Best Bets

Read

Love books? So do we. Check out these reading recommendations from library staff.

We Recommend...

• In the News
  
• Library Staff Picks
  
• Kelly Strom’s Picks
  
• Books Recommended by the News-Gazette
  
• NY Times Fiction Best Sellers
  
• NY Times Nonfiction Best Sellers
  

Best Bets by topic

• New Mysteries 
• Employment Resources
  
• Care Partner Resources
  
• Ho Ho Holiday Homicides
  
• Top Fantasy & Sci-Fi  reads
  
• True Crime
  
• National Book Award  for Fiction
  
• National Book Award for Nonfiction
  
• African American Authors
  
• Adulting 101
  
• LGBT Fiction
  
• Great Classics
  
• Garden Fresh Cooking
  
• Global Cooking
  
• Summer Loving
  

Watch

 Check out these recommended movies and television shows:

• Book-to-Movie Adaptations
  
• Upcoming Movies
  
• Bingeworthy TV
  
• Ebertfest Films
  
• Favorite Sports Films
  
• Comic Book Characters on Blu-ray
  
• Star Wars
  

Listen

Check out these staff picks of recommended songs and albums:

• Hip-Hop Roots
  
• Billboard Top Albums of All Time
  
• Favorite Country Stars
  
• Favorite Electronica Artists
  

Have you tried Hoopla?

Champaign cardholders get free access to download or stream movies, TV shows & music albums using Hoopla. Here are some suggestions:

Watch

• Just Added to Hoopla
  
• Book to Film
  
• Health and Fitness
  
• Based on a True Story
  
• Oscar Winners and Nominees
  
• Musicals
  
• PBS
  
• Shakespeare Collection
  
• Travel
  

Listen

• 2018 Country Music Award Nominees
  
• 2018 American Music Award Winners
  
• Fitness and Workout Music
  
• 2019 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Nominees
  
• Broadway Musicals
  
• Emerging Artists
  
• Music From Movies and TV
  

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