February Book Club Books

The GPL book clubs are reading the following books for February:

Afternoon Book Club
Thursday, February 19 at 2:00 pm
Reader’s choice! Any book!

Evening Book Club
Wednesday, February 18 at 6:45 pm
Better by Atul Gawande

New members always welcome!

Maine Readers’ Choice Longlist

If you missed it, the Maine Readers’ Choice Award committee released its longlist for the 2015 award. Have your favorites from 2014 made the list? The shortlist will be announced in the late spring.

         

Under and Over

Tired of the “best of” lists that name the same books over and over? Then check out these lists for some more unusual reads. Slate and Flavorwire tell us about overlooked books for 2014. See what you might have missed!

January LibraryReads List

Check out the hottest releases coming in January on this month’s LibraryReads list!

NPR Recommends…

Check out this list from NPR for best books of 2014…something for everyone!

December Book Club Books

The GPL book clubs are reading the following books for December:

Afternoon Book Club
Thursday, December 18 at 2:00 pm
Pigs Can’t Swim by Helen Peppe

Evening Book Club
Wednesday, December 17 at 6:45 pm
Essays of E.B. White by E.B. White

New members always welcome!

One more list…

One more “best of” list to add to the mix. Amazon Editors just came out with their favorite books for 2014!

Best of the Year

The ‘best of” lists are starting to roll in for 2014. Check out the lists in Library Journal and Publisher’s Weekly and find your next great read!

November Book Club Books

The GPL book clubs are reading the following books for November:

Afternoon Book Club
Thursday, November 20 at 2:00 pm
The People in the Trees by Hanya Yanagihara

Evening Book Club
Wednesday, November 19 at 6:45 pm
Caleb’s Crossing by Geraldine Brooks

New members always welcome!

Book Awards!

This is an exciting time of year for the publishing industry. Below are finalists and winners of some of the major book awards.

National Book Award Finalists (winners will be announced on November 19th)

Man Booker Prize Recipient 

Nobel Prize in Literature Recipient

And of course, the Maine Readers’ Choice Award! This year’s winner was Donna Tartt for her novel, The Goldfinch.