A wide range of titles with special guest and CADL staff member, Mark Neese. 

Cheryl’s Books:    

The Humane Gardener: Nurturing a Backyard Habitat for Wildlife by Nancy Lawson (ebook)

A Northern Gardener’s Guide to Native Plants and Pollinators: Creating Habitat in the Northeast, Great Lakes, and Upper Midwest by Lorraine Johnson and Sheila Colla

For a Girl Becoming by Joy Harjo

Mentioned:

Landscaping with Native Plants of Michigan by Lynn M. Steiner

Native Plant Gardening for Birds, Bees & Butterflies - Lower Midwest by Jaret C. Daniels

The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater

Girl Warrior by Joy Harjo (October 2025 release – not in system for holds yet)

Dark Renaissance: The Dangerous Times and Fatal Genius of Shakespeare’s Greatest Rival by Stephen Greenblatt

On Being with Krista Tippet podcast interview with Mary Oliver:  “I Got Saved by the Beauty of The World”  https://onbeing.org/programs/mary-oliver-i-got-saved-by-the-beauty-of-the-world/

Jessica’s Books:   

The Listeners by Maggie Stiefvater

Death at the White Hart by Chris Chibnall

Change the Recipe: Because You Can't Build a Better World Without Breaking Some Eggs by José Andrés 

Mentioned:

Soil: The Story of a Black Mother’s Garden by Camille Dungey

Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater

Broadchurch (created by Chris Chibnall)

True Gretch: What I've Learned About Life, Leadership, and Everything in Between by Gretchan Whitmer

Mari’s Books:   

The Burning Season by Caroline Starr Rose

Tyger by S. F. Said

The Crow Trilogy:  The Outlaw by Nancy Vo, The Ranger by Nancy Vo, The Runaway by Nancy Vo

Mentioned: 

Headstrong Hellie: The Story of Hallie Morse Daggett the First Female “Fire Guard” by Aimée Bissonette

Mark N.’s Books:   

Terror in the City of Champions: Murder, Baseball, and the Secret Society that Shocked Depression-era Detroit by Tom Stanton 

On the Hippie Trail: Istanbul to Kathmandu and the Making of a Travel Writer by Rick Steves

The Name of This Band is REM: A Biography by Peter Ames Carlin 

The Swerve: How the World Became Modern by Stephen Greenblatt

Mentioned: 

Books by Tom Stanton

Books by Peter Ames Carlin

On the Nature of Things by Lucretius (ebook)