Titles selected by Douglas Library staff and patrons as worthwhile reads that are recommended--these are featured next to the new book area. A review is included on a slip in each book
| After this | McDermott, Alice |
| Amandine | deBlasi, Marlena |
| Arcadia falls | Goodman, Carol |
| Atonement | McEwan, Ian |
| Believers, the | Heller, Zoe |
| Blame | Huneven, Michelle |
| Bless the bride | Bowen, Rhys |
| Blind submission | Ginsberg, Debra |
| Book of love, the | McGowan, Kathleen |
| Breaking night | Murray, Liz |
| Butterfly mosque, the | Wilson, G. Willow |
| Case of the missing servant, the | Hall, Tarquin |
| Chambers of death | Royal, Priscilla |
| Children in the morning | Emery, Anne |
| Coming back | Muller, Marcia |
| Cookbook collector, the | Goodman, Allegra |
| Crimson rooms, the | McMahon, Katherine |
| Curious incident of the dog in the night… | Haddon, Mark |
| Daniel isn't talking | Leimbach, Marti |
| Dearly departed, the | Lipman, Elinor |
| Denial, a memoir of terror | Stern, Jessica |
| Distant hours, the | Morton, Kate |
| Double bind, the | Bohjalian, Chris |
| Echo in the bone, an | Gabaldon, Diana |
| Family album | Lively, Penelope |
| Father of the rain | King, Lily |
| Favorites, the | Waters, Mary Yukari |
| Fortune's rocks | Shreve, Anita |
| Gate at the stairs, a | Moore, Lorrie |
| Ghost orchid, the | Goodman, Carol |
| Girl who chased the moon, the | Allen, Sarah Allen |
| Girls of a tender age | Tirone Smith, Mary-Ann |
| Gone | Hayder, Mo |
| Half broken things | Joss, Morag |
| Her fearful symmetry | Niffenegger, Audrey |
| Him her him again the end of him | Marx, Patricia |
| Immortal life of Henrietta, the | Skloot, Rebecca |
| Imperfect birds | Lamott, Anne |
| In the kitchen | Ali, Monica |
| Indian bride, the | Fossum, Karin |
| Interpretation of murder, the | Rubenfeld, Jed |
| Invisible bridge | Orringer, Julie |
| Island beneath the sea | Allende, Isabel |
| Jane Austen book club, the | Fowler, Karen Joy |
| Juliet | Fortier, Anne |
| Keeping the world away | Forster, Margaret |
| Kenken killings, the | Hall, Parnell |
| Lady in blue, the | Sierra, Javier |
| Lark & termite | Phillips, Jayne Anne |
| Little bee | Cleave, Chris |
| Lost symbol, the | Brown, Dan |
| Loving Frank | Horan, Nancy |
| Madonnas of Leningrad, the | Dean, Debra |
| Major Pettigrew's last stand | Simonson, Helen |
| Malice | Jackson, Lisa |
| Mapping of love and death, the | Winspear, Jacqueline |
| Mercy rule, the | Klass, Perri |
| Monsters of Templeton, the | Groff, Lauren |
| Mostly true | O'Neill, Molly |
| Mr. Emerson's wife | Brown, Amy Belding |
| Murder of King Tut, the | Patterson, James |
| Music teacher, the | Hall, Barbara |
| My name is Mary Sutter | Oliveira, Robin |
| Namesake, the | Lahiri, Jhumpa |
| On Chesil beach | McEwan, Ian |
| Orpheus lost | Hospitat, Janette Turner |
| Patriot hearts | Hambly, Barbara |
| Plain truth | Picoult, Jodi |
| Pledged | Robbins, Alexandra |
| Primal fear | Diehl, William |
| Privileges, the | Dee, Jonathan |
| Puzzle king, the | Carter, Betsy |
| Rebellion of Jane Clarke, the | Gunning, Sally |
| Red tent, the | Diamort, Anita |
| Reliable wife, a | Goolrick, Robert |
| Rest of her life, the | Moriarty, Laura |
| Rising tide, the | Shaara, Jeff |
| Saffron kitchen, the | Crowther, Jasmin |
| Scarecrow, the | Connelly, Michael |
| Secret life of bees, the | Kidd, Sue Monk |
| Secret life of Emily Dickinson | Charyn, Jerome |
| Security | Amidon, Stephen |
| Separate country, a | Hicks, Robert |
| Shanghai moon, the | Sozan, S. J. |
| Sheen on the silk, the | Perry, Anne |
| Short history of women, a | Walbert, Kate |
| Something red | Gilmore, Jennifer |
| Sweetness at the bottom of the pie | Bradley, C. Alan |
| Tallgrass | Dallas, Sandra |
| Thirteenth tale, the | Setterfield, Diane |
| Thousand splendid suns, a | Hossleini, Khaled |
| Tom Wasp and the Newgate knocker | Myers, Amy |
| Tonight I said goodbye | Koryta, Michael |
| Traveler | McLarty, Ron |
| Trouble | Christensen, Kate |
| Trouble | Kellerman, Jesse |
| Unaccustomed Earth | Lahiri, Jhumpa |
| Water for elephants | Gruen, Sara |
| What we keep | Berg, Elizabeth |
| When will there be good news | Atkinson, Kate |
| Widow of the south, the | Hicks, Robert |
| Writ in stone | Harrison, Cora |
| You're not you | Wildgen, Michelle |