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All locations will be closed May 25-27 for the Memorial Day holiday weekend, except the InfoZone, which will be open Saturday, May 25 and Monday, May 27 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. MENU [top] MENU [open] Browse Catalog Online Catalog Special Collections Book Club in a Bag Digital Indy Racial Equity …more Kids' Catalog Catálogo en Línea My Account Login Setup Pause Requests Email Newsletters Suggest for Purchase Interlibrary Loan Get a Library Card Renew a Card Online My First Library Card Apply for a Card Online How to Get a CardFAQ About About the Library NewsAnnouncements Sunday Hours, ClosingsService Interruptions Climate Improvement Process No Late Fines PoliciesPlans Strategic Plan Vendor Opportunities Work at the Library Our Leadership Meet our CEO Board Documents Board Meeting TimesCommittees Giving Book Donations Volunteering The Indianapolis Public Library Foundation Contact Us Site Search Site Search MENU [bottom] MENU [open] e-BooksStreaming All e-BooksStreaming Platforms e-BooksStreaming Help Read Audiobooks e-Comics e-Books e-Magazines Newspapers Stream MoviesTV Music Locations All LocationsMap Sunday Hours, ClosingsService Interruptions Central Library Center for Black LiteratureCulture Indianapolis Special Collections Room The Learning Curve Library Services Center Bookmobile and Outreach IndyPL Library Store A-F Beech Grove College Avenue Decatur Eagle East 38th Street East Washington Fort Ben Franklin Road G-M Garfield Park Glendale Haughville InfoZone Irvington Lawrence Martindale-Brightwood Michigan Road N-Z Nora Pike Southport Spades Park Warren Wayne West Indianapolis West Perry ProgramsEvents By Age BabiesToddlers Preschoolers School-Age Teens Adults Featured Computer Classes Music Performances Programs for Kids …more programs Online Calendar Services Reservations Book a Study Room EventMeeting Rentals Featured Career Services Immigrant Services Mobile Printing Public Health Partnerships …more services Ask-A-Librarian ResearchLearn Local History Indianapolis Special Collections Room Digital Indy Archives Encyclopedia of Indianapolis Learn Craft Tutorials Learn a Language LinkedIn Learning …more tutorials Research African Diaspora Databases Genealogy House History Legal Resources Obituaries PatentsTrademarks Blog NewsAnnouncements Featured What We’re Reading What We’re Reading Teens What We’re Reading Kids Blog Home Site My AccountBlog Home Browse Catalog Online Catalog Kids' Catalog Catálogo en Línea Special Collections Book Club in a Bag Kits Digital Indy Racial Equity …More Books, MoviesMusic My Account Login Setup Account Notices Pause Requests Suggest for Purchase Interlibrary Loan Email Newsletters Site Search Close[top] MENU [open] Browse Catalog Online Catalog Special Collections Book Club in a Bag Digital Indy Racial Equity …more Kids' Catalog Catálogo en Línea My Account Login Setup Pause Requests Email Newsletters Suggest for Purchase Interlibrary Loan Get a Library Card Renew a Card Online My First Library Card Apply for a Card Online How to Get a CardFAQ About About the Library NewsAnnouncements Sunday Hours, ClosingsService Interruptions Climate Improvement Process No Late Fines PoliciesPlans Strategic Plan Vendor Opportunities Work at the Library Our Leadership Meet our CEO Board Documents Board Meeting TimesCommittees Giving Book Donations Volunteering The Indianapolis Public Library Foundation Contact Us Site SearchBlog Home Browse Catalog Online Catalog Kids' Catalog Catálogo en Línea Special Collections Book Club in a Bag Kits Digital Indy Racial Equity …More Books, MoviesMusic My Account Login Setup Account Notices Pause Requests Suggest for Purchase Interlibrary Loan Email Newsletters Site Search Search Blog OR, Choose a Category Categories Select Category alerts Business Early Learning HealthWellness HistoryCulture Kids Reading Recommendations ResearchLearn Teens Blog homeCategories Reading Recommendations What We’re Reading – May Are you looking for your next great read? We can help! Visit us in person, explore reading recommendations online, join an in-person or online book discussion, get recommendations on Facebook, tune in to our televised book club segments, and more. Get started here! Sunday Nights on Facebook Join us on Sunday nights at 8:30pm on Facebook for Currently Reading. Enjoy this hour during which book enthusiasts share favorite books and offer suggestion about what to read next. Find out about the books that have everyone talking. Wednesday Mornings – Indy Now Book Club The Library helps host a ‘book club’ on the Indy Now Morning Show with Ryan and Jillian on Fox59. Tune in at 10 a.m. every other Wednesday. Catch book recommendations and IndyPL program highlights from your own local librarians. Re-watch segments you have missed and see book lists of the books mentioned in each segment. In-PersonOnline Book Discussions Do you love talking about books? Join one of our book discussions or book clubs available both in-person and online. Online Reading Recommendations NovelList and NovelList K-8 are online services that offer reading recommendations. Browse both fiction and nonfiction, read-alike suggestions, series information, reviews, and lists of recommended and award-winning books for adults, teens and kids. Learn how to start on this video tutorial . Also try Book Connections which includes a find the right book for you” feature. Would you prefer one-on-one help? Call or ask a Library staff member at any of our locations or call, text, or email ask-a- librarian. Make a selection from one of the book lists below created by our staff of avid readers. You can also follow our staff’s most recently published lists on the library catalog home page. Don’t miss our If You Like … suggestions that cover all the favorite genres like science fiction, graphic novels, romance, and more. Finally, don’t miss What We’re Reading Teens and What We’re Reading Kids . Asian American Romance Novels Celebrate Asian AmericanPacific Islander Heritage Month with some serious study … of swoony storylines! This list features Asian American and Asian Canadian writers and main characters – find a new favorite! View more… Listen with Liz – May 2024 I love nonfiction audiobooks. This is a totally random list of titles I listened to in April 2024. Titles are listed in alphabetical order. View more… Yom Hashoah – Holocaust Memorial Day The Holocaust was the largest manifestation of antisemitism in recent history. Yom Ha Shoah reminds us of the horrors that Jews and other persecuted groups faced: forced labor, starvation, humiliation, and torture, which often resulted in death. It was a systematic effort to wipe out an entire population from the face of the earth. Many area Jewish communities in May will commemorate Yom Ha Shoah with music, and the story of survivors. The Jewish Community library has a large collection of Fiction and Non-Fiction books about the Holocaust. The Library is part of the IndyPL Shared System. Our Library will send books to regular IndyPL cardholders if you request it and choose an IndyPL pick up location. We share items all year. We are also open for browsing most Tuesdays and Thursdays from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. View more… Celebrating Nurses (National Nurses Week: May 6th-May 12th) Nurses have a profound impact on their community. This booklist presents a short compilation of books about these courageous and dedicated individuals (both past and present). It also provides resources for those who find themselves inspired to follow in their footsteps....