Reading Recommendations for adults from the staff of Oshkosh Public Library.
The crisp of fall is in the air! Cozy reading season is here, and we are READY for it! Here are some titles to help you shift from summer into fall. --Sarah
Recommended by Sarah
Also available in Libby as an e-book and e-audiobook.
This deliciously gothic tale is one of the best haunted house stories I’ve ever read (and that’s saying something). It's 1823 in Mexico, and when Beatriz’s father is executed for his political beliefs, she and her mother are destitute. Beatriz marries the wealthy Don Rodolfo Solorzano and moves into the Hacienda, eager to make the home her own. But this house has an attitude. And a secret. When Beatriz begins having horrific visions and nightmares, she seeks the help of the local priest Padre Andres—but of course he ALSO has secrets, and he knows more about the Solorzano family’s dark past than he wants to tell. Full of twists and turns, and a touch of romance, this book is Mexican Gothic meets Rebecca and it’s the perfect book to take you from summer to spooky season.
The Overstory by Richard Powers
Recommended by Joe
Also available in Libby as an e-book and e-audiobook.
If you’re up for a challenge – and willing to let the trees take center stage – then you won’t be disappointed by Richard Powers’ novel, The Overstory. Through a series of interlocking stories, the human characters in this novel are shaped by the trees around them and gifted with a growing awareness of what’s been lost by our lack of attention to them. A great novel changes our perspective on the world, and this is that type of novel. Once you read it, you’ll never look at a tree quite the same as you did before.
Staircase in the Woods by Chuck Wendig
Recommended by Sarah
Also available in Libby as an e-book and e-audiobook.
Twenty years after a childhood friend vanished on a mysterious staircase in the woods, a group of former high school friends reunites to uncover the truth, facing the dark secrets and horrors that await beyond the staircase. Each of these characters feels real--each touched by the trauma of losing their friend and determined to right the wrongs of their past. But facing the past is never easy, especially when it stares right back at you. Chuck Wendig brings his sharp, witty writing style to horrors both personal and existential in a page-turning story that had me talking out loud to the characters as I read.