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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Healing Fiction Resolutions 2026 Adult Reads with Teen Appeal for 2026 New Readers – Off to a Good Start Seattle Staff Faves 2025: Fiction, Part 2

Healing Fiction

The Reading List

Adams, Sara Nisha
What You Are Looking for Is in the Library

Aoyama, Michiko
The Passengers on the Hankyu Line

Arikawa, Hiro
Legends & Lattes

Baldree, Travis
Cat's People

Guerrero, Tanya
The Door-to-door Bookstore

Henn, Carsten
Welcome to the Hyunam-dong Bookshop

Hwang, Po-rŭm

View the complete book list: Healing Fiction

Resolutions 2026

Pacific Northwest Line Drawing

Dean, Peggy (Illustrator)
The Art of Embroidery Design

Johnson, Christi
A Long Game

McCracken, Elizabeth
What Can I Bring?

Elsass, Casey
Good Things

Nosrat, Samin
The Fantasy and Necessity of Solidarity

Schulman, Sarah
Best in Travel 2026

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Adult Reads with Teen Appeal for 2026

Beautiful People

Blake, Melissa (Blogger)
Daughters of Shandong

Chung, Eve J.
The Dead Cat Tail Assassins

Clark, P. Djèlí
How to Solve your Own Murder

Perrin, Kristen
I Was A Teenage Slasher

Jones, Stephen Graham
The Witch of Colchis

Hewlett, Rosie
The Witchstone

Neff, Henry H.

View the complete book list: Adult Reads with Teen Appeal for 2026

New Readers – Off to a Good Start

We Dig Fossils

Agostini, Alliah L.
Mia the Masterpiece

Armstrong, Mia
The Best Worst Camp Out Ever

Cepeda, Joe
Sharks!

Clarke, Ginjer L.
Cornbread & Poppy for the Win

Cordell, Matthew
I Want to Be A Scientist

Driscoll, Laura
Yasmin the Astronaut

Faruqi, Saadia

View the complete book list: New Readers – Off to a Good Start

Seattle Staff Faves 2025: Fiction, Part 2

Home of the American Circus

Larkin, Allie
The Hong Kong Widow

Loesch, Kristen
A Rare Find

Lowell, Joanna
For Whom the Belle Tolls

Lynn, Jaysea
The Convenience Store by the Sea

Machida, Sonoko
These Summer Storms

MacLean, Sarah
The Persians

Mahloudji, Sanam

View the complete book list: Seattle Staff Faves 2025: Fiction, Part 2

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