Looking for some inspiration for your holiday cookie baking (or perhaps for the SPL cookie swap at Remnant Brewing on 12/23)? Here are thumbnail descriptions of some great cookie books in the Somerville Public Library’s collection! Newest books are listed first. Gluten free titles are at the end of the list. Click on the title to…
The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah Available in a variety of formats including print, large print, paperback, ebook, audiobook, digital audiobook and playaway. We hope you check out a copy today!
The Witches of Eastwick by John Updike It’s Halloween season, so why not read The Witches of Eastwick or you could even watch the movie with Jack Nicholson!
Something wicked this way comes…. To the Somerville Public Library! To celebrate our 10th year of Somerville Reads, we’ve chosen a spooky read just in time for fall: the classic horror novel The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson. Curl up with this creepy classic and a hot beverage, then come to one of…
Maria Semple’s hilarious novel is the book you should read this month! Request it here, now!
The Great New Orleans Kidnapping case : race, law, and justice in the Reconstruction era It’s the end of summer, what are you going to read next? How about The Great New Orleans Kidnapping case : race, law, and justice in the Reconstruction Era by Michael A. Ross. Request it now!
Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens Looking for a summer reading book? Try Delia Owens new book in audio, digital audio, ebook or large print! Request it now even while your on vacation!
You might guess from the book groups we run at Remnant and Aeronaut Brewing that we are fond of hops, and you would be right! But would you have guessed that New England was once the center of hops production in the U.S., and that a Ten Hills resident revolutionized the processing of harvested hops?…
Still Alice by Lisa Genova This title is available in a variety of formats from large print, spoken CD, ebook and digital audiobook. Need to download the Libby App? check out this page here or ask your librarian by calling 617-623-5000 x2955!
Before the West Branch library got a proper building in 1909, library service in West Somerville (and in East, North and South Somerville) was delivered by partnerships with local businesses, which became the early branches – then usually called agencies – of the SPL. These agencies served as pickup/dropoff points for library books, but for…
