num_pages: 256
description: Discover a librarian's secret stash of great reads!There you are in the library head tilted sideways doing your best to navigate a blur of spines and titles to find one worth reading. Luckily the hunt is over. Librarian author and book devourer Gina Sheridan has sorted through the stacks to compile a list of read-worthy titles you may have skipped over in your search. Check These Out is her secret stash of books that have captivated her mind and soul throughout the years. Inside she reveals a wide range of extraordinary yet uncommon stories that will completely change the way you view the world from Michael Dorris's A Yellow Raft in Blue Water to Herman Melville's The Confidence-Man: His Masquerade. After each suggestion Sheridan offers an insightful summary as well as surprising details about the book or author that will make you laugh a little cry a little or think a little.Complete with a checklist to keep track of the titles you've read Check These Out will help you discover a whole new world of literature you won't believe you missed.
language: English
title: Check These Out: One Librarian's Catalog of the 200 Coolest, Best, and Most Important Books You'll Ever Read
publisher: Adams Media