Monthly Newsletter
August 2026
Books Are Just the Beginning!
At the Champaign County Library stories are waiting to unfold! Your library card not only gives you access to a variety of books but it can also connect you to the community. We have programs available each month that focus on literature and the love of reading. Pull up a chair and check out what we have coming up this month!
Tuesday Book Talk (Main Library), Tuesday, August 18th 7:00pm
Join us for a discussion of To Slip the Bonds of Earth by Amanda Flower. Amanda Flower is a USA Today bestselling, Agatha Award-winning mystery author from Ohio. This title won the Ohioana Library’s Reader's Choice Award. No registration is required for this program.
Silent Book Club (Main Library), Tuesday, August 25th 6:30pm
Need some time to unwind? Join us for uninterrupted reading time and a fun discussion of what people are reading. At the Silent Book Club we spend the first hour reading our current book anywhere in the library we'd like. Then for the last half hour, we gather to discuss with others what we're reading and what we'd recommend. Light refreshments are served. No registration is required for this program.
Let Your Creativity Shine!
Discover your creative side with our upcoming craft programs this month! Whether you are an experienced crafter or just starting out, there is something available for every skill level. Don’t miss out on all the DIY fun!
Fiber Arts Group (Main Library), Mondays & Fridays: 10:00am & Thursdays: 6:30pm
Any crafter or creator is welcome to bring their current project and work on it in a fun, supportive community. This is a self-driven program, but help is often available from those attending. No registration is required for this program.
Creative Corner (Main Library), Thursday, August 13th 6:30pm & Monday, August 17th 10:00am
Teens and adults are invited to drop by the meeting room and get creative in the Creative Corner. This is a place you can come and try different crafts each month. Available projects will include book lover crafts, small macrame projects, magnets, car charms, poke art, diamond art, etc. No registration is required for this program.
New Items in the Collection
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Animal Farm Becoming Elephant (PBS) Beyond Paradise: Series 4 Crime 101 Deep Water Drive Back Home Fuze Grantchester: Season 11 Hallmark 6-Movie Collection [2026 #3] I Swear Lee Cronin’s The Mummy Magellan The Mastermind Michael The Mortuary Assistant Murder is Easy NCIS: Tony & Ziva: Season 1 Night Patrol Normal Obsession Patience: Season 2 Queen of the Ring They Will Kill You |
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Adrift by Will Dean Alan Opts Out by Courtney Maum Brighter Than Before by Courtney Walsh Bromantasy by Maire Roche Canticle by Janet Rich Edwards A Catered PTA Murder by Isis Crawford The Children by Melissa Albert Choke Point by Brad Thor Conspiracy by Colleen Coble Contrapposto by Dave Eggers The Cormorant Hunt by Michael Idov Country People by Daniel Mason The Country Road Murders by James Patterson A Dark Path by Linda Castillo The Daughter Who Remains by Nnedi Okorafor Daughters of the Sun and Moon by Lisa See Dead Men Don’t Play Fetch by David Rosenfelt A Deadly Episode by Anthony Horowitz The Death of Us by Abigail Dean Death on the Lanai by Rachel Ekstrom Courage Down with the Shipmans by Meg Mitchell Moore Every Version of You by Natalie Messier Everything is Beautiful and Nothing Hurt by Ben Reeves Extra-Curricular by Rachel Lynn Solomon A Founding Mother by Stephanie Dray The Frenzy by Joyce Carol Oates The Girl in the Lake by Lauren Oliver The Half Life by Rachel Beanland Harvest Season by Brynne Weaver Have a Great Summer by Francesca Cocchi Helpless by Jessica Knoll Hope You Find What You’re Looking For by Bsrat Mezghebe The Housewife by Natalie Barelli How to Commit a Postcolonial Murder by Nina McConigley It Could Have Been Her by Lisa Jewell Keep Them Close by David Ellis Land by Maggie O’Farrell Last Seen by J.T. Ellison Leave and Come Back by Lavanya Lakshmi The Library of Flowers by L.C. Chu A Life So True by Tracie Peterson Love on the Shelf by Sheila Roberts Man Overboard! By Kathleen Rooney The Marigold Cottages Murder Collective by Jo Nichols Meet Me at the Seaside Cottages by Jenny Colgan The Method by Matthew Quirk Murder in Purple and Gold by Lindsey Davis One of Us by Elizabeth Day A Pair of Aces by Marie Benedict Phoebe Berman’s Gonna Lose It by Brooke Averick Pollock’s Last Lover by Stephen P. Kiernan Pretty Dead Things by Kelsey Cox The Queen’s Coronation by Jennifer Ryan Queenswood by Kathleen Schwab The Rainy Day Bookshop by RaeAnne Thayne Ransom by Daniel Silva Return of the Maltese Falcon by Max Allan Collins Rings of Fate by Melissa De La Cruz A River Red with Blood by John Connolly The Romance Revival by Christina Lauren Scandal of the Summer by Alexandra Vasti The Shampoo Effect by Jenny Jackson The Sins of the Summer Daughters by Lo Patrick The Someday Garden by Ashley Poston Someone Else’s Husband by Kimberly McCreight Spies, Lies, & Alibis by Natalie Walters The Stargazer of Nantucket by Julie Gerstenblatt Storm Tide by Paul Doiron The Summer We Sailed Away by Hope Holloway Summerland Cove by Ellen Baker Teach the Torches to Burn by Christina Dodd This Changes Everything by Lisa Scottoline This Inevitable Ruin by Matt Dinniman Three Hitmen and a Baby by Rob Hart The Unicorn Hunters by Katherine Arden Until Midnight by Luanne Rice Villa Coco by Andrew Sean Greer Wait and See by Iris Johansen The Wedding Week by Aisha Saeed Weddings by Danielle Steel When You Loved Me by Beatriz Williams Whisper Creek by Allison Brennan |
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The Art of Pacing by Elizabeth Svoboda Blooms Every Day by Amy McCord Cake Picnic by Elisa Sunga Communion by J.D. Vance (Biography) Eat Like a Sardinian by Francesco Mattana The Fifth Star by Jamie C. Capuzza 50 States: The Ultimate Travel List Fix-It and Forget-It Protein Packed Meals by Hope Comerford Hello, Home Cooking by Ham El-Waylly The Hero Next Door by Martha Raddatz I Eat the Stars by Sarah Wilson An Inconvenient Widow by Lois Romano (Biography) Independence for Life by Will Harlow Irish: History & Culture Through Language by Laura Pakenham The Kennedys & The Windsors by Caroline Hallemann London Falling by Patrick Radden Keefe Lost in Ohio by Mike Sonnenberg A Murder in Hollywood by Casey Sherman The New American Diner Cookbook by Julissa Hernandez Roberts No Dumb Questions by Jason Kelce No Lost Causes Club by Lauren McQuistin Our Declaration by Danielle Allen The Power of Positive Habits by Jon Gordon Plant This, Not That by Elise Howard Printing From the Garden by Alison Kelly Regime Change by Maggie Haberman 10-Minute Chair Yoga Exercises for Seniors by April Hattori This is Me by Hayden Panettiere (Biography) Weightless by Rocio Salas-Whalen You Can Be Pitiful or Powerful, But You Can’t Be Both by Shannon Park |
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Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty Communion by J.D. Vance (Biography) The Gunfighters by Bryan Burrough JFK: Public, Private, Secret by J. Randy Taraborrelli (Biography) The Invisible Woman by James Patterson The King’s Ransom by Janet Evanovich The Mountains We Call Home by Kim Michele Richardson The Paris Express by Emma Donoghue Theo of Golden by Allen Levi Trust No One by James Rollins The Widow by John Grisham Woman Down by Colleen Hoover |
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Between the Lines
Adults, remember to turn in entries for your own reading club - Let Freedom Read! Read five books, turn in an entry and you could win a $100 Kroger Gift Card. Entries will be accepted through December 19th.
Fair Banners - if you are planning on making banners for the Champaign County Fair in the Imagine Lab, make sure to schedule your appointment early. If you have questions, stop by the lab or send an email to imagine@champaigncountylibrary.org.
Note: Availability of materials in the lab for the large format printer has changed. Be sure to stop in to see what is available or visit the Imagine Lab's Page for more information.
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