May We Suggest

May We Suggest

Looking for something new to read, watch, or listen to, but can't decide? Why not ask us!

Just like you, our staff have a variety of likes and interests, so if you're stuck looking for your next book, you can ask us.

Browse through the profiles below and when you find a staff member with interests that match what you're looking for, you can read their full profile to find out more about them and request some recommendations.

Once you've filled out the form, letting us know a little about yourself and what you're looking for, we'll email you with a personalized suggestion list.

If you don’t see your interests represented, we can still help! Just fill out the general May we Suggest form and let us know what you're looking for.

Meet out Staff and Their Favorites

Some of Our Favourites

Audrey Hepburn, an elegant spirit by Sean Hepburn Ferrer
Overwhelmed by Brigid Schulte
The mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley
Pat-a-cake by Mary Brigid Barrett
Fifth business by Robertson Davies, (1913-1995)
The four tendencies by Gretchen Rubin
One pan, two plates by Carla Snyder
Hickory, dickory, dock
All the names by José Saramago
The miscalculations of Lightning Girl by Stacy McAnulty
The one and only Ivan by Katherine Applegate
Red queen by Victoria Aveyard
The first fifteen lives of Harry August by Claire North
Shopping for votes by Susan Delacourt, (1959-)
Postcapitalism by Paul Mason, (1960-)

Some of Our Favourites

Mallory's oracle by Carol O'Connell, (1947-)
Chicks by Laura Ellen Anderson
Attachments by Rainbow Rowell
Wolfe Island by Barbara Wall La Rocque
Full dark house by Christopher Fowler
The night gardener by Jonathan Auxier
Fifth business by Robertson Davies, (1913-1995)
The omnivore's dilemma by Michael Pollan
A prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving, (1942-)
Girl in pieces by Kathleen Glasgow, (1969-)
Red queen by Victoria Aveyard
The beekeeper's apprentice, or, On the segregation of the queen by Laurie R. King
Dot journaling by Rachel Wilkerson Miller
Leave me alone with the recipes by Cipe Pineles, (1908-1991)
All the bright places by Jennifer Niven

Meredith

An eclectic list of both fiction, and non-fiction for all ages: Favourites include adult fiction mystery/suspense, historical, and romance genres, better yet if it includes all three (Outlander series as a prime example). Adult non-fiction books in the areas of house and home, gardening, cookbooks, crafting, photography, health and wellness, and DIY projects. YA reads most typically in the areas of historical, and dystopian genres. Junior books both fiction, and non-fiction for all ages and grades, with particular interests in middle grade fiction, picture books, and folk/fairy tales.

Learn more about Meredith and ask for suggestions

Some of Our Favourites

Kismet by Jakob Arjouni
The beekeeper's apprentice, or, On the segregation of the queen by Laurie R. King
The one and only Ivan by Katherine Applegate
Postcapitalism by Paul Mason, (1960-)
Regeneration by Pat Barker, (1943-)
My brilliant friend by Elena Ferrante
Nineteen eighty-four by George Orwell, (1903-1950)
The cuckoo's calling by Robert Galbraith
In a sunburned country by Bill Bryson
Echo after echo by Amy Rose Capetta
One pan, two plates by Carla Snyder
Murder, with peacocks by Donna Andrews
Mallory's oracle by Carol O'Connell, (1947-)
The crossing places by Elly Griffiths
The maker by Tamara Maynes

Graeme

19th and 20th century continental philosophy and criticism; anti-capitalist, anti-racist, and feminist social criticism; cookery and food culture; deep ecology; European detective fiction; international arthouse cinema; literary YA fiction; media and communication studies; punk rock and other music subcultures.

Learn more about Graeme and ask for suggestions