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The 25th book On Your To Be Read Shelf: Suggested Reads for Adults

Get ready to broaden your reading horizons! Our Expand Your Shelf program presents you with reading prompts that will challenge you to try something different and introduce you to new genres, authors, and ideas. These suggested reads come from Library staff and their own to be read shelves.

User from Mid-Continent Public Library

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  • Laura from our Woodneath Library Center had this middle grade mystery on her to be read shelf. Check out if you love action!
    Book, 2015Somerville, Massachusetts : Candlewick Press, 2015. — JF
  • Sally from our Woodneath Library Center had this offbeat fantasy mystery on her to be read shelf. Check out if you love world-building.
    Book, 2024New York : Del Rey, 2024. — F BENNETT
  • Diana from our North Oak Branch had this historical fiction inspired by true events on her to be read shelf. Check out if you liked "Only the Brave" by Danielle Steel.
    Book, 2022London : Bookouture, 2022. — F STUART
  • Alyson from our Withers Branch had this classic on her to be read shelf. This novel has been adapted numerous times for stage and screen, and you can check out many of those from the library too.
    Book, 2002New York : The Modern Library, 2002. — F HUGO
  • Kayla from our Platte City Branch had this locked room novel on her to be read shelf. Check this one out if you're a fan of Riley Sager.
    Book, 2023New York : Bantam Books, [2023] — F GAGNON
  • Amanda from our Withers Branch had this historical fiction on her to be read shelf. A great read for lovers of lyrical, atmospheric fiction that lands on Oprah's Book Club.
    Book, 2023New York : Grove Press, 2023. — F VERGHESE
  • Wise Gals

    the Spies Who Built the CIA and Changed the Future of Espionage

    Holt, Nathalia, 1980-
    LynnDee from our Reader Engagement Department had this collective biography of four women who helped start the CIA. This is a richly detailed and thought-provoking title for history lovers.
    Book, 2022New York : G. P. Putnam's Sons, [2022] — 327.1273 H742
  • Angie from our Reader Engagement Department had this translated novel on her to be read shelf. Check this out if you're a fan of literary fiction with complex characters.
    Book, 2025New York, NY : HarperVia, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, 2025. — F SON
  • Andrea from our East Lee's Summit Branch had this literary science fiction novel on her to be read shelf. This book has a novel within a novel much like Pervical Everett's "Erasure."
    Book, 2025[New York, NY] : William Morrow & Company, 2025. — F OKORAFOR
  • The Sum of Us

    What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together

    McGhee, Heather, 1980-
    Rachel from our Blue Springs South Branch had this well-researched non-fiction title on her to be read shelf. This title has been featured on MSNBC and The Daily Show, among others.
    Book, 2021New York : One World, [2021] — 305.8 M173
  • Trinity from our Excelsior Springs Branch had this Victorian romance on her to be read shelf. Check this out if you like sweet, upbeat enemies to lovers stories.
    Book, 2024New York : Berkley Romance, 2024. — F HOLTON
  • Michelle from our Blue Ridge Branch had this coming of age novel on her to be read shelf. Check out if you love character-driven, richly detailed stories.
    Book, 2024New York : St. Martin's Press, 2024. — F KAPELKE-DALE
  • Rachel from our East Independence Branch has this gothic fiction on her to be read shelf. Check out if you're a fan of "My Best Friend's Exorcism" by Grady Hendrix.
    Book, 2019New York, New York : Viking, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, [2019] — F AWAD
  • Laurnelle from our Woodneath Library Center had this marriage of convenience story on her to be read shelf. Check out if you're a fan of the "Bridgerton" books or tv show.
    Book, 2023New York : Berkley, 2023. — F DE LA ROSA
  • Our Work Is Everywhere

    An Illustrated Oral History of Queer & Trans Resistance

    Rose, Syan, 1990-
    Scott from our Reader Engagement Department had this graphic novel non fiction title on his to be read shelf. Check this out if you are interested in moving, candid LGBTQ+ history stories.
    Graphic Novel, 2021Vancouver : Arsenal Pulp Press, [2021] — 323.326 R72