Leisure Reading

This is a rotating collection of newer popular fiction and nonfiction titles from recent "best of" reading lists. They are easy to spot, because they have green labels on the spine.

Browse the Leased Books

You will find leased books in a few different places on the 2nd floor:

• Fiction and Young Adult books are on the last two shelves after the General Collection
• Nonfiction leased books are mixed in with books in the General Collection

Fiction: 

Look for the green labels.

• Shelved alphabetically by author's last name
• Example call number: F Kin

  F = Fiction
  Kin = First three letters of the author's last name

Nonfiction (including biographies and autobiographies):

 Look for the green labels.

• Shelved in the General Collection along with non-leased books
• These have "regular" (LC) call numbers--example:
  • Title: The Light We Carry: Overcoming in Uncertain Times
  • Author: Michelle Obama
  • Call number: E 909 .O24 A3 2022
• Ask if you need help locating these books

Search the Catalog

Search for a specific book or author:

1. In the Library Catalog search box on this page, type the title or the author's name.
2. Click Search.
3. If you do not see the book listed, you can ask a librarian for help locating the book in another format (e-book or audiobook), or borrowing it from another library through interlibrary loan.

Literary fiction can be described as "serious" fiction or fiction that does not easily fit into a genre such as romance or science fiction.

Browse for Literary Fiction

• Shelved in the General Collection and will typically have call numbers that start with the letters PN, PQ, PR, or PS
• Author biographies and commentaries are often shelved alongside the novels
• Example: ​​​​​​
  • Title: And the Mountains Echoed 
  • Author: Khaled Hosseini
  • Call number: PS 3608 .O832 A53 2013