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Collections
Clift Rodgers Library is a recreational library with approximately
9,000 books in our collection – 6,000 for adults and 3,000 for
children. Since we are an independent library, there are short waiting
lists – or no waiting lists at all - for books.
A wide
variety of current fiction and non-fiction is available as well as classic works
by authors such as Shakespeare, Jane Austen, and Mark Twain. A lighter
collection, known as the "Peggy Beals' semi-classics," includes many
cherished novelists like Joseph Lincoln, John Buchan, and D.E.
Stevenson. Adult nonfiction offers biography, health books, cookbooks,
gardening, and more.
The children's collection includes
picture
books, early readers, fiction chapter books, and popular mysteries. In
juvenile nonfiction are biographies and nature and science books. A
young adult section features many popular authors. Ongoing programs
include a weekly story hour during the school year for young children,
and a book club in the summer for
all ages.
Our limited space precludes a reference section, but we can help with
some requests.
Below are
adult books added to the collection this year:
February 2012
Sisters by Nancy Jensen
Believing the Lie by Elizabeth George
Charitable Body by Robert Barnard
Chronicles of Harris Burdick by Chris Van Allsburg
The Confession by Charles Todd
The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
Feast Day of Fools by James Lee Burke
God's Jury by Cullen Murphy
The Hunter by John Lescroart
Invisible Ones by Stef Penney
Rope by Nevada Barr
Running the Rift by Naomi Benaron
The Woman in Black by Susan Hill
The World We Found by Thrity Umrigar
January 2012
Catherine the Great by Robert K. Massie
Covert Warriors by WEB Griffin
DC Dead by Stuart Woods
Death Benefit by Robin Cook
Death Comes to Pemberley by PD James
Down the Darkest Road by Tami Hoag
Family Lagacy by Jack O'Halloran
Forgotten Affairs of Youth by Alexander McCall Smith
Invisible Thread by Laura Schroff
Red Mist by Patricia Cornwell
Riding Lessons by Sara Gruen
Darkly Dreaming Dexter by Jeff Lindsay
The Island by Elin Hilderbrand
A Storm of Swords by George RR Martin
The Gift of Rain by Tan Twan Eng
The Blue Bistro by Elin Hilderbrand
November 2011
The Drop by Michael Connelly
Night Road by Kristin Hannah
Crossed by Ally Condie
Dovekeepers by Alice Hoffman
Ed King by David Guterson
Explosive 18 by Janet Evanovich
Falling Together by Maris de los Santos
The Impossible Dead by Ian Rankin
Kill Alex Cross by James Patterson
Nightwoods by Charles Frazier
V is for Vengeance by Sue Grafton
10th Anniversary by James Patterson
11/22/63 by Stephen King
9th Judgement by James Patterson
Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson
Zero Day by David Baldacci
For You Mom, Finally by Ruth Reichl
October 2011
As the Pig Turns by M. C. Beaton
Boomerang by Michael Lewis
Cat's Table by Michael Ondaatje
Darkness My Old Friend by Lisa Unger
A Dublin Student Doctor by Patrick Taylor
Litigators by John Grisham
Sister by Rosamund Lupton
A Clash of Kings by George R. R. Martin
The Best of Me by Nicholas Sparks
The Night Strangers by Chris Bohjalian
The Marriage Plot by Jeffrey Eugenides
The Kitchen House by Kathleen Grissom
September 2011
We the Animals by Justin Torres
Salvage the Bones by Jesmyn Ward
The Affair by Lee Child
Aleph by Paulo Coelho
The Talk-Funny Girl by Roland Merullo
Son of Stone by Stuart Woods
Every Thing On It by Shel Silverstein (poetry)
The Autobiography of Mrs. Tom Thumb by Melanie Benjamin
Cocktail Hour Under the Tree of Forgetfulness by Alexandra Fuller
Faithful Place by Tana French
The Language of Flowers by Vanessa Diffenbaugh
Last Man in Tower by Aravind Adiga
The Leftovers by Tom Perrotta
Out of the Deep I Cry by Julia Spencer-Fleming
Killing the Blues by Robert Parker
Townie, a memoir by Andre Dubus III
The Vault by Ruth Rendell
One Was a Soldier by Julia Spencer-Fleming
Maine by J. Courtney Sullivan
She Walks in Beauty poems selected by Caroline Kennedy
The Soldier's Wife by Margaret Leroy
Krueger's Men by Lawrence Malkin
Victory and Honor by W.E.B. Griffin
On Canaans Side by Sebastian Barry
Shelter by Harlan Coben
The Saffron Kitchen by Yasmin Crowther
Are You There, Vodka? It's Me, Chelsea by Chelsea Handler
Cesar's Way by Cesar Millan
The Spy by Clive Cussler
The God of the Hive by Laurie R. King
The Woman I was Born to be by Susan Boyle
Flash and Bones by Kathy Reichs
August 2011
Acceptable Loss by Anne Perry
Discovery Of Witches by Deborah Harkness
End of Everything by Megan Abbott
Girls in White Dresses by Jennifer Close
Last Werewolf by Glen Duncan
Revenge of the Radioactive Lady by Elizabeth Stuckley-French
Rules of Civility by Amor Towles
July 2011
Burnt Mountain by Anne Rivers Siddon
Portrait of a Spy by Daniel Silva
Then Came You by Jennifer Weiner
Best Staged Plans by Claire Cook
Toys by James Patterson and Neil McMahon
Carte Blanche by Jeffery Deaver
Quinn by Iris Johansen
The Woman Behind the New Deal by Kirsten Downey
Tabloid City by Pete Hamill
Iron House by John Hart
The Informant by Thomas Perry
Elizabeth I: A Novel by Margaret George
One Summer by David Baldacci
Silent Girl by Tess Gerritsen
Try to Remember by Iris Gomez
Knuckler by Tim Wakefield
Dreams of Joy by Lisa See
Escape by Barbara Delinsky
The Snowman by Jo Nesbo
June 2011
Atlantic by Simon Winchester
State of Wonder by Ann Patchett
Buried Secrets by Joseph Finder
Smokin' Seventeen by Janet Evanovich
Crooked Letter, Crooked Lettter by Tom Franklin
The Greater Journey by David McCullough
Trader of Secrets by Steve Martini
Mystery by Jonathan Kellerman
The Churchills: In Love and War by Mary S. Lovell
Don't Breathe a Word by Jennifer McMahon
The Girl Who Disappeared Twice by Andrea Kane
Heat Wave by Nancy Thayer
In a Strange Room by Damon Galgut
The Long Song by Andrea Levy
The Hottest Dishes of the Tartar Cuisine by Alina Bronsky
The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
The Girl Who Fell from the Sky by Heidi Durrow
Sisterhood Everlasting by Ann Brashares
Blood, Bones and Butter by Gabrielle Hamilton
Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin
Lost in Shangri-La by Mitchell Zuckoff
May 2011
Sixkill by Robert Parker
The Heart and the Fist by Eric Greitens
Caleb's Crossing by Geraldine Brooks
In the Garden of Beasts by Erik Larson
The Tiger's Wife by Tea Obreht
The Forgotten Garden by Kate Morton
The Last Boy by Jane Leavy
Final Storm by Jeff Shaara
Does the Noise in My Head Bother You? by Steven Tyler
Faith by Jennifer Haigh
Buried Prey by John Sandford
Bel-Air Dead by Stuart Woods
The Devil's Light by Richard North Patterson
Eve by Iris Johansen
The Sixth Man by David Baldacci
The Uncoupling by Meg Wolitzer
The Peach Keeper by Sarah Addison Allen
Say Her Name by Francisco Goldman
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne
Flush by Carl Hiaasen
In Hovering Flight by Joyce Hinnefeld
April 2011
Second Chance by Jane Green
Fever Dream by Preston & Child
The Red Thread by Ann Hood
The Devil and Sherlock Holmes by David Grann
Save Me by Lisa Scottoline
Crunch Time by Diane Mott Davidson
Miss Julia Rocks the Cradle by Ann B. Ross
Mystery by Jonathan Kellerman
Once Upon a Time There Was You by Elizabeth Berg
Swim Back to Me by Ann Packer
The Fifth Witness by Michael Connelly
Strip by Thomas Perry
March 2011
Afraid of the Dark by James Grippando
Bogmeadow's Wish by Terry Kay
Come and Find Me by Hallie Ephron
Girl in the Gatehouse by Julie Klassen
Lesson in Secrets by Jacqueline Winspear
A Widow's Story by Joyce Carol Oates
The Paris Wife by Paula McLain
Live Wire by Harlan Coben
The Saturday Big Tent Wedding by Alexander McCall Smith
Started Early, Took my Dog by Kate Atkinson
Emily, Alone by Stewart O'Nan
The Complaints by Ian Rankin
Minding Frankie by Maeve Binchy
Sing You Home by Jodi Picoult
The Weird Sisters by Eleanor Brown
The Best of Times by Penny Vincenzi
You Know When the Men Are Gone by Siobhan Fallon
February 2011
Deeper than the Dead by Tami Hoag
What is Mine by Anne Holt
Death of a Chimney Sweep by M.C. Beaton
Now You See Her by Joy Fielding
When the Killing's Done by T.C. Boyle
Heartwood by Belva Plain
A Whole New Life by Reynolds Price
Fatal Error by J. A. Jance
FadeAway Girl by Martha Grimes
The Red Garden by Alice Hoffman
Bacon: A Love Story by Heather Lauer
Clara and Mr. Tiffany by Susan Vreeland
Left Neglected by Lisa Genova
The Pregnant Widow by Martin Amis
Parrot and Oliver in America by Peter Carey
The Imperfectionists by Tom Rachman
Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley
The Lake of Dreams by Kim Edwards
January 2011
Strategic Moves by Stuart Woods
The Distant Hours by Kate Morton
The Lonely Polygamist by Brady Udall
Lord of Misrule by Jaimy Gordon
The Outlaws by W.E.B. Griffin
Inner Circle by Brad Meltzer
The Sentry by Robert Crais
Secrets to the Grave by Tami Hoag
An Irish Country Courtship by Patrick Taylor
Decision Points by George W. Bush
The Map the Changed the World by Simon Winchester
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