Staff Picks
Monthly Staff Picks
Monthly Staff Picks
What We Celebrate: World Down Syndrome Day
Explore powerful titles that feature characters or real-life people with Down syndrome.
Fresh Starts
Novels of upheaval and renewal, where endings become the ground for something new.
Lucky Reads: A St. Patrick’s Day Kids Booklist.
St. Patrick’s Day books share leprechauns, rainbows, and Irish legends, bringing March 17 to life with lucky, festive fun for young readers.
Staff Favorites
Popular Culture
Trans Day of Visibility Reads for Teens
Celebrate Trans Day of Visibility with powerful teen reads—memoirs, fiction & more—uplifting trans voices & experiences.
Trans Day of Visibility Reads for Adults
Celebrate Trans Day of Visibility with powerful adult reads—memoirs, fiction & more—uplifting trans voices & experiences.
What We Celebrate: World Down Syndrome Day
Explore powerful titles that feature characters or real-life people with Down syndrome.
Spring Break Reads for Teens
Whether you're sleeping in at home, soaking up some sun on a beach, or on an endless family road trip, try one of these for an escape.
Popular Nonfiction
Popular Culture
Trans Day of Visibility Reads for Teens
Celebrate Trans Day of Visibility with powerful teen reads—memoirs, fiction & more—uplifting trans voices & experiences.
Trans Day of Visibility Reads for Adults
Celebrate Trans Day of Visibility with powerful adult reads—memoirs, fiction & more—uplifting trans voices & experiences.
What We Celebrate: World Down Syndrome Day
Explore powerful titles that feature characters or real-life people with Down syndrome.
Lucky Reads: A St. Patrick’s Day Kids Booklist.
St. Patrick’s Day books share leprechauns, rainbows, and Irish legends, bringing March 17 to life with lucky, festive fun for young readers.
Diversity in the Collection
Equity, Diversity and Inclusion
Trans Day of Visibility Reads for Teens
Celebrate Trans Day of Visibility with powerful teen reads—memoirs, fiction & more—uplifting trans voices & experiences.
Trans Day of Visibility Reads for Adults
Celebrate Trans Day of Visibility with powerful adult reads—memoirs, fiction & more—uplifting trans voices & experiences.
What We Celebrate: World Down Syndrome Day
Explore powerful titles that feature characters or real-life people with Down syndrome.
Lucky Reads: A St. Patrick’s Day Kids Booklist.
St. Patrick’s Day books share leprechauns, rainbows, and Irish legends, bringing March 17 to life with lucky, festive fun for young readers.
Good Books You May Have Missed
Popular Culture
It Ends With Us
If you're eagerly awaiting the movie adaptation of It Ends With Us, here are some other great reads to enjoy in the meantime.
The Women
These titles are powerful stories of resilience and purpose you don't want to miss.
Funny Story
These books feature stories of relatable women finding romance where they least expect it.
Michigan Literature
Popular Culture
Pearl Harbor Remembrance
Pearl Harbor books explore the 1941 attack, its causes, human stories, and lasting impact, blending history, heroism, and wartime drama.
November is National Adoption Awareness Month
This month brings awareness to the need for adoptive families, as well as the complexities of adoption, identity, belonging, and loss.
Page-Turners to Curl up with this Autumn
Discover this fall’s must-read books—stories of tenacity, love, mystery, and redemption perfect for cozy nights and crisp autumn days.
Michigan Adventures!
From lakeshores to lighthouses, discover the best of Michigan’s great outdoors.
Audiobooks
Popular Culture
Trans Day of Visibility Reads for Teens
Celebrate Trans Day of Visibility with powerful teen reads—memoirs, fiction & more—uplifting trans voices & experiences.
Trans Day of Visibility Reads for Adults
Celebrate Trans Day of Visibility with powerful adult reads—memoirs, fiction & more—uplifting trans voices & experiences.
Heart the Lover
these novels capture the lives of flawed adults in academic settings becoming entangled in complicated relationships.
Tales of Knights and Chivalry
Stories of knights in armor, bound by honor and duty, featuring epic quests, battles, and the human lives behind the legends.
Young Readers
Popular Culture
Lucky Reads: A St. Patrick’s Day Kids Booklist.
St. Patrick’s Day books share leprechauns, rainbows, and Irish legends, bringing March 17 to life with lucky, festive fun for young readers.
Food, Wonderful Food!
Learn about growing food and healthy eating habits with this list provided by Kids' Food Basket!
What We Celebrate: Lunar New Year
Lunar New Year is February 17th! Check out these great titles for kids.
Won't You Be My Neighbor?
Fred Rogers passed away in 2003, but his example of caring for your neighbors is timeless. These books celebrate neighborly love, too.
Elementary
Popular Culture
What We Celebrate: World Down Syndrome Day
Explore powerful titles that feature characters or real-life people with Down syndrome.
Staff Picks for Phonics and Fluency Improvement
A curation of books for beginning readers to practice sounding out words and building up speed.
What We Celebrate: Ramadan for Kids
Get ready for Ramadan by checking out these great books!
Graphic Novel Adaptations of Classics for Kids
A graphic novel can be a fresh way to re-experience a classic tale, or it can be an easy introduction for a younger reader.
Middle School/High School
Popular Culture
Trans Day of Visibility Reads for Teens
Celebrate Trans Day of Visibility with powerful teen reads—memoirs, fiction & more—uplifting trans voices & experiences.
Spring Break Reads for Teens
Whether you're sleeping in at home, soaking up some sun on a beach, or on an endless family road trip, try one of these for an escape.
Write Michigan Teen Poetry Contest
Get inspiration below from today's poets and poets from the past, then click the link at the end of the list to submit your poems now!