Library Team Picks May 2025

Check out these standout titles—personally selected by our amazing volunteers.

• Robin: The German Wife by Kelly Rimmer [historical fiction]
  

• Karla: Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus [tragicomedy/fiction]
  
  Karla says, "One of my favorite books at Reading at the Rock Library is Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus. She made every day her best and didn't compromise when the matter was important to her. This book buoys up my hope, personal convictions, and strength."

• Julie: Hello, Summer by Mary Kay Andrews [contemporary romance]
  

• Keagan:

  • The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison [coming-of-age fiction]

  • The Myth of Sisyphus by Albert Camus [philosophy/essay]

  • Frankenstein by Mary Shelley [gothic/horror/sci-fi]

  • I Am Malala by Malala Yousafzi [autobiography/non-fiction]

  • Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë [tragedy/gothic/fiction]