Book Wish List
We welcome suggestions from our regular patrons to influence our book purchases. Contact the library (come in, call 779-3977, or send an e-mail to <mercershawlibrary@gmail.com>) to suggest books for future delivery.
Recent acquisitions:
Adult Fiction
Mad Honey by Jodi Picoult
Secrets of a Charmed Life and Only the Beautiful by Susan Meissner
Everybody's Fool and Somebody's Fool by Richard Russo
The Murder Rule and Books 1,2 & 3 in the Cormac Reilly Series by Dervla McTiernan
The Lighthouse Keeper's Daughter, A Memory of Violets, and When We Were Young and Brave by Hazel Gaynor
This Tender Land, Ordinary Grace, and Books 1-6 in the Iron Lake Series by William Kent Krueger
Caleb's Crossing, Horse, and March by Geraldine Brooks
The Tattooist of Auschwitz, and Cilka's Journey by Heather Morris
A Long Petal of the Sea by Isabelle Allende
The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
The Kommandant's Girl Trilogy, and The Orphan's Tale by Pam Jenoff
The Book of Lost Friends by Lisa Wingate
The Nature of Fragile Things by Susan Meissner
It Ends with Us & It Starts with Us, and Regretting by Colleen Hoover
The Personal Librarian by Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray
Books 1-23 in The No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency Series by Alexander McCall Smith
Books 1-10 in the Joe Pickett Series by C.J. Box
...and many more!
Adult Nonfiction
Friday Night Lights by Buzz Bissinger
Bald Eagles, Bear Cubs, and Hermit Bill: Memories of a Wildlife Biologist in Maine by Ron Joseph
The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls
The Book of Hope: A Survival Guide for Trying Times by Jane Goodall
Red Notice: A True Story of High Finance, Murder, and one Man's Fight for Justice by Bill Browder
The Ride of Her Life: The True Story of a Woman, Her Horse, and Their Last-Chance Journey Across America by Elizabeth Letts
Boys in the Boat and Under a Flaming Sky by Daniel James Brown
The Shadow Docket: How the Supreme court uses Stealth Rulings to Amass Power and Undermine the Republic by Stephen Vladeck
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We also have over eighty audiobooks and many new additions to our children's collections. The children's collections are organized by grade and reading level.
Adult Fiction
Mad Honey by Jodi Picoult
Secrets of a Charmed Life and Only the Beautiful by Susan Meissner
Everybody's Fool and Somebody's Fool by Richard Russo
The Murder Rule and Books 1,2 & 3 in the Cormac Reilly Series by Dervla McTiernan
The Lighthouse Keeper's Daughter, A Memory of Violets, and When We Were Young and Brave by Hazel Gaynor
This Tender Land, Ordinary Grace, and Books 1-6 in the Iron Lake Series by William Kent Krueger
Caleb's Crossing, Horse, and March by Geraldine Brooks
The Tattooist of Auschwitz, and Cilka's Journey by Heather Morris
A Long Petal of the Sea by Isabelle Allende
The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
The Kommandant's Girl Trilogy, and The Orphan's Tale by Pam Jenoff
The Book of Lost Friends by Lisa Wingate
The Nature of Fragile Things by Susan Meissner
It Ends with Us & It Starts with Us, and Regretting by Colleen Hoover
The Personal Librarian by Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray
Books 1-23 in The No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency Series by Alexander McCall Smith
Books 1-10 in the Joe Pickett Series by C.J. Box
...and many more!
Adult Nonfiction
Friday Night Lights by Buzz Bissinger
Bald Eagles, Bear Cubs, and Hermit Bill: Memories of a Wildlife Biologist in Maine by Ron Joseph
The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls
The Book of Hope: A Survival Guide for Trying Times by Jane Goodall
Red Notice: A True Story of High Finance, Murder, and one Man's Fight for Justice by Bill Browder
The Ride of Her Life: The True Story of a Woman, Her Horse, and Their Last-Chance Journey Across America by Elizabeth Letts
Boys in the Boat and Under a Flaming Sky by Daniel James Brown
The Shadow Docket: How the Supreme court uses Stealth Rulings to Amass Power and Undermine the Republic by Stephen Vladeck
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We also have over eighty audiobooks and many new additions to our children's collections. The children's collections are organized by grade and reading level.
Some links that patrons might be interested in:
Book Recommendations: https://media.bookbub.com/blog/2017/12/12/book-recommendations-2017-librarians/ and *Goodreads.
Maine State Library
Book Recommendations: https://media.bookbub.com/blog/2017/12/12/book-recommendations-2017-librarians/ and *Goodreads.
Maine State Library
