Celebrate Libraries and Reading!

Celebrate National Library Card Sign-Up Month! Read stories that feature librarians or take place in a library. These books have a surprising amount of action and drama, especially for a setting that is usually associated with quiet!

Updated August 27, 2025
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The underground library a novel
Ryan, Jennifer (Jennifer L.)
Paper Book
When the Blitz imperils the heart of a London neighborhood, three young women must use their fighting spirit to save the community's beloved library in this novel based on true events from the author of The Chilbury Ladies' Choir. When the new deputy...
The library of borrowed hearts
Gilmore, Lucy (Romance fiction writer) author.
Paper Book
Two young lovers. Sixty long years. One bookish mystery worth solving. Librarian Chloe Sampson has been struggling- to take care of her three younger siblings, to find herself, to make ends meet. She's just about at the end of her rope when she stumbles across a rare edition of a book...
The woman in the library : a novel
Gentill, Sulari
Paper Book
USA TODAY BESTSELLER * MARY HIGGINS CLARK AWARD NOMINEE * 2022 BOOKPAGE BEST MYSTERIES AND SUSPENSE * LIBRARY READS TOP 10 BOOKS OF 2022 * CRIME READS BEST NEW CRIME FICTION "Investigations are launched, fingers are pointed, potentially dangerous liaisons unfold and I was turning those...
The finders keepers library
Rains, Annie
Paper Book
This heart-warming second chance love story about hope and healing from a USA Today bestselling author is perfect for fans of Raeanne Thayne and Jenny Hale! For a gardener blessed with a green thumb, Savannah Collins's life sure seems like it's all thorns and...
Quiet, please : dispatches from a public librarian
Douglas, Scott
Paper Book
For most of us, librarians are the quiet people behind the desk, who, apart from the occasional "shush," vanish into the background. But inQuiet, Please,McSweeney's contributor Scott Douglas puts the quirky caretakers of our literature front and center. With a keen eye for the...
The librarian of burned books : a novel
Labuskes, Brianna
Paper Book
For fans of The Rose Code and The Paris Library, The Librarian of Burned Books is a captivating WWII-era novel about the intertwined fates of three women who believe in the power of books to triumph over the very darkest moments of war. 
The last chance library
Sampson, Freya
Paper Book
A Good Morning America Buzz Pick A Library Reads Pick June Jones emerges from her shell to fight for her beloved local library, and through the efforts and support of an eclectic group of library patrons, she discovers life-changing friendships along the way. ...
That night in the library : a novel
Jurczyk, Eva
Paper Book
"Once you enter the library, there's no turning back." --Elle Cosimano, New York Times bestselling author of the Finlay Donovan mysteries From critically acclaimed librarian and author Eva Jurczyk comes That Night in the Library, a chilling literary mystery that transports readers to a...
Mrs. Christie at the Mystery Guild Library
Chapman, Amanda
Paper Book
Tory Van Dyne is the most down-to-earth member of a decidedly eccentric old-money New York family. For one thing, as book conservator at Manhattan's Mystery Guild Library, she actually has a job. Plus, she's left up-town society behind for a quiet life downtown. So she's not thrilled when she...

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