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KCPL's Favorite Reads of 2023
Created on:
Dec 28, 2023
73 items
Your Kansas City Public Library staff read A LOT of books this past year! Here's merely a few of their favorites from every gen...
Top Picks
2023 Hugo Award Winners Are Here!
Created on:
Oct 27, 2023
25 items
Named after pioneering sci-fi writer Hugo Gernsback and nominated by members of the annual World Science Fiction Convention, th...
General Recommendations
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
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The Best Mystery and Thriller Books of All Time*
By:
HaleyL_KCMO
Created on:
Oct 03, 2023
85 items
*According to Time Magazine
3 likes
Topic Guide
Hispanic Horror
By:
HollyW_KCMO
Created on:
Sep 23, 2023
10 items
For Hispanic Heritage Month, here is a selection of horror stories written by Latin-American authors.
3 likes
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Year since release - July 2022
By:
AngelaH_KCMO
Created on:
Aug 10, 2023
11 items
Have you checked out these books yet? They have been out for a year - read to find out your favorites!
1 like
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Books Published the Week of 07/17/2023
By:
HaleyL_KCMO
Created on:
Jul 17, 2023
53 items
Topic Guide
Read Across the Decades: 1950 - 1959
Created on:
May 30, 2023
24 items
Welcome to the Read Across the Decades Challenge with the Kansas City Public Library! Each month, we'll read books set in diffe...
1 like
Topic Guide
Read Across the Decades: 1920 - 1929
Created on:
Mar 07, 2023
30 items
Welcome to the Read Across the Decades Challenge with the Kansas City Public Library! Each month, we'll read books set in diffe...
1 like
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RISE Recommends Master-List 5
By:
RISE_KCMO
Created on:
Jan 27, 2023
22 items
This is the fifth master-list of all of the RISE Recommends.
1 like
General Recommendations
Women's History Month
By:
RISE_KCMO
Created on:
Jan 27, 2023
25 items
March is Women's History Month so we have created this booklist for you! There are books for children through adults, available...
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Celebrate Science Fiction Day
By:
JessieC_KCMO
Created on:
Dec 19, 2022
20 items
January 2nd is Science Fiction Day! Try something new with one of these popular Sci-Fi novels published in the past couple of y...
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
Best Books of 2022 According to Time Magazine
By:
HaleyL_KCMO
Created on:
Nov 17, 2022
94 items
1 like
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
Modern Gothic
By:
KathrynA_KCMO
Created on:
Jul 24, 2022
21 items
Love a mysterious plot? Atmospheric setting? Supernatural elements? Check out these modern titles from the gothic genre!
5 likes
General Recommendations
Books Published the Week of 7/18/2022
By:
HaleyL_KCMO
Created on:
Jul 18, 2022
37 items
General Recommendations
RISE Recommends Master-List 4
By:
RISE_KCMO
Created on:
Jun 14, 2022
100 items
This is the fourth master-list of all of the RISE Recommends.
1 like
General Recommendations
Cinco de Mayo
Created on:
May 04, 2022
22 items
Cinco de Mayo commemorates the Mexican army’s victory over France during the Franco-Mexican War in 1862. To celebrate this holi...
General Recommendations
New York Times Notable Books of 2021
By:
HaleyL_KCMO
Created on:
Dec 03, 2021
92 items
2021 is drawing to a close, check out these titles for a strong finish to the year!
2 likes
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Hispanic Heritage Month pics for Teens Outside the Teen Room!
By:
HelenL_KCMO
Created on:
Sep 23, 2021
14 items
Non-YA titles & YA e-books by Latinx authors that teens might like!
(Available for Central Library teens now at the time I...
General Recommendations
31 Days of Halloween!
By:
AdrielleC_KCMO
Created on:
Sep 22, 2021
31 items
31 days, 31 books. A couple personal favorites; others' are classics that have built the wonders around Hallow's Eve.
General Recommendations
Hispanic heritage month
By:
KarlaM_KCMO
Created on:
Sep 14, 2021
56 items
Each year, Americans observe National Hispanic Heritage Month from September 15 to October 15, by celebrating the histories, cu...
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Latinx and Hispanic Heritage Month Reads
By:
HaleyL_KCMO
Created on:
Sep 14, 2021
54 items
National Hispanic Heritage Month traditionally honors the cultures and contributions of both Hispanic and Latino Americans as w...