Britt's Staff Picks

 

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1. The fellowship of the ring: being the first part of the Lord of the rings

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Author:
Tolkien, J. R. R. (John Ronald Reuel), 1892-1973
Series:
Lord of the rings volume 1.
Average Rating:
4.7 stars
Formats:
Book, OverDrive eAudiobook, OverDrive eBook
Description:
Following Bilbo's 111th birthday, Frodo Baggins and his companion Sam Gamgee, set off along the same East Road down which Bilbo the Hobbit had accompanied Thorin Oakenshield and his dwarves all those years before.

2. Norse mythology

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Author:
Gaiman, Neil
Average Rating:
4.3 stars
Formats:
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Description:

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author and "one of the modern masters of fantasy writing," (Huffington Post) a dazzling, witty telling of the Norse myths.

"A lively, funny, and very human rendition of Thor the thunder god, his father Odin, and the dark-hearted trickster Loki (plus countless other gods and monsters)." — Petra Mayer, NPR

Neil Gaiman, long inspired by ancient mythology in

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3. Every heart a doorway

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Author:
McGuire, Seanan
Series:
Wayward children volume 1.
Average Rating:
4.2 stars
Formats:
Book, OverDrive eBook
Description:

Winner of the Hugo Award, Hugo Award for Best Series, Alex Award, Locus Award, and Nebula Award
Nominated for the World Fantasy Award, British Fantasy Award, and Tiptree Honor List
"A mini-masterpiece of portal fantasy — a jewel of a book that deserves to be shelved with Lewis Carroll's and C. S. Lewis' classics" —NPR
New York Times bestselling author Seanan McGuire

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4. City of the plague god

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Author:
Chadda, Sarwat
Series:
Adventures of Sik Aziz volume 1.
Average Rating:
3.3 stars
Formats:
Book, OverDrive eBook
Description:
"Thirteen-year-old Sikander Aziz has to team up with the hero Gilgamesh in order to stop Nergal, the ancient god of plagues, from wiping out the population of Manhattan in this adventure based on Mesopotamian mythology"--

5. The priory of the orange tree

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Author:
Shannon, Samantha, 1991-
Series:
Roots of chaos volume 1.
Average Rating:
4.6 stars
Formats:
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Description:
A world divided. A queendom without an heir. An ancient enemy awakens. The House of Berethnet has ruled Inys for a thousand years. Still unwed, Queen Sabran the Ninth must conceive a daughter to protect her realm from destruction--but assassins are getting closer to her door. Ead Duryan is an outsider at court. Though she has risen to the position of lady-in-waiting, she is loyal to a hidden society of mages. Ead keeps a watchful eye on Sabran, secretly...