Arts & Entertainment

Patch Picks: Town Librarians Suggest Some Favorites

National Read Across America Day was observed on Wednesday, March 2.

This week, educators and library professionals are among those observing Read Across America day.

With that in mind, Lynnfield Patch recently asked some staff members of the what books they are currently recommending. Here is a range of selections for all ages, assembled with help from Library Director Nancy Ryan.


The Cypress House by Michael Koryta (adult fiction)

Room by Emma Donoghue (adult fiction)

1877: America's Year of Living Violently by Michael Bellesiles (adult non-fiction)

Dark Emperor & Other Poems of the Night
by Joyce Sidman (illustrated by Rick Allen) (Children's)

Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater from the Wolves of Mercy Falls series (young adult)

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