2023 DMPL Reading Challenge - hosted by desmoinespubliclibrary

2023 AViD Author
A book by one of our 2023 AViD authors. Announcement of lineup coming soon.
All books added
How High We Go in the Dark by Sequoia Nagamatsu

How High We Go in the Dark

Sequoia Nagamatsu

292 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction dystopian literary science fiction emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel

Sea of Tranquility

Emily St. John Mandel

272 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction literary science fiction adventurous mysterious reflective medium-paced
Yellowface by R.F. Kuang

Yellowface

R.F. Kuang

323 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary thriller dark tense fast-paced
The Poppy War by R.F. Kuang

The Poppy War

The Poppy War #1

R.F. Kuang

530 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

fiction fantasy historical adventurous dark tense medium-paced
The Glass Hotel by Emily St. John Mandel

The Glass Hotel

Emily St. John Mandel

318 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction literary dark mysterious reflective medium-paced
Babel by R.F. Kuang

Babel

R.F. Kuang

560 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction fantasy historical literary challenging dark emotional medium-paced
You Have to Be Prepared to Die Before You Can Begin to Live: Ten Weeks in Birmingham That Changed America by Paul Kix

You Have to Be Prepared to Die Before You Can Begin to Live: Ten Weeks in Birmingham That Changed America

Paul Kix

400 pages • missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction history sociology
The Saboteur: The Aristocrat Who Became France's Most Daring Anti-Nazi Commando by Paul Kix

The Saboteur: The Aristocrat Who Became France's Most Daring Anti-Nazi Commando

Paul Kix

304 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

nonfiction biography history informative inspiring tense fast-paced
Only the Dead by Jack Carr

Only the Dead

Terminal List #6

Jack Carr

576 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction thriller adventurous dark tense fast-paced
The Terminal List by Jack Carr

The Terminal List

Terminal List #1

Jack Carr

408 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

fiction crime thriller adventurous dark tense fast-paced