DJ’s Library

These are some of my favorites. They’re probably on my shelf, or on hold at the library to read… again.

Do you have a book you love that you think I should read? Let me know!

Ernest Hemingway
A Year in Provence

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • In this witty and warm-hearted account, Peter Mayle tells what it is like to realize a long-cherished…

Peter Mayle
After the Quake

Set at the time of the catastrophic 1995 Kobe earthquake, the mesmerizing stories in After the Quake are as haunting…

Haruki Murakami
Being Peace

Hanh’s Being Peace integrates spiritual practice with social action. “If we are peaceful . . . our entire society will…

Nhất Hạnh (Thích.)
Dawn

Lilith lyapo awoke from a centuries-long sleep to find herself aboard the vast spaceship of the Oankali. Creatures covered in…

Octavia E. Butler
Firestarter

Andy and Vicky McGee’s eight-year-old daughter, Charlie, has the ability to set things on fire and a secret government agency…

Stephen King
First Person Singular

NATIONAL BEST SELLER • A mind-bending new collection of short stories from the internationally acclaimed, best-selling author. • “Some novelists…

Haruki Murakami
How to Keep Your Volkswagen Alive

The nineteenth edition of this classic automotive manual helps dedicated VW owners fight the war against rust, body rot, and…

John Muir
Interview with the Vampire

A vampire recounts his tragic two-century life, marked by an endless thirst for human blood

Anne Rice
Moby Dick (Deluxe Library Binding)

A sailor called Ishmael narrates the obsessive quest of Ahab, captain of the whaler Pequod, for revenge on Moby Dick,…

Herman Melville
Nevada

One of Vogue’s Best Books of 2022 So Far, Buzzfeed’s Summer Books You Won’t Be Able To Put Down, Book…

Imogen Binnie

Originally published in 1978, Night Shift is the inspiration for over a dozen acclaimed horror movies…

Stephen King
Parable of the Sower cover

Parable of the Sower is the Butlerian odyssey of one woman who is twice as feeling in a world that…

Octavia E. Butler
Parable of the Talents

“Enthralling…compelling and truly original.” – Denver Post Lauren Olamina’s love is divided among her young daughter, her community, and the…

Octavia E. Butler
Peace is Every Step

Teaches the Zen practice of mindfulness, the act of keeping one’s consciousness alive to one’s experiences, and offers methods for…

Nhất Hạnh (Thích)
Ready Player One

It’s the year 2044, and the real world has become an ugly place. We’re out of oil. We’ve wrecked the…

Ernest Cline
Skeleton Crew

For use in schools and libraries only. Age-old images of fear fuse with the iconography of contemporary American life in…

Stephen King
The Cuckoo’s Egg

The first true account of computer espionage tells of a year-long single-handed hunt for a computer thief who sold information…

Cliff Stoll
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest

While recovering in the hospital, Lisbeth Salander enlists the aid of journalist Mikael Blomkvist to prove her innocent of three…

Stieg Larsson

#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER • The thrilling first book in the Girl with the Dragon Tattoo series featuring Lisbeth Salander: “Combine the…

Stieg Larsson

The Sun Also Rises is Hemingway’s first novel, published in 1926. This novel today is considered an exemplar of experimental…

Ernest Hemingway
The Vampire Lestat

Lestat has risen from his long sleep as a modern day rock star, and makes public his story of boyhood…

Anne Rice
This Is How It Always Is

The Reese Witherspoon x Hello Sunshine Book Club Pick “Every once in a while, I read a book that opens…

Laurie Frankel
Walden, Or, Life in the Woods

The author’s famous work on his time living on the shores of Walden Pond and ruminating on nature, life, and…

Henry David Thoreau