Staff Picks – Rockport Public Library

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Have you ever wondered what books and movies the Rockport Public Library staff enjoy? Below is a list of some of the library staff’s favorite titles.

Brian’s (Information Services Librarian) Recommended Books

Sovietistan

Remain in Love

The Baseball 100

The Baseball 100

The Buried Giant

The Buried Giant

The King at the Edge of the World

The King at the Edge of the World

Piranesi

Meetings with Remarkable Manuscripts

Meetings with Remarkable Manuscripts

The Way of Kings

The Way of Kings

Annihilation

Station Eleven

Cindy’s (Library Director) Recommended Books

Massacre on the Merrimack

Massacre on the Merrimack

Lust & Wonder

Kitty Genovese: The Murder, the Bystanders, the Crime that Changed America

Kitty Genovese: The Murder, the Bysta...

Princesses Behaving Badly

Princesses Behaving Badly

Empress Dowager Cixi

Empress Dowager Cixi

Thank You For Your Service

Thank You For Your Service

A Death in Belmont

A Death in Belmont

Mom & Me & Mom

NOS4A2

Kraken

She-Wolves

Getting the Pretty Back

Getting the Pretty Back

Forest Forensics

Forest Forensics

Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void

Packing for Mars: The Curious Science...

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

Uranium

Picking Cotton

Man’s Search for Meaning

Man’s Search for Meaning

The Color Purple

The Color Purple

A Dirty Job

Brother, I’m Dying

Brother, I’m Dying

One Perfect Day

One Perfect Day

The Assassin’s Accomplice

The Assassin’s Accomplice

The Essential Calvin And Hobbes

The Essential Calvin And Hobbes

Under the Banner of Heaven

Under the Banner of Heaven

Jane Boleyn

In Cold Blood

Marie Antoinette

Marie Antoinette

The Princes in the Tower

The Princes in the Tower

American Crucifixion

American Crucifixion

The Bell Jar

The Gift of Fear

The Gift of Fear

A Very Long Engagement

A Very Long Engagement

Silent Spring

Bloodsworth: The True Story of the First Death Row Inmate Exonerated by DN

Bloodsworth: The True Story of the Fi...

Beloved

The China Study: Revised and Expanded Edition

The China Study: Revised and Expanded...

The Lost Life of Eva Braun

The Lost Life of Eva Braun

The Saga of the Volsungs

The Saga of the Volsungs

Six Wives

The Color of Water

The Color of Water

Love Comes Softly (Love Comes Softly Book #1)

Love Comes Softly (Love Comes Softly ...

The Burn Journals

The Burn Journals

Kaikeyi

Libraries and the Substance Abuse Crisis

Libraries and the Substance Abuse Crisis

The Glass Castle

The Glass Castle

Beautiful Boy

Cujo

Mom & Me & Mom

Necessary Targets

Necessary Targets

Cindy’s (Library Director) Recommended Movies

Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills

Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at R...

The Civil War

David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet

David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet

Army of Darkness

Army of Darkness

Evil Dead II

The Color Purple

The Color Purple

Immortal Beloved

Immortal Beloved

Fargo

Trainspotting

Good Will Hunting

Good Will Hunting

Amadeus

Joker

American History X

American History X

The Matrix

The Shawshank Redemption

The Shawshank Redemption

The Haunting of Hill House

The Haunting of Hill House

Peaky Blinders

Little House on the Prairie

Little House on the Prairie

Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father

Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About...

Blackfish

How to Survive a Plague

How to Survive a Plague

It

Forks Over Knives

Forks Over Knives

Dexter

Sense8

Le Fabuleux Destin d’Amélie Poulain

Le Fabuleux Destin d’Amélie Pou...

Monarchy

Life in the Undergrowth

Life in the Undergrowth

Blue Planet

Fight Club

Dana’s (Assistant Director) Recommended Books

Rich Dad, Poor Dad

Rich Dad, Poor Dad

Walden

How We Die

End of the Megafauna: The Fate of the World’s Hugest, Fiercest, and Strangest Animals

End of the Megafauna: The Fate of the...

The Story of Earth

The Story of Earth

Better Apart

The Secret of Life

The Secret of Life

The Omnivore’s Dilemma

The Omnivore’s Dilemma

The Map Thief

ADHD Nation

All the Light We Cannot See

All the Light We Cannot See

A Short History of Nearly Everything

A Short History of Nearly Everything

Washington

The AfterGrief

My Life in France

My Life in France

Kitchen Confidential Updated Ed

Kitchen Confidential Updated Ed

John Adams

Founding Mothers

Founding Mothers

La Tartine Gourmande

La Tartine Gourmande

Joy of Cooking

The Picture of Dorian Gray

The Picture of Dorian Gray

1491

Milk Street: Cookish

Milk Street: Cookish

The Razor’s Edge

The Razor’s Edge

Ever Since Darwin: Reflections in Natural History

Ever Since Darwin: Reflections in Nat...

Life from Scratch

Life from Scratch

Short & Sweet

Your Own Terms

The King Arthur Baking Company Essential Cookie Companion

The King Arthur Baking Company Essent...

The Moosewood Cookbook

The Moosewood Cookbook

A Very Stable Genius

A Very Stable Genius

Cooking for Jeffrey

Cooking for Jeffrey

Mayflower

Dorothy’s (Assistant Librarian) Recommended Books

Quiet

On Becoming an Artist

On Becoming an Artist

Wait Till Next Year

Wait Till Next Year

The Boys in the Boat

The Boys in the Boat

Women Rowing North

Women Rowing North

A Gentleman in Moscow

A Gentleman in Moscow

Bel Canto

The Namesake

Dorothy’s (Assistant Librarian) Recommended Movies

A Room with a View

A Room with a View

Tea with Mussolini

Tea with Mussolini

Wild

Score: A Film Music Documentary

Score: A Film Music Documentary

Darkest Hour

Moonlight

Midnight in Paris

Midnight in Paris

Brooklyn

Frida

Emily’s (Youth Services Librarian) Recommended Books

Get a Life, Chloe Brown

Get a Life, Chloe Brown

The Goblin Emperor

The Goblin Emperor

The Traitor Baru Cormorant

The Traitor Baru Cormorant

Happy All the Time

Happy All the Time

Parable of the Sower

Parable of the Sower

Emergent Strategy

Emergent Strategy

Braiding Sweetgrass

Braiding Sweetgrass

Gideon the Ninth

Gideon the Ninth

In the Woods

The Secret History

The Secret History

Gini’s (Administrative Assistant) Recommended Books

The Changeling

The Song of Achilles

The Song of Achilles

The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet

The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet

Little Fires Everywhere

Little Fires Everywhere

The Readers of Broken Wheel Recommend

The Readers of Broken Wheel Recommend

The Dovekeepers

The Dovekeepers

Oryx and Crake

The Nightingale

The Nightingale

All the Birds in the Sky

All the Birds in the Sky

The Magicians

Joe’s (Substitute Library Assistant) Recommended Books

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the G...

The Undiscovered Self

The Undiscovered Self

The Dharma Bums

The Dharma Bums

The Unbearable Lightness of Being

The Unbearable Lightness of Being

Siddhartha

Zorba the Greek

Zorba the Greek

The Teachings of Don Juan

The Teachings of Don Juan

Reinventing Knowledge: From Alexandria to the Internet

Reinventing Knowledge: From Alexandri...

Kay’s (Library Assistant) Recommended Books

The Island of Sea Women

The Island of Sea Women

City of Girls

Ordinary Grace

This Tender Land

This Tender Land

Circe

Last Night at the Lobster

Last Night at the Lobster

Good Husbandry

Devotions

Tender at the Bone

Tender at the Bone

Our Souls at Night

Our Souls at Night

If Beale Street Could Talk

If Beale Street Could Talk

Mary (Library Assistant) and Scott’s (Custodian) Recommended Movies

Agatha Christie’s Poirot

Agatha Christie’s Poirot

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

Mapp & Lucia

The Bishop’s Wife

The Bishop’s Wife

The Parent Trap

The Parent Trap