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Fairfield What Are You Reading?
Fairfield Public Library
42 episodes
2 days ago
Welcome to Fairfield, What Are You Reading, a next-book podcast from Fairfield Public Library in Fairfield, CT. Each episode we gather a group of library staff together for a conversation about books and reading. Imagine you come to the library, ask a librarian for a next read, a couple more staff stop by, and soon everyone is talking their favorite new books. Fairfield, What Are You Reading has been honored by Million Podcasts' as Best 100 Library Podcasts. In 2025, we paused the podcast. Please enjoy our older episodes.
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Welcome to Fairfield, What Are You Reading, a next-book podcast from Fairfield Public Library in Fairfield, CT. Each episode we gather a group of library staff together for a conversation about books and reading. Imagine you come to the library, ask a librarian for a next read, a couple more staff stop by, and soon everyone is talking their favorite new books. Fairfield, What Are You Reading has been honored by Million Podcasts' as Best 100 Library Podcasts. In 2025, we paused the podcast. Please enjoy our older episodes.
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Episode 33: Our Favorite Books for 2023
Fairfield What Are You Reading?
56 minutes 50 seconds
1 year ago
Episode 33: Our Favorite Books for 2023

Fairfield Public Library's monthly podcast helps you find your next great read.

Fairfield Public Library

Fairfield, CT

fairfieldpubliclibrary.org

  

Podcast host: Philip Bahr, Head of Adult Services

Guests: All Podcast Staff.

Thanks to our podcast editor Emma Jane Kennely for making us sound great!

This month everyone connected with the podcast shares their favorites reads for 2023.


Susan Balla, Senior Circulation Manager

The General and Julia by Jon Clinch


Stefanie Bergstrom, Branch Children's Librarian:

Big by Vashti Harrison

Simon sort of says by Erin Bow


Leslie Hagel, Adult Services Librarian:

The Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon

The Woman in the Castello by Kelsey James


Jessica Stevens:

The Ferryman by Justin Cronin


Tamara Lyhne, Head of Children's Services

20 Questions by Mac Barnett and Christian Robinson

Simon Sort of Says by Erin Bow

Spy School Goes North by Stuart Gibbs

Opinions and Opossums by Ann Braden


Emily Muller, Children's Services Librarian

The Lost Library by Rebecca Stead and Wendy Mass


Elaine Barrie, Adult Services Librarian

Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus

Resurrection Walk by Michael Connelly


Claudia Silk, Adult Services Librarian

Tom Lake by Ann Patchett

The Last Devil to Die by Richard Osman

West with Giraffes by Lynda Rutledge

Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers by Jesse Q. Sutanto

Pineapple Street by Jenny Jackson

Book Club Hotel by Sara Morgan


Amy Peck, Head of Technical Services

Better Living Through Birding by Christian Cooper

The Secret Lives of Bats by Merlin Tuttle

The Last Devil to Die by Richard Osman


Mary Coe, Branch Reference Librarian

I Have Some Questions for You by Rebecca Makkai

Hello Beautiful by Ann Napolitano

Saturday Night at the Lakeside Supper Club by J. Ryan Stradel

The Covenant of Water by Abraham Vergshese

Good Night, Irene by Luis Alberto Urrea

The Celebrants by Steven Rowley

The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store by James McBride

The Invisible Hour by Alice Hoffman

Tom Lake by Ann Patchett

Crow Mary by Kathleen Grissom


Jennifer Laseman, Head of Teen Services

The Promise Boys by Nick Brooks

Accountable: The True Story of a Racist Social Media Account and the Teenagers Whose Lives It Changed by Dashka Slater

All CT Reads: sites.google.com/view/allctreads/

One Book One Town (OBOT): fairfieldpubliclibrary.org/OBOT/


Philip Bahr, Head of Adult Services and Podcast Host

The Lavender Scare: The Cold War Persecution of Gays and Lesbians in the Federal Government by David K. Johnson

The Bell in the Fog (Andy Mills Book 2) by Lev AC Rosen

No Two Persons by Erica Bauermeister

Notes on Complexity: A Scientific Theory of Connection, Consciousness, and Being by Neil Theise


Jan Fisher, Deputy Town Librarian

Elon Musk by Walter Isaacson

Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus

Poverty by America by Matthew Desmond

Better Living through Birding by Christian Cooper


Scott C. Jarzombek, Town Librarian

The Lighthouse of Stalingrad: The Hidden Truth at the Heart of the Greatest Battle of World War II by Iain MacGregor

Fairfield What Are You Reading?
Welcome to Fairfield, What Are You Reading, a next-book podcast from Fairfield Public Library in Fairfield, CT. Each episode we gather a group of library staff together for a conversation about books and reading. Imagine you come to the library, ask a librarian for a next read, a couple more staff stop by, and soon everyone is talking their favorite new books. Fairfield, What Are You Reading has been honored by Million Podcasts' as Best 100 Library Podcasts. In 2025, we paused the podcast. Please enjoy our older episodes.