It's summertime and the perfect time to pick up a good book for a little relaxing reading. The library's got you covered! Check out our fun reading collection in Lobo's Lounge and find your perfect beach read. Here are a few highlights that we've recently received!
The Harder I Fight the More I Love You by
ISBN: 9781538710500
Publication Date: 2025
In The Harder I Fight The More I Love You, Case brings her trademark candor and precision to a memoir that traces her evolution from an invisible girl "raised by two dogs and a space heater" in rural Washington state to her improbable emergence as an internationally-acclaimed talent.
ISBN: 9780593653982
Publication Date: 2025
Memorial Days by Geraldine Brooks is a poignant memoir that chronicles the author's journey through grief and healing following the sudden death of her husband, Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist Tony Horwitz, in 2019.
ISBN: 9780385550703
Publication Date: 2025
Fagin the Thief by Allison Epstein is a richly imagined reworking of Dickens’s Oliver Twist, told from the perspective of Jacob Fagin—a Jewish pickpocket and reluctant mentor—who navigates the brutal streets of Victorian London while wrestling with survival, identity, and the moral cost of his choices.
ISBN: 9781982190248
Publication Date: 2025-02-18
Jane Austen's Bookshelf investigates the disappearance of Austen's heroes -- women writers who were erased from the Western canon -- to reveal who they were, what they meant to Austen, and how they were forgotten.
ISBN: 9780593818749
Publication Date: 2024
We'll Prescribe You a Cat by Syou Ishida is a heartwarming Japanese novel that follows a mysterious Kyoto clinic where emotionally troubled patients are prescribed cats as therapy, leading to transformative journeys of healing and self-discovery through the unique bonds they form with their feline companions.
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The library is open all summer, so stop by and find a great read for these long summer days.