In Whereabouts, Jhumpa Lahiri explores the terrain of her own mind amid a lush, formidable Italian city. The word “novel” appears below the title, but it […]
Fiction
The Matchmakers Celebrate Pride Month
June is Pride Month, and the Matchmakers team celebrates with a special reading list featuring recent LGBTQIA+ titles: The Secret to Superhuman Strength by […]
The Nao of Brown by Glyn Dillon
Welcome to our post by guest blogger Kate Atherton! The mysterious cover art, depicting the protagonist Nao with a washing machine head and the end […]
Outlawed in the Dystopian Wild West
If you’re looking for a queer western set in a dystopian wild west, look no further! Anna North’s Outlawed (ebook) has got you covered. Seventeen […]
Take a Walk With Lillian Boxfish
Do you want to read more about New York City in the hectic, glittering era of Dorothy Parker and Robert Benchley? Then you can’t do […]
Stories of Your Life: Short Stories by Ted Chiang
I recently finished Ted Chiang’s sci-fi short story collection Stories of Your Life and Others, an engaging, smart, and varied set of stories that stretch […]
Springtime Staff Picks from Your Library!
Springtime is the best season for reading… well, every season is the best season for reading! Here are some books the Matchmakers team enjoyed reading. […]
Noble Staff Book Club Picks
Beginning last fall, some of the Noble reference staff have been getting together for a staff book club each month. It’s been really fun getting […]
Yet Another Pride and Prejudice Spin-off!
My, my… there really can never be too many spin-offs of Jane Austen’s most famous novel, Pride and Prejudice, can there? But this one is […]
