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  • October 2026 Bestsellers Club Fiction and Nonfiction Picks

    It’s a new quarter and that means new fiction and nonfiction picks have been selected for you courtesy of Bestsellers Club! Four fiction picks are available for you to choose from: diverse debuts, graphic novel, historical fiction, and international fiction. Four nonfiction picks are available for you to choose from: biographies, cookbooks, social justice, and true crime. Our fiction and nonfiction picks are chosen quarterly and are available in regular print only. If you would like to update your selections or are a new patron who wants to receive picks from any of those four categories, sign up for Bestsellers Club through our website!

    Bestsellers Club is a service that automatically places you on hold for authors, celebrity picks, nonfiction picks, and fiction picks. Choose any author, celebrity pick, fiction pick, and/or nonfiction pick and The Library will put the latest title on hold for you automatically. Select as many as you want!

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  • EAT DESSERT FIRST!

    Did you know that August is National “Eat Dessert First Month”?

    National Eat Dessert First Month is a fun, tasty, and indulgent observance that encourages people to enjoy desserts as the first course. It’s not a formal holiday with official government recognition, but it’s widely recognized in food and lifestyle communities. Every August, there are 31 blissful days when you are given the green light to indulge your sweet tooth before your main meal, not after.

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