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Library Lovers Month

In these fiction and nonfiction titles, find all the adventure and intrigue, and most importantly the stories, that will make you and your family love libraries even more!

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  • Part of Our Lives

    a People's History of the American Public Library

    Wiegand, Wayne A., 1946-
    Wayne A. Wiegand delves into the heart of why Americans love their libraries. Drawing on newspaper articles, memoirs, and biographies, Part of Our Lives paints a clear and engaging picture of Americans who value libraries not only as civic…
    Book, 2015New York, NY : Oxford University Press, c2015. — 027.473 Wieg
  • The Bad-ass Librarians of Timbuktu

    and Their Race to Save the World's Most Precious Manuscripts

    Hammer, Joshua, 1957-
    To save precious centuries-old Arabic texts from Al Qaeda, a band of librarians in Timbuktu pulls off a brazen heist worthy of Ocean's Eleven.
    Book, 2016New York : Simon & Schuster, c2016. — 966.23 HAMM
  • When you open the door to a library, a world of opportunity awaits. No one believed this more than Andrew Carnegie. Carnegie came to America as a poor, young immigrant. He never forgot the important role a library played in his success. Carnegie…
    Book, 2023Toronto, ON ; Berkeley CA : Owlkids Books, 2023. — JBIO CARNEGIE ANDR Lars
  • In what other place can a child "sail their dreams" and "surf the rainbow" without ever leaving the room? This ode to libraries is a celebration for everyone who loves stories, from seasoned readers to those just learning to love words, and it will…
    Book, 2022New York : Versify, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, c2022. — JP GIOV
  • Have you ever wished you could live inside a book? Welcome to the Astral Library, where books are not just objects, but doors to new worlds, new lives, and new futures!
    Large Print, 20260217William Morrow Large Print 20260217
  • With her signature blend of magical and heartfelt storytelling, bestselling author Jennifer Moorman returns with The Charmed Library, a love letter to libraries, favorite childhood stories, and readers who have fallen for fictional heroes.
    Book, 2026Nashville : Harper Muse, 2026. — FIC MOOR
  • 52 YA Books Every Book Lover Should Read

    A One Year Recommended Reading List from the American Library Association

    American Library Association (ALA)
    Calling all book lovers! Expand your reading list with a one-year reading challenge from the American Library Association (ALA).
    eBook, 2021Sourcebooks Inc, 2021
  • Twelve-year-old Kyle gets to stay overnight in the new town library, designed by his hero (the famous gamemaker Luigi Lemoncello), with other students but finds that come morning he must work with friends to solve puzzles in order to escape!
    Book, 2023New York : Random House Children's Books, [2023] — J GN E
  • The Jelly Beans--four friends who have different strengths and talents--discover a shared love of reading when Anna persuades the others to go with her to the library.
    Book, 2014New York, NY : Abrams Appleseed, 2014. — JP NUME
  • Dear Reader

    a Love Letter to Libraries

    Rose, Tiffany,
    A voracious young reader pens a love letter to libraries and books, and powerfully expresses the need for diversity and the importance of representation in stories.
    Book, 2022New York : Little Bee Books, c2022. — JP ROSE
  • Step inside The Secret Lives of Booksellers and Librarians and enter a world where you can feed your curiosities, discover new voices, find whatever you want or require.
    eAudiobook, 2024Hachette Audio, 2024
  • Liesl Weiss has been (mostly) happy working in the rare books department of a large university, managing details and working behind the scenes to make the head of the department look good. But when her boss has a stroke and she's left to run things,…
    Book, 2022Naperville, Illinois : Poisoned Pen Press, [2022] — FIC JURC
  • The Madman's Library

    The Strangest Books, Manuscripts and Other Literary Curiosities from History

    Brooke-Hitching, Edward
    Brooke-Hitching has hunted down the oddest books and manuscripts ever written, uncovering the intriguing stories behind their creation. Spell books, alchemist scrolls, wearable books, edible books, books written by ghosts-- these and more come…
    eBook, 2021Chronicle Books LLC, 2021
  • Books that aren't finished by their authors reside in the Library of the Unwritten in Hell, but when restless characters who emerge from those unfinished stories escape, it is up to the Librarian to track them down...and keep the collection complete.
    Book, 2019New York : Ace, c2019. — FIC HACK
  • The Library of Ancient Wisdom

    Mesopotamia and the Making of the Modern World

    Wisnom, Selena
    The library of Ashurbanipal, Assyria's last great king, held an astonishing collection at the forefront of knowledge in its day, from ancient traditions in religion and literature to the latest developments in magic and medicine. When the Assyrian…
    eBook, 2025University of Chicago Press, 2025