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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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  • Yesteryear by Caro Claire Burke

    “You think kindness is some silly frivolous side virtue, when it is in fact the whole damn thing!”
    ― Caro Claire Burke, Yesteryear

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  • Atmosphere: A Love Story by Taylor Jenkins Reid

    “Bravery is being unafraid of something other people are afraid of. Courage is being afraid, but strong enough to do it anyway.”
    ― Taylor Jenkins Reid, Atmosphere

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  • Wake Now in the Fire: A Graphic Novel by Jarrett Dapier

    book cover for 'Wake Now in the Fire' by Jarrett Dapier

    Wake Now in the Fire by Jarrett Dapier & AJ Dungo, colorist Angie Kang, and letterer Jennifer Tolo Pierce is an empowering graphic novel based on the true story of a group of high schoolers in Chicago who worked to overturn the school system-wide ban of Marjane Satrapi’s Persepolis.

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  • Online Reading Challenge – April Wrap-Up

    How did your reading go this month? In April, we celebrated Arab American culture and heritage. Did you read something that featured Arabic culture and history? Share in the comments.

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