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Boise Public Library Ultimate Book Nerd 2025 - hosted by erinetaylor

UBN challenges 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024

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Death du Jour
Temperance Brennan #2

Kathy Reichs

451 pages • paperback • 1999 (editions)

fiction crime mystery thriller challenging dark mysterious fast-paced

Death du Jour

Temperance Brennan #2

Kathy Reichs

451 pages • paperback • 1999

fiction crime mystery thriller challenging dark mysterious fast-paced

Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt

Remarkably Bright Creatures
Shelby Van Pelt

360 pages • hardcover • 2022 (editions)

fiction literary magical realism mystery emotional hopeful medium-paced

Remarkably Bright Creatures

Shelby Van Pelt

360 pages • hardcover • 2022

fiction literary magical realism mystery emotional hopeful medium-paced

The Mighty Red
Louise Erdrich with Marin Ireland (Narrator)

11 hours, 27 minutes • audio • 2024 (editions)

fiction literary emotional reflective tense medium-paced

The Mighty Red

Louise Erdrich with Marin Ireland (Narrator)

11 hours, 27 minutes • audio • 2024

fiction literary emotional reflective tense medium-paced

Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space by Adam Higginbotham

Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space
Adam Higginbotham

629 pages • digital • 2024 (editions)

nonfiction history science technology challenging informative sad medium-paced

Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space

Adam Higginbotham

629 pages • digital • 2024

nonfiction history science technology challenging informative sad medium-paced

Eugene Onegin
Alexander Pushkin with James E. Falen (Translator)

240 pages • paperback • 1833 (editions)

fiction classics poetry emotional reflective sad medium-paced

Eugene Onegin

Alexander Pushkin with James E. Falen (Translator)

240 pages • paperback • 1833

fiction classics poetry emotional reflective sad medium-paced

Eugene Onegin: A Novel in Verse by Alexander Pushkin, Alexander Pushkin

Eugene Onegin: A Novel in Verse
Alexander Pushkin, Alexander Pushkin with Douglas R. Hofstadter (Translator)

224 pages • paperback (editions)

nonfiction poetry slow-paced

Eugene Onegin: A Novel in Verse

Alexander Pushkin, Alexander Pushkin with Douglas R. Hofstadter (Translator)

224 pages • paperback

nonfiction poetry slow-paced

Onyx Storm
The Empyrean #3

Rebecca Yarros

527 pages • hardcover • 2025 (editions)

fiction fantasy romance adventurous emotional tense medium-paced

Onyx Storm

The Empyrean #3

Rebecca Yarros

527 pages • hardcover • 2025

fiction fantasy romance adventurous emotional tense medium-paced

The Basque History of the World: The Story of a Nation by Mark Kurlansky

The Basque History of the World: The Story of a Nation
Mark Kurlansky

400 pages • paperback • 1999 (editions)

nonfiction history travel adventurous slow-paced

The Basque History of the World: The Story of a Nation

Mark Kurlansky

400 pages • paperback • 1999

nonfiction history travel adventurous slow-paced

The Three Lives of Cate Kay by Kate Fagan

The Three Lives of Cate Kay
Kate Fagan with Imani Jade Powers (Narrator), Kevin R. Free (Narrator), Helen Laser (Narrator), Tessa Albertson (Narrator), Fred Sanders (Narrator), Jackie Sanders (Narrator), Marin Ireland (Narrator), Daniel Henning (Narrator), Genevieve Kingston (Narrator), Corey Brill (Narrator), Emily Woo Zeller (Narrator), Hillary Huber (Narrator)

9 hours, 52 minutes • audio • 2025 (editions)

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ emotional reflective medium-paced

The Three Lives of Cate Kay

Kate Fagan with Imani Jade Powers (Narrator), Kevin R. Free (Narrator), Helen Laser (Narrator), Tessa Albertson (Narrator), Fred Sanders (Narrator), Jackie Sanders (Narrator), Marin Ireland (Narrator), Daniel Henning (Narrator), Genevieve Kingston (Narrator), Corey Brill (Narrator), Emily Woo Zeller (Narrator), Hillary Huber (Narrator)

9 hours, 52 minutes • audio • 2025

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ emotional reflective medium-paced

I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman

I Who Have Never Known Men
Jacqueline Harpman with Ros Schwartz (Translator), Sophie Mackintosh (Contributor)

201 pages • paperback • 1995 (editions)

fiction dystopian literary dark mysterious reflective medium-paced

I Who Have Never Known Men

Jacqueline Harpman with Ros Schwartz (Translator), Sophie Mackintosh (Contributor)

201 pages • paperback • 1995

fiction dystopian literary dark mysterious reflective medium-paced

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