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Multnomah County Library @multcolib.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
If the role is brand new, try Your First 90 Days Managing People! multcolib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S1...
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Your First 90 Days Managing People — Multnomah County Library
Your First 90 Days Managing People — Bray, C. K., 1970- — "Great leadership isn't an innate trait-it's a learned skill that can be honed and practiced. This guide shows you how. It walks you through t...
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Multnomah County Library @multcolib.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Librarian Kady suggests How to Manage People: multcolib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S1...
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How to Manage People — Multnomah County Library
How to Manage People — Armstrong, Michael, 1928- — It's important to know how to get top results from the teams you work with and deal empathetically with any problems that may arise. This book focuse...
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Multnomah County Library @multcolib.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Librarian Chloë recommends Everybody's Perfect by Jo Walton (@bluejo.eurosky.social)! multcolib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S1...
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Everybody's Perfect — Multnomah County Library
Everybody's Perfect — Walton, Jo, — "The Serenissima is built from mist and belief, a mythical shadow sister to Venice and crossroads of the nine worlds. When a laborer called Tiry has a dream that Se...
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Multnomah County Library @multcolib.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Our librarians recommend The Rights of Man! multcolib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S1...
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The Rights of Man ; Or, What Are We Fighting For? — Multnomah County Library
The Rights of Man ; Or, What Are We Fighting For? — Wells, H. G. (Herbert George), 1866-1946, — H. G. Wells's passionate and influential manifesto never before available in the United States was first...
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Multnomah County Library @multcolib.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Happy Thursday! It's time again for #AskALibrarian! Reply to this post with a book recommendation request, and our librarians will pick out a book for you. Join us live every Thursday morning from 9 - 10 am PT! #Booksky
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Multnomah County Library @multcolib.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
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Multnomah County Library @multcolib.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Here it is, waiting for you to check it out! Paper book, Audiobook, eBook... pick your fav. multcolib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S1...
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Fight Song — Multnomah County Library
Fight Song — Van Brunt, Kirk, — "A talented Indigenous teen hockey player escapes a dangerous situation in an attempt to pursue a regular life in this powerful and timely YA novel. It's not easy to mi...
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Multnomah County Library @multcolib.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Heartwarming fiction seekers look no further, you invite is here! Welcome to the Hyunam-dong Bookshop by Hwang Po-rŭm may be the one for you. multcolib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S1...
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Welcome to the Hyunam-dong Bookshop — Multnomah County Library
Welcome to the Hyunam-dong Bookshop — Po-rŭm, Hwang — Quitting her job and divorcing her husband, Yeong-Ju, in a leap of faith, opens the Hyunam-dong Bookshop, and, welcoming new friends and visitors ...
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Multnomah County Library @multcolib.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Looking for a cozy start to spooky season? Lana Harper's "Paybacks a Witch" will get your spine tingling. multcolib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S1...
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Payback's a Witch — Multnomah County Library
Payback's a Witch — Harper, Lana, — "The witch is back and ready for revenge with a little help from her friends in this fresh, sizzling rom-com by Lana Harper. Emmy Harlow is a witch but not a very p...
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Multnomah County Library @multcolib.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
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Multnomah County Library @multcolib.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
It's time for #AskALibrarian! Reply to this post with what you like to read, and our librarians will pick out a book for you. Join us live Thursday morning from 9 - 10 am PT! #Booksky
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Multnomah County Library @multcolib.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
For another story about finding humanity at the end of the world, try Good Morning, Midnight by Lily Brooks-Dalton: multcolib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S1...
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Good Morning, Midnight — Multnomah County Library
Good Morning, Midnight — Brooks-Dalton, Lily, 1987- — Augustine, a brilliant, aging astronomer, refuses to abandon the research center in the Arctic when he receives news of a catastrophic event. Soon...
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Multnomah County Library @multcolib.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
It's time for #AskALibrarian LIVE! Reply to this post with what you like to read, and our librarians will pick out a book for you. Join us live today from 9 - 10 am PT! #Booksky
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Multnomah County Library @multcolib.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
#EverybodyReads 2027, a community reading project of Multnomah County Library, is made possible by gifts to The Library Foundation with the author's appearance made possible by @literary-arts.org multcolib.org/everybody-reads
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Thrilling news: The Mighty Red by Louise Erdrich is our 2027 Everybody Reads selection! We’re so honored to celebrate 25 years of Everybody Reads with our community. Erdrich's book is a story about ou...
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Multnomah County Library @multcolib.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Starting in January 2027, copies will be available for free at your local library. Libraries will host book discussions and events centered around the themes of the book. Then enjoy an author talk presented by us and @literary-arts.org on March 18 at the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall!
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Multnomah County Library @multcolib.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
We are thrilled to announce that The Mighty Red by Louise Erdrich has been chosen as our 2027 Everybody Reads title! We’re so honored to celebrate 25 years of #EverybodyReads with our community. #booksky multcolib.org/everybody-reads
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Multnomah County Library @multcolib.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
For the patron looking for a second chance romance book where the main characters are older (40s-60s), much like author Tati Richardson, we're Struck Speechless! multcolib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S1...
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Struck Speechless — Multnomah County Library
Struck Speechless — Richardson, Tati, — Contains content warning. Reader discretion is advised.<br/>"Sports agent Jackie Miles is a petite powerhouse who has built her empire on killer instincts, desi...
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Multnomah County Library @multcolib.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
A well written thriller with no cishet romance? Make Sure You Die Screaming by Zee Carlson may be adventure you're looking for! multcolib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S1...
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Make Sure You Die Screaming — Multnomah County Library
Make Sure You Die Screaming — Carlstrom, Zee, — "An electrifying debut about a nonbinary corporate burnout embarking on a road trip from Chicago to Arkansas to find their conspiracy-theorist father, w...
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Multnomah County Library @multcolib.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Get a rise with New World Sourdough by Bryan Ford, the natural way! multcolib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S1...
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New World Sourdough — Multnomah County Library
New World Sourdough — Ford, Bryan, — "New World Sourdough teaches handmade artisan bread baking for beginner to intermediate home bakers who want to learn how to bake fermented breads at home with New...
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Multnomah County Library @multcolib.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Looking for a picture books kids starting in a new classroom? The Day You Begin by Jacqueline Woodson may help you in the new school year! multcolib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S1...
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The Day You Begin — Multnomah County Library
The Day You Begin — Woodson, Jacqueline, — Other students laugh when Rigoberto, an immigrant from Venezuela, introduces himself but later, he meets Angelina and discovers that he is not the only one w...
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Multnomah County Library @multcolib.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
For hopeful yet grounded speculative fiction that rejects imperial notions of conquest and domination, we highly recommend Margaret Killjoy's A Country of Ghosts. multcolib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S1...
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A Country of Ghosts — Multnomah County Library
A Country of Ghosts — Killjoy, Margaret, 1982- — "Dimos Horacki is a Borolian journalist and a cynical patriot, his muckraking days behind him. But when his newspaper ships him to the front, he's embe...
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Multnomah County Library @multcolib.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
The near-future dystopic U.S. in Andrew Joseph White's You Weren't Meant to be Human makes joining an alien hive mind cult seem like an almost natural choice (until it very much isn't) in this new transgender horror classic. multcolib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S1...
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You Weren't Meant to Be Human — Multnomah County Library
You Weren't Meant to Be Human — White, Andrew Joseph, — In a decaying Appalachian landscape where hives of parasites offer shelter in exchange for corpses, trans man Crane embraces the safety they off...
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Multnomah County Library @multcolib.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
It's time for #AskALibrarian LIVE! Reply to this post with what you like to read, and our librarians will pick out a book for you. Join us live today FROM 9 - 10 am PT! #Booksky
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Multnomah County Library @multcolib.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
It's almost time for #AskALibrarian LIVE! Reply to this post with what you like to read, and our librarians will pick out a book for you. Join us live today FROM 9 - 10 am PT! #Booksky
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Multnomah County Library @multcolib.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Big news for Southeast Portlanders: Belmont Library is open now! You joined us for some spectacular library joy this past weekend, with two full days of music, activities, events, and togetherness. THANK YOU! #Booksky 📍 Belmont Library 1038 SE César E. Chávez Boulevard Portland, OR 97214
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Multnomah County Library @multcolib.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
That's all for today, hope to see you at the next #AskALibrarian next Thursday at 9 am PST!
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Multnomah County Library @multcolib.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
How about a postapocalyptic tale that's hopeful? Try Upright Women Wanted. multcolib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S1...
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Upright Women Wanted — Multnomah County Library
Upright Women Wanted — Gailey, Sarah, — "Esther is a stowaway. She's hidden herself away in the Librarian's book wagon in an attempt to escape the marriage her father has arranged for her--a marriage ...
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Multnomah County Library @multcolib.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Need a stoner comedy with pictures? Check out Simon Hanselmann's Megahex series! It's like Bojack Horseman meets It's Always Sunny in Philladelphia, buried under a thick cloud of weed smoke and existential dread! multcolib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S1...
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Megahex — Multnomah County Library
Megahex — Hanselmann, Simon, — "Megg is a depressed, drug-addicted witch. Mogg is her black cat. Their friend, Owl, is an anthropomorphized owl. They hang out a lot with Werewolf Jones. This may sound...
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Multnomah County Library @multcolib.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
You'd be remiss in your search for literary romance if you didn't check out E.M. Forster's Maurice. This posthumous classic is a must read. multcolib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S1...
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Maurice — Multnomah County Library
Maurice — Forster, E. M. (Edward Morgan), 1879-1970, — "Set in the elegant Edwardian world of Cambridge undergraduate life, this story by a master novelist introduces us to Maurice Hall when he is fou...
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Multnomah County Library @multcolib.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
It's time for #AskALibrarian! Reply to this post with what you like to read, and our librarians will pick out a book for you. Join us live today until 10 am PT! #Booksky
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Multnomah County Library @multcolib.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
A horror novella with queer characters? I can fix her by Rae Wilde, offers up "an irresistible tale in which the world, the narrator, and time itself are not to be trusted" multcolib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S1...
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I Can Fix Her — Multnomah County Library
I Can Fix Her — Wilde, Rae, — "Johnny spots her ex, Alice, at the local cafe with a vague sense that she's been there before. Though she's still angry about their breakup and Alice's subsequent ghosti...
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Multnomah County Library @multcolib.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Want some Summer camp vibes without the horror or romance? A Murder Most Camp by Nicolas DiDomizio will have you asking for... S'More? multcolib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S1... #AskALibrarian
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A Murder Most Camp — Multnomah County Library
A Murder Most Camp — DiDomizio, Nicolas, — "Rustic cabins. Lakefront bonfires. A painfully hot lifeguard. And a murder? Summer has never been this camp. Mikey Hartford IV has coasted through his twent...
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Multnomah County Library @multcolib.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
It’s time for #AskALibrarian! Reply to this post with what you like to read, and our librarians will pick out a book for you. Join us live each Thursday from 9 to 10 am PT! #Booksky
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Multnomah County Library @multcolib.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Librarian Chloë writes, "You could start with the legacy zine collection at Central Library. For older queer publications, try the OSQA, Oregon State Queer Archives." guides.library.oregonstate.edu/osqa
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LibGuides: OSU Queer Archives: OSQA
Archival collections and materials that document LGBTQ+ histories at Oregon State University, Corvallis, and Benton County
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Multnomah County Library @multcolib.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Are you a late 30s queer woman looking for high fantasy, but no romance? Try Delicious in Dungeon by Ryoko Kui. multcolib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S1...
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Delicious in Dungeon. 1 — Multnomah County Library
Delicious in Dungeon. 1 — Kui, Ryoko, — When young adventurer Laios and his company are attacked and soundly thrashed by a dragon deep in a dungeon, the party loses all its money and provisions ... an...
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Multnomah County Library @multcolib.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Looking for an enemies to lovers fantasy that you can't put down? How about Assistant to the Villian by Hannah Nicole Maehrer multcolib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S1...
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Assistant to the Villain — Multnomah County Library
Assistant to the Villain — Maehrer, Hannah Nicole, — "ASSISTANT WANTED: Notorious, high-ranking villain seeks loyal, levelheaded assistant for unspecified office duties, supporting staff for random ma...
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Multnomah County Library @multcolib.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Something funny to take me out of a perimenopause rage cloud? We've got that. Murder on Sex Island by Jo Firestone: multcolib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S1...
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Murder on Sex Island — Multnomah County Library
Murder on Sex Island — Firestone, Jo, — "When a cast member goes missing from the hit reality show Sex Island, producers hire detective Luella van Horn to go undercover as a contestant and solve the c...
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Multnomah County Library @multcolib.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Knock knock - Who's there? A joke book for kids! Just Jokes: multcolib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S1...
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Just Jokes — Multnomah County Library
Just Jokes — "With more than 600 jokes to make kids laugh out loud, this portable and affordable joke book is the perfect entertainment for long car rides, family vacations, and everyday errand runs" ...
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Multnomah County Library @multcolib.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
If you're looking for a Deeply engaging (but not too horrifying) nonfiction, Come sail away with A Marriage at Sea: multcolib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S1...
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A Marriage at Sea — Multnomah County Library
A Marriage at Sea — Elmhirst, Sophie, — "The electrifying true story of a young couple shipwrecked at sea: a mind-blowing tale of obsession, survival, and partnership stretched to its limits. Maurice ...
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Multnomah County Library @multcolib.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
It’s time for #AskALibrarian! Reply to this post with what you like to read, and our librarians will pick out a book for you. Join us live each Thursday from 9 to 10 am PT! #Booksky
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Multnomah County Library @multcolib.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
That's it for today! We'll see you next week with another #AskALibrarian! #Booksky
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Multnomah County Library @multcolib.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
For our reader interested in the classic wlw romance trope, it doesn't get more enemies-to-lovers than falling for the devil tasked granting you monkey's paw-like wishes. The Devil She Knows by Alexandria Bellefleur multcolib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S1...
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The Devil She Knows — Multnomah County Library
The Devil She Knows — Bellefleur, Alexandria, — "A down-on-her-luck woman makes a deal with a crafty demon to win back her ex-girlfriend after a proposal gone awry, only to discover the girl of her dr...
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Multnomah County Library @multcolib.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
For our reader who loved Outlawed, we recommend Frontier, which adds a little sci-fi to your sapphic western adventure. multcolib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S1...
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Frontier — Multnomah County Library
Frontier — Curtis, Grace — "Curtis oozes charm and humour in this pacey debut, which will be devoured by fans of Fallout and Firefly" Tamsyn Muir A dazzling debut for fans of Becky Chambers and Mary...
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Multnomah County Library @multcolib.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
For our Instagram audience asking for something less challenging after Pynchon, librarian Chloë recommends Plastic, Prism, Void; a send up of post modern literature mixed with Sailor Moon and Power Rangers. multcolib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S1...
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Plastic, Prism, Void. Part One — Multnomah County Library
Plastic, Prism, Void. Part One — Allen, Violet, — "Acrasia is in the ultimate long-distance relationship: with Opus Zhao, a man from another universe. She was a trans girl who was also an intergalacti...
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Multnomah County Library @multcolib.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
It's time for your personalized reading recommendations! In celebration of Pride, send us your queer reading requests by replying to this thread 🌈! Don't forget to stop by our table at the Portland Pride Waterfront festival this weekend!
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Multnomah County Library @multcolib.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
It’s time for #AskALibrarian! Reply to this post with what you like to read, and our librarians will pick out a book for you. Join us live each Thursday from 9 to 10 am PT! #Booksky
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Multnomah County Library @multcolib.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Looking for something like Prophet by Sin Blache and Helen Macdonald! Try Recursion multcolib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S1...
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Recursion — Multnomah County Library
Recursion — Crouch, Blake, — "Memory makes reality. That's what NYC cop Barry Sutton is learning, as he investigates the devastating phenomenon the media has dubbed False Memory Syndrome - a mysteriou...
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Multnomah County Library @multcolib.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
One patron on IG has been enjoying Phillip K Dick and a lot of Le Guin. They're now looking for political sci fi and our librarians recommend Memoirs Found in a Bathtub multcolib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S1...
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Memoirs Found in a Bathtub — Multnomah County Library
Memoirs Found in a Bathtub — Lem, Stanislaw — The year is 3149, and a vast paper destroying blight-papyralysis-has obliterated much of the planet's written history. However, these rare memoirs, preser...
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Multnomah County Library @multcolib.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
How about teaching your youth plant identification? Try We Spy Fungi: multcolib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S1...
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We Spy Fungi — Multnomah County Library
We Spy Fungi — Donnelly, Rebecca, — "Plants that look like rocks! A fungus that looks like a nest! It's a weird world out there, and you'll find some of the weirdest plants and fungi in this book! Fro...
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Multnomah County Library @multcolib.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Ready for a good murder mystery? Try The Murder at World's End! multcolib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S1...
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The Yellow Wall-paper and Other Stories — Multnomah County Library
The Yellow Wall-paper and Other Stories — Gilman, Charlotte Perkins, 1860-1935, — Charlotte Perkins Gilman was America's leading feminist intellectual of the early twentieth century. The Yellow Wallpa...
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