Profound and prophetic, this is a story about the human effects of climate change that stays with you long after you finish reading. 

Erica’s looking forward to a great (reading) year.

Yesterday I examined fiction that received the most love in 2022 from book reviewers. Today I will look at nonfiction. I compiled 30 notable lists with more than 600 books, including our own favorites from the Cook Memorial Public Library District staffers. Thirty-seven books, from memoirs to nature to social commentary, rose to the top.…

As a long-time reader, I know one thing to be true: We often do not agree on liking the same books.  Readers’ tastes vary widely. This was evident once again in my annual search for the top-reviewed books of the year. For fiction, I tallied 30 lists by professional book readers, including the Cook Memorial…