Open Books Challenge 2025: Books with Libraries

The Open Books Reading Challenge is a year-long reading challenge for people interested in pushing the boundaries of their reading. For full details of the program, please check-out our page at: https://www.rplmn.org/books-more/discover-more/open-books-reading-challenge

This list is to help you find books that fit the 2025 category of "Books with libraries in them."

Happy Reading!

Updated December 31, 2024
RPL Staff
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The reading list : a novel
Adams, Sara Nisha
Paper Book
*Discover the magic of The Twilight Garden, the brand new novel from Sara Nisha Adams - available to buy now**A finalist in the Goodreads Choice Awards for Fiction, discover this year's most uplifting and heart-warming debut* 'Absolutely gorgeous' RUTH WARE 'A joyful,...
The littlest library : a novel
Alexander, Poppy
Paper Book
'Friendship, community and a little bit of romance - what's not to love?' Mandy Baggot 'Books, bats and romance...a perfect escape. I loved spending time with the characters of Middlemas.' Liz Fenwick 'My first Poppy Alexander book but...
What You Are Looking For Is in the Library A Novel
Aoyama, Michiko.
Paper Book
THE TWO-MILLION-COPY BESTSELLING JAPANESE NOVEL The Top Ten Times bestseller A Time Magazine Book of the Year 'An undeniable page-turner' New York Times 'I ADORED this uplifting, hopeful novel ' Daily Mail 'It...
The personal librarian
Benedict, Marie
Audiobook
Over one million copies sold! The Instant New York Times Bestseller! A Good Morning America* Book Club Pick! Named a Best Book of the Year by NPR! Named a Notable Book of the Year by the Washington Post! "Historical fiction at its best!"...
The book swap
Bickers, Tessa
Paper Book
A story about love, loss, hope, second chances, and above all, the power of reading... A REASON TO LIVE. Still grieving the death of her best friend, Erin knows she needs to start living - but has no idea how. Then she loses her favourite book, a heavily annotated...
The Paris Library A Novel
Charles, Janet Skeslien.
Paper Book
The burning page : an invisible library novel
Cogman, Genevieve
Paper Book
In an alternate St. Petersburg, librarian-spy Irene faces unimaginable dangers - as her arch-nemesis returns. The Burning Page is the third instalment in the Invisible Library series from bestselling author Genevieve Cogman. Librarian-spy Irene is on probation - and...
Cloud Cuckoo Land A Novel
Doerr, Anthony
Paper Book
THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER AND NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST 'A dazzling epic of love, war and the joy of books' Guardian 'Ingenious, hopefuly and totally absorbing' Financial Times 'Buoyant with humanity' Daily Mail When everything...
The little village of book lovers : a novel
George, Nina
Paper Book
The heartwarming new novel from the international million-copy bestselling author of THE LITTLE PARIS BOOKSHOP 'Everyone knows me, but none can see me. I'm that thing you call love' __________ In a small town in balmy Provence, Marie-Jeanne...
The archive of the forgotten
Hackwith, A. J.
Paper Book
Age range 14 to 18  In the second installment of this richly imagined fantasy adventure series, a new threat from within the Library could destroy those who depend upon it the most.  The Library of the Unwritten in Hell was saved from total devastation, but...
The midnight library
Haig, Matt
Paper Book
*MATT HAIG'S NEW NOVEL THE LIFE IMPOSSIBLE IS AVAILABLE NOW * THE SUNDAY TIMES NUMBER ONE BESTSELLING WORLDWIDE PHENOMENON READERS' MOST LOVED BOOK OF 2021WINNER OF THE GOODREADS CHOICE AWARD FOR FICTION'BEAUTIFUL' Jodi Picoult, 'UPLIFTING' i, 'BRILLIANT' Daily Mail, 'AMAZING' Joanna Cannon,...
The transatlantic book club : a novel
Hayes-McCoy, Felicity
Paper Book
'I was utterly charmed - a pitch-perfect delight' Marian Keyes Distance makes no difference to love... Eager to cheer up her recently-widowed gran, Cassie Fitzgerald persuades Lissbeg library to set up a Skype book club, linking readers on Ireland's Finfarran...
The heartbeat library
Imai Messina, Laura
Paper Book
From the international bestselling author of THE PHONE BOX AT THE EDGE OF THE WORLD: a powerful, moving novel of grief, hope, friendship and love based around a real archive on an island in Japan, where people travel to record their heartbeats.
The absolute book
Knox, Elizabeth
Paper Book
Taryn Cornick believes her sister Bea was deliberately run down, and killed. She believes it so hard she allows a man called the Muleskinner to exact the justice Bea was denied. An eye for an eye. Which is when Taryn's problems really begin. Because the police suspect Taryn...
The book that wouldn't burn
Lawrence, Mark
Paper Book
All books, no matter their binding, will fall to dust. The stories they carry may last longer. They might outlive the paper, the library, even the language in which they were first written.The greatest story can reach the stars . . . This is the start of an incredible new journey...
The wren in the Holly Library
Linde, K. A.
Paper Book
Set in an alternate day New York filled with monsters, The Wren in the Holly Library is a dark, spicy urban fantasy loosely inspired by Beauty and the Beast - perfect for fans of V. E. Schwab and Leigh Bardugo. She stole from a monster . . . now...
Love at first book
McKinlay, Jenn
Paper Book
'Loveable bookish characters and genuine emotional heart' Culturefly _____________________ The beginning Emily Allen has always been an introvert - but never afraid of adventure. When her favourite author, Siobhan Riordan, offers her a job in her...
The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek A Novel
Michele Richardson, Kim.
Ebook
RECOMMENDED BY DOLLY PARTON IN PEOPLE MAGAZINE! A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A USA TODAY BESTSELLER A LOS ANGELES TIMES BESTSELLER The bestselling historical fiction novel from Kim Michele Richardson, this is a novel following Cussy Mary, a packhorse librarian and her...
The cat who saved books : a novel
Natsukawa, Sōsuke
Paper Book
Grandpa used to say it all the time: books have tremendous power. But what is that power really?Natsuki Books was a tiny second-hand bookshop on the edge of town. Inside, towering shelves reached the ceiling, every one crammed full of wonderful books. Rintaro Natsuki loved this space that his...
The book of form and emptiness
Ozeki, Ruth
Paper Book
WINNER OF THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2022When a book and a reader are meant for each other, both of them know it . . . After the tragic death of his father, fourteen-year-old Benny Oh begins to hear voices. The voices belong to the things in his house and sound variously pleasant, angry or sad....
The messy lives of book people
Patrick, Phaedra
Paper Book
'Charming and compelling... a beautiful book, wise, heartfelt and full of hope' Hazel Prior, Away with the Penguins'Witty and delightful, this story is a salve to the soul' Colleen Oakley, The Invisible Husband of Frick Island Itâe(tm)s never too late to start a new chapterâe¦ ...
The library : a fragile history
Pettegree, Andrew
Paper Book
Princes, collectors, bookworms and thieves: the extraordinary story of the library, from Alexandria to the age of Google.
The underground library : a novel
Ryan, Jennifer
Paper Book
Inspired by the true story of Bethnall Green Library. When the Blitz threatens the heart of a London neighbourhood, three young women must use their fighting spirit to keep their community together in this heartwarming novel from the author of The Kitchen Front and The...
The last chance library
Sampson, Freya
Paper Book
Lore of the wilds : a novel
Sbrana, Analeigh
A spicy cottagecore fae romance with a love triangle. Perfect for romantasy lovers! A Library with a deadly enchantment. A fae lord who wants in. A human woman willing to risk it all for a taste of power. In a land ruled by ruthless Fae, twenty-one-year-old Lore...
The library thief : a novel
Shenjé, Kuchenga
Paper Book
An extraordinary historical debut for any reader who loves gothic mysteries like Rebecca and Fingersmith, and fiction which shines a light on untold stories. 'Intriguingly and superbly plotted . . . Shenjé weaves race, identity, feminism, sexuality and class into...
Threadneedle
Thomas, Cari
Paper Book
The International BestsellerWithin the boroughs of London, nestled among its streets, hides another city, filled with magic. âe~Magic and love. Love and magic. They destroy everything in the end âe¦âe(tm) Annaâe(tm)s Aunt has always warned her of the dangers of magic. Its...
Ink blood sister scribe : a novel
Törzs, Emma
Paper Book
Not all books should be opened. 'A book of magic about books of magic . . . a bold, new novel from an extraordinary new voice.' Marlon James, Sunday Times bestselling author of Black Leopard, Red Wolf Joanna Kalotay lives alone in the...
Interlibrary loan
Wolfe, Gene
Paper Book
Interlibrary Loan is the brilliant follow-up to A Borrowed Man: the final work of fiction from multi-award winner and national literary treasure Gene Wolfe. A 2021 Locus Award Finalist! Hundreds of years in the future our civilization is...
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YA CAI
Paper Book
Rachel Caine rewrites history, creating a dangerous world where the Great Library of Alexandria has survived the test of time.In 48 AD, a fire set by the troops of Julius Caesar destroyed much of the Great Library of Alexandria. It was the first of several disasters that resulted in the destruction...

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