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The Newest Titles for Everyone

Recommended Titles for Adults

Bake it Off last updated October 2024
Black History Month Fiction last updated January 2025
Black History Month Nonfiction last updated January 2025
Books that Kill- Horror Fiction last updated September 2024
Budget Helpers last updated April 2025
Celebrate India last updated November 2025
Debut Authors last updated April 2025
Get Cozy with a Book last updated October 2024
Grow Together: Gardening Nonfiction last updated November 2025
Espionage and Military Thrillers last updated March 2024
Haunted Houses last updated September 2025
Here We Are Now, Entertain Us (nonfiction) last updated November 2025
Hispanic Heritage Month last updated July 2024
Historical Fiction in Large Print last updated October 2025
It's for the Birds (nonfiction) last updated June 2024
Mystery eBooks Always Available last updated December 2025
Mystery Reads in Large Print last updated October 2025
New Minnesota Mystery and Suspense last updated October 2025
No Ordinary Mother last updated April 2024
Page Turner's Paradise (books about libraries and books) last updated January 2026
Pride last updated May 2025
Pucking Great (books for fans of Heated Rivalry) last updated January 2026
Rainy Day Reads last updated April 2025
Resolution Resources last updated December 2025
Road Trip last updated July 2024
Romance eBooks Always Available last updated December 2025
Romance Reads in Large Print last updated October 2025
School Daze (books about teachers or students) last updated July 2024
Sci-Fi Files last updated July 2025
Stir It Up! Recommended Cookbooks with a Minnesota Emphasis last updated April 2024
Summer Reads last updated June 2025
Women's History Month Fiction last updated February 2024
Women' s History Month Nonfiction last updated February 2025

Recommended Titles for Kids

Back to School updated July 2025
Beginning Readers last updated May 2025
Celebrate India (ages 0-5) last updated November 2025
Celebrate India (ages 5-10) last updated November 2025
Decodables last updated May 2025
Earthmovers and More last updated July 2024
Grow Together: Gardening last updated November 2025
A Heart-full of Stories (Valentine's Day Reads) last updated January 2026
Hispanic Heritage Month last updated July 2025
Juvenile Fiction for Ages 8-12 last updated May 2025
Juvenile Graphic Novels last updated May 2025
Juvenile Non-Fiction last updated May 2025
Kids Comic Books: eBooks available through our Libby reading app or the Overdrive website, these titles are always available
"Know"vember Kids Nonfiction last updated October 2025
The Latest and Greatest Juvenile Fiction last updated June 2024
Out in the Cold: Frosty Nonfiction last updated November 2025
Phonics and Decodables: eBooks available through our Libby reading app or the Overdrive website.
Picture books for ages 3 - 8 last updated May 2025
What Will Grow? Kids Books on Plants last updated April 2025
Winter Picture Books last updated October 2024
Women's History Month last updated February 2025

Recommended Titles for Teens

Adult Books Suitable for Teens last updated March 2025
Another Time: Teen Historical Fiction last updated May 2025
All Are Neighbors last updated December 2024
Cold Case: Teen Detectives last updated May 2025
Dystopian Worlds: Teen Fantasy last updated May 2025
Get a Clue: Teen Mysteries last updated May 2025
Got Game? Teen Sports last updated May 2025
Graphic Novels: Teen Fiction last updated May 2025
Novels in Verse: Teen Poetry last updated May 2025
One Summer: Teen Fiction last updated May 2025
Podcast Drama: Teen Fiction last updated May 2025
Puzzles & Games: Teen Fiction last updated May 2025
Romance last updated January 2026
Teen Lit Con 2025 last updated March 2025
Teen Love Abroad last updated December 2025
Teen Read Month 2025 last updated September 2025
Thrills and Chills: Teen Suspense last updated May 2025
Under 200 Pages: Teen Short Reads last updated May 2025
What If: Teen Science Fiction last updated May 2025

Lists of Our Book Club Kits

Book Club Kits can be checked out for 8 weeks, but not renewed. Kits contain 10 copies of a book, questions about the book you can use in your discussion, and author information.

Note that some titles on the list may be checked out or undergoing repair. A list of all kits in the catalog is here, you can place holds there also.

Printable Lists of Titles Only

For kids (last updated October 2025)
For adults (last updated October 2025)