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

Soulless by Gail Carriger
Station eleven by Emily St. John Mandel, (1979-)
The four tendencies by Gretchen Rubin
Leave me alone with the recipes by Cipe Pineles, (1908-1991)
Shopping for votes by Susan Delacourt, (1959-)
The revenge of analog by David Sax
Wolfe Island by Barbara Wall La Rocque
Ignore it! by Catherine Pearlman
Attachments by Rainbow Rowell
Regeneration by Pat Barker, (1943-)
The little stranger by Sarah Waters, (1966-)
The 4-hour workweek by Timothy Ferriss
Finding family by Richard Hill
Overwhelmed by Brigid Schulte
The long earth by Terry Pratchett

Some of Our Favourites

The mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley
At the existentialist café by Sarah Bakewell
Natasha by Suzanne Finstad, (1955-)
A true home by K. George (1983-)
My stroke of insight by Jill Bolte Taylor
The little stranger by Sarah Waters, (1966-)
A house in the sky by Amanda Lindhout
The ministry of nostalgia by Owen Hatherley
Kill all normies by Angela Nagle
The boy in the moon by Ian Brown, (1954-)
Chicken DIY by Daniel Johnson, (1984-)
Overwinter by David Wellington,
Lock in by John Scalzi, (1969-)
The unreal and the real selected stories of Ursula K. Le Guin by Ursula K. Le Guin, (1929-)
The long way to a small, angry planet by Becky Chambers

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

The screaming staircase by Jonathan Stroud
Lilac girls by Martha Hall Kelly
At the existentialist café by Sarah Bakewell
Nineteen eighty-four by George Orwell, (1903-1950)
Pat-a-cake by Mary Brigid Barrett
Audrey Hepburn, an elegant spirit by Sean Hepburn Ferrer
The beekeeper's apprentice, or, On the segregation of the queen by Laurie R. King
The crossing places by Elly Griffiths
The one and only Ivan by Katherine Applegate
The little stranger by Sarah Waters, (1966-)
The slow professor by Maggie Berg
Nightingales by Gillian Gill
Feminism is for everybody by bell hooks, (1952-)
Homo deus by Yuval N. Harari
Kill all normies by Angela Nagle

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