As a seasoned professional book club leader, Leah has some tips and book recs for picking the perfect book club reading list!
LPL’s Best Books of 2025
Book recommendations from the Lawrence Public Library staff of their favorite books they discovered in 2025 (Lawrence, KS).
Bookish Bracketology: My Predictions for Book Battle 2025
As our Bookish Bookie, Readers' Services Technician Leah picks her fiction favorites and unassuming underdogs that have a chance claiming the 2025 Book Battle title!
LPL’s Best Books of 2024
Whether they were published in 2024 or simply discovered by our librarians in 2024, here are the BEST things we read all year! Lady Macbeth "This haunting retelling of one of literature’s most famous tragedies puts one of Shakespeare’s most vilified characters at center stage. Sent across the continent to wed the general Macbeth after…
The Method to the Madness
One of my favorite things about working for a public library is the freedom I have to intersect my passions. It's difficult to think of something one could be into (be it a historical subject, a new hobby, technology, entertainment, etc.) that the library cannot help you discover or explore further. Seriously, throw anything out…
Fandom Feasting
The way to a librarian’s heart is indeed through books. But there is another door that is always open and that is: FOOD. Combine the two, and well, that’ll make a librarian’s heart truly sing, at least at LPL. We even have a special group chat for folks who want to be the first to…
LPL’s Best Books of 2022
Nettle & Bone "This fantasy adventure was definitely the most fun I had with a book all year. So imaginative, featuring found family and the most lovable animal sidekick ever. Very nearly perfect book in my humble opinion!" - Leah, Readers' Services Assistant The Light Pirate "Literary science fiction about a family in very near…
Last Wednesday Book Club
Once a month on the last Wednesday | 6:30 PM | Meeting Room A Join the Last Wednesday Book Club, the library's longest-running adult book club! Selections range from beloved classics to modern favorites. Contact Leah for more info: lnewton@lplks.org 2025 book schedule (subject to change): December 3 - Stolen Focus by Johann Hari January…
Speculative Fiction Book Club
Second Tuesday each month | 7 PM | Meeting Room B
Like world-building fantasy? Eerie dystopias? Far-out sci fi? This club is for you! Have no idea what we’re t
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