Hi! I’m Heather-Lee Byrne, Information Services librarian and host of the Wellesley Free Library Book Report podcast. We want to make it easy for busy people in our community to figure out what to read next. Our podcast connects Wellesley library patrons with ranked popular titles and book recommendations from subject librarians in different genres so you know what to reach for when you’re ready to read!

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Latest Episode: Episode 9 Graphic Novels with Annette

Guest Librarian: Annette Diola

Interview Notes:

Annette brings us a number of diverse recommendations from our graphic novel collection, showing the breadth and depth of what’s available for readers:

Superhero genre: Invincible by Robert Kirkman

Graphic memoir: I was their American Dream by Malaka Gharib

Graphic adaptation: Kindred : a graphic novel adaptation by Damian Duffy and John Jennings

Manga: The way of the househusband by Kousuke Oono

Webtoon adaptation: Lore Olympus by Rachel Smythe

Other Notes:

The NYT piece on Bonnie Garmus mentioned in this week’s Reader’s Report: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/16/books/bonnie-garmus-lessons-chemistry-book.html

Review of Foster by Claire Keegan on NPR: https://www.npr.org/2022/11/01/1131828533/with-foster-claire-keegan-asks-that-readers-look-outward

Do you love graphic novels? Have your own set of recommendations? Let us know!

Questions? Comments? Recommendations? Email us at: WFLBookReport@minlib.net

Reader’s Report

ADULT FICTION

Lessons in chemistry by Bonnie Garmus
It ends with us by Colleen Hoover
Foster by Claire Keegan
Verity by Colleen Hoover
The maid : a novel by Nita Prose

ADULT NONFICTION

These precious days : essays by Ann Patchett
Crying in H Mart : a memoir by Michelle Zauner
Think again : the power of knowing what you don’t know by Adam Grant
Atomic habits : tiny changes, remarkable results : an easy & proven way to build good habits & break bad ones by James Clear
100 poems to break your heart

MYSTERY

The man who died twice : a Thursday Murder Club mystery by Richard Osman
The Thursday murder club by Richard Osman
The nature of the beast by Louise Penny
The murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie
The Mitford vanishing by Jessica Fellowes

SCIENCE FICTION

A psalm for the wild-built by Becky Chambers
Domesticating dragons by Dan Koboldt
Fugitive telemetry by Martha Wells
Network effect by Martha Wells
Steel crow saga by Paul Krueger

DVD

BIOGRAPHY

Dancing with the octopus : a memoir of a crime by Debora Harding
Prince Albert : the man who saved the monarchy by A. N. Wilson
The Duchess : Camilla Parker Bowles and the love affair that rocked the crown by Penny Junor
It takes two : our story by Jonathan Scott
Jackie’s girl : my life with the Kennedy family by Kathy McKeon

AUDIOBOOKS

The song of the cell : an exploration of medicine and the new human by Sidhartha Mukherjee
Spanish I A : the complete course ; Spanish I B : the complete course.
Long Shadows by David Baldacci
Demon copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver
No plan B by Lee Child

COOKBOOKS

The complete Mediterranean cookbook : 500 vibrant, kitchen-tested recipes for living and eating well every day
Mary Berry cooks to perfection : step by step by Mary Berry
Magnolia Table. Volume 2 : a collection of recipes for gathering by Joanna Gaines
Salt, fat, acid, heat : mastering the elements of good cooking by Samin Nosrat
10-day green smoothie cleanse by J. J. Smith

YOUNG ADULT

The secret garden on 81st street : a modern graphic retelling of The secret garden by Ivy Weir
The fifth quarter by Mike Dawson
The promised Neverland by Kaiu Shirai
Estranged by Ethan Aldridge
Borders by Thomas King

GRAPHIC NOVELS

Tokyo ghoul by Sui Ishida
My hero academia. Vigilantes by Hideyuki Furuhashi
Inappropriate by Gabrielle Bell
Hot dog taste test : a cook [crossed out] book by Lisa Hanawalt
Seraph of the end : vampire reign by Takay Kagami