Are you looking for your next great read? We can help! Visit us in person, explore reading recommendations online, join an in-person or online book discussion, get recommendations on Facebook, tune in to our televised book club segments, and more. Get started here!
Sunday Nights on Facebook
Join us on Sunday nights at 8:30pm on Facebook for Currently Reading. Enjoy this hour during which book enthusiasts share favorite books and offer suggestion about what to read next. Find out about the books that have everyone talking.
Indy Now Book Club
Catch book recommendations and IndyPL program highlights from your own local librarians once a month on the Indy Now Morning Show with Ryan and Jillian on Fox59. The show airs at 10 a.m. on Wednesdays. Browse our past appearances.
In-Person & Online Book Discussions
Do you love talking about books? Join one of our book discussions or book clubs available both in-person and online.
Online Reading Recommendations
NovelList and NovelList K-8 are online services that offer reading recommendations. Browse both fiction and nonfiction, read-alike suggestions, series information, reviews, and lists of recommended and award-winning books for adults, teens and kids. Learn how to start on this video tutorial. Also try Book Connections which includes a “find the right book for you” feature.
Would you prefer one-on-one help? Call or ask a Library staff member at any of our locations or call, text, or email ask-a- librarian.
Make a selection from one of the book lists below created by our staff of avid readers. You can also follow our staff’s most recently published lists on the library catalog home page. Don’t miss our If You Like… suggestions that cover all the favorite genres like science fiction, graphic novels, romance, and more. Finally, don’t miss What We’re Reading Teens and What We’re Reading Kids.
2024 Staff Picks
Explore our 2024 Staff Picks for adults, teens, and kids. Find the perfect audiobook to accompany your morning walk, or choose a movie to enjoy on a cozy winter afternoon. Additionally, browse through our recommendations for holiday gift ideas that will delight your favorite readers!
New Year’s Resolutions
I know not everyone agrees, but personally I love setting goals for the coming year. Or as Oprah says: “Cheers to a new year and another chance for us to get it right.” Enjoy this list of some of my goals for 2025. May they inspire you to dream big next year!
This Year in Books
2024… Wow. What a year! Let us look back together on it with some titles directly or indirectly related to the many happenings of this calendar year. Here’s to 2025!
So You Got a Puppy for Christmas – Now What?
A furry new family member under the tree is a delight on Christmas morning. By the afternoon you realize there are more things to know about your furbaby. The Library has many useful titles to help you acclimate and train your new buddy. Oh, and if you got a kitten, don’t worry, it will train you.
So You Got a Puppy for Christmas – Now What?
A furry new family member under the tree is a delight on Christmas morning. By the afternoon you realize there are more things to know about your furbaby. The Library has many useful titles to help you acclimate and train your new buddy. Oh, and if you got a kitten, don’t worry, it will train you.
Cozy Science Fiction and Fantasy
January 12th is Hot Tea Day! Celebrate with a science fiction or fantasy novel with a “cozy feeling”. Less (but not always no) saving the world, more sipping tea in the Shire. The vibe is light, the endings are happy, and and if violence occurs it’s rarely graphic and the romance is often sweet.
Light Reads to Combat Early Sunsets
The nights are getting longer so here are some books to lighten up your mood.
Underdog Stories
When things are tough, an underdog story is a great way to feel inspired to keep going. Here are some underdog stories to enjoy on Underdog Day, Friday, December 20, 2024.
International Holocaust Remembrance Day
January 27 is International Holocaust Remembrance Day and also the anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz concentration camp. This list features titles published within the last five years.
Stitching with Sashiko
Looking to learn a new skill? Try sashiko, the traditional Japanese method of mending cloth with decorative embroidery or stitching. Sashiko is typically created with white thread on indigo fabric patches, but there are many variations and modern interpretations. Explore these titles to learn more about the art of sashiko.
Read these books…Kaia Gerber said.
KAIA GERBER and ALYSSA REEDER founded an online book club in 2020 — building an audience of avid readers, book enthusiasts, friends, and fans. What started as a weekly Instagram Live evolved – in the most natural way – into a community that is able to use reading as a gateway into some important albeit difficult conversations. In March of 2024, they officially built out the platform and Library Science was born.
“We’ll cover writers and books from all points of view to reinforce the truth that ALL books are for everyone… and that we often learn the most from the stories that aren’t our own. Thanks for being here — we’re so excited to keep reading with you.”
What to Read Next Based on Your Favorite Timothy Egan Book
Timothy Egan is a prolific nonfiction writer who has tackled a wide variety of subjects including the KKK in Indiana, the history of the West and Pacific North West, and a moving portrait of the Dust Bowl. In this list, each of Timothy Egan’s sweeping and well-researched books is paired with a nonfiction book and a fiction book that capture some of the same themes.
Whether you’re a first time reader of Egan or have devoured everything he has to offer, you should be able to find your next book here!
Join us March 20 at the Madam Walker Legacy Center for the 46th Annual Marian McFadden Memorial Lecture featuring a special discussion with acclaimed historian Timothy Egan, acclaimed writer and veteran chronicler of the American experience, and author of A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan’s Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them.
Tickets are free but extremely limited and will be available to the public beginning Friday, March 7 at 5 p.m., while supplies last. Sign up for a reminder to secure your free ticket.
Learn more about this year’s Marian McFadden Memorial Lecture.