Richmond Public Library: Unusual Book Lists

Press release from the Richmond Public Library:

Nae D'Archangel

2021-09-08

Every person at a circulation desk can tell you a story or thirty about a patron who can’t remember a title but remembers part of the cover. Sometimes we can find it, sometimes we can’t. We’ve all been there, truth be told. I can’t tell you now many times I have been thinking of a book but I have NO IDEA the title, just a vague memory of the color scheme and location on the shelf.

Over the last year or so I’ve seen a few patterns emerge. Is there any correlation between the titles? Not at all! But hey, it’s been fun staring at them. (I’ve even read a few!) Treat yourself now by looking through my specifically curated unusual book lists. Maybe you’ll find a new favorite!

Now, to be fair, sometimes the word pink is used roughly, but I’m sure you get the idea.

• Untamed by Glennon Doyle
• The Son of Mr. Suleman by Eric Jerome Dickey
• Popisho by Leone Ross
• Molly Falls to Earth by Mariah Mutch
• Bride of the Sea by Eman Quotah
• The Bad Muslim Discount by Syed M. Masood
• Light Perpetual by Francis Spufford
• Against the Loveless World by Susan Abulhawa
• Arsenic and Adobo by Mia P. Manansala
• Forever My Own by Tracie Peterson
• Count the Ways by Joyce Maynard
• Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata

This is the biggest group, honestly. I had to stop myself from finding more because THERE ARE JUST. SO. MANY!!

• Surviving Savannah by Patti Callahan
• Strongheart by Jim Pergus
• Annie and the Wolves by Andromeda Romano-Lax
• Once Upon a Sunset by Tif Marcelo
• The Whispers of War by Julia Kelly
• The Mountains Wild by Sarah Stewart Taylor
• The Most Beautiful Girl in Cuba by Chanel Cleeton
• Silence for the Dead by Simone St. James
• The Cellist by Daniel Silva
• Home for Erring and Outcast Girls by Julie Kibler
• A Comedy of Terrors by Lindsey Davis
• The Heirloom Garden by Viola Shipman
• The Invisible Woman by Erika Robuck
• The Vatican Princess by C. W. Gortner
• The Rose Code by Kate Quinn
• The Fortune Hunter by Daisy Goodwin

This one was just for fun, and as you can tell has a joke entrenched. (I know dogs don’t wear shirts but it was for giggles, okay?)

• The Wallflower Wager by Tessa Dare
• The Duke Goes Down by Sophie Jordan
• Good Boy: My Life in Seven Dogs by Jennifer Finney Boylan
• Prince and the Parade and Sign O’ the Times Era Studio Sessions: 1985 and 1986 by Duane Tudahl
• Lie With Me by Philippe Besson
• Leopard’s Wrath by Christine Feehan
• Jaylin: A Naughty Aftermath by Brenda Hampton
• Gay Bar: Why We Went Out by Jeremy Atherton Lin
• Angel in a Devil’s Arms by Julie Anne Long
• Fever by Donna Grant
• A Warm Heart In Winter by J. R. Ward

This press release was produced by the Richmond Public Library. The views expressed here are the author’s own.