WPL Book Blog
Read Harder 2018: A Book That Can Be Read in One Sitting
For our second Read Harder post today, we’ve got a list of books that can be read in one sitting. Of course, this is a more subjective challenge, since everyone reads at different speeds and with different attention levels, and what may be an engrossing and page-turning book for one reader may not be the […]
Read Harder 2018: Read a Social Sciences Book
It’s a Read Harder double feature today! Our first challenge of the day is to read a book about the social sciences. So what exactly do we mean by social sciences? In a dictionary definition sense, social sciences refer to the study of human society and social relationships, which can include anything from economics, politics, […]
Favorite Featured Titles: July 2018
The months have changed, so it’s time to look at some of the best books that were published last month. Click on a cover to place a hold! Fiction […]
Indie Next: June 2018
Here are some of the featured titles on the Indie Next List for June 2018. Click on a cover to place a hold, or click here to view the full annotated list. […]
Library Reads: June 2018
Here are the featured titles from the June 2018 edition of the Library Reads list! Click on a cover to place a hold! Happy reading! —Katie, Adult Reference
Planetary Road Trip
We’re taking a road trip to the stars, to a galaxy far, far away, to infinity and beyond! If you’ve been itching to explore worlds beyond our own, take a look at these books to fuel your intergalactic wanderlust. Click on a title to place a hold! And if you haven’t signed up yet for […]
Read Harder 2018: An Oprah Book Club Selection
For this week’s installment of the Read Harder challenge, readers are asked to choose a book from the Oprah Book Club. Oprah started making book selections in 1996, so naturally there are a lot to choose from (and fun fact, many of her picks have sold over 1 million copies!). We’ve narrowed down the list […]
Favorite Featured Titles: June 2018
We’ve got another massive list of noteworthy books published this month! Click on a cover to place a hold! Fiction Nonfiction Young […]
BTQIA+ Voices for Pride Month
When it comes to inclusion, we want to celebrate and recognize all identities on the LGBTQ+ spectrum, but some identities and voices can be magnified over others. For this blog post, we want to highlight a few books that feature characters and authors who identify as bisexual, transgender, queer, asexual, or anywhere in between. We […]
Read Harder 2018: A Celebrity Memoir
The next Read Harder challenge for 2018 is a fun one: read a celebrity memoir! You’ll probably find a lot of memoirs written by actors, actresses, and comedians, but the fun of this challenge is that you can define a celebrity however you’d like. Athletes? Supermodels? YouTube stars? They all count! Here are a few […]