What's Next for Lisbeth Salander?

Devoted fans around the world were devastated when Stieg Larsson, author of the Millenium series died suddenly after publishing only three books in a series projected for ten.  Hope was revived briefly when information surfaced that the manuscript for an unfinished fourth novel was being fought over by Larsson's partner, family and his publisher.

Today, the publisher, Norstedts Forlag (who own the rights to the series), announced (yes, it's in Swedish, but Google Translator will take care of that for you) that they have contracted author David Lagercrantz to write a fourth Millenium novel, due to be published in August 2015.

So What Do Librarians Read?

It's a question we get asked all the time and the truthful answer is that if you ask 5 librarians that question, you'll get 25 answers. This, then, makes the one and only list of the Best Books of 2013 I'm going to publish very unique.

Near the end of November, librarians around the country were challenged to tweet their favorite titles from 2013 with the hashtag #libfaves13. For ten days, librarians tweeted one title each day and now the results have been released!

ELEANOR & PARK	Rowell, Rainbow
FANGIRL	Rowell, Rainbow
ROSIE PROJECT, THE	Simsion, Graeme
LIFE AFTER LIFE	Atkinson, Kate
OCEAN AT THE END OF THE LANE	Gaiman, Neil
CUCKOO'S CALLING	Galbraith, Robert /Rowling
GOLDFINCH, THE	Tartt, Donna
HOW THE LIGHT GETS IN	Penny, Louise
INTERESTINGS, THE	Wolitzer, Meg
HUMAN DIVISION	Scalzi, John
LEXICON	Barry, Max
ME BEFORE YOU	Moyes, Jo Jo
NO GOOD DUKE GOES UNPUNISHED	MacLean, Sarah
WE ARE ALL COMPLETELY BESIDE OURSELVES	Fowler, Karen Joy
BETTER NATE THAN EVER	Federle, Tim
DETROIT: AN AMERICAN AUTOPSY	LeDuff, Charlie
FLORA & ULYSSES: THE ILLUMINATED ADVENTURES	DiCamillo, Kate
GOLEM AND THE JINNI, THE	Wecker, Helene
LONGBOURN	Baker, Jo
BONE SEASON	Shannon, Samantha
CURTSIES AND CONSPIRACIES	Carriger, Gail
ETIQUETTE AND ESPIONAGE	Carriger, Gail
HELP FOR THE HAUNTED	Searles, John
RELISH: MY LIFE IN THE KITCHEN	Knisley, Lucy
SOMEONE	McDermott, Alice
STORYTELLER	Picoult, Jodi
TENTH OF DECEMBER	Saunders, George
THINKING WOMAN'S GUIDE TO REAL MAGIC, THE	Barker, Emily Croy
ANCILLARY JUSTICE	Leckie, Ann
COUNTING BY 7's	Sloan, Holly Goldberg
FIVE DAYS AT MEMORIAL	Fink, Sherri
GULP	Roach, Mary
HEIRESS EFFECT, THE	Milan, Courtney
HUSBAND'S SECRET, THE	Moriarty, Liane
JOURNEY	Becker, Aaron
P.S. BE ELEVEN	Williams-Garcia, Rita
RECONSTRUCTING AMELIA	McCreight, Kimberly
RETURNED, THE	Mott, Jason
SAGA	Vaughn, Brian K.
TALE FOR THE TIME BEING, A	Ozeki, Ruth
TELL THE WOLVES I'M HOME	Brunt, Carol Rifka
VAMPIRES IN THE LEMON GROVE	Russell, Karen
WORLD'S STRONGEST LIBRARIAN	Hanagarne, Josh
AMERICANAH	Adichie, Chimamanda Ngozi
AND THE MOUNTAINS ECHOED	Hosseini, Khaled
BOXERS & SAINTS	Yang, Gene Luen
BOY ON THE PORCH	Creech, Sharon
CALLING DR. LAURA	Georges, Laura
CINNAMON AND GUNPOWDER	Brown, Eli
CODE NAME VERITY	Wein, Elizabeth
COLDEST GIRL IN COLDTOWN	Black, Holly
CRAZY RICH ASIANS	Kwan, Kevin
DOCTOR SLEEP	King, Stephen
DOLL BONES	Black, Holly
DREAM THIEVES	Steifvater, Maggie
ENGAGEMENTS, THE	Sullivan, J. Courtney
FAULT IN OUR STARS , THE (2012 title	Green, John
FLORA AND THE FLAMINGO	Idle, Molly
FORGIVE ME, LEONARD PEACOCK	Quick, Matthew
LOST GIRLS	Kolker, Robert
NIGHT FILM	Pessl, Marisha
NOS4A2	Hill, Joe
OUT OF THE EASY	Sepetys, Ruta
REAL BOY, THE	Ursu, Anne
RIVER OF NO RETURN	Ridgway, Bee
ROSE UNDER FIRE	Wein, Elizabeth
S.	Dorst, Doug / Abrams, J.J.
SCARLET	Meyers, Marissa
SCREAMING STAIRCASE, THE	Stroud
SERAPHINA	Hartman, Rachel
VISITATION STREET	Pochoda, Ivy

Note that the list is in the order of the most votes received, and when multiple books received the same number of votes, they were then alphabetized.

Feel free to give us a call for help getting your hands on a copy of any of these titles!

Happy Holiday Reading!

Attention Book Groups

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Weaving together the story of an escaped slave in the pre–Civil War South and a determined junior lawyer, The House Girl follows Lina Sparrow as she looks for an appropriate lead plaintiff in a lawsuit seeking compensation for families of slaves. In her research, she learns about Lu Anne Bell, a renowned prewar artist whose famous works might have actually been painted by her slave, Josephine.

Featuring two remarkable, unforgettable heroines, Tara Conklin's The House Girl is riveting and powerful, literary fiction at its very best.  Available as a Book Group to Go bag.