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Withers' Staff's Favorite Ice Cream Flavors = Your Next Read

With the weather hot-hot-hot, cool off with one of Withers Staff's favorite ice cream and a book of a similar flavor. List compiled by Liz from the Withers Branch.

Mid-Continent Public Library

10 items

  • Amanda's favorite ice cream flavor is cookies and cream and recommends a book like it: a book within a book (or a dessert within a dessert) featuring both a contemporary and historical mystery.
    BookNew York, NY : Kensington Books, [2017] — F BURNS
  • Andrew's favorite ice cream flavor is coffee and recommends a book like it: a bittersweet romance that evokes warmth and nostalgia with each page/sip.
    Graphic NovelMarietta, Ga. : Top Shelf, [2003] — F THOMPSON
  • Laurie's favorite ice cream flavor is mint chip, and recommends a book like it: full of delectable flavor (i.e. murder), with a cool and refreshing storyline.
    BookNew York, NY : St. Martin's Paperbacks, 2022. — F ALLEN
  • Nicole's favorite ice cream flavor is butter pecan, and recommends a book/series like it: a comforting read evoking the feeling of summer in the South.
    BookToronto, Ont. : Mira, [2020] — F WOODS
  • Jo's favorite ice cream flavor is pralines and cream and recommends a book like it: a warm, comforting season is interrupted by a nutty murder.
    BookNew York : Berkley Prime Crime, 2022. — F COLLETTE
  • Josh's favorite ice cream is chocolate and recommends a book like it: a rich, dark retelling of Beowulf, perfect for old and young alike.
    Graphic NovelNew York, NY : First Second, 2023. — JF WEINERSMITH
  • Kara's favorite ice cream flavor is hot fudge caramel sundae and recommends a book like it: a cold, unassuming setting topped with a steamy murder.
    eBookThe New Press, 2011
  • Liz's favorite ice cream flavor is cookie dough and recommends a book like it: a twist on a classic fairy tale, sure to be enjoyed again (and again and again and again).
    BookNew York : Bloomsbury, 2015. — F MAAS
  • Stephen's favorite ice cream flavor is plum and chocolate and recommends a book like it: an indulgent author elevating a common storyline (cats and rats) with intelligent humor.
    BookNew York : HarperCollinsPublishers, [2001] — YF PRATCHETT
  • Sharon's favorite ice cream flavor is chocolate peanut butter and recommends a book like it: dual-flavored, both parts mystery and humor, sprinkled with the feeling(s) of friendship.
    Book[New York, NY] : Pamela Dorman Books/Viking, [2020] — F OSMAN