Books & More - Staff Picks | Mahwah Public Library

Looking for a great read, but don’t know where to begin? Try these top picks, selected by our team of professionals and avid readers!

Staff Favorites

Our top picks from staff.

All the Beauty in the World

How the Word is Passed

A Place for Us

Evvie Drake Starts over

Between Two Kingdoms

The Paper Palace

The five : the untold lives of the women killed by Jack the Ripper

Such a Fun Age

The Girls I've Been

Empire of Pain

On Display in January

Selections from our featured displays this month. Stop by check them out, or reserve online for home delivery.

New Year's Resolutions

Need inspiration or help for your New Year’s resolutions? We’ve got you covered with books on getting fit, eating healthy, financial wellness, learning a new language, organizing your life, etc.!

Cut the clutter and stow the stuff : the Q.U.I.C.K. way to bring lasting order to household chaos

Mayo Clinic fitness for everybody

Chinese for dummies

Spanish demystified

Berlitz Korean concise dictionary : Korean-English, English-Korean.

101 ways to lower your cholesterol : easy tips that allow you to take control reduce risk, and live longer

The women's health big book of exercises : four weeks to a leaner, sexier, healthier you!

One year to an organized financial life : from your bills to your bank account, your home to your retirement, the week-by-week guide to achieving financial peace of mind

The complete idiot's guide to T'ai Chi & Qigong illustrated

The complete idiot's guide to weight training illustrated

How to meditate : a practical guide to making friends with your mind

The power of ashtanga yoga : developing a practice that will bring you strength, flexibility, and inner peace

Year of no sugar : a memoir

8 weeks to SEALfit

Italian in 30 days [sound recording (book and CD)]

The life-changing magic of tidying up : the Japanese art of decluttering and organizing

Big magic : creative living beyond fear

Spark joy : an illustrated master class on the art of organizing and tidying up

How to be here : a guide to creating a life worth living

Grit : the power of passion and perseverance

Easy Thai : learn to speak Thai quickly

Deep nutrition : why your genes need traditional food

Clean my space : the secret to cleaning better, faster--and loving your home every day

Chair yoga : sit, stretch, and strengthen your way to a happier, healthier you

The miracle of mindfulness : an introduction to the practice of meditation

I've decided to live 120 years : the ancient secret to longevity, vitality, and life transformation

Slow : simple living for a frantic world

Success habits : proven principles for greater wealth, health, and happiness

Making space, clutter free : the last book on decluttering you'll ever need

The atlas of happiness : the global secrets of how to be happy

A walking life : reclaiming our health and our freedom one step at a time

How not to diet : the groundbreaking science of healthy, permanent weight loss

Fit gurl : the total-body turnaround program

Retirement planning

Make your own sunshine : inspiring stories of people who find light in dark times

Get good with money : ten simple steps to becoming financially whole

Money magic : an economist's secrets to more money, less risk, and a better life

Atlas of the heart : mapping meaningful connection & the language of human experience

Quit : the power of knowing when to walk away

The Mayo Clinic diet : reshape your life with science-based habits

The essential guide to intermittent fasting for women : balance your hormones to lose weight, lower stress, and optimize health

The Blue Zones secrets for living longer : lessons from the healthiest places on earth

500 great ways to save

The Home edit: stay organized : the ultimate guide to making systems stick

Rethink your position : reshape your exercise, yoga, and everyday movement, one part at a time

Hidden potential : the science of achieving greater things

Yoga for dummies

Dreaming of the Tropics

Cold temps and gloomy days got you down? Check out our selection of “tropical” picks – cookbooks, travel books, and fiction that will help you imagine yourself on a relaxing beach vacation!

The Cuban kitchen