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November 21, 2025 at 4:31 PM
A joy to recommend! 💚
Try A Psalm for the Wild Built by Becky Chambers if you're looking for Cozy, thoughtful, deep books about the human condition." #AskALibrarian
A Psalm for the Wild-built — Multnomah County Library
A Psalm for the Wild-built — Chambers, Becky, — "In A Psalm for the Wild-Built, Hugo Award-winner Becky Chambers's delightful new Monk & Robot series gives us hope for the future. It's been centuries ...
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November 20, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Try A Psalm for the Wild Built by Becky Chambers if you're looking for Cozy, thoughtful, deep books about the human condition." #AskALibrarian
If you want Something like North Woods, Homegoing, and Love Songs of W.E.B. DuBois check out The Cherokee Rose: a Novel of Gardens and Ghosts by Tiya Miles. #AskALibrarian
The Cherokee Rose — Multnomah County Library
The Cherokee Rose — Miles, Tiya, 1970- — "Conducting research for her weekly column, Jinx, a free-spirited Muscogee (Creek) historian, travels to Hold House, a Georgia plantation originally owed by Ch...
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November 20, 2025 at 5:57 PM
If you want Something like North Woods, Homegoing, and Love Songs of W.E.B. DuBois check out The Cherokee Rose: a Novel of Gardens and Ghosts by Tiya Miles. #AskALibrarian
Santa's Holiday Spectacular by Fern Michaels is great if you're looking for "A good Christmas book for adults, NOT romance" #AskALibrarian
Santa's Holiday Spectacular — Multnomah County Library
Santa's Holiday Spectacular — Michaels, Fern, — "Christmas is so much more than tinsel, lights, and mistletoe. For onetime high school pals Amy, Frankie, Rachael and Nina, being together for the holid...
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November 20, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Santa's Holiday Spectacular by Fern Michaels is great if you're looking for "A good Christmas book for adults, NOT romance" #AskALibrarian
We've got a whole list for the patron requesting "Hannukah books for littles 6 and under ❤️please and thank you" #AskALibrarian
Multcolib My Librarian Ruth: Hanukkah picture books — a staff-created list from Multnomah County Library
Looking for some stories to share this Hanukkah? Check out these picture books and get in the holiday spirit. This list was created for a person looking for more good reads. Want a hand-selected list ...
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November 20, 2025 at 5:55 PM
We've got a whole list for the patron requesting "Hannukah books for littles 6 and under ❤️please and thank you" #AskALibrarian
If you're looking for a "Horror novel inspired by Arab and/or Muslim experiences" try Infidel by @pornsak.bsky.social. #AskALibrarian
Infidel — Multnomah County Library
Infidel — Pichetshote, Pornsak, — Presenting an illustrated horror tale for the twenty-first century and a modern update to the class haunted house story, Infidel follows a young American Muslim woman...
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November 20, 2025 at 5:55 PM
If you're looking for a "Horror novel inspired by Arab and/or Muslim experiences" try Infidel by @pornsak.bsky.social. #AskALibrarian
We suggest He's So Possessed with Me for our patron looking for Queer horror similar to What Stalks Among Us by Sarah Hollowell - loved this read!" The flap describes this as "Heartstopper meets Jennifer's Body." #AskALibrarian
He's So Possessed With Me — Multnomah County Library
He's So Possessed With Me — Liu, Corey, — Ren says he's in love, but Colin knows better. Sure, he can't remember much about how it all began. But he remembers dancing at a club he and Ren were too you...
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November 20, 2025 at 5:54 PM
We suggest He's So Possessed with Me for our patron looking for Queer horror similar to What Stalks Among Us by Sarah Hollowell - loved this read!" The flap describes this as "Heartstopper meets Jennifer's Body." #AskALibrarian
For our patron who wants to "share indigenous & pre-colonial cultures with my 5 yo, balancing truth with her age! 💕" we suggest This Land by @ziibiing.com.
Also, make sure to check out the library's Indigenous Collection for more! multcolib.org/indigenous-c...
Also, make sure to check out the library's Indigenous Collection for more! multcolib.org/indigenous-c...
This Land — Multnomah County Library
This Land — Fairbanks, Ashley, — "Before my family lived in this house, a different family did, and before them, another family, and another before them. And before that, the family who lived here liv...
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November 20, 2025 at 5:52 PM
For our patron who wants to "share indigenous & pre-colonial cultures with my 5 yo, balancing truth with her age! 💕" we suggest This Land by @ziibiing.com.
Also, make sure to check out the library's Indigenous Collection for more! multcolib.org/indigenous-c...
Also, make sure to check out the library's Indigenous Collection for more! multcolib.org/indigenous-c...
Hairpin Bridge by Taylor Adams could be just right for our patron looking for "Murder mystery books similar to books by Holly Jackson." #AskALibrarian
Hairpin Bridge — Multnomah County Library
Hairpin Bridge — Adams, Taylor, — "Three months ago, Lena Nguyen's estranged twin sister, Cambry, drove to a remote bridge sixty miles outside of Missoula, Montana, and jumped two hundred feet to her ...
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November 20, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Hairpin Bridge by Taylor Adams could be just right for our patron looking for "Murder mystery books similar to books by Holly Jackson." #AskALibrarian
Thanks for sending in this question! We'd suggest In Memoriam by Alice Winn. #AskALibrarian
In Memoriam — Multnomah County Library
In Memoriam — Winn, Alice (Alice Mary Felicity), 1992- — "It's 1914, and World War I is ceaselessly churning through thousands of young men on both sides of the fight. The violence of the front feels ...
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November 20, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Thanks for sending in this question! We'd suggest In Memoriam by Alice Winn. #AskALibrarian
If you're looking for "Shorter lesser known novel for someone into scifi/read all of Stephen King's stuff" try Dead Silence by @authorstaceykade.bsky.social. #AskALibrarian
Dead Silence — Multnomah County Library
Dead Silence — Barnes, S. A., — Investigating a strange distress signal, Claire Kovalik and her crew discover a luxury space-liner that vanished 20 years prior and board the vessel to find words scraw...
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November 20, 2025 at 5:47 PM
If you're looking for "Shorter lesser known novel for someone into scifi/read all of Stephen King's stuff" try Dead Silence by @authorstaceykade.bsky.social. #AskALibrarian
Check out Little Constructions by Anna Burns if you're looking for a "Neo western." #AskALibrarian
Little Constructions — Multnomah County Library
Little Constructions — Burns, Anna, 1962- — "In the small town of Tiptoe Floorboard, the Doe clan, a close-knit family of criminals and victims, has the run of the place. Yet there are signs that patr...
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November 20, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Check out Little Constructions by Anna Burns if you're looking for a "Neo western." #AskALibrarian
Slanting Towards the Sea by @lidijahilje.bsky.social could be perfect if you're looking for a "Lit fic featuring a love triangle!" #AskALibrarian
Slanting Towards the Sea — Multnomah County Library
Slanting Towards the Sea — Hilje, Lidija, — "Ivona divorced the love of her life, Vlaho, a decade ago. They met as students at the turn of the millennium, when newly democratic Croatia was alive with ...
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November 20, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Slanting Towards the Sea by @lidijahilje.bsky.social could be perfect if you're looking for a "Lit fic featuring a love triangle!" #AskALibrarian
Try Georgie, All Along by @kateclayborn.bsky.social if you're like our patron who's "read all of Abby Jimenez! Anything similar?" #AskALibrarian
Georgie, All Along — Multnomah County Library
Georgie, All Along — Clayborn, Kate, — Longtime personal assistant Georgie Mulcahy has made a career out of putting others before herself. When an unexpected upheaval sends her away from her hectic jo...
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November 20, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Try Georgie, All Along by @kateclayborn.bsky.social if you're like our patron who's "read all of Abby Jimenez! Anything similar?" #AskALibrarian
Want to read "Fiction books set in Portland that really honor the special places of Portland (just finished Tilt!)"? We suggest The Blue Line Letters by Steven Christiansen — this book is part of the Library Writer's Project! #AskALibrarian
The Blue Line Letters — Multnomah County Library
The Blue Line Letters — Christiansen, Steven, 1973- — During the summer in Portland, seventeen-year-old Ty captures his thoughts and observations on his fellow public transit riders and the vibrant wo...
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November 20, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Want to read "Fiction books set in Portland that really honor the special places of Portland (just finished Tilt!)"? We suggest The Blue Line Letters by Steven Christiansen — this book is part of the Library Writer's Project! #AskALibrarian
If you're looking for "Indigenous perspectives on death / death practices," try Malni by Sky Hopinka. #AskALibrarian
Malni — Multnomah County Library
Malni — "A poetic, experimental debut feature circling the origin of the death myth from the Chinookan people in the Pacific Northwest, the film follows two people as they wander through their surroun...
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November 20, 2025 at 5:40 PM
If you're looking for "Indigenous perspectives on death / death practices," try Malni by Sky Hopinka. #AskALibrarian
Ninefox Gambit by @deuceofgears.bsky.social could be a great fit if you'd enjoy "something like velocity weapon!" #AskALibrarian
Ninefox Gambit — Multnomah County Library
Ninefox Gambit — Lee, Yoon Ha, — Captain Kel Cheris of the hexarchate is disgraced for using unconventional methods in a battle against heretics. Kel Command gives her the opportunity to redeem hersel...
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November 20, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Ninefox Gambit by @deuceofgears.bsky.social could be a great fit if you'd enjoy "something like velocity weapon!" #AskALibrarian
We suggest Afterglow edited by @grist.org if you're looking for "feel good fiction (or even fantasy?) about nature preservation/climate change!" #AskALibrarian
Afterglow — Multnomah County Library
Afterglow — "Hopeful and forward-looking futuristic short stories that explore how the power of storytelling can help create the world we need"--
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November 20, 2025 at 5:38 PM
We suggest Afterglow edited by @grist.org if you're looking for "feel good fiction (or even fantasy?) about nature preservation/climate change!" #AskALibrarian
Try Dolores Huerta by Monica Brown if you want a read "Explaining Hispanic/latino/chicano civil rights movement kids/teen" #AskALibrarian
Dolores Huerta — Multnomah County Library
Dolores Huerta — Brown, Monica, 1969- — "Dolores Huerta always knew that helping others in her community was important. So when she became a teacher and saw how hard it was for her students from farm ...
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November 20, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Try Dolores Huerta by Monica Brown if you want a read "Explaining Hispanic/latino/chicano civil rights movement kids/teen" #AskALibrarian
If you want to read "something like a half built garden for jewish book month" try Jewish Futures by @mabfan.bsky.social. #AskALibrarian
Jewish Futures — Multnomah County Library
Jewish Futures — "The first Jewish diaspora began nearly three thousand years ago. Those three millennia have informed a rich story-telling tradition that will only continue to expand in the coming ce...
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November 20, 2025 at 5:36 PM
If you want to read "something like a half built garden for jewish book month" try Jewish Futures by @mabfan.bsky.social. #AskALibrarian
Looking for "books for 3 yr old boys who love being outside"? Explore Nature Spy Guide by Shelley Rotner. #AskALibrarian
Nature Spy Guide — Multnomah County Library
Nature Spy Guide — Rotner, Shelley, — "What can you find in nature? Use all five senses to explore the outdoors. This guide is full of tips and activities to encourage close observation and foster con...
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November 20, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Looking for "books for 3 yr old boys who love being outside"? Explore Nature Spy Guide by Shelley Rotner. #AskALibrarian
Our patron looking for "Good thriller audiobook to keep me distracted on long runs!" may enjoy The Fort Bragg Cartel by Seth Harp. #AskALibrarian
The Fort Bragg Cartel — Multnomah County Library
The Fort Bragg Cartel — Harp, Seth — "The Fort Bragg Cartel opens like a nonfiction thriller and never lets up. A page-turning investigation into the dark side of our forever wars." -Steve Coll, Pulit...
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November 20, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Our patron looking for "Good thriller audiobook to keep me distracted on long runs!" may enjoy The Fort Bragg Cartel by Seth Harp. #AskALibrarian
If you want to read Palestinian fantasy, try Thyme Travellers, edited by @soniasulaiman.bsky.social. #AskALibrarian
Thyme Travellers — Multnomah County Library
Thyme Travellers — "Thyme Travellers collects fourteen of the Palestinian diaspora's best voices in speculative fiction. Speculative fiction as a genre invites a reconfiguring of reality, and here eac...
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November 20, 2025 at 5:24 PM
If you want to read Palestinian fantasy, try Thyme Travellers, edited by @soniasulaiman.bsky.social. #AskALibrarian