WVPL 2023 READING CHALLENGE
READ WITH US!
Each month, we'll suggest reading genres and book suggestions
March Challenge
Read a book set in or around Philadelphia
Share with us what you read #wvplreads2023
Not sure what to read - here are some suggestions!
Suggested Reading List
Fiction
All's Well That Ends: an Amanda Pepper mystery by Gillian Roberts (Mystery)
As Bright as Heaven by Susan Meissner (Historical Fiction)
Cross your Heart and Hope to Die: a Blackbird Sisters mystery by Nancy Martin (Mystery)
Damaged: a Rosato & DiNunzio novel by Lisa Scottoline (Detective/Legal Fiction)
Guilty by Karen Robards (Romantic Suspense)
The Dutch House by Ann Patchett (Domestic/Historical Fiction)
Glory over Everything: beyond the Kitchen house by Kathleen Grissom (Historical Fiction)
Kiss Carlo by Adriana Trigiani (Domestic/Historical Fiction)
In Her Shoes by Jennifer Weiner
The Last Witness by W.E.B. Griffin (Mystery/ Police Procedural)
Long Bright River by Liz Moore (Suspense/Social Narrative)
The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold (Suspense)
The Signature of All Things by Elizabeth Gilbert (Historical Fiction)
The Silver Linings Playbook by Matthew Quick (Humorous Fiction)
Someone Knows by Lisa Scottoline (Thriller)
Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid
The Twelve Tribes of Hattie by Ayana Mathis (Historical Fiction)
We Are the Light by Matthew Quick
Non-fiction
Crossing the Line: a fearless team of brothers and the sport that forever changed their lives by Kareem Rosser
Dr. Mutter's Marvels: a true tale of intrigue and innovation at the dawn of modern medicine by Cristin O'Keefe Aptowicz
High Society: the life of Grace Kelly by Donald Spoto
Philadelphia: finding the hidden city by Joseph E.B. Elliott, Nathaniel Popkin, and Peter Woodall
True Crime Philadelphia: from America's first bank robbery to the real-life killers who inspired Boardwalk Empire by Kathryn Canavan
The Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson
Will by Will Smith