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Audie Award Winners and Nominees
By:
HaleyL_KCMO
Created on:
Mar 05, 2024
50 items
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Women's History Month
By:
EvaL_KCMO
Created on:
Mar 01, 2024
28 items
A collection of books featuring women in science, sports, and literature.
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No Bars? There's a Book For That.
By:
JessieC_KCMO
Created on:
Feb 22, 2024
30 items
We asked staff for a list of their ol' reliables that they would recommend to ANYONE. These titles from the Kansas City Public ...
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Books Published the Week of 01/29/2024
By:
HaleyL_KCMO
Created on:
Jan 31, 2024
50 items
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2024 Youth Media Awards- Part 2
Created on:
Jan 26, 2024
92 items
Award descriptions:
Schneider Family Book Award: Books that embody an artistic expression of the disability experience
Mildre...
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Black Authors
By:
OliviaL_KCMO
Created on:
Jan 25, 2024
51 items
Celebrate Black History Month and explore a long list of black author's titles in non-fiction, graphic novels, horror, science ...
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Make Me Ugly Cry.
By:
JessieC_KCMO
Created on:
Jan 11, 2024
24 items
If you want a book that will rip your heart out, shred it up, and give it back, you need to check out one of these tearjerkers...
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Holocaust Remembrance Day
By:
EvaL_KCMO
Created on:
Jan 05, 2024
15 items
Observed on January 27th, in commemoration of the millions who died during the Holocaust.
Top Picks
More KCPL Staff Favorite Reads of 2023
Created on:
Dec 28, 2023
97 items
Because who reads only ONE book a year? Here's the rest of the books, music, movies, we loved in 2023.
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Audio File Magazine's Best Audiobooks of 2023
By:
HaleyL_KCMO
Created on:
Dec 19, 2023
33 items
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Comfort Reads 2023
By:
JessicaL_KCMO
Created on:
Dec 18, 2023
33 items
Cult classics to curl up with winter 2023!
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Kirkus' Best YA Books of the Year
By:
HaleyL_KCMO
Created on:
Dec 11, 2023
92 items
1 like
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NPR's Books We Love of 2023
By:
JessieC_KCMO
Created on:
Dec 08, 2023
50 items
You can access the full 381 title list here: https://apps.npr.org/best-books/ but here are a few of the titles available today ...
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The Best-and Most Anticipated-Books of 2023 (so far)*
By:
HaleyL_KCMO
Created on:
Dec 08, 2023
46 items
*According to Vogue
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Musicals
By:
EmmaG_kcmo
Created on:
Dec 05, 2023
25 items
Looking for something to sing and dance to? Check out this list of some of the best movie musicals! Can't find what you're look...
1 like
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New York Times Notable Books of 2023
By:
HaleyL_KCMO
Created on:
Nov 30, 2023
97 items
1 like
General Recommendations
Books Published the Week of 10/30/23
By:
HaleyL_KCMO
Created on:
Oct 30, 2023
31 items
General Recommendations
Books Published the Week of 10/16/23
By:
HaleyL_KCMO
Created on:
Oct 17, 2023
61 items
General Recommendations
Books set in libraries and bookstores
By:
JudyK_KCMO
Created on:
Sep 27, 2023
24 items
2 likes
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Thinking about the Roman Empire?
By:
JessieC_KCMO
Created on:
Sep 21, 2023
19 items
TikTok said that y'all are thinking about it; here is some more food for thought from the Kansas City Public Library collection!
1 like
Topic Guide
Reading of Jewish Voices
Created on:
Sep 20, 2023
42 items
To celebrate Jewish Voices in Literature, the Kansas City Public Library has gathered books from a wide variety of genres that ...
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National Book Award Longlist
By:
HaleyL_KCMO
Created on:
Sep 19, 2023
45 items
Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Translated Literature and YA Literature. Winners will be announced 11/15/2023
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Works of Fiction to Read This Fall*
By:
HaleyL_KCMO
Created on:
Sep 08, 2023
32 items
*According to the New York Times
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Big Read 2009
By:
KatieM_KCMO
Created on:
Sep 07, 2023
32 items
The Libraries of Greater Kansas City have joined The Big Read to celebrate the Tobias Wolff novel Old School through a series o...
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