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December 19, 2022 Episode 22: Our Favorite Books for 2022
Fairfield Public Library's monthly podcast helps you find your next great read.
Fairfield Public Library
Fairfield, CT
fairfieldpubliclibrary.org
December 2022: Our Favorite Books for 2022
Podcast host: Philip Bahr, Head of Adult Services
Library Staff Guests:
Scott Jarzombek, Town Librarian
Breathe: A Life in Flow by Rickson Gracie, Peter Maguire
Amy Peck, Head of Technical Services
Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt
Series by Richard Osman:
The Thursday Murder Club
The Man Who Died Twice
The Bullet That Missed
Claudia Silk, Adult Services Librarian
Fellowship Point by Alice Elliott Dark
These Precious Days by Ann Patchett
Emily Muller, Children's Librarian
Those Kids from Fawn Creek by Erin Entrada Kelly
Cress Watercress by Gregory Maguire
Jan Fisher, Deputy Library Director
An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us by Ed Yong
The Boys: A Memoir of Hollywood and Family by Ron & Clint Howard
To Paradise by Hanya Yanagihara
Take My Hand by Dolen Perkins-Valdez
Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt
Jessica Stevens, Woods Adult Services Librarian
Carrie Soto is Back by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Linda Quinn, Adult Services Library Associate
When Women Were Dragons by Kelly Barnhill
Stefanie Bergstrom, Woods Children's Librarian
A Perfect Mistake by Melanie Conklin
Bathe the Cat by Alice McGinty and David Roberts
This Story is Not About a Kitten by Randall de Seve and Carson Ellis
Elaine Barrie , Adult Services Librarian
Happy-Go-Lucky by David Sedaris
The Guest List by Lucy Foley
Lucy by the Sea by Elizabeth Strout
Jennifer Laseman, Head of Teen Services
As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow by Zoulfa Katouh
Leslie Hagel
The Measure by Nikki Erlick
Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin
Our Missing Hearts by Celeste Ng
Mary Coe, Woods Adult Services Librarian
Our Missing Hearts by Celeste Ng
This Time Tomorrow by Emma Straub
Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story by Bono
Susan Balla, Circulation Manager
Yonder by Jabari Asim
Tamara Lyhne, Head of Children's Services
My Nest of Silence by Matt Faulkner
They Called Us Enemy by George Takei
Philip Bahr, Head of Adult Services
Under the Whispering Door by T.J. Klune
2022 One Book One Town conversation with author T.J. Klune

Thanks to our podcast editor Max Berryman for making us sound great!
52 min
November 09, 2022 Episode 21: Older Female Assassins, Connelly's Characters Collide, and Marmee's Perspective
Fairfield Public Library's monthly podcast helps you find your next great read.
Fairfield Public Library
Fairfield, CT
fairfieldpubliclibrary.org
Podcast host: Philip Bahr, Head of Adult Services
Guests: Susan Balla, Circulation Supervisor; Linda Quinn, Adult Services Library Associate, and Claudia Silk, Adult Services Librarian
Thanks to our podcast editor Max Berryman for making us sound great!
This month's FPL staff picks:
Susan Balla, Circulation Manager
Prisoners of the Castle: An Epic Story of Survival and Escape from Colditz, The Nazi’s Fortress Prison by Ben Macintyre
Few other titles by Ben Macintyre:
Operation Mincemeat
Double Cross
Agent Sonya
Killers of a Certain Age by Deanna Raybourn
Murder at the Serpentine Bridge by Andrea Penrose #6 in the Wrexford & Sloane Mystery Series. First in series is Murder on Black Swan Lane
Little Eve by Catriona Ward
Other titles by Catriona Ward:
The Last House on Needless Street
Sundial
American Midnight: Democracy’s Forgotten Crisis, 1917-1921 by Adam Hochschild
Some other titles by Hochschild:
King Leopold’s Ghost
To End All Wars
The London Séance Society by Sarah Penner
Author of The Lost Apothecary
Weyward by Emilia Hart (debut)
Linda Quinn, Adult Services Library Associate
Anywhere You Run by Wanda Morris
Boys from Biloxi by John Grisham
Life on the Mississippi by Rinker Buck
Series follow-ups:
Desert Star by Michael Connelly (Ballard and Bosch)
Ink Black Heart by Robert Galbraith (Cormoran Strike)
Kind Worth Saving by Peter Swanson (sequel to The Kind Worth Killing)
Golden Enclaves by Naomi Novik (third in trilogy)
Mentioned local authors:
Juliette Brisman (A Heart Returned)
Valerie Walsh (Shattered to the Core)
Claudia Silk, Adult Services Librarian
Tomorrow, tomorrow and tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin
Killers of a Certain Age by Deanna Raybourn
The Bullet That Missed by Richard Osman
Marmee by Sarah Miller
Lucy by the Sea by Elizabeth Strout
Anywhere You Run by Wanda Morris
All Her Little Secrets by Wanda Morris
Mad Honey by Jodi Picoult and Jennifer Finney Boylan
I Keep Trying to Catch His Eye by Ivan Maisel
40 min
October 05, 2022 Episode 20: Gulf Stories, Circling Narcissists, and Marjorie Post's Life
Fairfield Public Library's monthly podcast helps you find your next great read.
Fairfield Public Library
Fairfield, CT
This month we welcome our new podcast editor, Max Berryman. Welcome and thanks Max for making us sound great!
This month's FPL staff picks:
Amy Peck, Head of Technical Services
The Bullet That Missed by Richard Osman
Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt
The Fishermen and the Dragon: Fear, Greed, and the Fight for Justice on the Gulf Coast by Kirk Wallace Johnson
The Gulf: The Making of an American Sea by Jack Davis
also mentioned:
Finding Me by Viola Davis (audiobook)
Jessica Stevens, Branch Adult Services Librarian
Surrounded by Narcissists by Thomas Erikson
The Displacements by Bruce Holsinger
One True Loves by Taylor Jenkins Reid
also mentioned:
Surrounded by Idiots by Thomas Erikson
The Gifted School by Bruce Holsinger
Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Carrie Soto is Back by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Growing Up Getty: The Story of America's Most Unconventional Dynasty by James Reginato
Elaine Barrie, Adult Services Librarian
The Magnificent Lives of Marjorie Post by Allison Pataki
Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Gramus
Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage: stories by Alice Munro (The short story is "Queenie")
Philip Bahr, Podcast Host and Head of Adult Services
The Measure by Nikki Erlick
Heat Wave (The Extraordinaries #3) by TJ Klune
36 min
August 17, 2022 Episode 19: Children's Summer Reading, Science is Magic, and Inclusive Fantasy
Fairfield Public Library
Fairfield, CT
https://fairfieldpubliclibrary.org/childrens/
https://fairfieldpubliclibrary.org/learning-and-research/find-a-good-book/
Tamara Lyhne, Head of Children's Services
A Duet for Home by Karina Yan Glaser
The Science Spell Book Magical Experiments For Kids by Cara Florance
Odder- Katherine Applegate
Library Girl by Karen Henry Clark
Stefanie Bergstrom, Woods Branch Children's Librarian
The Witchlings by Claribel Ortega
The Hatmakers by Tamzin Merchant
The Marvellers by Dhonielle Clayton
Coming soon:
A Taste of Magic by J. Elle
32 min
July 22, 2022 Episode 18: Rom-Com, End Date, and Three Sisters
Fairfield Public Library
Fairfield, CT
https://fairfieldpubliclibrary.org/learning-and-research/find-a-good-book/
Jan Fisher, Deputy Town Librarian
Daisy Darker by Alice Feeney
Take My Hand by Dolen Perkins-Valdez
Did Ye Hear Mammy Died? A Memoir by Séamas O’Reilly
Madhouse at the End of the Earth: the Belgica’s Journey into the Dark Antarctic Night by Julian Sancton
An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us by Ed Yong
The House Across the Lake by Riley Sager
Trust by Hernan Diaz
Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt
Dial A for Aunties by Jesse Sutanto
Looking forward to:
Thank you for listening by Julia Whelan
Dinners with Ruth: A Memoir on the Power of Friendship by Nina Totenerg
The Audies (Audiobook Awards): audiopub.org/members/audies
Read for Joy: Katherine Center
https://youtu.be/7VVyUA4dTAw
Mary Coe, Branch Reference Librarian
Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver
Fellowship Point by Alice Elliott Dark
Meant to Be by Emily Giffin
The Woman in the Library by Sulari Gentill
Coming soon:
Eyes Turned Skyward by Alena Dillon / October 18, 2022 / William Morrow
The Marriage Portrait by Maggie O’Farrell / September 6, 2022 / Knopf
Shrines of Gaiety by Atkinson / September 27, 2022 / Doubleday
Leslie Hagel, Reference Librarian
Last Call at the Nightingale by Katherine Schellman
The Girls in Queens by Christine Kandic Torres
The Lost Summers of Newport by Beatriz Williams, Lauren Willig and Karen White
Tell Us No Secrets by Siena Sterling
The Measure by Nikki Erlick
The It Girl by Ruth Ware
The Last to Vanish by Megan Miranda
The Bodyguard by Katherine Center
Carrie Soto is Back by Taylor Jenkins Reid
The Ways We Hide by Kristina McMorris
The Marriage Portrait by Maggie O'Farrell

44 min
June 08, 2022 Episode 17: Time Travel, Telegraph Club, and Challenges
Fairfield Public Library
Fairfield, CT
https://fairfieldpubliclibrary.org/learning-and-research/find-a-good-book/

Jennifer Laseman, Head of Teen Services
The City Beautiful by Aden Polydoros
Loveless by Alice Oseman
Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Melinda Lo
Little Thieves by Margaret Owen

Claudia Silk, Adult Services Librarian
Bloomsbury Girls by Natalie Jenner
Beach Read by Emily Henry
Book Lovers by Emily Henry
Blood Sugar by Sasha Rothchild
This Time Tomorrow by Emma Straub
Songbirds by Christy Lefteri
The Change by Kirsten Miller
Death at the Chateau Bremont by M.L. Longworth
The Vanishing Museum on Rue Mistral by M.L. Longworth
Did Your Hear Mammy Died? By Seamus O’Reilly
Warming Up with Julia Child by Helen Lefkowitz Horowitz (if you're missing HBOMax's Julia)
Hotel Nantucket by Elin Hilderbrand
The Summer Place by Jennifer Weiner

Philip Bahr, podcast host and Head of Adult Services
United Against Book Bans: https://uniteagainstbookbans.org/
American Library Association's press release on censoring efforts:
https://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2021/11/american-library-association-opposes-widespread-efforts-censor-books-us
Before Her (part of The One) by Jacqueline Woodson
Dancer from the Dance by Andrew Holleran (audiobook) (Reel Charlie blog)
A Do-Si-Do With Death (Stan Kraychik Mystery Book 7) by Grant Michaels (Queer Writers of Crime podcast)
35 min
May 12, 2022 Episode 16: Adventures on the Nile, Sweet Reads, and hoopla Gems
Fairfield Public Library
Fairfield, CT
https://fairfieldpubliclibrary.org/learning-and-research/find-a-good-book/
Susan Balla, Circulation Manager
River of The Gods: Genius, Courage, And Betrayal In The Search For The Source Of The Nile by Candice Millard
Also by Candice Millard:
Destiny of The Republic: A Tale Of Madness, Medicine And The Murder Of A President
The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey
Hero of The Republic: The Boer War, A Daring Escape
And The Making of Winston Churchill
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Danger On The Atlantic (A Jane Wunderly Mystery #3) by Erica Ruth Neubauer
The Marlowe Murder Club by Robert Thorogood
Murder Most Grave by G.A. Mckevett
Elektra by Jennifer Saint
The Scandalous Hamiltons: A Gilded Age Grifter, A Founding Fathers Disgraced Descendant, And A Trial At The Dawn Of Tabloid Journalism by Bill Shaffer
Due Out In July:
Wayward Children Series by Seanan Mcguire
Coming Out Late In The Year:
The Nazi Conspiracy: The Secret Plot To Kill Roosevelt, Stalin, And Churchill by Brad Meltzer, Josh Mensch
Winter's End: A Mystery (Alaska Wild #4) by Paige Shelton
The Mitford Affair : A Novel by Marie Benedict
Linda Quinn, Adult Services Associate
Iona Iverson's Rules for Commuting by Clare Pooley
Flying Solo by Linda Holmes
Upgrade by Blake Crouch
Taste: My Life Through Food by Stanley Tucci
Unprotected by Billy Porter
How do I Un-Remember This by Danny Pellegrino
Wild and Wicked Things by Francesca May

Philip Bahr, Head of Adult Services, Podcast Host
Unprotected by Billy Porter
The Anatomy of the Spirit by Caroline Myss
Sacred Contracts by Caroline Myss
40 min
April 06, 2022 Episode 15: Giraffes, Bob, and a Couple of Romances
Fairfield Public Library
Fairfield, CT
https://fairfieldpubliclibrary.org/learning-and-research/find-a-good-book/
Jan Fisher, Deputy Town Librarian
West With Giraffes by Lynda Rutledge
To Paradise by Hanya Yanagihara
The Final Revival of Opal and Nev by Dawnie Walton
Sister Stardust by Jane Green
The Lioness by Chris Bohjalian (May 2022)
It All Comes Down to This by Therese Anne Fowler (June 2022)
Leslie Hagel, Adult Services Librarian
In a New York Minute by Kate Spencer
What Happened to the Bennetts by Lisa Scottoline
The Diamond Eye by Kate Quinn
The Candy House by Jennifer Egan
The Younger Wife by Sally Hepworth
Part of Your World by Abby Jimenez
The Bookwoman’s Daughter by Kim Michelle Richardson
Love Marriage by Monica Ali
Amy Peck, Head of Technical Services
The Ride Of Her Life: The True Story of a Woman, Her Horse, and Their Last-Chance Journey Across America by Elizabeth Letts (2020) Audiobook narrated by Tavia Gilbert
The One and Only Bob by Katherine Applegate (2020) Audiobook narrated by Danny DeVito
The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman (2020)
The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek by Kim Michelle Richardson (2019) Audiobook narrated by Katie Schorr
Philip Bahr, Head of Adult Services and podcast host
Hell of a Book by Jason Mott
38 min
March 04, 2022 Episode 14: Special Event - Author Event One Book One Town (OBOT): TJ Klune
Fairfield Public Library
Fairfield, CT
https://fairfieldpubliclibrary.org/learning-and-research/find-a-good-book/
Welcome to a special edition of Fairfield, What Are You Reading?
Each year Fairfield Public Library creates a One Book One Town event for Fairfield, Connecticut. This year the committee (comprised of library staff, local university and bookstore staff, and others) selected TJ Klune’s The House in the Cerulean Sea.
From the publisher, “The House in the Cerulean Sea is an enchanting love story, masterfully told, about the profound experience of discovering an unlikely family in an unexpected place—and realizing that family is yours.”
On March 1, 2022 Fairfield Public Library hosted an evening (in-person and remote) with author TJ Klune. This podcast episode is the interview portion of the evening as TJ sat down with me for a one-on-one deep dive into his life and work. I'm Philip Bahr, Head of Adult Services at the library. I was extremely honored to interview TJ. Please enjoy this portion of our One Book One Town signature event. To view the entire evening, click below for the YouTube recording:
https://youtu.be/1VD0KM4-HOY
And now, curl up, and enjoy our 2022 OBOT author TJ Klune.
52 min
February 06, 2022 Episode 13: One Book One Town (OBOT): The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune
Fairfield Public Library
Fairfield, CT
https://fairfieldpubliclibrary.org/learning-and-research/find-a-good-book/
Claudia Silk, Adult Services Librarian and OBOT co-chair
Jennifer Laseman, Head of Teen Services and OBOT member
Mary Coe, Branch Reference Librarian and OBOT co-chair
2022: The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune
https://fairfieldpubliclibrary.org/OBOT/
TJ Klune's website: http://www.tjklunebooks.com/
OBOT History: https://fairfieldpubliclibrary.org/OBOT/history/
Previous OBOT selections:
2008: Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Reling
2009: The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick
2010: Into the Beautiful North by Luis Alberto Urrea
2011: Eating Animals by Jonathan Safran Foer
2012: The Watch That Ends the Night: Voices from the Titanic by Allan Wolf
2013: Wonder by R. J. Palacio
2014: A House in the Sky by Amanda Lindhout and Sara Corbett
2015: Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
2016: So You’ve Been Publicly Shamed by Jon Ronson
2017: Books for Living by Will Schwalbe & A Child of Books by Oliver Jeffers
(no OBOT in 2018)
2019: Harbor Me by Jacqueline Woodson
2020: Running With Sherman by Christopher McDougall
2021: Punching the Air by Ibi Zoboi and Yusef Salaam
35 min

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Welcome to Fairfield, What Are You Reading, a next-book podcast from Fairfield Public Library in Fairfield, CT. Each episode we gather a group of library staff together for a conversation about books and reading. Imagine you come to the library, ask a librarian for a next read, a couple more staff stop by, and soon everyone is talking their favorite new books. Fairfield, What Are You Reading has been honored by Million Podcasts' as Best 100 Library Podcasts.

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