Books for Thanksgiving
Looking for a book to read over the Thanksgiving break? Check out this selection! Most are cozy selections, but there a few with a harder edge if that's what you're looking for. All tie back to family and generosity.
Click on the titles to take you straight to our catalog. You can read a longer description and reserve the book from there. Enjoy!
Click on the titles to take you straight to our catalog. You can read a longer description and reserve the book from there. Enjoy!
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The Secret, Book, & Scone Society by Ellery Adams
From New York Times bestselling author Ellery Adams comes the first in an intriguing new series set within a quirky small-town club where the key to happiness, friendship—or solving a murder—can all be found within the pages of the right book. |
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The Giving Quilt by Jennifer Chiaverini
At Elm Creek Manor, the week after Thanksgiving is “Quiltsgiving,” a time to commence a season of generosity. From near and far, quilters and aspiring quilters gather for a special winter session of quilt camp, to make quilts for Project Linus. Featuring not only well-loved characters but also intriguing newcomers, The Giving Quilt will remind us Giving from the heart blesses the giver as much as the recipient, and while giving may not always be easy, it is always worthwhile. |
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The Orchardist by Amanda Coplin
Set in the untamed American West, a highly original and haunting debut novel about a makeshift family whose dramatic lives are shaped by violence, love, and an indelible connection to the land. You belong to the earth, and the earth is hard. |
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Plum Pudding Murder by Joanne Fluke
Holiday business is booming at Hannah Swenson's Cookie Jar pastry shop, but the mysterious murder of "Lunatic Larry" Jaeger puts a serious crimp in the season of good cheer. |
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An Irish Country Cottage by Patrick Taylor
The New Year brings challenges and changes to the colorful Irish village of Ballybucklebo. As a new and tumultuous decade approaches, sectarian division threaten to bring unrest to Ulster, but in Ballybucklebo at least, peace still reigns and neighbors look after neighbors. |
A Place Like Home: Stores by Rosamunde Pilcher
Each unforgettable story is the perfect slice of romance written with warmth and passion featuring wonderfully memorable, smart, and feisty female characters that will transport the reader to another time and place.
Each unforgettable story is the perfect slice of romance written with warmth and passion featuring wonderfully memorable, smart, and feisty female characters that will transport the reader to another time and place.
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A Dark and Stormy Tea by Laura Childs
A possible serial killer on the loose sends tea maven Theodosia Browning into a whirlwind of investigation. Includes delicious recipes and teatime tips! |
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The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley
It is the summer of 1950–and at the once-grand mansion of Buckshaw, young Flavia de Luce, an aspiring chemist with a passion for poison, is intrigued by a series of inexplicable events: A dead bird is found on the doorstep, a postage stamp bizarrely pinned to its beak. Then, hours later, Flavia finds a man lying in the cucumber patch and watches him as he takes his dying breath. For Flavia, who is both appalled and delighted, life begins in earnest when murder comes to Buckshaw |
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The War that Saved My Life by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
An exceptionally moving story of triumph against all odds set during WWII. This masterful work of historical fiction is equal parts adventure and a moving tale of family and identity. |
The Jane Austen Society by Natalie Jenner
One hundred and fifty years ago, Chawton was the final home of Jane Austen, one of England's finest novelists. Now it's home to a few distant relatives and their diminishing estate. With the last bit of Austen's legacy threatened, a group of disparate individuals come together to preserve both Jane Austen's home and her legacy. These people—a laborer, a young widow, the local doctor, and a movie star, among others—could not be more different and yet they are united in their love for the works and words of Austen. As each of them endures their own quiet struggle with loss and trauma, some from the recent war, others from more distant tragedies, they rally together to create the Jane Austen Society.
One hundred and fifty years ago, Chawton was the final home of Jane Austen, one of England's finest novelists. Now it's home to a few distant relatives and their diminishing estate. With the last bit of Austen's legacy threatened, a group of disparate individuals come together to preserve both Jane Austen's home and her legacy. These people—a laborer, a young widow, the local doctor, and a movie star, among others—could not be more different and yet they are united in their love for the works and words of Austen. As each of them endures their own quiet struggle with loss and trauma, some from the recent war, others from more distant tragedies, they rally together to create the Jane Austen Society.
