Staff Picks
Every Monday we highlight a book recommendation from a staff member at West.
April 22, 2024
Ms. Dailey
The Summer I Turned Pretty
by Jenny Han
Previous Staff Picks
April 29, 2024
April 22, 2024
Ms. Dailey
The Summer I Turned Pretty
by Jenny Han
March 25, 2024
Ms. Simpson
Graceling
by Kristen Cashore
March 18, 2024
Ms. Ward
Crave
by Tracy Wolff
February 12, 2024
Ms. Ward
The Poison Heart
by Kalynn Bayron
February 5, 2024
Ms. Kinney
The Candy House
by Jennider Egan
January 22, 2024
Ms. Dailey
Along for the Ride
by Sarah Dessen
January 15, 2024
Ms. Hauch
The Birth of Venus
by Sarah Dunant
January 8, 2024
Ms. Ward
Bone Crier's Moon
by Kathryn Purdie
December 18, 2023
Ms. Ward
The Inheritance Games
by Jennifer Lynn Barnes
December 11, 2023
Ms. Ward
Matched
by Ally Condie
December 4, 2023
Mr. Graham
The Alchemist
by Paulo Coelho
November 27, 2023
Ms. Ward
The Prison Healer
by Lynette Noni
November 20, 2023
Ms. Ward
Three Dark Crowns
by Kendare Blake
November 13, 2023
Ms. Taylor
Someone Else's Shoes
by Jojo Moyes
November 6, 2023
Ms. Bratberg
What If? Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions
by Randall Munroe
October 30, 2023
Ms. Dailey
A Discovery of Witches
by Deborah Harkness
October 23, 2023
Ms. Kinney
Our Missing Hearts
by Celeste Ng
October 16, 2023
Ms. Michauville
The Dog Who Wouldn't Be
by Farley Mowat
October 2, 2023
Ms. Taylor
The Vanishing Half
by Brit Bennett
September 18, 2023
Ms. Olenick
Project Hail Mary
by Andy Weir
September 11, 2023
Mr. Dunn
A Deadly Education
by Naomi Novak
June 26, 2023
PRIDE MONTH -
What If It's Us
by Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera
June 19, 2023
PRIDE MONTH -
Carry On
by Rainbow Rowell
June 12, 2023
PRIDE MONTH -
Cinderella is Dead
by Kalynn Bayron
June 5, 2023
PRIDE MONTH -
Cemetery Boys
by Aiden Thomas
May 29, 2023
Ms. Mes -
The Twelve
by Justin Cronin
May 22, 2023
Ms. Dailey -
The Truth About Forever
by Sarah Dessen
May 15, 2023
Ms. Hauch -
The Ocean at the End of the Lane
by Neil Gaiman
May 8, 2023
Ms. Anderson -
Three Souls
by Janie Chang
May 1, 2023
Ms. B. Robinson -
The Testaments
by Margaret Atwood
April 24, 2023
Mr. McCarthy -
The Mistborn Trilogy
by Brandon Sanderson
April 17, 2023
Ms. Hauch -
Bel Canto
by Ann Patchett
April 10, 2023
Ms. Stewart -
Bear Town
by Fredrik Backman
April 3, 2023
Ms. E. Thomas -
Legendborn
by Tracy Deonn
March 27, 2023
Ms. Bratberg -
The House in the Cerulean Sea
by TJ Klune
March 20, 2023
Mr. Saman -
Catalyst
by Brandon Crilly
March 6, 2023
Ms. Hauch -
The Dovekeepers
by Alice Hoffman
February 27, 2023
Ms. Sernoskie -
Fifteen Dogs
by André Alexis
February 20, 2023
Ms. Sernoskie -
The Island of Forgetting
by Jasmine Sealy
February 13, 2023
Ms. Pindar -
Born a Crime
by Trevor Noah
February 6, 2023
Ms. Ward -
The Hate U Give & Concrete Rose
by Angie Thomas
January 27, 2023
Ms. Taylor -
Iona Iverson's Rules for Commuting
by Clare Pooley
January 20, 2023
Ms. Simpson -
To Sleep in a Sea of Stars
by Christopher Paolini
January 13, 2023
Mr. Bratberg -
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
by Douglas Adams
December 23, 2022
Ms. B. Robinson -
All the Light We Cannot See
by Anthony Doerr
December 16, 2022
Ms. Jaremy -
A Broken Blade
by Melissa Blair
December 9, 2022
Mr. Emmell -
Project Hail Mary
by Andy Weir
December 2, 2022
Mr. Arocena -
Starship Troopers
by Robert A. Heinlein
November 25, 2022
Ms. Ward -
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
by John Boyne
November 18, 2022
Ms. Pindar -
The Book Thief
by Markus Zusak
November 11 2022
Remembrance Day
Ms. Ward -
We Are Not Free
by Traci Chee
November 4 2022
Ms. Matthews -
The Nightingale
by Kristin Hannah
October 28 2022
Ms. Ward -
Throne of Glass
by Sarah J. Maas
September 30 2022
The National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
Ms. McVeigh -
21 Things You May Not Know About The Indian Act
by Bob Joseph
September 23 2022
Ms. Hauch -
Daughter of Smoke & Bone
by Laini Taylor
September 16 2022
Ms. McVeigh -
The Hour I First Believed
by Wally Lamb
June 24 2022
Pride Picks (Pride Month) -
Like a Love Story
by Abdi Nazemian
June 17 2022
Pride Picks (Pride Month) -
The Miseducation of Cameron Post
by emily m. danforth
June 10 2022
Pride Picks (Pride Month) -
Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up With Me
by Mariko Tamaki
June 3 2022
Pride Picks (Pride Month) -
The Subtweet
by Vivek Shraya
May 27 2022
Ms. Belanger -
The Secret Life of Bees
by Sue Monk Kidd
May 20 2022
Ms. McVeigh -
This Book is Anti-Racist
by Tiffany Jewell
May 13 2022
Ms. Clare -
Sarah's Key by Tatiana de Rosnay
May 6 2022
Ms. Zobarich -
The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion
April 29 2022
Ms. Pindar -
Sabriel by Garth Nix
April 8 2022
Ms. Coderre -
Turtles All the Way Down by John Green
April 1 2022
Ms. Sernoskie -
Crow Lake by Mary Lawson
March 25 2022
Ms. Belanger -
The Sisters Brothers by Patrick DeWitt
March 11 2022
Ms. McVeigh -
The Giver by Lois Lowry
March 4 2022
Mr. Richardson -
The Help by Kathryn Stockett
February 25 2022
Black History Month Author -
Jane Igharo
February 18 2022
Black History Month Author -
Desmond Cole
February 14 2022
Black History Month Author -
Esi Edugyan
February 11 2022
Black History Month Author -
David Chariandy
February 4 2022
Black History Month Author -
André Alexis
January 28 2022
Ms. Stewart -
Tell the Wolves I'm Home
by Carol Rifka Brunt
January 21 2022
Ms. Goodson -
The Chrysalids
by John Wyndham
January 14 2022
Ms. Clare -
I'll Give You The Sun
by Jandy Nelson
January 7 2022
Ms. Zobarich -
The Hate U Give
by Angie Thomas
December 17 2021
Ms. Pindar -
The Night Circus
by Erin Morgenstern
December 10 2021
Ms. McVeigh -
Alias Grace
by Margaret Atwood
December 3 2021
Mr. Mountenay -
And Then There
Were None
by Agatha Christie
November 26 2021
Ms. Robinson -
Night
by Elie Wiesel