April is National Library Month, so we’ve compiled a book list featuring libraries for all you library fans out there! You can find more by searching “library” in our catalog.
Below the library-themed books, you’ll find the nominees and winners of the Andrew Carnegie Medals of Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction. These are titles that were chosen by the American Library Association in conversation with librarians who work directly with readers.
Browse and borrow the materials below by clicking the titles and placing them on hold for curbside pickup. (Or come grab them off the shelves yourself after we reopen on Monday, April 19!) If you’d like more information about any of these titles, call Adult Services at (423) 434-4454.
Fiction
The Body in the Library by Agatha Christie
The Invisible Library by Genevieve Cogman
Upright Women Wanted by Sarah Gailey
The Library of the Unwritten by A. L. Hackwith
The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
The Library at Mount Char by Scott Hawkins
The Library at the Edge of the World by Felicity Hayes-McCoy
The Borrower by Rebecca Makkai
The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern
The Strange Library by Haruki Murakami
Deal with the Devil by Kit Rocha
The Book of Speculation by Erika Swyler
The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
Nonfiction
The Badass Librarians of Timbuktu by Joshua Hammer
The Library Book by Susan Orlean
Librarian Tales by Willaim Ottens
Free for All by Don Borchert
Libraries by Candida Hofer
Freedom Libraries by Mike Selby
Library of Small Catastrophes by Alison Rollins
Library: An Unquiet History by Matthew Battles
Andrew Carnegie Medals of Excellence Winners and Finalists
Fiction
Homeland Elegies by Ayad Akhtar
The Water Dancer by Ta-Nehisi Coates
Feast Your Eyes by Myla Goldberg
Lost Children Archive by Valeria Luiselli (2020 Winner)
A Burning by Megha Majumdar
Deacon King Kong by James McBride (2021 Winner)
Nonfiction
Fathoms: The World in the Whale by Rebecca Giggs (2021 Winner)
Midnight in Chernobyl by Adam Higginbotham (2020 Winner)
Figuring by Maria Popova
Just Us: An American Conversation by Claudia Rankine
Memorial Drive: A Daughter’s Memoir by Natasha Trethewey
The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee by David Treuer
If you need something new to read or watch, let us know and we’ll help find books and movies that are perfect for you. Visit our website or call (423) 434-4450 for book recommendations and to place items on hold for curbside pickup. Follow Johnson City Public Library on Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube for daily updates on your Library’s collections and services.
