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Best of 2024: Adult fiction & nonfiction
Oak Park’s Best of 2024 is back! See our adult fiction and nonfiction staff favorites on this page or browse more using the links below. Adult fiction: General | Adult ...
Best of 2024: Kids & picture books
Oak Park’s Best of 2024 is back! See our kids and picture books staff favorites on this page or browse more using the links below. Adult fiction: General | Adult ...
Best of 2024: Teen fiction & nonfiction
Oak Park’s Best of 2024 is back! See our teen fiction and nonfiction staff favorites on this page or browse more using the links below. Adult fiction: General | Adult ...
Best of 2024: Movies, TV shows, & music
Oak Park’s Best of 2024 is back! See some of our staff's favorite TV shows, movies, and music on this page or browse more using the links below. Adult fiction: ...
National Book Award Winners 2024
Check out the 2024 National Book Awards winners and our read-alike titles, suggested by Oak Park's fantastically well-read librarians! The National Book Awards were established in 1950 to celebrate the ...
Gift Guide 2024
Looking for gift ideas for this holiday season? Might we suggest a great book? Our collection management librarians have gathered some of their favorite recently published titles that are sure ...
Transgender Awareness Week: Books & resources
This November 13-19, we celebrate Transgender Awareness Week, an annual event dedicated to educating our communities about the lives of transgender people. Transgender Awareness Week takes place in the week ...
Celebrating Native American Heritage Month
Oak Park Public Library acknowledges that Oak Park is situated on the ancestral land of the Bodewamiadkiwen (Potawatomi), Myaamia (Miami), Oceti Sakowin, Kiikaapoi (Kickapoo), and Peoria. We honor them and ...