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Armchair Adventure Awaits: A Book List

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“Let us step into the night and pursue that flighty temptress, adventure.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

Are you ready for action and adventure? The great thing about this genre is that it can fit pretty much any kind of story and subject. If you search our catalog using “action, adventure” as keywords, you get nearly 1,500 results. Adventure is found in all types of books, both fiction and nonfiction. It could be a Le Carré spy novel, a fantasy adventure like The Hobbit or a true-life exploration adventure like The Lost City of Z.

For those of you working on our Bookworm Challenge, this month’s Action & Adventure theme opens up a roller coaster ride of stories. You can take a dive and easily find something you like. [If you haven’t heard of our Bookworm Challenge, learn all about it here and sign up on Beanstack.]

Below, we’ve compiled a list of Action & Adventure books that you may want to read for the Bookworm Challenge, the Readin’ Rodeo or maybe just to experience living dangerously from your armchair.

“I am looking for someone to share in an adventure that I am arranging, and it’s very difficult to find anyone.’
I should think so — in these parts! We are plain quiet folk and have no use for adventures. Nasty disturbing uncomfortable things! Make you late for dinner!”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit

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Western Books (Bookworm Challenge Recs)

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Saddle up for a Readin’ Rodeo at the library this summer!

Since June kicks off our rodeo summer, and since it’s the June genre in our Bookworm Challenge, we are spotlighting western books in this post. Most books that we call westerns typically take place in the western part of the U.S. during the 19th and 20th century. [If you haven’t heard of our Bookworm Challenge, learn all about it here and sign up on Beanstack.]

June is the also the beginning of our Readin’ Rodeo Summer Challenge, which runs parallel to our year-long Bookworm Challenge. It’s easy and free to participate in both challenges. Best of all, since the challenges run parallel to each other, like train tracks into the Old West, what you read can count for both challenges.

While our Bookworm Challenge happens all year, our Readin’ Rodeo Summer Challenge is just for the summer, running from June 3 to July 28, 2024. Similar to the Bookworm Challenge, log minutes spent reading and complete activities to earn prizes! You can read more about it here and sign up for it on Beanstack as well.

Below, we list just a few of the many westerns you may want to read for the Bookworm Challenge, the Readin’ Rodeo or maybe just to get a taste of the Wild West.

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Mystery Books (Bookworm Challenge Recs)

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Come on gang, let’s split up and look for clues!

It may be no mystery to you what the mystery genre is all about. Mysteries are a beloved genre from childhood on, as they challenge the reader to combine clues and use inductive reasoning to solve questions. This month, we’re highlighting mystery books for our year-long Bookworm Challenge!

If you haven’t heard of our Bookworm Challenge, learn all about it here and sign up on Beanstack. It’s easy and free to participate; just log the time you spend reading and complete 3 out of 5 reading prompts for each genre badge. You can count one book for multiple reading prompts, and the prompts are open-ended enough that even if you really dislike mystery, you can still earn the badge.

This blog post features just a few of the many mystery books that you may choose to read for the Bookworm Challenge.

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Memoir/Biography Books (Bookworm Challenge Recs)

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It all started in my childhood when I picked up my very first book…

Memoirs are on our mind, as our year-long Bookworm Reading Challenge is dedicating March to memoir and biography! If you haven’t heard of our Bookworm Challenge, learn all about it here and sign up on Beanstack.

A memoir is a book written about the author’s own experience, and a biography is a book written about someone else’s life. Both of these are considered nonfiction and are very popular genres. To give you a little boost on your Memoir/Biography Badge, we’ve compiled a list of books that you can read for credit in the Bookworm Challenge!

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Haunted House Books for Middle Grade and Young Adult Readers

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Haunted houses: not for the feint of heart!

The haunted house trope is a favorite for many of us (thanks, Scooby Doo). It usually includes some sort of building, such as a house or hotel, which has strange and peculiar goings-on that the main character must contend against. With the recent Disney remake of The Haunted Mansion movie and October on our doorstep, we thought it would be fun to compile a list of fiction books featuring haunted houses for middle grade and young adult readers.

Proceed… if you dare!

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12 Short Story Collections

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If you enjoy reading fiction but are in the mood for bite size vignettes rather than an ongoing epic, consider checking out one of these short story collections!

Short story collections are books that contain multiple stories. Sometimes the stories are interconnected, and sometimes they are are all separate pieces. Whether you flip through and only read the stories that stand out to you, or you read it cover to cover, short story collections are a great option. Here are some suggestions:

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Middle Grade Books About Quirky Family Shenanigans

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Is there a fictional family that’s near to your heart? Does your child enjoy books featuring families and their hijinks? This list is for you!

This list contains middle grade books about what we call “quirky family shenanigans.” Some of these books are mystery, while others are realistic fiction or contain some fantastical element, and some are brand new releases while others are classics. All of these contain a family dynamic, and often, they are named after said family and take place in a familial abode.

We hope you enjoy!

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Even MORE Books with “Library” in the Title

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Last September for Library Card Sign-Up Month, we shared a list of Books with “Library” in the Title. In honor of National Library Week April 24-28 (or what we are celebrating as “National Library Month”), here’s a list of even MORE books with “library” in the title for all ages!

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Books with “Library” in the Title

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September is Library Card Sign-Up Month, so it’s only fitting that for this week’s book list, we share books in our collection with “library” in the title.

If you don’t have a library card, signing up for one is free! To sign up, you need to be an Ohio resident and have a photo ID with a current address on it. If your photo ID does not have a current address on it, also bring in a piece of mail you have received at your current address.

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5 New Adult Graphic Novels That Hit Our Shelves in July

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Take a look at these new adult graphic novels that hit our shelves in July!

This month, we also divided our adult graphic novels into young adult and adult. The young adult graphic novels will now be available in the Teen Room, and the adult graphic novels have moved upstairs to the left. If you haven’t been in since we moved these collections, make sure to take a look during your next visit.

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