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Fiction
- Adrenaline – RUSA Reading List
- Afrofuturism & Afrofantasy
- Agatha Award-winning Mysteries
- Agatha Awards 2021
- Alternative History
- Anne Perry
- Appreciate a Dragon Day
- Arab & Muslim Voices
- Asian Pacific American Heritage Month
- Atmospheric & Leisurely Paced
- BCALA Award Winners 2022
- Beach Reads
- Best Books – RUSA Reading List
- Binge-worthy Book Series
- Black Romance & Relationship Lit
- Black Writers & Poets
- Bram Stoker Award Winners 2022
- British Mysteries
- Camp Out with These Great Books Set in Nature
- Campus Stories
- Can’t Hurry Love: Later-in-Life Romance
- Character-Driven Dystopian
- Chilling Suspense
- Cosmic Horror
- Culinary Mysteries
- Cyber/Techno Thrillers
- Dude, Where’s My Shirt? (Romance)
- Expect the Unexpected
- Fantasy
- Feel-Good Fiction
- For Fans of Barbie
- For Fans of Booktok
- For Fans of Bridgerton
- For Fans of BTS
- For Fans of Colleen Hoover
- For Fans of Creature Features
- For Fans of The Last of Us
- For Fans of 70s/80s Slasher Films
- For Fans of Wednesday
- Fun in the Sun: Beach Reads
- Genre Fiction with Black Authors
- Gentle Reads
- Ghost Stories
- Hispanic Heritage Month – Fiction
- Historical Fiction by Black Authors
- Holiday Romance
- Horror – Short Stories
- Horror Books Recommended by Horror Authors
- Hugo Awards 2023
- If You LIke Dune
- If You Like The Great British Bake-Off
- If You Like Hallmark Holiday Movies
- If You Like The Handmaid’s Tale
- If You Like HBO’s The Time Traveler’s Wife
- If You Like Loki
- If You Like Lore Olympus
- If You Like Lovecraft Country
- If You Like Midsommar
- If You Like My Best Friend’s Exorcism
- If You Like Only Murders in the Building
- If You Like Our Flag Means Death
- If You Like Prey
- If You Like Shadow and Bone
- If You Like Shitt’s Creek
- If You Like Stranger Things
- If You Like The Umbrella Academy
- If You Like The Underground Railroad
- Inspired by Fairy Tales & Dark Folklore
- International Magic Week
- Irish American Heritage Month: Fiction
- Juneteenth Reads
- LGBT History & Historical Fiction
- LGBTQIA Fantasy
- LGBTQIA Graphic Novels
- LGBTQIA Lives for Adults
- LGBTQIA Romance
- LGBTQIA Science Fiction
- Life on the Autism Spectrum
- Literary Classics That Didn’t Sell (At First)
- Literary Dystopias
- Locus Award Finalists 2022 | Expanded List
- Memorial Day Reads
- Menacing & Compelling
- Moody & Brooding
- Motherhood
- Murder Mysteries & Intrigue
- Muslim American Heritage Month
- Mysteries You’ll Want to Help Solve
- Native American Heritage Month
- New Gothic
- Octavia Butler
- #ownvoices – Teen Books
- Paranormal Romance
- Quirky, Comedic Romances
- Quirky & Likeable
- Related to A Christmas Carol
- Remember When? Remember Where?
- Road Tripping
- Romance
- Scandinavian/Nordic Crime Fiction
- School Daze – Novels Involving Academia
- Science Fiction
- She Has a Name
- Shirley Jackson: Hauntingly Unforgettable
- Short Stories for Long Days
- Sink Your Teeth Into a Good Book
- Southern Gothic Fiction
- Space Tales
- Standalone Mysteries
- Star Wars
- Stay-on-the-Beach Reads
- Summer Scares
- Summer Shorts
- Surrealist Fiction
- Thrillers
- Thrillers with Complicated Families
- Twists on Classic Tales
- Urban Fiction | More Urban Fiction
- Vampire Fiction
- Wedding Romances
- Witty & Engaging Mysteries
Non-Fiction
- Antiracism
- Arab & Muslim Voices
- Autism Acceptance Month
- Beach Reads (Non-Fiction)
- Black Artists & Entertainers
- Black Athletes
- Black Business Leaders
- Black Political Leaders & Judges
- Black Scientists & Inventors
- Black Writers & Poets
- Career Development
- Career Overviews
- The Civil Rights Movement
- The Columbian Exposition (Chicago World’s Fair)
- Container Gardening
- Co-Parenting
- Coping
- D-Day
- David McCullough
- Disability Pride
- Dining with Diabetes
- Dogs (National Dog Month)
- Don’t Stop Believing: Books about the Paranormal & Fantastical
- Earth Day Non-Fiction
- Flowers in Arts & Crafts
- For Fans of Inventing Anna
- For Fans of The Crown
- For Fans of Lore Olympus
- For Fans of Oppenheimer
- For Fans of Wordle
- Frederick Douglass
- Free People Read Freely
- Freedom of Speech
- Gardening for Wildlife
- Gardening Guides
- Genealogy Resources
- Genetics
- Grilling/Barbecuing
- Haunted Reads
- Hiroshima
- Holocaust Remembrance Day Titles
- If You Like Star Wars
- Job Searching Resources
- Juneteenth: Non-Fiction Reads
- Juneteenth Reads
- King Charles III
- Legal Forms
- Leonardo da Vinci
- LGBT Biographies
- LGBT History & Historical Fiction
- LGBT Non-Fiction
- Magic Fiction & Non-Fiction
- Memorial Day Reads
- Mental Health
- Motherhood
- Native American Heritage Month
- New Year, New Yhttps://libraryaware.com/2J4GY8ou
- Non-Fiction for Graduates
- Physics, Astronomy, and the Quest to Understand
- Presidents’ Day Biographies
- Protect Your Privacy
- Pulitzer Prize 2023 Winners
- Remembering 9/11
- Renaissance History
- Revolutionary Reads
- The Roaring Twenties
- Space Missions
- Spotlight on Black History
- St. Patrick’s Day Reads
- Start-Up Savvy
- Starting and Building Your Business
- Summertime Cookbooks
- 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
- …And Justice For All
- Audiobooks for Young Readers
- Beverly Cleary
- Black History Month: For Ages 9-12
- Books for Road Trips
- Civil Rights Movement
- Diverse Families
- Earth Day Books for Kids
- Easter Stories
- Eric Carle
- Everyone is Welcome at School: Picture Books
- Extraordinary Stories: Imaginative Picture Books Starring Diverse Kids
- For Fans of Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret
- For Fans of Encanto
- For Fans of Enola Holmes
- For Fans of Star Wars: Books for Kids
- For Fans of The Baby-Sitters Club
- Fractured Fairy Tales
- Halloween Stories
- Hanukkah Books
- Honoring Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
- If You Like Dog Man
- Juneteenth Books for Kids
- Kwanzaa Books
- Lois Ehlert
- Passover Picture Books
- Rainbow Reads for Ages 0-8
- Rainbow Reads for Ages 9-12
- Ramadan
- Remembering 9/11
- Scary Stories for Kids
- Sense of Wonder for the Outdoors
- She Speaks
- Snow Much Fun: Picture Books
- Starting School
- STEAM for Kids
- Stories of the Seasons: Autumn
- Stories of the Seasons: Summer
- St. Patrick’s Day Reads
- Summer Scares
- Valentine’s Day Picture Books
- Women’s History Month
- Wonder for Nature
- Young Hoosier Book Award: 2021-2022 Intermediate Nominees
- Young Hoosier Book Award: 2021-2022 Middle Grade Nominees
- Young Hoosier Book Award: 2021-2022 Picture Book Nominees
Teens
- …And Justice For All
- Back to School
- Camp Out with These Great Books Set in Nature
- Civil Rights Movement
- For Fans of Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret
- For Fans of Booktok
- For Fans of BTS
- For Fans of Heartstopper
- For Fans of Lore Olympus
- For Fans of Red, White & Royal Blue
- For Fans of Star Wars: Books for Teens
- Hispanic Heritage Month – Fiction
- Honoring Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
- Juneteenth
- LGBTQIA Pride: Picks for Teens
- Life on the Autism Spectrum
- Murder Mysteries for Teens
- Nonfiction for Graduates
- #ownvoices: Teen Books
- Rom Coms for Teens
- Summer Scares
- Supernatural Horror
- Voting & Elections for Teens
- Women’s History Month: She Speaks