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

A Kim Jong-Il production by Paul Fischer
Minimalist Baker's everyday cooking by Dana Shultz
Street vegan by Adam Sobel
Chicken DIY by Daniel Johnson, (1984-)
The long way to a small, angry planet by Becky Chambers
Ignore it! by Catherine Pearlman
All the bright places by Jennifer Niven
The year of the flood by Margaret Atwood, (1939-)
Chicks by Laura Ellen Anderson
The Eyre affair by Jasper Fforde
The gods of Gotham by Lyndsay Faye
Lean out by Dawn Foster
Marshall McLuhan by Douglas Coupland
Overwinter by David Wellington,
The unreal and the real selected stories of Ursula K. Le Guin by Ursula K. Le Guin, (1929-)

Some of Our Favourites

The mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley
Mallory's oracle by Carol O'Connell, (1947-)
A trip to the stars by Nicholas Christopher
Born both by Hida Viloria
The ministry of nostalgia by Owen Hatherley
Nineteen eighty-four by George Orwell, (1903-1950)
The long way to a small, angry planet by Becky Chambers
Practical houseplant book by Fran Bailey
Marshall McLuhan by Douglas Coupland
Foundling by D. M. Cornish (1972-)
One pan, two plates by Carla Snyder
The almost nearly perfect people by Michael Booth
The bear and the nightingale by Katherine Arden
Special topics in calamity physics by Marisha Pessl
The historian by Elizabeth Kostova

Jess

Art + Design, Fashion, Crafts, Health + Wellness, Relationships, Nutrition, Mental Health Awareness, Prescriptive Non-Fiction, Business, Lifestyle Design, Feminist Fiction + Non-Fiction, Salvage + Vintage Decor, Audio Books.

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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.

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Some of Our Favourites

Loving Frank by Nancy Horan
The boy in the moon by Ian Brown, (1954-)
The essential Dykes to watch out for by Alison Bechdel, (1960-)
The 4-hour workweek by Timothy Ferriss
My brilliant friend by Elena Ferrante
Murder, with peacocks by Donna Andrews
Fish in a tree by Lynda Mullaly Hunt
The omnivore's dilemma by Michael Pollan
A court of thorns and roses by Sarah J. Maas
Fifth business by Robertson Davies, (1913-1995)
The mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley
Werewolves by Kelley Armstrong
The miscalculations of Lightning Girl by Stacy McAnulty
All the bright places by Jennifer Niven
A prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving, (1942-)

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.

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