Looking for the book "50 Shades of Grey". I heard it is popular and I'd love to read it but so far the library does not have it. Why?

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Thank you for your comment. Several copies of this title will be ordered on the April 1st fiction cart. Shortly after the order goes in, you'll see a record in the catalog that will let you place a hold on it.


Wanted: Books like Night Circus & The Time Traveler's Wife

The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern is being called the most original love story since The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger. I loved them both & want more. Any suggestions? the love, the longing, the way the stories roll out in non-sequential order - great stuff!

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I looked at Novelist, a Readers Advisory database (located on AADL's Research page) and found a few books that you might be interested in.

The Swan Thieves, by Elizabeth Kostova - Uses parallel narratives from different time periods to tell a story of star-crossed lovers.

Replay, by Ken Grimwood - A middle-aged man dies and awakens in 1963 in his 18-year old body. He retains his memories of his previous adulthood and continues his life. This happens repeatedly throughout the course of the story.

Under the Poppy, by Kathe Koja - Love, betrayal, blackmail, sex, death, and a jumble of characters. This darkly atmospheric novel has it all.

My Name Is Memory, by Ann Brashares - In Niffenegger's novel, love was complicated by time travel. In this story, it is complicated by reincarnation.

The Confessions of Max Tivoli, by Andrew Sean Greer - From the Amazon review: "An extraordinarily haunting love story told in the voice of a man who appears to age backwards."


MORE CULTURE!

I'm a huge fan of Ian M. Banks Culture Novels, a sci-fi series about a utopian, post-scarcity society of human, computer, and robot citizens. The writing is sharp, the ideas and politics are rock-solid, and the characters are balanced and not caricatures like most sci-fi. What other books or series would you recommend to Culture Lovers?

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