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 20, 2024
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Checked out for murder
Brook, Allison
Ebook
Carrie Singleton and Evelyn the ghost sleuth the slayings of a starlet and a star-crossed psychic in Agatha Award nominee Allison Brook's fourth Haunted Library mystery. Daphne Marriott strolls into Clover Ridge and informs librarian Carrie Singleton that she's a psychic. But had...
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 giver of stars
Moyes, Jojo
Paper Book
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER |  A REESE'S BOOK CLUB PICK   "A great narrative about personal strength and really captures how books bring communities together." --Reese Witherspoon   From the author of the forthcoming Someone Else's Shoes<...
The library of borrowed hearts
Gilmore, Lucy (Romance fiction writer) author.
Paper Book
A.J. Fikry meets The Bookish Life of Nina Hill in this charming, hilarious, and moving novel about the way books bring lonely souls together. Two young lovers. Sixty long years. One bookish mystery worth solving. Librarian Chloe Sampson has been struggling: to take care of her three...
The woman in the library : a novel
Gentill, Sulari
Paper Book
USA TODAY BESTSELLER "Investigations are launched, fingers are pointed, potentially dangerous liaisons unfold and I was turning those pages like there was cake at the finish line." --Moira Macdonald, Seattle Times must-read books for summer 2022 Ned Kelly award winning author Sulari...
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.  Berlin...
A deadly edition
Gilbert, Victoria
Paper Book
At a party celebrating their upcoming nuptials, library director Amy Webber and her fianc© Richard discover the body of art dealer Oscar Selvaggio - a bitter rival of their host, Kurt Kendrick. Both had been in a heated battle to purchase a rare illustrated volume, so suspicion immediately falls...
No cats allowed : a cat in the stacks mystery
James, Miranda
Paper Book
It's springtime in Athena, Mississippi, and the Athena College Library has a new director. Elwyn Dillard is a brash, abrasive Yankee whose forceful style causes ripples throughout the library. He's on a mission to cut costs; not only does Dillard want to take away Charlie's job, he's also made it...
How can I help you
Sims, Laura
Paper Book
A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR The New York Times Book Review * Publishers Weekly * CrimeReads * Book Riot A LibraryReads Pick The lives of two librarians become dangerously intertwined in this razor-sharp exploration of human nature and the lure of artistic...
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...

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