Leisure Reading

This is a rotating collection of newer popular fiction and nonfiction titles from recent "best of" reading lists. These books have green labels on the spine with the letters MN (McNaughton logo) at the bottom. MN indicates that the book is part of the McNaughton leased books collection.

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 shelving unit closest to group study room 215 (at the end of the General Collection).
• Nonfiction leased books are mixed in throughout the General Collection depending on their subject area.

Fiction: 

Look for the green labels with MN logo at the bottom.

• 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 with the MN logo.

• 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