Holiday Reading We Love

Now that the semester has come to a close, students (and faculty!) are looking forward to a break from their classes, clubs and jobs. The next few weeks provide the perfect opportunity to catch up on all the books you’ve been meaning to read but could never find time for during the fall. Here at the library, we did a lot of reading throughout the year.

For the first time ever the library faculty and staff members have made a list of the top books we’ve read this year. The list contains classics and newer releases and plenty of titles for fans of science fiction and adventure. We also made sure to include titles for those who prefer nonfiction and memoirs. Several of these books or similar works by the authors are available at the library (those linked). For anyone looking for a great book during the holidays, we’ve made this list with you in mind:

• Revelations by Elaine Pagels
• The Marriage Plot by Jeffrey Eugenides
• The Psychopath Test by Jon Ronson
• The Poet of Tolstoy Park by Sonny Brewer
• The Window and the Tree by Sonny Brewer
• My Imaginary Jesus by Matt Mikalatos
• Wool by Hugh Howey
• Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
• Living In More Than One World: How Peter Drucker’s Wisdom Can Inspire and Transform Your Life by Bruce Rosenstein
• The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
• The Long Earth by Terry Pratchett and Stephen Baxter
• The Bones by Seth Greenland
• Poseidon’s Arrow by Clive Cussler
• Astrid and Veronika by Linda Olsson
• Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel
• Star Wars: Millennium Falcon by James Luceno
• The Millennium Falcon Owner’s Workshop Manual by Ryder Windham, Chris Reiff and Chris Trevas
• A Rare Titanic Family: The Caldwells’ Story of Survival by Julie Williams
• Night by Elie Wiesel
• I Capture The Castle by Dodie Smith

For those who prefer to purchase your own copy, you can support the library while you shop online. Click here for links to participating companies include Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Books A Million, AbeBooks, Alibris and Family Christian Stores. When you go through this page to make your online purchase, you can help earn a commission to support the library at no additional cost to you. For more information please visit the Shop Online page of the Samford Library website.

Marci Solomon, Circulation Assistant