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All of OPL’s staff recommendations in one page. You can browse the different lists based on topics, format or genres, or you can read some of the more detailed blog posts about specific items.

You can view additional recently added staff lists here. If you can’t find what you are looking for, you can always #AskALibrarian online or in a branch!

Recent Staff Lists

2021 Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize for Nonfiction

Giller 2021 Long List

National Day of Truth and Reconciliation / Journée nationale de la vérité et de la réconciliation - Sept. 30, 2024

CBC All in a Day Book Panel - September 2021

Science Literacy Week - Semaine de la Culture /For Youth/ Pour la jeunesse

Dyslexia book recs - Recommandations pour dislexiques

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Pride Month

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    The Queen Bees of Tybee County
    Chu, Kyle Casey
    2025
    After making the buzzer-beating shot at the Georgia basketball state championships, Derrick Chan becomes the star of Bayard Middle School, and Derrick's single dad could not be prouder. But there are…
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    Pride
    Huang, Eric
    2025
    Follow Brian, his friends and their families as they celebrate love and learn about the meaning and significance of Pride in this inclusive, joyful and informative picture book. Discover the joy and…
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    Family Week
    Moon, Sarah
    2025
    "For as long as they can remember, Mac, Lina, Milo and Avery have celebrated Family Week together in "the smallest, gayest town in the world"--Provincetown, Massachusetts. But this summer, their big…
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    The Fabulous Edweena
    Dumont, Edwin
    2025
    "Edwin loves his sister Patsy's closet. He adores dresses and earrings and boots with high heels. And when he's finished getting dressed, Edwin is transformed...into the fabulous Edweena! Today is a…

Slipping Through Time

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    Insignificant Others
    A Novel
    Jio, Sarah
    2025
    "Lena Westbrook, a perfectionist and workaholic, has carefully planned and orchestrated every detail of her life. So when her boyfriend of two years breaks up with her on the night she expects him to…
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    The Good Part
    A Novel
    Cousens, Sophie
    2023
    "Lucy Young is twenty-six and tired. Tired of fetching coffees for senior TV producers, sick of going on disastrous dates, and done with living in a damp flat with roommates who never buy toilet…
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    The Unmaking of June Farrow
    A Novel
    Young, Adrienne
    2023
    "In the small mountain town of Jasper, North Carolina, June Farrow is waiting for fate to find her. The Farrow women are known for their thriving flower farm--and the mysterious curse that has…
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    The Book of Doors
    A Novel
    Brown, Gareth
    2024
    Cassie Andrews works in a New York City bookshop, shelving books, making coffee for customers, and living an unassuming, ordinary life. Until the day one of her favorite customers--a lonely yet…

Grow your own food

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    How to Garden Indoors & Grow your Own Food Year Round
    Ultimate Guide to Vertical, Container, and Hydroponic Gardening
    Roman, Kim
    2022
    "A complete guide filled with a host of valuable information and DIY projects, Ultimate Guide to Indoor Gardening details how to grow food in your home. From growing vegetables, microgreens, and…
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    Edible Spots & Pots
    Small-space Gardens for Growing Vegetables and Herbs in Containers, Raised Beds, and More
    Hirvela, Stacey
    2014
    Here's a new way to grow edibles in "anywhere" gardens - small spaces, raised beds, and containers - that eliminates the challenges you often face in traditional beds and rows. You'll transform drab…
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    How to Grow your Own Food
    An Illustrated Beginner's Guide to Container Gardening
    Judd, Angela S.
    2021
    "Did you know you could grow vegetables, fruits, and herbs in containers? Well, now you can take your houseplants to the next level by growing home-grown produce and seasoning that will taste…
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    Edible Houseplants
    Grow your Own Citrus, Coffee, Vanilla, and 43 Other Tasty Tropical Plants
    Martin, Laurelynn G.
    2023
    "Laurelynn G. Martin and Byron E. Martin show you how to successfully plant, grow, and harvest 47 varieties of tropical fruiting plants - in any climate! This straightforward, easy-to-use guide…

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