Seattle Fiction
Take a trip through the many stories of Seattle with a variety of adult fiction books selected by our librarians, primarily published in the past five years plus some contemporary classics. (September 2022)
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Lake City
After a fall from grace, Lane Bueche returns to his childhood home in Lake City and is pulled into a dubious scheme to regain what he has lost.
Format: Book
Availability: Available
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Truth Like the Sun
Roger Morgan, running for Seattle Mayor in 2001, risks having past misdeeds made public when journalist Helen Gulanos probes Morgan’s shady dealings during the 1962 World’s Fair in Seattle.
Format: Book
Availability: Available
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No-no Boy
Sent to prison for refusing the World War II draft, Japanese American Ichiro returns to Seattle after the war and faces hostility from family and community. A reprint of Okada’s 1957 classic.
Format: Book
Availability: All copies in use
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Devil's Chew Toy
A teacher turned amateur investigator, a missing go-go dancer, a bulldog, and Seattle’s gay community combine in this cozy mystery.
Format: Book
Availability: Available
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Grave Reservations
Psychic travel agent Leda Foley saves detective Grady Merritt from boarding a plane that explodes, inspiring Grady to ask for Leda’s help with a case.
Format: Book
Availability: Available
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Where'd You Go, Bernadette
Emails and school reports chronicle Bernadette’s descent into agoraphobia, fights with fellow private-school mothers, exasperated disdain for Seattle, and disappearance in this humorous novel.
Format: Book
Availability: Available
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The Ex Talk
Jumping at a chance to be on air, public radio producer Shay Goldstein and hotshot rookie journalist Dominic Yun fake a relationship for a new show giving dating advice, only for real sparks to start flying between them.
Format: Book
Availability: All copies in use
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Find more local reads on the library's blog, Shelf Talk.
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Seattle Picks: Seattle Nonfiction
Take a trip through the many stories of Seattle with these adult nonfiction books selected by our librarians, primarily published in the past five years plus some contemporary classics. (September 2022)