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November 7, 2025 at 6:51 PM
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Try Pilgrim at Tinker Creek by Annie Dillard if you're looking for a "cozy winter book club read." #AskALibrarian
Pilgrim at Tinker Creek — Multnomah County Library
Pilgrim at Tinker Creek — Dillard, Annie, — This work, a collection of essays on the natural world during a year spent in the Blue Ridge valley of Virginia, reflects the author's interactions with her...
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November 6, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Try Pilgrim at Tinker Creek by Annie Dillard if you're looking for a "cozy winter book club read." #AskALibrarian
Want "Spooky Christmas/Hanukkah" stories? Try Eight Very Bad Nights: a Collection of Hanukkah Noir by @todgoldberg.bsky.social. #AskALibrarian
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Eight Very Bad Nights — "Curated by New York Times bestselling author Tod Goldberg, this collection of twelve delightful and twisted Hanukkah capers will entertain you through all eight nights of the ...
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November 6, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Want "Spooky Christmas/Hanukkah" stories? Try Eight Very Bad Nights: a Collection of Hanukkah Noir by @todgoldberg.bsky.social. #AskALibrarian
If you're looking for "Anxiety and depression, for women 50 years and older" we suggest Depression and Anxiety in Later Life by Mark D. Miller. #AskALibrarian
Depression and Anxiety in Later Life — Multnomah County Library
Depression and Anxiety in Later Life — Miller, Mark D., 1955- — Offers advice on minimizing or avoiding depression and anxiety in later life, including how to live with illness and disability, how to ...
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November 6, 2025 at 5:49 PM
If you're looking for "Anxiety and depression, for women 50 years and older" we suggest Depression and Anxiety in Later Life by Mark D. Miller. #AskALibrarian
For our patron who's "Loving The Family Recipe! What should I read next?" we suggest I Leave It Up to You by Jinwoo Chong. #AskALibrarian
I Leave It Up to You — Multnomah County Library
I Leave It Up to You — Chong, Jinwoo, — "From the award-winning author of Flux comes a dazzling novel about love, family, and the art of sushi that asks: What if you could return to the point of a fat...
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November 6, 2025 at 5:47 PM
For our patron who's "Loving The Family Recipe! What should I read next?" we suggest I Leave It Up to You by Jinwoo Chong. #AskALibrarian
Want something "similar to Orwell's Coming Up for Air and Keep Aspidistra Flying"? We suggest Kairos by Jenny Erpenbeck. #AskALibrarian
Kairos — Multnomah County Library
Kairos — Erpenbeck, Jenny, 1967- — "Jenny Erpenbeck (the author of Go, Went, Gone and Visitation) is an epic storyteller and arguably the most powerful voice in contemporary German literature. Erpenbe...
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November 6, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Want something "similar to Orwell's Coming Up for Air and Keep Aspidistra Flying"? We suggest Kairos by Jenny Erpenbeck. #AskALibrarian
Try The New Small Person if you're looking for "book for 4 y/o about tolerating a newly crawling in-your-biz baby sister." #AskALibrarian
The New Small Person — Multnomah County Library
The New Small Person — Child, Lauren, — Elmore Green likes being an only child. When his parents bring a new small person, his baby brother, into the house, Elmore is not pleased and does his best to ...
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November 6, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Try The New Small Person if you're looking for "book for 4 y/o about tolerating a newly crawling in-your-biz baby sister." #AskALibrarian
Try Empires of the Word: a Language History of the World by Nicholas Ostler if you're wanting "Something on the history of language that fairly easy to digest." #AskALibrarian
Empires of the Word — Multnomah County Library
Empires of the Word — Ostler, Nicholas — An offbeat natural history of language takes readers from the educational and cultural innovators of Sumeria, to the resilience of Chinese, to the global sprea...
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November 6, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Try Empires of the Word: a Language History of the World by Nicholas Ostler if you're wanting "Something on the history of language that fairly easy to digest." #AskALibrarian
Looking for "fiction-ish about marital challenges - like listen to the marriage, how to stay married"? We suggest Last Couple Standing by @thenormannation.bsky.social l. #AskALibrarian
Last Couple Standing — Multnomah County Library
Last Couple Standing — Norman, Matthew, — "The Core Four have been friends since college: four men, four women, four couples. They got married around the same time, had kids around the same time, and ...
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November 6, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Looking for "fiction-ish about marital challenges - like listen to the marriage, how to stay married"? We suggest Last Couple Standing by @thenormannation.bsky.social l. #AskALibrarian
If you're looking for "Historical fiction about Hawaii" try Song of the Exile by Kiana Davenport. #AskALibrarian
Song of the Exile — Multnomah County Library
Song of the Exile — Davenport, Kiana — The passionate tale of love and loss, tragedy and triumph, survival and transcendence of the Meahuna family -- the odyssey of one resilient man searching for his...
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November 6, 2025 at 5:26 PM
If you're looking for "Historical fiction about Hawaii" try Song of the Exile by Kiana Davenport. #AskALibrarian
Fledgling by Octavia E. Butler might be just right if you're looking for "Interview w a vampire type of classic?? Just finished it, need a new world to dive into!" #AskALibrarian
Fledgling — Multnomah County Library
Fledgling — Butler, Octavia E., — A young girl suffering from amnesia wakes up to find that she's actually a middle-aged vampire.
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November 6, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Fledgling by Octavia E. Butler might be just right if you're looking for "Interview w a vampire type of classic?? Just finished it, need a new world to dive into!" #AskALibrarian
Want some "Wretched fantasy that will grip me like Alchemised"? We suggest One Dark Window by Rachel Gillig. #AskALibrarian
One Dark Window — Multnomah County Library
One Dark Window — Gillig, Rachel, — "Elspeth Spindle needs more than luck to stay safe in the eerie, mist-locked kingdom she calls home--she needs a monster. She calls him the Nightmare, an ancient, m...
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November 6, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Want some "Wretched fantasy that will grip me like Alchemised"? We suggest One Dark Window by Rachel Gillig. #AskALibrarian
Need "Something that will restore my faith in humanity"? Try something on this list. #AskALibrarian
Community care and activism, from Multco Lib — a staff-created list from Multnomah County Library
When the world asks you to step aside, these titles show you how to stand up. Care for your community and care for yourself in times like these.
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November 6, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Need "Something that will restore my faith in humanity"? Try something on this list. #AskALibrarian
If you're in the mood for "Spooky graphic novels for fans of Junji Ito" try Choujin X. Volume 1 by Sui Ishida. #AskALibrarian
Choujin X. Volume 1 — Multnomah County Library
Choujin X. Volume 1 — Ishida, Sui, — "Best friends Tokio and Azuma do everything together, even if most of the time it feels like Tokio is just stumbling along in Azuma's cooler, more talented footste...
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November 6, 2025 at 5:22 PM
If you're in the mood for "Spooky graphic novels for fans of Junji Ito" try Choujin X. Volume 1 by Sui Ishida. #AskALibrarian
Our patron who asked for "Holiday (Xmas/Hanukkah) funny mystery or romcom (loved Most Wonderful Crime of the Year) thx!" may enjoy A Merry Little Meet Cute by Julie Murphy. #AskALibrarian
A Merry Little Meet Cute — Multnomah County Library
A Merry Little Meet Cute — Murphy, Julie, 1985- — "Cowritten by #1 New York Times bestselling author Julie Murphy and USA Today bestselling author Sierra Simone--a steamy plus-size holiday rom-com abo...
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November 6, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Our patron who asked for "Holiday (Xmas/Hanukkah) funny mystery or romcom (loved Most Wonderful Crime of the Year) thx!" may enjoy A Merry Little Meet Cute by Julie Murphy. #AskALibrarian
Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward might be a good fit if you're looking for "Contemporary soon-to-be-classic novels by women!" #AskALibrarian
Sing, Unburied, Sing — Multnomah County Library
Sing, Unburied, Sing — Ward, Jesmyn, — Jojo and his toddler sister, Kayla, live with their grandparents, Mam and Pop, and the occasional presence of their drug-addicted mother, Leonie, on a farm on th...
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November 6, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward might be a good fit if you're looking for "Contemporary soon-to-be-classic novels by women!" #AskALibrarian
Try The Missing American by Kwei Quartey if you're looking for "Something fast paced and intriguing I can listen to on long runs." #AskALibrarian
The Missing American — Multnomah County Library
The Missing American — Quartey, Kwei — Accra private investigator Emma Djan's first missing persons case will lead her to the darkest depths of the email scams and fetish priests in Ghana, the world's...
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November 6, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Try The Missing American by Kwei Quartey if you're looking for "Something fast paced and intriguing I can listen to on long runs." #AskALibrarian
Our patron requesting a "Fiction graphic novel with Krampus or Christmas/winter folklore/cryptids" may appreciate A Christmas Bestiary by John Kenn Mortensen. #AskALibrarian
A Christmas Bestiary — Multnomah County Library
A Christmas Bestiary — Mortensen, John Kenn, 1978- — A Christmas Bestiary is an essential guidebook to all the horrors that await us during the darkest time of the year, from common creatures such as ...
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November 6, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Our patron requesting a "Fiction graphic novel with Krampus or Christmas/winter folklore/cryptids" may appreciate A Christmas Bestiary by John Kenn Mortensen. #AskALibrarian
If you're in the mood for "A holiday romance that has emotional depth and no third act breakup!" try The Holiday Honeymoon Switch by Julia McKay. #AskALibrarian
The Holiday Honeymoon Switch — Multnomah County Library
The Holiday Honeymoon Switch — McKay, Julia, — "A hilarious and heartfelt holiday rom com about doppelganger best friends who trade one's cabin Christmas vacation for the other's Hawaiian honeymoon af...
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November 6, 2025 at 5:11 PM
If you're in the mood for "A holiday romance that has emotional depth and no third act breakup!" try The Holiday Honeymoon Switch by Julia McKay. #AskALibrarian
Luck in the Shadows by @lynnflewelling.bsky.social might be perfect for you if you're looking for "Queer MM fantasy romance that has cool battles." #AskALibrarian
Luck in the Shadows — Multnomah County Library
Luck in the Shadows — Flewelling, Lynn — Seregil--thief, con artist, and spy in the employ of the queen's wizard--takes an apprentice in his struggle against a surreal world of intrigue, magic, and po...
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November 6, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Luck in the Shadows by @lynnflewelling.bsky.social might be perfect for you if you're looking for "Queer MM fantasy romance that has cool battles." #AskALibrarian
Do you "want to learn about land management by Native Americans"? There's many good options, but
Indigenous Critical Reflections on Traditional Ecological Knowledge by Lara A. Jacobs is a good place to start! #AskALibrarian
Indigenous Critical Reflections on Traditional Ecological Knowledge by Lara A. Jacobs is a good place to start! #AskALibrarian
Indigenous Critical Reflections on Traditional Ecological Knowledge — Multnomah County Library
Indigenous Critical Reflections on Traditional Ecological Knowledge — "With more than fifty contributors, Indigenous Critical Reflections on Traditional Ecological Knowledge offers important perspecti...
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November 6, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Do you "want to learn about land management by Native Americans"? There's many good options, but
Indigenous Critical Reflections on Traditional Ecological Knowledge by Lara A. Jacobs is a good place to start! #AskALibrarian
Indigenous Critical Reflections on Traditional Ecological Knowledge by Lara A. Jacobs is a good place to start! #AskALibrarian
For our patron who requested "Something like the royal spyness series, I need something fun :)" we suggest Fortune Favors the Dead by @playwrightsteve.bsky.social. #AskALibrarian
Fortune Favors the Dead — Multnomah County Library
Fortune Favors the Dead — Spotswood, Stephen, — "New York, 1942: Willowjean "Will" Parker is a scrappy circus runaway whose knife-throwing skills have just saved the life of private investigator, Lill...
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November 6, 2025 at 5:03 PM
For our patron who requested "Something like the royal spyness series, I need something fun :)" we suggest Fortune Favors the Dead by @playwrightsteve.bsky.social. #AskALibrarian