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Fiction
- Agatha Award-winning Mysteries
- Appreciate a Dragon Day
- Atmospheric & Leisurely Paced
- Binge-worthy Book Series
- Black Romance & Relationship Lit
- Black Writers & Poets
- Campus Stories
- Elmore Leonard
- Expect the Unexpected
- Extraordinary Stories: Diverse Picture Book Characters
- Feel-good Stories
- Genre Fiction with Black Authors
- Gentle Reads
- Ghost Stories
- Hispanic Heritage Month – Adult Fiction
- Holiday Romance
- If You Like Star Wars
- If You Like The Handmaid’s Tale
- If You Like The Haunting of Hill House
- If You Like The Umbrella Academy
- International Magic Week
- LGBT History & Historical Fiction
- LGBTQIA in Many Genres
- Menacing & Compelling
- Moody & Brooding
- Motherhood
- Octavia Butler
- #ownvoices – Teen Books
- Paranormal Romance
- Quirky & Likeable
- Related to A Christmas Carol
- Remember When? Remember Where?
- Road Tripping
- Scandinavian/Nordic Crime Fiction
- She Has a Name
- Shirley Jackson: Hauntingly Unforgettable
- Southern Gothic Fiction
- Stay-on-the-Beach Reads
- Summer Shorts
- Summertime Scares
- Urban Fiction
Non-Fiction
- Antiracism
- Black Artists & Entertainers
- Black Athletes
- Black Business Leaders
- Black Political Leaders & Judges
- Black Scientists & Inventors
- Black Writers & Poets
- Career Development
- Career Overviews
- Choose Privacy
- The Columbian Exposition (Chicago World’s Fair)
- Container Gardening
- Co-Parenting
- D-Day
- Dining with Diabetes
- Don’t Stop Believing: Books about the Paranormal & Fantastical
- Earth Day Books
- Flowers in Arts & Crafts
- For Fans of The Crown
- Frederick Douglass
- Gardening for Wildlife
- Genealogy Resources
- Grilling/Barbecuing
- Haunted Reads
- Hiroshima
- If You Like Star Wars
- Job Searching Resources
- Juneteenth Reads
- Legal Forms
- Leonard Bernstein
- Leonardo da Vinci
- LGBT History & Historical Fiction
- LGBT Non-Fiction
- Magic Fiction & Non-Fiction
- Martin Luther King, Jr., and the Civil Rights Movement
- Motherhood
- Nelson Mandela
- Nonfiction for Graduates
- Poetry
- Presidents’ Day Biographies
- Remembering 9/11
- Revolutionary Reads
- Spotlight on Black History
- St. Patrick’s Day Reads
- Starting and Building Your Business
- Thurgood Marshall
- Veterans: Personal Narratives
- Women’s History Month: She Speaks
- Women’s History Month: Out of the Shadows
- Women’s History Month: Women Authors
- Women’s Right to Vote
Kids & Teens
- …And Justice For All
- Civil Rights Movement
- Extraordinary Stories: Imaginative Picture Books Starring Diverse Kids
- For Fans of Enola Holmes
- For Fans of Star Wars
- Honoring Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
- If You Like The Baby-Sitters Club
- #ownvoices: Teen Books
- Scary Stories for Kids
- She Speaks
- St. Patrick’s Day Reads
- Voting & Elections for Teens
- Women’s History Month
- YA Murder Mysteries
- Young Hoosier Book Award: 2020-21 Intermediate Nominees
- Young Hoosier Book Award: 2020-21 Middle Grade Nominees
- Young Hoosier Book Award: 2020-21 Picture Book Nominees