How do you pick what nonfiction you read? I typically look at what’s popular in the news. Below I have gathered a list of nonfiction you have probably seen in the news about topics all over the news. As of this writing, all of these books are owned by the Davenport Public Library. Descriptions are provided by the publishers.
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The Shippers by Katherine Center
“I think those of us who love love stories are junkies for that joyful, blissed-out feeling of anticipating the happily ever after that’s a guarantee of the genre.
All genres have their guarantees, by the way: Sleuths will solve the mystery, thrillers will save the hero in the nick of time, superheroes will vanquish the villains at last. Part of what we like about the genres we like is the anticipation of those guarantees. We like to see the mystery solved, and the hero saved, and the villains vanquished. It feels good.”
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Not in Love by Ali Hazelwood
“Maybe people can be happy and sad. Maybe stories are messy and complicated. Maybe endings don’t always include solutions that tie everything together in a bow. But that doesn’t mean that they have to be tragedies.”
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Online Reading Challenge – September
Welcome Readers!
Our 2026 Online Reading Challenge is … KNOW YOUR HISTORY! Each month we will be reading about a different observance month and highlighting a main title about that month.
For September, we are celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month by reading a book that pays tribute to Hispanic American culture.
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Online Reading Challenge – August Wrap-Up
How did your reading go this month? Share in the comments. In August, we honored South Asian Heritage Month by celebrating the diverse cultures of people from the South Asian countries of Nepal, Bhutan, the Maldives, India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka. We read stories by Indian and South Asian authors as well.
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