Books & E-Books

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BookFlix

BookFlix pairs animated stories with real-world concepts to help new readers improve their skills.

Hoopla Digital Comics

Enjoy thousands of digital comics and graphic novels in our Hoopla Digital Collection.

O'Reilly Complete Public Library

Read digital books on software, programming and business.

OverDrive & Libby

We have thousands of e-books and audiobooks you can borrow for three weeks and download to most devices.

Peak Picks

Visit any Library branch to find new and popular books available with no holds and no wait.

Selected "Staff Picks" books on a shelf in the Library

Staff Picks

Discover the best fiction and nonfiction books, selected by our staff.

Older adult patron at the Northeast Branch

Staff Picks for Adults 50+

Discover books on topics related to the aging experience.

Staff Picks for Kids

Discover the best books for kids of all ages, selected by our staff.

Staff Picks for Teens

Discover the best books for teens and fans of young adult fiction, selected by our staff.

TumbleBooks

TumbleBooks is a curated database of children's e-books.

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Staff Picks

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Fiction in Translation Creative Writing YA Books for When You Need a Good Cry Back to School! for Kids Campus Fiction

Fiction in Translation

Lázár

Biedermann, Nelio
Listen

Bronwasser, Sacha
All Flesh

Devi, Ananda
Delicious Hunger

Fan, Hai
The Ferryman and His Wife

Grytten, Frode
The Lack of Light

Haratischwili, Nino
We Would Have Told Each Other Everything

Hermann, Judith

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Creative Writing

Truth Is the Arrow, Mercy Is the Bow

Almond, Steve
1000 Words

Attenberg, Jami
Dust and Light

Barrett, Andrea
Refuse to Be Done

Bell, Matt
Write for Life

Cameron, Julia
The Lab

Davison, Matthew Clark
Written

Evans, Bec

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YA Books for When You Need a Good Cry

Estela, Undrowning

Peña-Govea, René
The Leaving Room

McBride, Amber
Few Blue Skies

Ixta, Carolina
For Lamb

Cline-Ransome, Lesa
My Friends

Backman, Fredrik
Don't Let Me Go

Snipes, Kevin Christopher

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Back to School! for Kids

Mixed Feelings

Amini, Sara
The Explorers

Hahn, Dee
Raven, Rising

Hartman Derr, Christine
An Invisible River to Cross

Matloob, Taraneh
Welcome to Our Classroom!

Penfold, Alexandra
What Do We Do in Preschool?

Wanless, Kathryn
All the Ways We Learn

Ward, Chloe Ito

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Campus Fiction

The Adjunct

Adelmann, Maria
Seduction Theory

Adrian, Emily
Sisterhood Above All

Barber, Kathleen
Girl Dinner

Blake, Olivie
Fox Hunt

Breeze, Caitlin
Society of Lies

Brown, Lauren Ling
The Obsessed

Buehler, Lizzie

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