Meet Jabez: ‘I want all my programs to be community-forward’

Jabez Patterson sits at a table outside the Main Library

We’ve got some fantastic programs for adults coming up this fall, thanks to Jabez Patterson, Programming Librarian in Adult Services. Jabez, who joined the library in January, collaborates with local authors, musicians, and more to bring high-quality virtual and in-person programs to the library. He’s guided by community interests as well as his own—which include … Read more

‘More Than You’ll Ever Know’: Waiting for it? Loved it? Try these titles!

More Than You'll Ever Know book cover on leaf background

By Collection Management Librarian Kathy I love how much our community uses the library. Sometimes that means waiting for the hottest titles. Don’t fret! I can help you find a similar reading experience to THAT book you are waiting for or that you finally read and loved. More Than You’ll Ever Know readalikes An evocative … Read more

Celebrity book club round-up, August 2022

Celebrity Book Clubs: Read with the Stars

By Collection Management Librarian Dontaná Since Oprah’s first book club pick in 1996, we have been reading as the celebrities do, falling in love with, or hating, characters with our fellow book club readers. Book clubs offer an opportunity to be in community with others, even if we’re not together in person.  Other celebrities who … Read more

The 2022 Booker Prize longlist

The 2022 Booker Prize book covers

By Collection Management Librarian Kathy The UK’s most prestigious literary award, The Booker Prize is awarded annually to the best novel of the year written in English and published in the UK or Ireland. Check out the longlist titles below—featuring all of the titles currently available in the U.S.—and look for the shortlist announced in September and … Read more

Relevant reads: Pandemic novels & short stories 2022

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By Collection Management Librarian Dontaná From the plague to the 1918 influenza to now, pandemics have been unwelcome members of society. Touching everyone and everything, global sickness and the changes we have to make to get through makes us anxious and sends us looking for an escape. No wonder we turn to fiction that explores … Read more

Can’t get enough ‘Stranger Things’? Try these!

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By Collection Management Librarian Andrea As you wait in anticipation for the final two episodes of season four of Netflix’s Stranger Things, check out these titles—including music from artists featured in the series and similar TV shows and movies—to help tide you over! Netflix’s Stranger Things suggestions About Andrea Collection Management Librarian Andrea is an avid audiobook … Read more

ICYMI: Recently released fiction

ICYMI Fiction written on a rainbow background with a collage of book covers of the titles featured on this page

By Collection Management Librarian Dontaná Spring and summer are filled with excellent book releases. So many that it can be easy to miss a book that could be your next fav. Don’t worry, we’ve got you! Check out these recently released books that we think you’ll love. See our list of recently released nonfiction too … Read more

Sizzling summer reads 2022

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By Collection Management Librarian Kathy Get a jump on your summer reading with these books we think will be hot, hot, hot all summer. Place your hold today! Fiction More Than You’ll Ever Know by Katie Gutierrez Publication date: June 7 Why you should try it: Mashing up literary and crime fiction, this is the … Read more