Staff Picks

Book Titles Recommended by LAMP Staff

Adult

  • Cover for “Wildcat: The Untold Story of Pearl Hart, The Wild West’s Most Notorious Woman Bandit”

    Wildcat: The Untold Story of Pearl Hart, The Wild West’s Most Notorious Woman Bandit

    by John Boessenecker
    Nonfiction, True Crime | Audio
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  • Cover for “Death of a Green-Eyed Monster: A Hamish Macbeth Murder Mystery, Book 34”

    Death of a Green-Eyed Monster: A Hamish Macbeth Murder Mystery, Book 34

    by M.C. Beaton, R.W. Green
    Fiction, Mystery and Detective | Audio, Large Print
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  • Cover for “Cooking at Home: Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying About Recipes (And Love My Microwave)”

    Cooking at Home: Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying About Recipes (And Love My Microwave)

    by David Chang
    Cooking, Nonfiction | Audio, Braille
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  • Cover for “Love in Color: Mythical Tales From Around the World, Retold by”

    Love in Color: Mythical Tales From Around the World, Retold by

    by Bolu Babalola
    Fiction, Short Stories | Audio
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  • Cover for “Olga Dies Dreaming”

    Olga Dies Dreaming

    by Xochitl Gonzalez
    Family, Fiction | Audio, Large Print
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  • Cover for “Leave the Gun, Take the Cannoli: The Epic Story of the Making of The Godfather”

    Leave the Gun, Take the Cannoli: The Epic Story of the Making of The Godfather

    by Mark Seal
    Nonfiction, Stage and Screen | Audio
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(Book 1 of 6)

Teens

  • Cover for “Mad, Bad & Dangerous to Know”

    Mad, Bad & Dangerous to Know

    by Samira Ahmed
    Fiction, Mystery and Detective Stories | Audio
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  • Cover for “The Teen Kitchen: Recipes We Love to Cook”

    The Teen Kitchen: Recipes We Love to Cook

    by Emily Allen, Lyla Allen
    Cooking, Nonfiction | Audio
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  • Cover for “Daughter of Sparta”

    Daughter of Sparta

    by Claire M. Andrews
    Fantasy, Fiction | Audio
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  • Cover for “The Wild Ones: A Broken Anthem for a Girl Nation”

    The Wild Ones: A Broken Anthem for a Girl Nation

    by Nafiza Azad
    Fiction, Human Relationships | Audio
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  • Cover for “Every Body Shines: Sixteen Stories About Living Fabulously Fat”

    Every Body Shines: Sixteen Stories About Living Fabulously Fat

    by Cassandra Newbould
    Fiction, Short Stories | Audio, Braille
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  • Cover for “Black Enough: Stories of Being Young and Black in America”

    Black Enough: Stories of Being Young and Black in America

    by Ibi Zoboi
    Fiction, Short Stories | Audio, Braille
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(Book 1 of 6)

Children's

  • Cover for “Freewater”

    Freewater

    by Amina Luqman-Dawson
    Fiction, Historical Fiction | Audio
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  • Cover for “I Survived the Galveston Hurricane, 1900”

    I Survived the Galveston Hurricane, 1900

    by Lauren Tarshis
    Fiction, Historical Fiction | Audio
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  • Cover for “Bright Brown Baby: A Treasury”

    Bright Brown Baby: A Treasury

    by Andrea Davis Pinkney
    Fiction, Growing Up | Audio
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  • Cover for “Just Help! How to Build a Better World”

    Just Help! How to Build a Better World

    by Sonia Sotomayor
    Government and Politics, Nonfiction | Audio
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  • Cover for “Black Ballerinas”

    Black Ballerinas

    by Misty Copeland
    Biography, Nonfiction | Audio
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  • Cover for “The Boy Who Made Everyone Laugh”

    The Boy Who Made Everyone Laugh

    by Helen Rutter
    Fiction, Humor | Audio, Braille
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(Book 1 of 6)