New Best Fun
Sometimes you just need a new book, movie or music idea! Materials on this page include: items that are new to the library in the New section, book lists associated with our monthly A Year in Reading challenges, award winning books, and lists for Adults, Teens, Kids, and everyone in between! Lists change regularly and the New lists are updated as titles arrive in the library. The New lists contain a sample of what is new, since we add more new titles to our catalog than the length permitted by the lists.
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A Year In Reading
- September 2026: Rhymes & Reflections
- February 2026: Fall in love with fiction!
- October 2026: Short & Spooky
- November 2026: True Story Time
- March 2026: March into Manga!
- April 2026: Listen & Learn
- May 2026: New format/new genre!
- January 2026: New Year, New Pages
- June 2026: Lights, Camera, Read!
- July 2026: Digital Dive
- August 2026: Truth & Wonder
Award Winners
- SF/F: Hugo & Dragon Awards 2025
- Mysteries: The Edgar Awards 2025
- Nebula Awards 2025 (SciFi/Fantasy)
- Pulitzer Prize Winners 2025
- Westerns: The Spur Awards 2025
- Booker Prize 2025
- Horror: The Bram Stoker Award 2025
- Youth Media Awards 2026
- Maud Hart Lovelace Award Nominees 2025
- Audie Award Winners 2025 (Audiobooks)
- National Book Award for Nonfiction 2025
- Star Of The North Picture Book Award 2025
- The Lambda Literary Awards - (LGBTQIA+) 2026
- Carol And Christy Awards (Christian Fiction) 2025
- National Book Awards 2025
- Minnesota Book Award Finalists 2026
- Coretta Scott King Awards 2025
- GoodReads Choice Awards 2025
- Oscar Awards Winners and Nominees 2025
Current Interest
- The 50 Best Thrillers of the 21st Century - NYT Book Review
- What Are Your Librarians Watching?
- Into the Wildwood
- Bookshop.org's Monthly Favorites!
- Rise from the Ashes
- Time Magazine's Best 100 Books of 2025
- 250th Anniversary!
- Coming Soon Books to Movies
- Podcasts to Books
- Coming Soon Comics
- What Are Your Librarians Reading?
- Forthcoming Fiction
Reading Lists for Adults
Reading Lists for Kids
Reading Lists for Mixed Ages
Reading Lists for Teens
- Readalikes: The Summer I Turned Pretty!
- Comics, Graphic Novels, and Manga, Oh My!
- Readalikes: I know what you did last summer!
- Tough Topics
- Readalikes: KPop Demon Hunters!
- Young Adult Graphic Novels
- Anti-Racism Reading for Teens
- Teens - Body Horror
- Young Adult Sci Fi/Fantasy
- Readalikes: American Born Chinese!