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Books are flying off the library shelves! Curious to know which titles have patrons rushing to place holds? Look no further!
Do some of these look familiar? That’s probably because you’ve seen them in your library request system. As the seasons change, tastes and interests will surely follow. Here are the most requested titles for January 2025, based on all our systems in Resource Sharing.
The Father's Tale (2011)
Canadian bookseller Alex Graham is a middle-age widower whose quiet life is turned upside down when his college-age son disappears without any explanation or trace of where he has gone. With minimal resources, the father begins a long journey that takes him for the first time away from his safe and orderly world. As he stumbles across the merest thread of a trail, he follows it in blind desperation, and is led step by step on an odyssey that takes him to fascinating places and sometimes to frightening people and perils. Through the uncertainty and the anguish, the loss and the longing, Graham is pulled into conflicts between nations, as well as the eternal conflict between good and evil. Stretched nearly to the breaking point by the inexplicable suffering he witnesses and experiences, he discovers unexpected sources of strength as he presses onward in the hope of recovering his son - and himself.
James: A Novel (2024)
"James" is a novel by author Percival Everett, published by Doubleday in 2024. The novel is a re-imagining of "Adventures of Huckleberry" Finn by Mark Twain, but told from the perspective of Huckleberry's friend on his travels, Jim - an escaped slave.
Empire of Shadows (2024)
Nice Victorian ladies don't run off to find legendary lost cities. One trifling little arrest shouldn't have cost Ellie Mallory her job, but it's only the latest in a line of injustices facing any educated woman with archaeological ambitions. When Ellie stumbles across the map to a mysterious ancient city, she knows she’s holding her chance to revolutionize Pre-Colombian history. There’s just one teensy complication. A ruthless villain wants it, and Ellie is all that stands in his way.
A Frog in the Fjord (2022)
Norwegians are the happiest people in the world, but can anyone else be happy in Norway? Lorelou, a French woman in her mid-20s from Provence region gets a job in Oslo, Norway. She is not too inspired by this Arctic country. Are Norwegian people as cold as their weather? She is, however, curious to discover the Northern lights, and explore the country's famous landscapes. So many things are weird about Norwegian people: they go skiing in the middle of the city, take their holidays in cabins with neither water nor electricity, light candles to make things koselig, and have strange names like "Odd" and "Bored". Learning Norwegian language, making local friends and dating are proving to be much harder than she thought. She has one year to figure out whether she wants to live there for good and make Norway her home.
All Fours (2024)
A semi-famous artist announces her plan to drive cross-country, from LA to NY. Twenty minutes after leaving her husband and child at home, she spontaneously exits the freeway, beds down in a nondescript motel, and immerses herself in a temporary reinvention that turns out to be the start of an entirely different journey.
