Last-Minute Gift Book Suggestions
If you’re looking for some last-minute gifts this week, our librarians have some great books to suggest. We’ve got a little bit of everything for loved ones ages 1 to 100! If you like our suggestions, you can ask us any time of year to help you make a customized book list for you or anyone else you’re shopping for.
Yellowstone: a Journey Through America’s Wild Heart
Recommended by Laura Goldsborough (Tween Services)
This gorgeous book full of fantastic photographs by David Quammen explores the spirit and status of Yellowstone today. Whenever you next visit, it will inspire you to look at Yellowstone with new eyes.
Find it: Library | Anderson’s
Her Again: Becoming Meryl Streep by Michael Schulman
Recommended by Nancy Long (Adult Services)
Meryl Streep has been assuming roles ever since she decided to make herself popular in high school. A peek into this versatile actress’s personal life.
Find it: Library | Anderson’s
Invisible Planets edited by Ken Liu
Recommended by Matthew Wenslauskis (Adult Services)
An anthology of newly translated stories from the rising stars of Chinese science fiction. It will seem fresh and exciting to even the most well-read science fiction fans.
Find it: Library | Anderson’s
Paper Girls by Brian K. Vaughan
Recommended by Rachel Hoover (Adult Services)
Anyone dying for the next season of Stranger Things will love this sci-fi comic series set in 1980’s midwestern suburbia featuring a gang of kids on bikes who stumble onto some weird occurrences. Sound familiar?
Find it: Library | Anderson’s
Thrice the brinded cat hath mew’d : a Flavia de Luce novel by Alan Bradley
Recommended by Rick Roche (Adult Services)
Returning to the dilapidated Buckshaw mansion just in time for a dark, cold Christmas, Flavia de Luce discovers another body – dead, of course.
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Salt to the Sea by Ruta Sepetys
Recommended by Heather Booth (Teen Services)
A Teen Book Club favorite! As WWII hurtles to a close, refugees make their way to Gdynia where they hope to travel to safety aboard a Nazi ship that will become the site of the largest maritime tragedy in recorded history.
Find it: Library | Anderson’s
What To Do with A Box by Jane Yolen and Chris Sheban
Recommended by Uma Nori (Youth Services)
This is a beautiful picture book perfect for this time of the year that will take your child into the world of imagination and fun with all the empty boxes leftover from presents.
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Fantastic beasts and where to find them: character guide by Michael Kogge
Recommended by Rick Roche (Adult Services)
This highly-illustrated guide entertainingly identifies the magical people and strange creatures in the recent cinematic Harry Potter prequel.
Find it: Library | Anderson’s
The Great British Bake Off Big Book of Baking by Linda Collister
Recommended by Ted Bodewes (Library Director)
This is a great gift for bakers, PBS fanatics, and anyone who likes all things British.
Find it: Library | Amazon
Scrappy Little Nobody by Anna Kendrick
Recommended by Rachel Hoover (Adult Services)
Fans of other funny celebrity authors like Amy Poehler and Felicia Day will enjoy Kendrick’s self-deprecating wit, but this is also perfect for theater geeks who will get all of her references.
Find it: Library | Anderson’s
Neuromancer by William Gibson
Recommended by Matthew Wenslauskis (Adult Services)
This is a beautifully designed hardcover edition of an innovative science-fiction classic.
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Hello World: A Celebration of Languages and Curiosities by Jonathan Litton
Recommended by Uma Nori (Youth Services)
Perfect for both children and adults, this unique and wonderful book celebrates the many different languages of the world.
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Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Recommended by Laura Goldsborough (Tween Services)
Potterheads will love to experience the full text of the original Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, but with breathtaking watercolor illustrations by Jim Kay.
Find it: Library | Anderson’s
Last Bus to Wisdom by Ivan Doig
Recommended by Nancy Long (Adult Services)
A charming tale of an 11-year-old boy and the people he meets on a Greyhound road trip in 1951, from Montana to Wisconsin and back.
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The Sun is Also a Star by Nicola Yoon
Recommended by Heather Booth (Teen Services)
This is the perfect book for sinking into over the winter break. Two teens, one an immigrant from Jamaica and one a first generation Korean American, meet cute in New York City on a day that will change both of their lives.
Find it: Library | Anderson’s