January is a very hopeful time of year. We have exciting ideas about the things we will do and the people we will become as we do another lap around the sun. Many of our resolutions stick, but many don’t, and in the New Year we can try again!
Did you, like me, have grand ideas for all the books you’d read? All the stories you’d uncover? All the people you’d meet and places you’d go? But suddenly, it’s December and there’s still books in your ‘To Be Read’ stack and you’re nowhere near your reading target.
This is where the library can help you!
Here’s a list of fiction and non-fiction books with a page count of under 300 pages that can get you to your goal. Many books are available on our shelves or as eBooks or Audio - find what suits you!
FICTION
Friday Black by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah
Giovanni’s Room by James Baldwin
A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers
We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson
A Magical Girl Retires by Park Seolyeon
Audition: Fiction by Pip Adam
Cursed Bunny by Bora Chung
Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi
This Thing Between Us by Gus Moreno
Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Mura
Reading resolution tip! Instead of setting a goal of how many books you’d like to read next year, perhaps try measuring your reading success on trying out a new genre you’ve always wanted to! Or trying an audiobook for the first time! There are many ways to enjoy and explore reading and the library is here for you.
NON-FICTION
First Knowledges Astronomy: Sky Country by Karlie Noon & Krystal De Napoli
How to do Nothing by Jenny Odell
Letters to a Young Poet by Rainer Maria Rilke
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
Living with AI by Campbell Wilson
How to Smile by Thich Nhat Hanh
Feminism is for Everybody by bell hooks
Heart Berries: A Memoir by Terese Marie Mailhot
The Origin of Others by Toni Morrison
Between the World and Me by Ta Nehisi-Coates