Champaign librarian faves
These lists link you straight to the catalog to find great reads fast. Stay tuned: we’ll keep adding to and updating these lists.
Regularly Updated Lists
- In the News
- “Book by Book” Readers Recommend
- Library Staff Picks
- Kelly Strom's Picks
- African American Authors
- NY Times Fiction Bestsellers
- NY Times Nonfiction Bestsellers

Recent Recommendations
- 5/12 New African American Fiction for 2012
- 4/12 Prepare for the Job Search: Eliminate the Fear
- 4/12 Science Experiments & Myth Busting
- 4/12 Killer Cleaning
- 3/12 Classic Rock ’n’ Roll Books
- 2/12 Happiness
- 2/12 Chefs, Stories, Recipes & More
- 2/12 Books Into Movies
- 2/12 The Hunger Games Read-alikes
- 2/12 African American Literature, The Classics
- 1/12 Civil War Sampler
- 1/12 BYOB Readers Recommend
- 1/12 Entertaining Indoors
- 10/11 Chills from the Windy City Scary stories from upstate
- 10/11 Teen Books that Adults Love
- 9/11 It Happened Like This -- Memoirs
- 8/11 From a Distant Shore Modern American immigrant stories
- 6/11 Librarians on the Loose
- 5/11 Celebrating Mother's Day
- 4/11 Use It or Lose It Keep your brain fit and memory sharp
- 4/11 Asian Pacific American Heritage Month
- 12/10 Observing Obama
- 11/10 Don’t Forget to Feed the Birds
- 8/10 Marigolds, Mulch, and Murder Fun reads for the end of summer
- 6/10 A Hat, a Coat, and a Gun Noir mystery & true crime for men
- 6/10 Fire & Endurance Merely the tip of our adventure-books iceberg
- 6/10 Container Gardening Tiny gardens = big satisfaction!
- 6/10 LGBT Pride Month Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender topics
- 4/10 Chinese Fiction from Chinese Authors
New African American Fiction for 2012

What Should My Book Club Read Next?
We have multiple copies of more than 20 titles to check out, with discussion guides.