia
Lives of Girls and Women by Alice Munro
The Dutch House by Ann Patchett
My #1 favorite read of the year. The characters in this story were so fleshed out I felt bereft once I closed the book from knowing I had to say goodbye to them. -Gia, Children’s Room
Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers by Mary Roach
Watership Down graphic novel adaptation of Richard Adams’ novel by James Sturm and James Sutphin
For fans of the classic novel, or rabbits, or both. -Sarah, Reference and Children’s Room
Palestine and Footnotes in Gaza by Joe Sacco
Invaluable for gaining more understanding of the conflict. -Sarah, Children’s Room
You Could Make This Place Beautiful by Maggie Smith
Such heartbreaking (and then hopeful) prose from my favorite poet. -Gia, Children’s Room
Eight Billion Genies by Charles Soule
The Woman in Me by Britney Spears
Cinema Speculation by Quentin Tarantino
Pluto by Naoki Urosawa
On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong
Another Brooklyn by Jacqueline Woodson
