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1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die
Call Number: REF Z 1035 .A! A15 2006

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Spotlight On...

An Answer in the Tide by Elisabeth Ogilvie
Call Number: FIC OGI
Focuses on Joanna Bennett Sorenson's son Jamie, whose liaison with an attractive married newcomer strains the fabric of the close-knit community.

This month we'll look at a few works of fiction with a Maine connection!

Any Bitter Thing by Monica Wood
Call Number: PS 3573 .O5948 A84 2005
A timely, gripping, and compassionate tale of family, faith, and deeply hidden truths.
Arundel by Kenneth Lewis Roberts; N. C. Wyeth (Illustrator)
Call Number: PS 3535 .O176 A8 1995
Follows young patriot Steven Nason from his blissful pre-Revolutionary life in the town of Arundel to his involvement with Benedict Arnold's ill-fated 1775 march on Quebec.
Dicey's Song by Cynthia Voigt
Call Number: FIC VOI
The four Tillerman children finally have a home at their grandmother's rundown farm on the Maryland shore. It's what Dicey has dreamed of for her three younger siblings, but after watching over the others for so long, it's hard to let go.
Empire Falls by Richard Russo
Call Number: PS 3568 .U812 E4 2001
In Empire Falls Richard Russo delves deep into the blue-collar heart of America in a work that overflows with hilarity, heartache, and grace.
Harvest by Tess Gerritsen
Call Number: FIC GER
Medical resident Dr. Abby Matteo is elated when the elite cardiac transplant team at Boston's Bayside Hospital taps her as a potential recruit. But she soon faces a tormenting life-and-death decision.
Homeport by Nora Roberts
Call Number: FIC ROB
The Maine air was bitter cold as Dr. Miranda Jones returned to the family home after a lecture tour. But her blood turned to ice when she felt a knife held against her throat.
Mission Flats by William Landay
Call Number: FIC LAN
An electrifying novel about the true price of crime and the hidden corners of the criminal justice system.
A Moose and a Lobster Walk into a Bar... by John McDonald
Call Number: PN 6231 .M18 M38 2003
A wonderful mix of classic Maine storytelling, stretched truths, and wry observations made by John McDonald during his many travels through the Pine Tree State.
Nude in Tub by G. K. Wuori
Call Number: PS 3573 .U57 N83 1999
These people - each of them caught in their own startling moment of nakedness - all live by the same credo: If you're in trouble, we'll help. But we'll still laugh like hell.
Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout
Publication Date: PS 3569 .T736 O5 2008
Olive Kitteridge, a retired schoolteacher, deplores the changes in her town of Crosby, Maine, and in the world at large. As the townspeople grapple with their problems, mild and dire, Olive is brought to a deeper understanding of herself and her life
The Police Know Everything by Sanford Phippen; Constance Hunting (Editor)
Call Number: PS 3566 .H54 P64 1982
A collection of "stories of Down East Maine" by native Maine writer Sanford Phippen, whose stories have been praised and whose characters are splendidly human and uniquely "Maine".
Riptide by Douglas Preston; Lincoln Child
Call Number: FIC PRE
Treasure hunters have searched for the key to the Water Pit, the labyrinth of shafts and tunnels that honeycombs Ragged Island. But the Pit is reluctant to give up its treasure, and many will die before its secret is revealed.
The Sportswriter by Richard Ford
Call Number: FIC FOR
In the course of the Easter week in which Ford's moving novel transpires, Bascombe will end up losing the remnants of his familiar life, though with his spirits soaring.
The Summer Guest by Justin Cronin
Call Number: FIC CRO
The great financier Harry Wainwright, nearing the end of his life, arrives at a rustic fishing camp in a remote area of Maine. He comes bearing two things: his wish for a day of fishing in a place that has brought him solace for thirty years, and an astonishing bequest that will forever change the lives of those around him.
Town in a Lobster Stew by B. B. Haywood
Call Number: FIC HAY
Things start to boil over at the annual Lobster Stew Cook-Off when an award-winning recipe is stolen and a seven-time contest champion mysteriously disappears
Hearts in Atlantis by Stephen King
Call Number: FIC KIN
Full of danger, full of suspense, most of all full of heart, Stephen King's new book will take some readers to a place they have never been...and others to a place they have never been able to completely leave.