Adult – What We’re Reading

Recommendations from Adult & Teen Services staff

A close-up of an older man with white hair sits on a couch, with the superimposed text "Memory, Identity, and Hope" in the foreground.

November is National Alzheimer’s Awareness Month — a time to reflect on how memory shapes who we are and how we hold on to hope. Dive into stories — fiction, nonfiction and films — that explore the beauty, fragility, and resilience of memory. Fiction Geneva / Richard Armitage Sarah Collier, a Nobel-winning scientist, faces early signs of […]

of a young Jane Goodall, her expression calm and thoughtful, with a plain dark background.

Jane Goodall, who died earlier this month, was a world-renowned primatologist and lifelong advocate for the protection and restoration of our natural world. These are some of the resources by and about Goodall in the library collection.

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Dive into a world where books, art, and history collide. This collection of captivating reads includes chilling mysteries in libraries, heartwarming tales set in museums, and real-world accounts. You’ll discover stories that celebrate the power of these beloved institutions—and the secrets they hold.

Graphic showing the covers of six of the novels on the list of reimagined classics and myths.

Adventure, comedy, tragedy, horror . . . whatever the genre, these reboots of some of the oldest tales around make fresh and compelling reading.

Line drawing of a tangle of squiggles above a woman's head...and the many words for "mom" within the tangles

Mother’s Day is a time to celebrate moms and everything they do. But as these books show, moms need more than a nice brunch and bouquet of flowers! (Although brunch and flowers are nice.) To all the moms and mother figures out there: You’re doing a good job—despite the untenable/unattainable expectations society puts on you! Keep going.