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Here are some of the featured titles on the Indie Next List for September 2018.  Click on a cover to place a hold, or click here to view the full annotated list.                                               […]

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Here are the featured titles from the September 2018 edition of the Library Reads list. Click on a cover to place a hold!                                   Happy reading! —Katie, Adult Reference

It’s time to judge a book by its cover! Today’s blog post will be a short one, because how can you pull together a list of objectively bad book covers for someone else? Beauty (and lack of beauty) is in the eye of the beholder, so we encourage everyone participating in the Read Harder challenge […]

Includes many items in many formats. Place your requests now! New Titles

Includes many items in many formats. Place your requests now! New Titles

It’s time to take a look at some of the most interesting and noteworthy titles published in September 2018. And let me tell you, the fall book season is in full swing, because I found a ton of interesting books you’ll want to request right away. Just click on a cover to place a hold! […]

Here is the list of the 10 Most Frequently Banned/Challenged Books, as reported to the American Library Association (ALA). When looking at lists like this, it’s important to remember that different stories are important to different readers. When someone tries to remove a book from a library or a school,  it keeps other readers from […]

Banned Books Week 2018 runs from September 23 – 29, and as usual, we use this opportunity to talk about how banning books from schools and libraries violates our First Amendment rights, and why it’s so important to make sure everyone has access to the same types of stories and information. You can check out […]

This week’s Read Harder challenge is designed to get you looking at books published in other countries, specifically genre fiction that has been translated into English. So what do we mean by “genre fiction?” Typically, when we talk about genre fiction, we’re referring to mysteries, romance, fantasy, science fiction, and horror novels. So for this […]