Booklists for Adults & Teens

Find great reading lists, ordered by subject, for adults and teens.

banned

Frequently Banned and Challenged Books

Only recent bans or challenges are listed. For more about a title's bans and/or challenges, visit the ALA website, Comic Book Legal Defense Fund, Marshall University Banned Books guide, and Banned Books Week.

While most of these listings link by default to a print copy, many are available in other formats (eBook and eAudiobook). Don't forget to check the catalog by title or author if you prefer digital!

reading bingo

Autumn Reading Bingo!

There’s starting to be a chill in the air - why not curl up with a good read? Just for fun, we've created some printable bingo sheets (all different!) with reading suggestions - reread a favorite book, read a book with a blue cover, read something silly, read a classic, read a book with an odd number of pages, even "read in a blanket fort."  Try to fill a row and BINGO!

hisp heritage adult

Detail of Hispanic Heritage Select Photos, by David Valdez.

Hispanic Heritage Month

September 15-October 15

While most of these listings link by default to a print copy, many are available in other formats (eBook and eAudiobook). Don't forget to check the catalog by title or author if you prefer digital!

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hispanic

Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month

with Young Adult Fiction

September 15 to October 15 is National Hispanic American Heritage Month
which pays tribute to the generations of Latinx who have positively influenced and enriched our nation and society.

While most of these listings link by default to a print copy, many are available in other formats (eBook and eAudiobook). Don't forget to check the catalog by title or author if you prefer digital!

balloon

Mass ascension at the Fiesta Hot Air Balloon Festival, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America, North America. Photograph. Britannica ImageQuest, Encyclopædia Britannica, 25 Apr 2022. 0-quest-eb-com.albuq.cabq.gov/search/151_4304896/1/151_4304896/cite. Accessed 23 Sep 2022.

Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta

Celebrate with some titles about the festival, the history of ballooning, famous balloonists, and even some ballooning-related fiction by local authors!