Adults
Adult Reading Recommendations
There’s no better place than Cuyahoga County Public Library to discover your next great read. From our latest staff picks to the hottest bestsellers and Read Intuit personalized recommendations, we have you covered. We update this page with fresh recommendations every month.
Spotlight on libraries and librarians
It's a list of our favorite places and people!
The Lions of Fifth Avenue
Fiona Davis
The Paris Library
Janet Skeslien Charles
The Personal Librarian
Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray
The Woman in the Library
Sulari Gentill
The Librarian Spy
Madeline Martin
How Can I Help You
Laura Sims
Spotlight on summer rewind
Here are some of the biggest books of summers past.
Jaws
Peter Benchley
The Thorn Birds
Colleen McCullough
Patriot Games
Tom Clancy
Cujo
Stephen King
The Firm
John Grisham
Jurassic Park
Michael Crichton
Spotlight on books with great opening lines
These books had us at hello.
The Guest List
Lucy Foley
Little Fires Everywhere
Celeste Ng
The Gunslinger
Stephen King
Love in the Time of Cholera
Gabriel García Márquez
The Martian
Andy Weir
Rebecca
Daphne du Maurier
Bestsellers - Fiction
August 2023
Out of Nowhere
Sandra Brown
Tom Lake
Ann Patchett
Happiness
Danielle Steel
Canary Girls
Jennifer Chiaverini
Tides of Fire
James Rollins
The Invisible Hour
Alice Hoffman
Coming Soon - Fiction
August 2023
The River We Remember
William Kent Krueger
The Longmire Defense
Craig Johnson
The Raging Storm
Ann Cleeves
The Golden Gate
Amy Chua
Kissing Kosher
Jean Meltzer
The Caretaker
Ron Rash
Bestsellers - Nonfiction
August 2023
Beijing Rules
Bethany Allen
Valiant Women: the extraordinary American servicewomen who helped win World War II
Lena S. Andrews
Earthly Materials: Journeys Through Our Bodies' Emissions, Excretions, and Disintegrations
Cutter Wood
Dream Town
Laura Meckler
Gallop Toward the Sun
Peter Stark
Company
Amy Thielen
Coming Soon - Nonfiction
August 2023
The Place We Make: Breaking the Legacy of Legalized Hate
Sarah Sanderson
The Women of Now: How Feminists Built an Organization That Transformed America
Katherine Turk
What the Taliban Told Me
Ian Fritz
Thin Skin: Essays
Jenn Shapland
Like a River
Granger Smith
Seed to Plate
Lois Ellen Frank
Staff Picks for Adults
Masters of Death
Olivie Blake
Vampires of El Norte
Isabel Canas
Forged by Blood
Ehigbor Okosun
Under the Tamarind Tree
Nigar Alam
Where Peace is Lost
Valerie Valdes
Lush Lives
Vanessa J. Lyon
Spotlight on Grillin' and Chillin
Recipes for anything you're bringing to the cookout
Michael Symon's Playing with Fire
Michael Symon
VBQ—The Ultimate Vegan Barbecue Cookbook
Nadine Horn
Everyday Barbecue: At Home with America's Favorite Pitmaster
Myron Mixon
The Outdoor Cook: How to Cook Anything Outside Using Your Grill, Fire Pit, Flat-Top, Griddle, and More
America's Test Kitchen
The Side Dish Bible: 1,001 Perfect Recipes for Every Vegetable, Rice, Grain, and Bean Dish You Will Ever Need
America's Test Kitchen
Tomato Love: 44 Mouthwatering for Salads, Sauces, Stews, and More
Joy Howard
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