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Lenexa City Center Staff's Comfort Reads

Sometimes you don't want to try something new. Sometimes you want to reread something familiar, something cozy and comfortable. Especially when you're living through a difficult time, like...oh, let's say a global pandemic. Here are some books the staff at the Lenexa City Center Library go back to when they need comfort and familiarity. Grouped by staff member but otherwise in no particular order.

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  • Kelly, Clerk
    Book[San Francisco] : HarperSanFrancisco, c1993. — FICTION Coelho Paulo
  • Kelly, Clerk
    BookNew York : G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2018. — FICTION Owens Delia 08/2018
  • Sarah, Adult Services
    BookBoston : Houghton Mifflin, 1996. — FICTION Read Miss
  • Sarah, Adult Services
    BookNew York : Thomas Dunne Books, c2000. — FICTION Pilcher Rosamund
  • Maggie, Adult Services: "I tend towards aestheticism in isolation. Love a lonely dandy."
    BookLondon ; New York : Penguin Books, 2003. — FICTION Huysmans J.K.
  • Andrea, Page
    BookNew York, N.Y., U.S.A. : Puffin Books, 1992. — J MYSTERY Raskin Ellen
  • Mysha, Clerk: "My go-to favorites are The Moonstone and The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle when I need a good laugh (weird sense of humor, I know). Both are mysteries with some fair bits of murder and intrigue. "
    BookNew York : Modern Library, 2001. — FICTION Collins Wilkie
  • Mysha, Clerk: "My go-to favorites are The Moonstone and The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle when I need a good laugh (weird sense of humor, I know). Both are mysteries with some fair bits of murder and intrigue. "
    BookNaperville, Illinois : Sourcebooks Landmark, [2018] — FICTION Turton Stuart
  • Beth, Clerk: "I could listen to the person who reads for Prince Greenling ALL THE TIME and be soothed."
    Audiobook CD[Syracuse, N.Y.] : Full Cast Audio, p2009. — TEEN CDAUDIO FICTION Cashore Kristin
  • Tami, Youth Services: "Maybe this is too mundane, but Harry Potter is definitely my go to comfort read."
    BookNew York : Arthur A. Levine Books, 1998, c1997. — J FICTION Rowling J.K.
  • One More Thing

    Stories and Other Stories

    Novak, B. J., 1979-
    Lisa, Clerk
    BookNew York : Knopf, 2014. — FICTION Novak B.J. 01/2014
  • Laurel, Clerk
    BookNew York : Tor, 1996. — FICTION Lackey Mercedes
  • Laurel, Clerk
    BookNew York : Aladdin Paperbacks, 2003, c1976. — TEEN FICTION McCaffre Anne
  • Megan, Adult Services
    BookNew York : Farrar, Straus, Giroux, 1975. — J FICTION Babbitt Natalie
  • Megan, Adult Services
    BookNew York : Viking, 2006. — TEEN FICTION Dessen Sarah
  • Megan, Adult Services
    BookNew York, N.Y. : Dutton Books, c2008. — TEEN FICTION Green John
  • Heather, Youth Services: "Mr. Darcy, 'nuff said."
    BookSan Diego : Canterbury Classics, c2012. — FICTION Austen Jane