Adults! Welcome to year 3 of our year-long reading challenge. Explore different genres, discover new authors and be entered to win prizes. To complete the challenge, read just one book in each category by midnight on December 31st, 2024. Earn bigger prizes by reading more!
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August’s theme is Podcast Reads – Any book mentioned in FPL’s What are You Reading Podcast. You can find our podcasts here. Here are a few suggestions to get you started.
THE GENERAL AND JULIA by Jon Clinch
“Clinch’s compelling study conveys the complicated legacy of Grant, who had no pretense for pageantry, deeply loved his wife and children, and treated everyone with decent human kindness. A remarkable novel, utterly gripping.” ~Library Journal
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THE FURY by Alex Michaelides
“Even veteran crime-fiction readers will fall prey to Michaelides’ craft, nudged into shifting, sympathetic allegiances to the damaged, unlikable characters in this pitch-perfect, classic crime set-up and modern psychological thriller.” ~Booklist
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WEST WITH GIRAFFES by Lynda Rutledge
“Rutledge’s larger-than-life story about the power of both animal magnetism and human connection is based on true events. Fans of The Night Circus (2011) and How the Penguins Saved Veronica (2020) will adore the witty, charming, and heartwarming West with Giraffes.” ~Booklist
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CROW MARY by Kathleen Grissom
“This moving story of one woman’s grit, survival, and resilience will keep readers turning the pages.” ~Publishers Weekly
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LIGHTHOUSE OF STALINGRAD by Iain MacGregor
“Historian MacGregor (Checkpoint Charlie) delivers a brisk and dramatic account of a much mythologized episode in the Battle for Stalingrad during WWII…Meticulous yet action-packed, this will thrill WWII buffs.” ~Publishers Weekly
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