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General Recommendations
Love Being Fooled?
By:
JessieC_KCMO
Created on:
Mar 20, 2024
20 items
Looking for a plot twist that you will never see coming? These titles from the Kansas City Public Library will keep you hanging...
1 like
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Feminine Rage
By:
ChinesaR_KCMO
Created on:
Nov 25, 2023
55 items
Perfect for your unhinged reading era, these books will make you say "good for her"
19 likes
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Instead of Checking On That Creepy Groaning Noise You Heard, How About One More Chapter Instead?
Created on:
Oct 12, 2023
27 items
What was that?
No - I didn't hear a noise?
Totally imagined it.
I'm just going to hunker down and finish this horror/thriller I...
2 likes
Topic Guide
Read Across the Decades: 1990 - 1999
Created on:
Oct 02, 2023
39 items
Welcome to the Read Across the Decades Challenge with the Kansas City Public Library! Each month, we'll read books set in diffe...
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Black Joy in Fiction
By:
JessieC_KCMO
Created on:
Feb 19, 2023
25 items
These novels are centered around the joy of the Black experience.
3 likes
Topic Guide
Black Authors in Various Genres
By:
HollyW_KCMO
Created on:
Feb 16, 2023
18 items
For Black History month, two book recommendations were chosen to represent nine different genres: Contemporary Fiction; Literar...
1 like
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Read it BEFORE You Stream It
Created on:
Feb 03, 2023
19 items
Check out these teen books before they are made into a movie or tv series!
1 like
Topic Guide
Scaring the Bejeezus Out of Us: Horror Day 2023
Created on:
Feb 03, 2023
22 items
October isn't the only time to celebrate your love for all things scary - January 4 is National Horror Day! Grab a good fluffy ...
1 like
Top Picks
NPR: 2022 Books We Love
Created on:
Dec 06, 2022
50 items
National Public Radio, NPR, released the books that they loved that were published in 2022. There are over 400 titles! To help ...
4 likes
General Recommendations
Top YA Books of the Year
By:
ChinesaR_KCMO
Created on:
Nov 26, 2022
20 items
These are the top 20 YA books of 2022 according to Goodreads (based on ratings and reviews on goodreads.com).
General Recommendations
Get Your Heart Pumping From the Couch With These Spooky & Scary Reads!
Created on:
Oct 25, 2022
25 items
Exercising does get your heartrate going, but so can these spooky and scary reads from the Kansas City Public Library. And the ...
1 like
General Recommendations
Goths Galore
By:
JasmineS_KCMO
Created on:
Oct 12, 2022
67 items
Goths galore is a booklist containing nothing but gothic goodness. The gothic fiction combines romance and uncanny creating an ...
3 likes
General Recommendations
September (prep for) Spooky Season
By:
JasmineS_KCMO
Created on:
Sep 12, 2022
35 items
This list is to encourage you to get into the mood for spooky season! It contains new releases that will make you sleep with th...
1 like
If You Liked ...
Get Out
By:
HollyW_KCMO
Created on:
Aug 28, 2022
8 items
they deal with race relations in the guise of horror and psychological thrillers.
4 likes
General Recommendations
Rock Out and Read On!
Created on:
Jun 14, 2022
23 items
Music has a starring role in these middle grade and YA reads!
2 likes
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YA Registration Prizes for our 2022 Summer Reading Program
By:
RenaeP_KCMO
Created on:
Jun 06, 2022
22 items
Have you signed up for our 2022 Summer Reading Program? Just for registering, you can take home a free book! Here is the list o...
1 like
Topic Guide
Black History Month
Created on:
Jan 27, 2022
79 items
The Kansas City Public Library has gathered a list of works of fiction and nonfiction to celebrate Black History Month. These w...
General Recommendations
Top YA Reads of 2021 - Teen Thursday
By:
ChinesaR_KCMO
Created on:
Dec 29, 2021
13 items
The top 5 favorite books from 2021 that have been reviewed for our Teen Thursday posts on facebook.com/kclibraryyouth. All avai...
1 like
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The Books the Goddard School in Kansas Wants Removed
By:
HaleyL_KCMO
Created on:
Nov 10, 2021
27 items
From KCUR.Org "Jaime Prothro, Wichita’s director of libraries, said there’s an increase in challenges to library purchases...
3 likes
General Recommendations
Mysteries & Thrillers
By:
LiamR_KCMO
Created on:
Sep 27, 2021
11 items
At the Kansas City Public Library Westport branch we've put together a list of books we challenge you to put down. Looking for ...
General Recommendations
New(ish) African-American Authors
Created on:
Jan 28, 2021
13 items
Juvenile and Young Adult fiction by African-American authors whose first major book was published in the last 10 years.
General Recommendations
CYS Teen Quick Picks - February Book Boxes
By:
JessicaY_KCMO
Created on:
Jan 21, 2021
25 items
General Recommendations
Youth Winter Reading Challenge - Teen Picks
Created on:
Jan 15, 2021
20 items
Sign up for our Youth Winter Reading Challenge and get started with some of these great teen books! Sign up here: https://www....
2 likes
General Recommendations
Sick and Twisted
By:
DianaA_KCMO
Created on:
Aug 27, 2020
14 items
My favorite (non-existent) genre, these physiological thrillers will keep you on the edge of your seat - and have you sleeping ...
3 likes