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WA Do I Read Next? Our Favorite Books by Washington State Authors, 2023

Each year at the Washington Library Association conference, a panel of librarians from around the state gather to share some of their favorite titles by Washington State authors from the past year. Here is our most recent slate, as presented at WLA in Wenatchee on March 31, 2023. First, fiction, and then, non-fiction.

The Seattle Public Library

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  • When the final four women in competition for an aloof bachelor's heart arrive on a mysterious island in the Pacific Northwest, they mentally prepare themselves for another week of extreme sleep deprivation, invasive interviews, and…
    BookNew York : Zando, 2022. — FIC ALLEN 2022
  • An Eastern Washington town is uprooted and a family grapples with personal and financial dilemmas. A father resists inevitable change, and enters into a fierce conflict with his son. The historic construction of the Grand Coulee Dam, a…
    BookAnacortes, WA : Empty Bowl Press, [2022] — FIC ANDERSON 2022
  • Legends & Lattes

    a Novel of High Fantasy and Low Stakes

    Baldree, Travis, 1977-
    Come take a load off at Viv's cafe, the first & only coffee shop in Thune. Grand opening! Worn out after decades of packing steel and raising hell, Viv, the orc barbarian, cashes out of the warrior's life with one final score. A rollicking…
    BookNew York : Tor, 2022. — SCI-FIC BALDREE 2022
  • Eight strangers looking for enlightenment from an ancient spiritual teacher are trapped in a cave high in the mountains on their way to his temple. One by one the travelers each share a story that, unbeknownst to them, is actually a…
    Graphic NovelNew York : Abrams ComicArts Megascope, 2022. — 741.5973 B2635E 2022
  • When the start of their summer vacation is marred by murder, best-selling thriller writer Tess Harrow is thrust into the subsequent investigation, involving a big foot sighting and a handsome local sheriff, which puts so much more than her…
    BookNaperville, Illinois : Poisoned Pen Press, [2022] — MYSTERY BERRY 2022
  • In this epic historical novel set in multiple time periods, present-day travelers on a train and their ancestors more than a century before are brought together by the history they share against such iconic backdrops as the California gold…
    BookNew York : Dutton, an imprint of Penguin Random House, [2022] — FIC EVISON 2022
  • The Mitchell sisters — teenage triplets — find everything changing in their town when a handsome new student enrolls at Bourne Memorial High who happens to be their family’s sworn enemy.
    BookNew York : Henry Holt and Company, 2021. — FIC FRANKEL 2021
  • Becoming dangerously obsessed with his new colleague, a dynamic Pakistani Muslim law professor who ignites his long-dormant passions, tenured English professor Dr. Oliver Harding tries to reconcile his discomfort with the world in which…
    BookNew York, NY : HarperVia, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, 2023. — FIC JHA 2023
  • Barton Heydale, the unpopular manager of the only bank in 1889 Spokane Falls, is considering ending his own life when a fire threatening to flatten their frontier boomtown gives him an idea, a plan and a reason to live.
    Book[New York, NY] : Viking, [2022] — FIC KROW 2022
  • During the course of a semester at an San Francisco art school, Joey, as she struggles over an assignment—and what it means to be an artist—in a well-heeled world that is hugely different from any she has known, is considered selfish by…
    BookNew York : Soft Skull, 2022. — FIC MARTIN 2022
  • When a new road opens for them--one that will lead through untold dangers toward a possible lifetime together, Harry and Melanie, who is dying, walk down it together, but others are following with violence in their hearts, leading to a new…
    BookNew York : Tordotcom, 2022. — SCI-FIC MCGUIRE 2022
  • A psychic with scattershot, inconsistent abilities, Leda Foley, joins forces with a Seattle PD detective, Grady Merritt, whom she accidentally saved from a doomed flight, to solve a cold case and catch a killer.
    BookNew York : Atria Books, 2021. — MYSTERY PRIEST 2021
  • When her family executed a coup that dethroned Zeus himself, Psyche knew she was in trouble, but she wasn't prepared for Aphrodite to demand her literal heart as payment. Or for Aphrodite's gorgeous son to be the one determined to strike…
    BookNaperville, Illinois : Sourcebooks Casablanca, [2022] — FIC ROBERT 2022
  • Growing up on their parents' mythical stories about the opportunities of Australia, a girl and her brother travel from war-torn Pakistan through temporary homes in Indonesia and Nauru, before government indifference challenges their dreams.
    BookNew York : Erewhon Books, 2021. — FIC YU 2021
  • A fascinating story complete with heroes, con artists, conquistadors, and-no surprise-the Mafia, this book is a mouth-watering, informative, and entertaining guide to the food that has captured our hearts for generations.
    BookNew York : Grand Central Publishing, 2022. — 635.642 AL276T 2022
  • The Mosquito Bowl

    a Game of Life and Death in World War II

    Bissinger, Buzz, 1954-
    This extraordinary, never-before-told story of WWII follows two U.S. Marine Corps regiments, comprised of some of the greatest football talent, as they played each other in a football game in the dirt and coral of Guadalcanal known as "The…
    BookNew York : HarperCollins, [2022] — 940.54252 Un372B 2022
  • Skid Road

    on the Frontier of Health and Homelessness in An American City

    Ensign, Josephine
    This book is a work of narrative history set in Seattle, Washington, that explores the relationship between the health care safety net and homelessness. The book traces the social determinants of health from Seattle's earliest days.
    BookBaltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, [2021]. — 362.10869 En77S 2021
  • A Hearty Book of Veggie Sandwiches

    Vegan and Vegetarian Paninis, Wraps, Rolls, and More

    Freeman, Jackie
    Whether your diet is entirely plant-based or you just need a break from heavier sandwiches, Freeman's inventive vegetarian recipes will satisfy your every craving!
    BookSeattle : Sasquatch Books, [2022] — 641.5636 F8773H 2022
  • Essential Labor

    Mothering as Social Change

    Garbes, Angela
    From the acclaimed author of "Like a Mother" comes an investigation into the current state of caregiving in America and an exploration of motherhood as a means of social change.
    BookNew York, NY : Harper Wave, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2022] — 306.8743 G163E 2022
  • Cannelle Et Vanille

    Nourishing, Gluten-free Recipes for Every Meal and Mood

    Goyoaga, Aran
    In this new book, Aran invites us into her kitchen to share her naturally gluten-free recipes, style, and ideas for nourishing herself, her family, and her friends. Aran's cooking mirrors her lifelong path to self-care which is all about…
    BookSeattle, WA : Sasquatch Books, [2019] — 641.56393 G749C 2019