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BERLIN-PECK PICKS: AWESOME ACTION MOVIES
Deadpool
Die Hard
Edge of Tomorrow
Inception
John Wick
John Wick. Chapter 2
Kill Bill. Volume 1
Logan
Mad Max. Fury Road
Skyfall
The Grey

The Man from Nowhere.

The Man from Nowhere.
BERLIN-PECK PICKS: AWESOME AUDIOBOOKS
A Man Called OveFredrik Backman
BeartownFredrik Backman
BecomingMichelle Obama
Born a Crime Trevor Noah
Catch and Kill Ronan Farrow
Dopesick Beth Macy
Educated Tara Westover
Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine Gail Honeyman
End of Watch Stephen King
Finders Keepers Stephen King
Good Neighbor Maxwell King
Home Julie Andrews
HomegoingYaa Gyasi
In PiecesSally Field
Lessons from Lucy Dave Barry
Lethal WhiteRobert Galbraith
MeElton John
Memoirs of an Imaginary FriendMatthew Dicks
Pet Sematary Stephen King
Small Great Things Jodi Picoult
The Dutch House Ann Patchett
The Opposite of Hate Sally Kohn
The Death of Mrs. WestawayRuth Ware
The Great AloneKristin Hannah
The Greatest Love Story Ever Told Megan Mullally
The Light Between OceansM. L. Stedman
The Long Flight Home Alan Hlad
The Radium Girls Kate Moore
There There Tommy Orange
TranscriptionKate Atkinson
BERLIN-PECK PICKS: BEST OF BRITISH TV
Broadchurch. The Complete First Season
Call the Midwife. Season 1
Downton Abbey. Season 1
Loch Ness. Series 1
Luther. [Season 1]
Poldark. The Complete First Season
Sherlock. Season One
The Great British Baking Show. Season 1
Victoria. The Complete First Season
BERLIN-PECK PICKS: BETTER LIVING
52 Small Changes for the Mind Brett Blumenthal
Breath James Nestor
Breathe Belisa Vranich
Radical Candor Kim Malone Scott
The Art of Gathering Priya Parker
The Cozy Life Pia Edberg
The Curated Closet Anuschka Rees
The Life-changing Magic of Tidying Up Marie Kondō
The Subtle Art of Not Giving a Fuck Mark Manson
There is No Good Card for This Kelsey Crowe
We Need to Talk Celeste Anne Headlee
What Would Buddha Say? Barbara Ann Kipfer
BERLIN-PECK PICKS: BIOGRAPHY
A Woman of No Importance Sonia Purnell
Becoming Dr. Seuss Brian Jay Jones
Code Name Larry Loftis
Dutch Girl Robert Matzen
EdisonEdmund Morris
First Evan Thomas
Hollywood's Eve Lili Anolik
House of Dreams Liz Rosenberg
Lady First Amy S. Greenberg
Madame Fourcade's Secret War Lynne Olson
Our Man George Packer
Serving the Servant Danny Goldberg
Spearhead Adam Makos
The Kennedy Heirs J. Randy Taraborrelli
The Contender William J. Mann
The Ghosts of Eden Park Abbott Kahler
The Girl with Seven Names Hyeonseo Lee
The Good Neighbor Maxwell King
The Lady from the Black Lagoon Mallory O'Meara
The Man Who Solved the Market Gregory Zuckerman
The Mastermind Evan Ratliff
The Woman Who Smashed Codes Jason Fagone
Young Castro Jonathan M. Hansen
BERLIN-PECK PICKS: BOOK CLUB PICKS
A Walk Across the SunCorban Addison
A Woman is No Man Etaf Rum
All That's Bright and Gone Eliza Nellums
At the Edge of the HaightKatherine Seligman
Atonement Ian McEwan
Beartown Fredrik Backman
Before We Were Yours Lisa Wingate
Behold the Dreamers Imbolo Mbue
Born a Crime Trevor Noah
Chemistry Weike Wang
Dear Fahrenheit 451 Annie Spence
Do Not Become AlarmedMaile Meloy
Every Bone a PrayerAshley Blooms
Finding Dorothy Elizabeth Letts
Florence Adler Swims ForeverRachel Beanland
From Scratch Tembi Locke
How to Be a Good Creature Sy Montgomery
I Liked My LifeAbby Fabiaschi
I Will Always Write Back Caitlin Alifirenka
Lilac Girls Martha Hall Kelly
Nothing to See HereKevin Wilson
So You Want to Talk About RaceIjeoma Oluo
The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek Kim Michele Richardson
The CactusSarah Haywood
The Extraordinary Life of Sam Hell Robert Dugoni
The Forgotten SeamstressLiz Trenow
The Girls with No NamesSerena Burdick
The Keeper of Lost Things Ruth Hogan
The Last Mrs. Parrish Liv Constantine
The One ManAndrew Gross
The Other Mrs. Mary Kubica
The Space Between UsThrity N. Umrigar
The Summer WivesBeatriz Williams
The Sun Does Shine Anthony Ray Hinton
The Things We Cannot SayKelly Rimmer
The Vanishing HalfBrit Bennett
When All is SaidAnne Griffin
Where the Crawdads SingDelia Owens
Where'd You Go, BernadetteMaria Semple
BERLIN-PECK PICKS: BOOKS TO MAKE YOU CRY
A Dog's PurposeW. Bruce Cameron
Eleanor & ParkRainbow Rowell
I Liked My LifeAbby Fabiaschi
It Ends with UsColleen Hoover
Me Before You Jojo Moyes
My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's SorryFredrik Backman
One DayDavid Nicholls
Only ChildRhiannon Navin
The Miraculous Journey of Edward TulaneKate DiCamillo
This Love Story Will Self-destructLeslie Cohen
What Remains Carole Radziwill
WonderR. J. Palacio
BERLIN-PECK PICKS: BRITISH SUSPENSE
Before I Go to Sleep S. J. Watson
Behind Closed DoorsB. A. Paris
DisclaimerRenee Knight
I Found You Lisa Jewell
I'm Thinking of Ending ThingsIain Reid
The Girl Before JP Delaney
The Silent PatientAlex Michaelides
The WidowFiona Barton
The Woman in Cabin 10Ruth Ware
BERLIN-PECK PICKS: CELEBRITY MEMOIR
Born a Crime Trevor Noah
BossypantsTina Fey
Dirty Daddy Bob Saget
Home Julie Andrews
Naturally TanTan France
Neil Patrick Harris Neil Patrick Harris
Not My Father's Son Alan Cumming
Over the Top Jonathan Van Ness
The Daily Show (the Book) Chris Smith
The Girl with the Lower Back TattooAmy Schumer
The Wreckage of My Presence Casey Wilson
Troublemaker Leah Remini
WildflowerDrew Barrymore
Yes PleaseAmy Poehler
Yes, My Accent is Real Kunal Nayyar
BERLIN-PECK PICKS: CHILDREN'S PICTURE BOOKS
Almost Everybody FartsMarty Kelley
Chicken Story TimeSandy Asher
Creepy Pair of Underwear!Aaron Reynolds
Firefighter Duckies!Frank W. Dormer
Moo!David LaRochelle
Mr. Fuzzbuster Knows He's the FavoriteStacy McAnulty
Skippyjon JonesJudith Byron Schachner
Super Happy Magic ForestMatty Long
Tap the Magic TreeChristie Matheson
The Book with No PicturesB. J. Novak
We're All WondersR. J. Palacio
BERLIN-PECK PICKS: FANTASY
A Deadly Education Naomi Novik
Anansi BoysNeil Gaiman
ElevationStephen King
Highfire Eoin Colfer
Jane, UnlimitedKristin Cashore
Magic for LiarsSarah Gailey
NeverwhereNeil Gaiman
Spinning SilverNaomi Novik
StardustNeil Gaiman
The Bear and the Nightingale Katherine Arden
The Girl in the Tower Katherine Arden
The House in the Cerulean SeaTJ Klune
The Invisible LibraryGenevieve Cogman
The Name of the WindPatrick Rothfuss
The Ocean at the End of the LaneNeil Gaiman
The Winter of the Witch Katherine Arden
UprootedNaomi Novik
BERLIN-PECK PICKS: GRAPHIC NOVELS
Adulthood is a Myth Sarah Andersen
Barely Functional Adult Meichi Ng
Big Mushy Happy Lump Sarah Andersen
Check, Please! Book 1, #Hockey!Ngozi Ukazu
Giant Days. Volume OneJohn Allison
Herding Cats Sarah Andersen
Hey, KiddoJarrett Krosoczka
Hyperbole and a Half Allie Brosh
IllegalEoin Colfer
In Love & Pajamas Catana Chetwynd
NimonaND Stevenson
Primer Jennifer Muro
The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the HorseCharlie Mackesy
The Sandman. Vol. 1, Preludes, NocturnesNeil Gaiman
This Was Our PactRyan Andrews
BERLIN-PECK PICKS: GREAT FICTION
A Good NeighborhoodTherese Fowler
A Window Opens Elisabeth Egan
Accidents of Marriage Randy Susan Meyers
After the EndClare Mackintosh
All That's Bright and Gone Eliza Nellums
All the Ugly and Wonderful ThingsBryn Greenwood
All We Ever Wanted Emily Giffin
Another Brooklyn Jacqueline Woodson
Anxious People Fredrik Backman
AttachmentsRainbow Rowell
Beartown Fredrik Backman
Becoming Mrs. Lewis Patti Callahan Henry
Britt-Marie Was Here Fredrik Backman
Chemistry Weike Wang
Class Mom Laurie Gelman
Daisy Jones & the Six Taylor Jenkins Reid
Eleanor Oliphant is Completely FineGail Honeyman
Ellie and the HarpmakerHazel Prior
Everybody's Son Thrity N. Umrigar
Fox 8 George Saunders
Girl in TranslationJean Kwok
How Not to Die AloneRichard Roper
How to Find Love in a BookshopVeronica Henry
How to Walk AwayKatherine Center
Imagine Me Gone Adam Haslett
Memoirs of an Imaginary FriendMatthew Dicks
Moonglow Michael Chabon
My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's SorryFredrik Backman
Our Souls at NightKent Haruf
Saint XAlexis Schaitkin
She's Come UndoneWally Lamb
Small Great Things Jodi Picoult
Something MissingMatthew Dicks
Such a Fun Age Kiley Reid
The Nickel Boys Colson Whitehead
The Authenticity ProjectClare Pooley
The Buffalo Soldier Chris Bohjalian
The Choices We MakeKarma Brown
The Gifted School Bruce W. Holsinger
The Golden Son Shilpi Somaya Gowda
The House in the Cerulean SeaTJ Klune
The Keeper of Lost Things Ruth Hogan
The Lost for Words Bookshop Stephanie Butland
The Ministry of Utmost HappinessArundhati Roy
The Most Fun We Ever HadClaire Lombardo
The Night OceanPaul LaFarge
The Other MotherMatthew Dicks
The Same Sky Amanda Eyre Ward
The Scent of Rain and Lightning Nancy Pickard
The Story Hour Thrity N. Umrigar
The Story of Arthur Truluv Elizabeth Berg
The Two-family HouseLynda Cohen Loigman
This Close to Okay Leesa Cross-Smith
Us Against You Fredrik Backman
What Alice ForgotLiane Moriarty
When I Ran AwayIlona Bannister
Young Jane Young Gabrielle Zevin
BERLIN-PECK PICKS: GREAT NON-FICTION
A Cat's Tale Paul Koudounaris
A Short Guide to a Happy LifeAnna Quindlen
A World Without Work Daniel Susskind
Beautiful Boy David Sheff
Catch and Kill Ronan Farrow
Charged Emily Bazelon
Congratulations, by the Way George Saunders
Dear Fahrenheit 451 Annie Spence
Dreamland Sam Quinones
Forty Autumns Nina Willner
Hillbilly Elegy J. D. Vance
Humans Tom Phillips
Just Mercy Bryan Stevenson
Love the House You're in Paige Rien
Milk and HoneyRupi Kaur
Missoula Jon Krakauer
More Love, Less Panic Claude Knobler
NightElie Wiesel
Race Against Time Jerry Mitchell
Strays Britt Collins
The Girl with Seven Names Hyeonseo Lee
The Girls with No NamesSerena Burdick
The Last LectureRandy Pausch
The Middle of Everywhere Mary Bray Pipher
The Middle PlaceKelly Corrigan
The Mighty Franks Michael Frank
The Only Plane in the Sky Garrett M. Graff
The Radium Girls Kate Moore
The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace Jeff Hobbs
The Sound of Gravel Ruth Wariner
The Stranger in the Woods Michael Finkel
The Subtle Art of Not Giving a Fuck Mark Manson
The Ungrateful Refugee Dina Nayeri
Things My Son Needs to Know About the WorldFredrik Backman
We Need to Talk Celeste Anne Headlee
BERLIN-PECK PICKS: HIGH SCHOOL NUTMEG 2021
A Heart in a Body in the WorldDeb Caletti
After the Shot DropsRandy Ribay
American Road TripPatrick Flores-Scott
Buried Beneath the Baobab TreeAdaobi Nwaubani
Check, Please! Book 1, #Hockey!Ngozi Ukazu
Dread NationJustina Ireland
Neanderthal Opens the Door to the UniversePreston Norton
Symptoms of Being HumanJeff Garvin
The Nowhere GirlsAmy Lynn Reed
The Poet X Elizabeth Acevedo
BERLIN-PECK PICKS: HISTORICAL FICTION
A Gentleman in MoscowAmor Towles
All the Light We Cannot See Anthony Doerr
Atonement Ian McEwan
Before We Were Yours Lisa Wingate
Code Name Hélène Ariel Lawhon
Code Name VerityElizabeth Wein
Finding Dorothy Elizabeth Letts
I Always Loved You Robin Oliveira
Marilla of Green Gables Sarah McCoy
MudboundHillary Jordan
My Name is Mary SutterRobin Oliveira
Next Year in HavanaChanel Cleeton
OutlanderDiana Gabaldon
Prisoner B-3087Alan Gratz
Ross Poldark Winston Graham
The Enigma GameElizabeth Wein
The Paris Wife Paula McLain
The AbsolutistJohn Boyne
The House at Tyneford Natasha Solomons
The Kitchen HouseKathleen Grissom
The Lions of Little RockKristin Levine
The Long Flight HomeAlan Hlad
The NightingaleKristin Hannah
The One ManAndrew Gross
The Sandcastle GirlsChris Bohjalian
The UndertakingAudrey Magee
Their Eyes Were Watching GodZora Neale Hurston
Those Who Save UsJenna Blum
While We're Far ApartLynn N. Austin
Winter SistersRobin Oliveira
BERLIN-PECK PICKS: HISTORY & STATECRAFT
A People's History of the United StatesHoward Zinn
Climate of Hope Michael Bloomberg
Gumption Nick Offerman
Why Wall Street MattersWilliam D. Cohan
BERLIN-PECK PICKS: HORROR & SPOOKY STORIES
AraratChristopher Golden
Bird BoxJosh Malerman
Bone WhiteRonald Damien Malfi
Dead of Night Jonathan Maberry
Final Girls Riley Sager
Fragile Things Neil Gaiman
I Am Not a Serial KillerDan Wells
John Dies at the EndDavid Wong
Last DaysAdam L. G. Nevill
The Descent Jeff Long
The Last Days of Jack SparksJason Arnopp
The Lesser DeadChristopher Buehlman
The Ruins Scott Smith
The Sandman. Vol. 1, Preludes, NocturnesNeil Gaiman
The StandStephen King
We Are All Completely FineDaryl Gregory
What We Do in the Shadows
BERLIN-PECK PICKS: HUMOR
A Very Punchable Face Colin Jost

Adulthood Is a Myth

Adulthood Is a Myth Sarah Andersen
America (the Book) Jon Stewart
Dad is FatJim Gaffigan
Food Jim Gaffigan
Good Omens Neil Gaiman
Humans Tom Phillips
Hyperbole and a Half Allie Brosh
I Am America (and So Can You!)
Shit, Actually Lindy West
The Office. Season One
This is Going to Hurt Adam Kay
YearbookSeth Rogen
BERLIN-PECK PICKS: INTERMEDIATE NUTMEG 2021
Front DeskKelly Yang
New KidJerry Craft
We're Not from HereGeoff Rodkey
BERLIN-PECK PICKS: MEMOIRS
A Good American Family David Maraniss
Between Two Kingdoms Suleika Jaouad
Black is the Body Emily Bernard
Blood Allison Moorer
Call the Midwife Jennifer Worth
Everything is Horrible and Wonderful Stephanie Wittels Wachs
Five Days Gone Laura Cumming
From the Corner of the OvalBeck Dorey-Stein
Here We Are Aarti Namdev Shahani
I Will Always Write Back Caitlin Alifirenka
If You Lived Here You'd Be Home by Now Christopher Ingraham
In Pain Travis N. Rieder
Maybe You Should Talk to Someone Lori Gottlieb
Permanent RecordEdward J. Snowden
Poetry Will Save Your Life Jill Bialosky
Solitary Albert Woodfox
Survival Math Mitchell S. Jackson
Tell Me More Kelly Corrigan
The Beneficiary Janny Scott
The Collected Schizophrenias Esmé Weijun Wang
The Education of an Idealist Samantha Power
The Elephant in the Room Tommy Tomlinson
The Girl with Seven Names Hyeonseo Lee
The Ride of a Lifetime Robert Iger
The Salt PathRaynor Winn
The Sun Does Shine Anthony Ray Hinton
The Undying Anne Boyer
The Yellow HouseSarah M. Broom
Things We Didn't Talk About when I Was a Girl Jeannie Vanasco
This is Going to Hurt Adam Kay
Unfollow Megan Phelps-Roper
Wesley the Owl Stacey O'Brien
What You Have Heard is True Carolyn Forché
Wild Game Adrienne Brodeur
Year of the MonkeyPatti Smith
BERLIN-PECK PICKS: MIDDLE SCHOOL NUTMEG 2021
Ivy Aberdeen's Letter to the WorldAshley Herring Blake
New KidJerry Craft
NyxiaScott Reintgen
Small SpacesKatherine Arden
The BellesDhonielle Clayton
The Epic Fail of Arturo ZamoraPablo Cartaya
The Night DiaryVeera Hiranandani
The Prince and the DressmakerJen Wang
The Stars Beneath Our FeetDavid Barclay Moore
The Truth As Told by Mason ButtleLeslie Connor
BERLIN-PECK PICKS: MYSTERIES AND THRILLERS
A Study in Scarlet WomenSherry Thomas
Career of EvilRobert Galbraith
Dark PlacesGillian Flynn
Darktown Thomas Mullen
Goodnight Beautiful Aimee Molloy
Her Every FearPeter Swanson
In the WoodsTana French
Lethal WhiteRobert Galbraith
Moriarty Anthony Horowitz
Not a SoundHeather Gudenkauf
People Like Her Ellery Lloyd
The ChildFiona Barton
The Couple Next DoorShari Lapena
The Cuckoo's CallingRobert Galbraith
The Ex Alafair Burke
The ForceDon Winslow
The Holdout Graham Moore
The Last Flight Julie Clark
The Push Ashley Audrain
The SilkwormRobert Galbraith
The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie Alan Bradley
BERLIN-PECK PICKS: POPULAR SCIENCE
Astrophysics for People in a HurryNeil deGrasse Tyson
Blink Malcolm Gladwell
Packing for Mars Mary Roach
The Tipping Point Malcolm Gladwell
Thing Explainer Randall Munroe
BERLIN-PECK PICKS: ROMANTIC BOOKS
All About UsTom Ellen
All Your Perfects Colleen Hoover
Come Away with MeKarma Brown
Everything, EverythingNicola Yoon
FangirlRainbow Rowell
Forever, Interrupted Taylor Jenkins Reid
Ghosted Rosie Walsh
In Five Years Rebecca Serle
Miss You Kate Eberlen
November 9Colleen Hoover
On Second ThoughtKristan Higgins
The Friend ZoneAbby Jimenez
The Happy Ever After PlaylistAbby Jimenez
The Light We LostJill Santopolo
The Royal WeHeather Cocks
The Sight of YouHolly Miller
Things You Save in a FireKatherine Center
BERLIN-PECK PICKS: SCIENCE FICTION
AfterlifeMarcus Sakey
All Our Wrong Todays Elan Mastai
Artemis FowlEoin Colfer
Children of the New World Alexander Weinstein
Dark Matter Blake Crouch
Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective AgencyDouglas Adams
Early RiserJasper Fforde
Eleanor Jason Gurley
Etiquette & EspionageGail Carriger
Golden SonPierce Brown
HabitatSimon Roy
How Rory Thorne Destroyed the MultiverseK. Eason
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar ChildrenRansom Riggs
Morning StarPierce Brown
Ready Player OneErnest Cline
Red RisingPierce Brown
Station ElevenEmily St. John Mandel
The Flight of the SilversDaniel Price
The FoldPeter Clines
The Girl with All the GiftsMike Carey
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the GalaxyDouglas Adams
The Martian Andy Weir
Walkaway Cory Doctorow
BERLIN-PECK PICKS: SOCIAL JUSTICE
Beartown Fredrik Backman
Between the World and MeTa-Nehisi Coates
Biased Jennifer L. Eberhardt
Charged Emily Bazelon
Friday BlackNana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah
How to Be an AntiracistIbram X. Kendi
How We Fight for Our Lives Saeed Jones
Just Mercy Bryan Stevenson
Lost Children Archive Valeria Luiselli
Me and White Supremacy Layla F Saad
Missoula Jon Krakauer
On the Other Side of Freedom DeRay Mckesson
Punishment Without Crime Alexandra Natapoff
Race Against Time Jerry Mitchell
Separate Steve Luxenberg
So You Want to Talk About RaceIjeoma Oluo
Stamped from the Beginning Ibram X. Kendi
Tears We Cannot Stop Michael Eric Dyson
The Color of Law Richard Rothstein
The Middle of Everywhere Mary Bray Pipher
The New Jim Crow Michelle Alexander
The Same Sky Amanda Eyre Ward
The Sun Does Shine Anthony Ray Hinton
The Ungrateful Refugee Dina Nayeri
Things We Didn't Talk About when I Was a Girl Jeannie Vanasco
When They Call You a Terrorist Patrisse Cullors
White Fragility Robin DiAngelo
BERLIN-PECK PICKS: STRONG WOMEN
An Extraordinary UnionAlyssa Cole
Atomic LoveJennie Fields
Burial Rites Hannah Kent
Mary CoinMarisa Silver
My Name is Mary SutterRobin Oliveira
One Thousand White Women Jim Fergus
Saints for All OccasionsJ. Courtney Sullivan
Serena Ron Rash
SomeoneAlice McDermott
Spy Danielle Steel
The Paris Library Janet Skeslien Charles
The Black Swan of ParisKaren Robards
The Book of Lost NamesKristin Harmel
The Children's BlizzardDavid Laskin
The End of Always Randi Davenport
The Invisible WomanErika Robuck
The Lost Girls of ParisPam Jenoff
The NightingaleKristin Hannah
The Obituary WriterAnn Hood
The PromiseAnn Weisgarber
The Rose Code Kate Quinn
The Wives of Los Alamos TaraShea Nesbit
True SistersSandra Dallas
BERLIN-PECK PICKS: TEEN FANTASY
A Shadow Bright and BurningJessica Cluess
Ballad Maggie Stiefvater
CaravalStephanie Garber
ChaliceRobin McKinley
Daughter of Smoke & BoneLaini Taylor
Revenge of the WitchJoseph Delaney
SabrielGarth Nix
ShadowsRobin McKinley
ShiverMaggie Stiefvater
The Alchemyst Michael Scott
The DivinersLibba Bray
The Last MagicianLisa Maxwell
The OutcastsJohn Flanagan
The Ruins of GorlanJohn Flanagan
Throne of GlassSarah J. Maas
TruthwitchSusan Dennard
BERLIN-PECK PICKS: TEEN FAVORITES
A Good Girl's Guide to MurderHolly Jackson
Clap when You LandElizabeth Acevedo
Felix Ever AfterKacen Callender
One of Us is NextKaren M. McManus
The Girl of Fire and ThornsRae Carson
BERLIN-PECK PICKS: TEEN PARANORMAL
Camp So-and-SoMary McCoy
Serpent & DoveShelby Mahurin
Storm and FuryJennifer L. Armentrout
The Raven BoysMaggie Stiefvater