Deerfield is definitely a community of readers! Our readers enjoy their stories in print, e-books, and audiobooks. They enjoy new and not-as-new titles. Both adult and youth love scanning Guinness world records. And youth continue to clamor for the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series.
Looking for a wonderful winter read? While our staff is always happy to provide book recommendations, what we have for you here are recommendations from your neighbors! These lists are the top 10 circulating items for 2017. You may have to get on the waitlist for some of the books, but they are worth the wait!
ADULT FICTION
- A Gentleman in Moscow / Amor Towles
- The Sympathizer / Viet Thanh Nguyen
- The Underground Railroad / Colson Whitehead
- Small Great Things / Jodi Picoult
- Lilac Girls / Martha Hall Kelly
- A Fall of Marigolds / Susan Meissner
- My Name is Lucy Barton / Elizabeth Strout
- Our Souls at Night / Kent Haruf
- Commonwealth / Ann Patchett
- The Rent Collector / Camron Wright
ADULT NON-FICTION
- Hillbilly Elegy: a memoir of a family and culture in crisis / J.D. Vance
- Guinness World Records (all years)
- Alexander Hamilton / Ron Chernow
- The Boys in the Boat: nine Americans and their epic quest for gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics / Daniel James Brown
- Modern Romance / Aziz Ansari with Eric Klinenberg
- Between the World and Me / Ta-Nehisi Coates
- Al Franken, giant of the Senate / Al Franken
- Born a Crime: stories from a South African childhood / Trevor Noah
- Encyclopedia of an Ordinary Life: volume one / Amy Krouse Rosenthal
- Dreamland: the true tale of America’s opiate epidemic / Sam Quinones
YOUTH FICTION
- Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Old School / Jeff Kinney
- Crenshaw / Katherine Applegate
- Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Double Down / Jeff Kinney
- Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul / Jeff Kinney
- Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days / Jeff Kinney
- Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Cabin Fever / Jeff Kinney
- Wonder / R.J. Palacio
- Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Last Straw / Jeff Kinney
- Stick Dog / Tom Watson
- Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Hard Luck / Jeff Kinney
YOUTH NON-FICTION
- Guinness World Records
- Separate is Never Equal: Sylvia Mendez & her family’s fight for desegregation / Duncan Tonatiuh
- The Most Amazing Creature in the Sea / Brenda Z. Guiberson; illustrated by Gennady Spirin
- Minecraft. Redstone handbook / Nick Farwell
- I’m Trying to Love Spiders: (it isn’t easy) / Bethany Barton
- Pink is for Blobfish: discovering the world’s perfectly pink animals / Jess Keating
- Minecraft Combat Handbook / Stephanie Milton
- The Boy on the Wooden Box: how the impossible became possible… on Schindler’s list / Leon Leyson; with Marilyn J. Harran and Elisabeth B. Leyson
- Minecraft Construction Handbook / Matthew Needler and Phil Southam
- Minecraft Essential Handbook / Stephanie Milton
PICTURE BOOKS
- Sam & Dave Dig a Hole / Mac Barnett; illustrated by Jon Klassen.
- Red: A Crayon’s Story / Michael Hall
- Dragons Love Tacos / Adam Rubin
- Dragons Love Tacos 2: the sequel / Adam Rubin, Daniel Salmieri
- Mother Bruce / Ryan T. Higgins
- Lion Lessons / Jon Agee
- Rosie Revere, Engineer / Andrea Beaty; illustrated by David Roberts
- Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! / Mo Willems
- If You Give a Dog a Donut / Laura Numeroff
- The Adventures of Beekle: the unimaginary friend / Dan Santat
