The top five this week includes something for everyone: urban fantasy, gritty suspense fiction, a new police procedural, a little bit of romance, and some history. Happy reading! 

#1 Recommendations for readers who enjoyed Fire Touched by Patricia Briggs, more urban fantasy series:

Sookie Stackhouse novels by Charlaine Harris [Book One]

The Dresden Files by Jim Butcher [Book One]

American Gods by Neil Gaiman [Book One]

 

 

 

#2 Recommendations for readers who enjoyed Off the Grid  by C.J. Box, more crossover (adult to YA) gritty suspense:

Broken Monsters by Lauren Beukes

The Son by Joe Nesbøø

The Whisperer by Donato Carrisi

 

 

 

#3 Recommendations for readers who enjoyed The Steel Kiss by Jeffrey Deaver, try some European mysteries:

Siren of the Waters by Michael Genelin

Detective Inspector Huss by Helene Tursten

Faceless Killers by Henning Mankell

 

 

 

#4 Recommendations for readers who enjoyed Me Before You by Jojo Moyes, more British love stories:

Other People's Children by Joanna Trollope

One Day by David Nicholls

The House We Grew Up In by Lisa Jewell

 

 

 

#5 Recommendations for readers who enjoyed The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah, more books starring women and set during WWII:

The Sea Garden by Deborah Lawrenson

Citadel by Kate Mosse

The Last Time I Saw Paris by Lynn Sheene

 

 

 

Staff picks are chosen by NYPL staff members and are not intended to​ be comprehensive lists. We'd love to hear your ​picks! Tell us what you'd recommend: Leave a comment or email us.