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Readers Advisory  

A matchmaking service for readers 

Readers Advisory is librarian speak for customer service to connect books with patrons.  For example, if you like books by one author, maybe you'll also enjoy reading books by another author who writes in the same style or uses the same setting or has similar characters.

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Dystopian, fantasy, futuristic, paranormal, science fiction, steam punk, techno thrillers and time travel. Whatever you call them, these page turning, can't-put-them-down books will keep you up all night reading to find out what happens next. You might not be able to close your eyes...or turn out the light! 

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Recommendations from SDL staff and patrons.

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  • 5th Wave by Richard Yancey
  • All The Ways We Said Goodbye by Beatriz Williams, Lauren & Karen White
  • The Authenticity Project by Clare Pooley
  • The Bodyguard by Katherine Center
  • The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
  • The Borrowed Life of Frederick Fife by Anna Johnston
  • The Boys In The Boat: nine Americans and their epic quest for gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics by Daniel James Brown
  • Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
  • The Care and Handling of Roses by Margaret Dilloway
  • The Curious Charms of Arthur Pepper by Phaedra Patrick
  • Delicious by Ruth Teichl
  • Dreaming of Flight by Catherine Ryan Hyde
  • The Dry Grass of August by Anna Jean Mayhew
  • Eddie Winston Is Looking For Love by Marianne Cronin
  • Executive Privilege by Phillip Margolin
  • The Girl On The Train by Paula Hawkins
  • Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
  • Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society by Mary Shaffer
  • The Help by Kathryn Stockett
  • Henry's Sisters by Cathy Lamb
  • House Rules by Jodi Picoult
  • How High The Moon by Sandra Kring
  • The Hundred Years of Lenni and Margot by Marianne Cronin
  • Hush Money by Chuck Greaves
  • The Incredible Winston Browne by Sean Dietrich
  • The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd
  • Juliet by Anne Fortier
  • The Language of Flowers by Vanessa Diffenbaugh
  • The Last Chance Library by Freya Sampson
  • The Last One by Alexandra Oliva
  • The Last Telegram by Liz Trenow
  • The Little Paris Bookshop by Nin George
  • The Matchmaker of Perigord by Julia Stuart
  • The Midwife of Hope River by Patricia Harman
  • Mockingbird Summer by Lynda Rutledge
  • Mozart's Sister by Rita Charbonnier
  • Mrs. Quinn's Rise To Fame by Olivia Ford
  • My Stroke Of Insight by Jill Bolte Taylor
  • One Hundred Years of Lenni and Margot by Marianne Cronin
  • Orphan Train by Christina Baker Kline
  • Paris by Edward Rutherford
  • The Paris Library by Janet Charles Skeslien
  • A Parting Gift by Ben Erickson 
  • Raft of Stars by Andrew Graff
  • The Reading List by Sara Nisha Adams
  • The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion
  • Sarah's Key byTatiana De Rosnay
  • Saving CeeCee Honeycutt by Beth Hoffman
  • The School of Essential Ingredients by Erica Bauermeister
  • Shelter Me by Juliette Fay
  • Still Alice by Lisa Genova
  • The Storied Life of A. J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin
  • Sycamore Road by John Grisham
  • Things Past Telling by Sheila Williams
  • The Things That Keep Us Here by Carla Buckley
  • The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
  • Wade In The Water by Nyani Nkrumah
  • West with Giraffes by Lynda Rutledge

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