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Books for All: Protect the Freedom to Read

All year long, join the Library in the nationwide effort to stand against book bans and support everyone's right to read freely.

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  • Unite Against Book Bans Across the Country & in Your Community

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In the Collection

  • Native American Spiritualism

    L. M. Arroyo

    AdultNonfiction
    Native American Spiritualism

  • Cocktail: Stories

    Lisa Alward

    AdultFiction
    Cocktail: Stories

  • Misbelief

    Dan Ariely

    AdultNonfiction
    Misbelief : what makes rational people believe irrational things

  • Good Women: Stories

    Halle Hill

    AdultFiction
    Good Women: Stories

  • Pockets

    Hannah Carlson

    AdultNonfiction
    Pockets: An Intimate History of How We Keep things close

  • The Heart of it All

    Christian Kiefer

    AdultFiction
    The Heart of It All

  • Unreliable Narrator

    Aparna Nancherla

    AdultNonfiction
    Unreliable Narrator: Me, Myself, and Impostor Syndrome

  • The New Town Librarian

    Kathy Anderson

    AdultFiction
    The New Town Librarian

  • The Wonder Paradox

    Jennifer Michael Hecht

    AdultNonfiction
    The Wonder Paradox: Embracing the Weirdness of Existence and the Poetry of Our Lives

  • Glitter and Concrete

    Elyssa Goodman

    AdultNonfiction
    Glitter and Concrete: A Cultural History of Drag in New York City

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  • A Reading List for Scorpio Season

    Embrace your inner Scorpio's love of secrets, darkness, and deception with these titles

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