NYPL Staff Shares Favorite Books to Read Post Hurricane
We know it’s been a challenging week for New Yorkers (and our tri-state neighbors). We wanted to provide a respite from the difficulties left in the wake of Hurricane Sandy, so NYPL staffers shared some of their favorite works of literature for all of our followers. Many of the suggestions are available in ebook or audio book form on NYPL’s ebook site. And for those that aren’t, you can visit one of the 55 branches open today or tomorrow in the NYPL system, many of which have internet for those without access.
(alphabetically by title)
- Boys will be Boys by Jeff Pearlman - Michael, Countee Cullen Library Network
- Dune by Frank Herbert - Chris, Young Adult Programming
- The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck - Beth, Publications and Graphics Department
- The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald - Nora, Marketing and Public Relations Department
- Half the Sky by Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn - Karen, Periodicals Division
- Harry Potter series by JK Rowling - Angela, Marketing and Public Relations Department
- Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad - Theresa, Mid-Manhattan Library
- Hector and the Search for Happiness by François Lelord - Cindy, Publications and Graphics Department
- House of Mirth by Edith Wharton - Miriam, Collections and Circulating Operations
- The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins - Gesille, Parkchester Library Network
- The Idiot (followed by The Devils) by Fyodor Dostoyevsky - Ken, Publications and Graphics Department
- The Likeness by Tana French, sequel to In the Woods. - David, Van Nest Library
- Moby Dick by Herman Melville - Ben, NYPL Labs
- Portrait of a Lady by Henry James - Jean, Cullman Center for Scholars and Writers
- Possession by AS Byatt - Jill, 67th Street Library
- The Princess Bride by William Goldman - Amy, Marketing and Public Relations Department
- The Sleeping Beauty series by Anne Rice - Yolounda, St. Agnes Library
- The Three Musketeers by Alexander Dumas - Christopher, Collections and Circulating Operations
- Villette by Charlotte Bronte - Brooke, General Research Division
Check Your Local Library:
- Collected Poems of Richard Wilbur - Vicki, Collections
- Homo Faber by Max Frisch - Johannes, Marketing and Public Relations Department
- Hope: A Tragedy by Shalom Auslander - Tim, Spuyten Duyvil Library
- Of Blood and Sorrow: A Tamara Hayle Mystery by Valerie Wilson Wesley - Tequila, 115th Street Library
- Woman in the Dunes by Kōbō Abe - Jeremy, Library for the Performing Arts
- Dogs Make Us Human: A Global Family Album by Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson - Sharon, Bronx Library Center
