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Staff Picks for Adults

New and Notable

Must-Read Manga Influenced Comics

Resetting with Financial Literacy

 
Coconut Layer Cake Murder
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▶ Digital Picks

  • Bad Movie Club Goes Digital
  • eBooks: Something for Everyone
  • Graphic Novels for Adults
  • Indiana Authors
  • Rainbow Reads for Adults
  • Stand-up Comedy Records
 
I Always Knew: A Memoir
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▶ Biographies

  • Awesome Women You Should Read About
  • Celebrate Black Voices
  • Musician & Artist Biographies
  • Olympic Biographies
  • Sibling Revelry
  • Walk a Mile in Someone Else's Shoes
 
Eating Eternity: Food, Art and Literature in France
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▶ Cooking

  • African American Cookbooks
  • Comfort Food
  • Eating Locally
  • The Intersection of Food and Art
  • Vegan Cookbooks
  • We All Scream for Ice Cream!
 
The City We Became
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▶ History

  • April Is Black Women's History Month
  • Black History Month
  • Geography, Historical Atlases, and Maps
  • Historical Elections
  • Indiana History
  • Labor Activists and the American Labor Movement
  • Memorial Day
  • We Can Do It: Women's History
 
My Own Private Idaho
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▶ Movies & Music

  • 2026 Book to Movie Adaptations
  • Books to TV
  • Classic Horror Movies
  • Documentaries
  • Libraries at the Movies
  • Martial Arts Movies
  • Movie Musicals
  • Pride Pictures
  • Screwball Comedies
  • Western Movies
 
On Such a Full Sea
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▶ Nature and the Environment

  • Cosmic Chronicles
  • Earth Day
  • Explore Space
  • Fiction Featuring Flora
  • For the Birds
  • Life on Earth Beyond Humans
  • Natural Recovery
 
Wolves of Eden
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▶ Recommended Fiction

  • African American Fiction
  • AI Possible Futures
  • Celebrate Black History
  • Celebrate Indiana Literary History
  • Color Our World: Mysteries & Marvels
  • Escapist Fantasy Reads
  • Gentle Fiction
  • Happy Hopepunk Holidays
  • Historical Fiction
  • Horror Fiction
  • If You Like George R. R. Martin...
  • Indigenous Science Fiction and Fantasy
  • Inspirational Fiction
  • Lost in Fairyland
  • Mystery Books
  • Queer Fear: LGBTQIA+ Horror Fiction
  • Romance
  • Romantasy
  • Science Fiction
  • Thrillers
  • Transcending the Traditional: Transgender and Nonbinary Fiction and Authors
  • Transgender Authors and Fiction
  • Westerns
  • Witchy Reads
 
Cute, Furry, and Deadly: Diseases You Can Catch From Your Pet!
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▶ Topical Guides

  • Armchair Traveler
  • Art Appreciation
  • Autism Acceptance
  • Civic Books
  • Creative Aging
  • Digital Privacy
  • Discover a Hobby
  • Facing Homelessness
  • Fake News
  • Getting Money Smart
  • Growing a Garden
  • Indigenous Peoples
  • Learn to Play a Ukulele
  • National Dog Day
  • New Year, New Goals
  • Pet Care
  • Policing in the US
  • Reproductive Rights
  • Resetting with Financial Literacy
  • The Supernatural
  • Taking Care of Business
  • We Like Bikes! Cycling Resources at the Library
  • World Mental Health Day
 
Maybe You Should Talk to Someone
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▶ Even More Staff Picks

  • 2025 Almost Winners
  • An Accident or a Career?
  • Adult Book Club Kits
  • Antiracist Reading List
  • April Showers
  • Banned Books
  • Best of 2024
  • Best Modern Poetry
  • Books About Books
  • Bundle Up: Multimedia Experiences
  • Celebrate Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month
  • Celebrate Black History Month with Recent Releases
  • Celebrate Winter
  • Choose Your Art Style
  • Friendships, Relationships, and Connection
  • Fun Summer Crafts
  • Ghostly Reads
  • Great Graphic Novels
  • Hispanic Heritage
  • Human Hibernation: Nonfiction for Winter Rest and Reflection
  • LGBTQIA+ Graphic Novels and Manga
  • Listen Up! MCPL Patron Favorite Audiobooks
  • Mathematically Yummy Pi Day Celebrations
  • Mental Health Awareness Month
  • Must-Read Manga Influenced Comics
  • Native American Heritage Month
  • Nonfiction by Native American Authors
  • Nonfiction for Non-Nonfiction Readers
  • Nonprofits and the Work They Do in Our Communities
  • Novels in Translation
  • A Plethora of Poems for National Poetry Month
  • Poems for Our Shared Planet
  • Pop Science Books
  • Pride Month
  • Promising Hispanic Authors
  • Read African American Authors and Experiences
  • Recognizing Native Americans on Thanksgiving
  • Romance Reads
  • South American Fiction
  • Spring Showers: Books That Make You Cry
  • Transcending the Traditional: Transgender and Nonbinary Nonfiction
  • Transgender Nonfiction
  • Women's History Month: Indiana Authors
  • Work from Home in Style
  • Zines for All
 
Updated August 8, 2024
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We respectfully acknowledge that Monroe County Public Library, in all of its iterations since 1818, was built and exists on land that has been, is still, and will continue to be rightfully occupied and nurtured by the Bodwéwadmik (Potawatomi), Kiikaapoi (Kickapoo), Lënape (Delaware), Myaamia (Miami), and Saawanwaki (Shawnee) Indigenous peoples, among others. View more details and resources.