Staff Picks

Staff Picks

Monthly Staff Picks

Monthly Staff Picks

Get Lost in Space...And a Good Book

Epic space operas packed with adventure, intrigue, and cosmic stakes across distant galaxies and unforgettable worlds.

Honoring Older Americans Month

The 2026 theme, Champion Your Health, promotes positive aging, prevention, and taking charge of your health.

Body Positive Fiction for Teens

These teens are awesome at any size.

Staff Favorites 

Popular Culture

Top Rated Film Scores

Star Wars (1977) has AFI's highest rated film score. For Star Wars Day, we've collected some more all-time greats. May the 4th be with you!

Board Books for Young Babies

Gentle and engaging board books featuring simple patterns and soothing rhythms to support early visual development and bonding time.

License to Read

Enter a world of hidden agendas and high-risk mission with these recent spy novels.

Get Lost in Space...And a Good Book

Epic space operas packed with adventure, intrigue, and cosmic stakes across distant galaxies and unforgettable worlds.

Popular Nonfiction 

Popular Culture

Honoring Older Americans Month

The 2026 theme, Champion Your Health, promotes positive aging, prevention, and taking charge of your health.

Celebrating National Superhero Day for Adults

Celebrate National Superhero Day with these action-packed reads featuring iconic heroes, epic battles, and inspiring acts of bravery!

Celebrating National Superhero Day for Kids

Celebrate National Superhero Day with these action-packed reads featuring iconic heroes, epic battles, and inspiring acts of bravery!

Books to Read After Watching "The Pitt"

Like the show, these stories include fast pacing, realistic settings, unique characters, and skilled medical staff solving problems together

Diversity in the Collection

Equity, Diversity and Inclusion

Honoring Older Americans Month

The 2026 theme, Champion Your Health, promotes positive aging, prevention, and taking charge of your health.

Body Positive Fiction for Teens

These teens are awesome at any size.

Celebrating National Superhero Day for Adults

Celebrate National Superhero Day with these action-packed reads featuring iconic heroes, epic battles, and inspiring acts of bravery!

Celebrating National Superhero Day for Kids

Celebrate National Superhero Day with these action-packed reads featuring iconic heroes, epic battles, and inspiring acts of bravery!

Good Books You May Have Missed

Popular Culture

While You Are Waiting for Theo Of Golden

While you are stuck in hold purgatory, try one of these heartfelt readalikes for Theo of Golden!

Happy Wife

Every family is hiding something.

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.

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

Get Lost in Space...And a Good Book

Epic space operas packed with adventure, intrigue, and cosmic stakes across distant galaxies and unforgettable worlds.

While You Are Waiting for Theo Of Golden

While you are stuck in hold purgatory, try one of these heartfelt readalikes for Theo of Golden!

Honoring Older Americans Month

The 2026 theme, Champion Your Health, promotes positive aging, prevention, and taking charge of your health.

Celebrating National Superhero Day for Adults

Celebrate National Superhero Day with these action-packed reads featuring iconic heroes, epic battles, and inspiring acts of bravery!

Young Readers

Popular Culture

Celebrating National Superhero Day for Kids

Celebrate National Superhero Day with these action-packed reads featuring iconic heroes, epic battles, and inspiring acts of bravery!

Giggles on Game Night

Check out our selection of Go Pack! games and cooperative toys for preschoolers that the whole family can enjoy.

April is Autism Awareness Month!

Check out these books featuring autistic characters and learn more about coping with the challenges of being neurodivergent.

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.

Elementary

Popular Culture

Celebrating National Superhero Day for Kids

Celebrate National Superhero Day with these action-packed reads featuring iconic heroes, epic battles, and inspiring acts of bravery!

April is Autism Awareness Month!

Check out these books featuring autistic characters and learn more about coping with the challenges of being neurodivergent.

April is Poetry Month

Want to read something that makes you laugh, think, or recognize yourself? You'll find it all in these new poetry books. Place a hold today!

Middle School/High School

Popular Culture

Body Positive Fiction for Teens

These teens are awesome at any size.

April is Autism Awareness Month!

Read about autistic characters or learn more about issues that affect people with autism.

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.
Back to Top