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On Display: Best Books of 2023

By Lisa Curtin

We are excited to announce our 15th annual Best Books display! This year's display features more than 250 titles that have appeared on 17 year-end best books lists*, providing a broad selection of fiction and nonfiction across subjects and genres. Some of these books are blockbusters that you'll surely recognize, while others are critically acclaimed works that may have received less publicity or escaped your attention. 

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On Display: Best Books of 2022

By Lisa Curtin

As we move forward into the new year, we are also taking a look back at the best of 2022 - best books, that is! Our 14th annual Best Books display celebrates the top books and audiobooks published in 2022.

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On Display: Best Books of 2021

By Lisa Curtin

We're celebrating the top books and audiobooks of 2021 with our 13th annual Best Books display! This year's display features more than 250 titles that appeared on 19 year-end best books lists.*

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Online Display: Best Books of 2020

By Lisa Curtin

We're celebrating the best of 2020 - best books, that is! This year's display features more than 190 titles that appeared on 17 year-end best books lists.* Visit the Best Books of 2020 display website to browse by category (fiction or nonfiction) and format (print or electronic). From the display website you can view a book's current availability and/or place holds.

Curious to know about the "best of the best"? There were 20 books that appeared on five or more lists:

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On Display: Best Books of 2019

By Lisa Curtin

If you've made a resolution to read more in 2020, our 11th annual Best Books display is a great place to start! We've consulted 19 book review sources* to create a display of the top books and audiobooks published last year. With more than 100 fiction and nonfiction titles to choose from, we're sure you'll find something to enjoy.

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On Display: Best Books of 2018

By Lisa Curtin

Happy New Year! Here at the library we are celebrating the arrival of 2019 and the 10th anniversary of our annual "best books" display!

Back in January of 2009 we thought it would be fun to comb through multiple year-end "best of" lists to put together a display of the previous year's top fiction and nonfiction titles. Thus began an annual tradition, and here we are ten years later...

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On Display: Best Books of 2017

By Lisa Curtin

Best Books of 2011Happy New Year!

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On Display: Best Books of 2016

By Lisa Curtin

Best Books of 2016Happy New Year! In keeping with tradition, we have spent the last couple of months combing through some of our favorite reviewer's year-end best books lists* to bring you our 8th annual Best Books display. Stop by the library's lobby to browse 2016's best fiction and nonfiction titles. With over 160 books to choose from, we are certain you will find something to capture your interest.

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On Display: The Best Books of 2015

By Lisa Curtin

blue ribbonHappy New Year and welcome to the library's 7th annual best books display! This year we have combed through eighteen* year-end "best books" lists to bring you the Best Books of 2015.

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On Display: Best Books of 2014

By Lisa Curtin

Happy New Year and welcome to the library's 6th annual best books display! This year we have consulted eighteen* best books lists to bring you the Best Books of 2014.

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