5 Hot New Titles for July 2019

Check out these five popular adult titles that hit the shelves in July. To see more titles, including new titles in popular series, check out the booklist New July '19 Books You'll Want to Read and our new titles page. The Pulitzer Prize-winning and National Book Award-winning author of The Underground Railroad brilliantly dramatizes another strand of American history in The Nickel Boys. In the…
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Strange and Funny Picture Books

Looking for some cutting-edge reads? Some of the funniest, most irreverent and daring titles the library has can be found in our picture book section. The medium, both short and visual, allows authors and illustrators to take a nutty idea, add great artwork, and build a book that makes reading both fun and funny. The…
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If you like The Goldfinch

The Goldfinch by Donna Tart Theo Decker loses his mother in a terrorist bombing, which he miraculously survives. Abandoned by his cruel father, he is taken in by the family of a wealthy friend. Clinging to the last memory of his mother a small painting of a goldfinch, he is eventually drawn into the mysterious underworld…
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Book Corner: Students Share Their Top Books of the Year

Twenty years ago, a youth services librarian from Central Rappahannock Regional Library and the school librarian at Walker-Grant Middle School came up with a unique idea: a partnership between the public library and the school library to encourage middle school students to read, with book discussions among 7th and 8th students while they gather for…
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