January 2026 Saturday, January 3rd is the first day of the year-long Adult Reading Club - Let Freedom Read. In celebration of America 250, we will be encouraging you to read, explore the world around you and discover what the library has to offer. The 2026 Adult Reading Club is open to any Champaign County Library Card holder 18 years or older. Entries for the year-long reading club requires you to read 5 books and rate them 1 to 5 stars (5 being Wonderful, 1 being Would Not Recommend). Enter as many times as you wish. You can also enter by using our online reading tracker, Beanstack. One reader will win a $100 Kroger Gift Card! You could also win other prizes including gift cards worth $10-$50. The more you read, the more chances you have to win! The last day to turn in entries is December 19, 2026. Prizes are provided by the Friends of the Library. Quick Challenges - these are separate from the Adult Reading Club and are intended to inspire you to dive deeper in the history of our country, learn more about the library, and just have fun! Instructions for each challenge are listed on each entry. New challenges will be posted periodically. We will also be hosting programs throughout the year including a movie night in conjunction with Ohio Goes to the Movies! Watch for more information. Champaign County Library 1060 Scioto Street, Urbana, Ohio 43078 937-653-3811 HOURS: Monday - Thursday 9-8 Friday - Saturday 9-5 North Lewisburg Branch Library 161 Winder Street, North Lewisburg, OH 43060 937-747-3043 HOURS: Monday-Wednesday 4-8 Thursday & Saturday 10-2 Ty Henderson, Director Gloria Malone, Fiscal Officer champaigncountylibrary.org Database Spotlight US military records, including the stories, photos, and personal documents of the men and women who served
What's new at the library... DVDs Barbie Dreamhouse Adventures: Collector’s Set Becoming Thurgood Beyond Paradise: Season 3 The Conjuring 4: Last Rites Eden Gabby’s Dollhouse: The Movie The Gilded Age : Season Three Good Fortune The Great Escaper Hallmark Countdown to Christmas 6-Movie Collection [2025 #2] The Handmaid’s Tale: Season Six Harry Wild: Series 4 Heartland: Season Eighteen Killing Faith London Calling The Long Walk The Morning Show: Season One The Morning Show: Season Two The Naked Gun [2025] A Remarkable Place to Die: [Series One] The Roses Splitsville Together Tom and Jerry: The Golden Era Anthology Fiction Alchemised by SenLinYu All My Bones by P. J. Nelson At Morning’s Light by Lauraine Snelling Birdlane Island by V.C. Andrews The Bird Watcher by Jacquelyn Mitchard The Bone Thief by Vanessa Lillie The Bourne Escape by Brian Freeman Brigands & Breadknives by Travis Baldree Brimstone by Callie Hart C is for Courting by Shelley Shepard Gray The Cruel Dawn by Rachel Howzell Hall A Dark and Deadly Journey by Julia Kelly Dark Horse by Felix Francis Dark Humor by Matt Goldman The Dead Husband Cookbook by Danielle Valentine Dead Ringer by Chris Hauty Die Another Dane by Laurien Berenson Direct Action by W.E.B. Griffin Don’t Say a Word by Allison Brennan The Everlasting by Alix E. Harrow Everybody Wants to Rule the World by Ace Atkins Executive Power by Brian Andrews The Fallen & The Kiss of Dusk by Carissa Broadbent A Guardian and a Thief by Megha Majumdar The Grave Artist by Jeffery Deaver The Guest in Room 120 by Sara Ackerman The Gun Man Jackson Swagger by Stephen Hunter Havoc by Christopher Bollen The Heir Apparent by Rebecca Armitage A Hidden Hope by Suzanne Woods Fisher Hole in the Sky by Daniel H. Wilson The Irish Goodbye by Heather Aimee O’Neill Just Another Dead Author by Katarina Bivald King Sorrow by Joe Hill Land of Dreams by Lauraine Snelling The Land of Sweet Forever by Harper Lee The Last Days of Marilyn Monroe by James Patterson The Last Wish of Bristol Keats by Mary E. Pearson The Letter Carrier by Francesca Giannone Life Hacks for a Little Alien by Alice Franklin The Living and the Dead by Christoffer Carlsson The Locked Ward by Sarah Pekkanen Lucky Day by Chuck Tingle The Mad Wife by Meagan Church Major Bricket and the Circus Corpse by Simon Brett The Medusa Protocol by Rob Hart Mockingbird Court by Juneau Black A Moment to Love by Tracie Peterson The Murder Show by Matt Goldman No Small Thing by Harold Coyle North Country by Matt Bondurant NYPD Red 8: The 11:59 Bomber by Marshall Karp Only Way Out by Tod Goldberg The Orchard by Peter Heller Our Last Vineyard Summer by Brooke Lea Foster A Perilous Plot by Lorna Barrett Please Don’t Lie by Christina Baker Kline Quantum Tempest by Mike Maden The Quiet Mother by Arnaldur Indridason Red City by Marie Lu
Robert B. Parker’s Showdown by Mike Lupica The Savage, Noble Death of Babs Dionne by Ron Currie The Second Son by Simon Gervais The Silver Hills Boarding House by Linda Lael Miller Sharpe’s Storm by Bernard Cornwell Some Bright Nowhere by Ann Packer Songs for Other People’s Weddings by David Levithan Spasm by Robin Cook Spread Me by Sarah Gailey Stuart Woods’ Blown Away by Brett Battles The Tattered Cover by Ellery Adams Terror on the Train by Jeanne M. Dams Three Shattered Souls by Mai Corland Turns of Fate by Anne Bishop The Untold Story by Genevieve Cogman Violet Thistlewaite is Not a Villian Anymore by Emily Krempholtz The Wasp Trap by Mark Edwards White Wolf by Eric Van Lustbader Wild Reverence by Rebecca Ross The Witch’s Orchard by Archer Sullivan Non-fiction The American Revolution by Geoffrey C. Ward Amish Baking at Home by Naomi Stutzman Gingerich The Best of America’s Test Kitchen 2026 Book of Lives by Margaret Atwood Cancer is Complicated and Other Unexpected Lessons I’ve Learned by Clea Shearer The Carb Reset by Harley Pasternak Carole King: She Made the Earth Move by Jane Eisner (Biography) Cook’s Illustrated 2025 Crimebits by Lee Child A Decent Life by Todd May Disrupt Everything and Win by James Patterson Finding My Way by Malala Yousafzai Fix-It and Forget-It: Heathier Comfort Foods by Hope Comerford Free Ride by Noraly Schoenmaker Guided by Laura Lynne Jackson Heartbeats by Bjorn Borg (Biography) How to Build Your Very Own Little Free Library by Philip Schmidt JFK: Public, Private, Secret by J. Randy Taraborrelli (Biography) Keep Your Fork, There’s Pie by Tara Royer Steele Last Rites by Ozzy Osbourne (Biography) A Man’s Guide to Healthy Aging by Edward H. Thompson Jr. Marilyn Monroe by Donald Spoto (Biography) Medical Medium Life-Changing Foods by Anthony William Midnight on the Potomac by Scott Ellsworth My Mother’s Money by Beth Pinsker The Parkinson’s Plan by Ray Dorsey Parm to Table by Christian Petroni Read Your Mind by Oz Pearlman Red Scare by Clay Risen Running Deep by Tom Clavin The Savvy Woman’s Guide to Menopause by Julia Schlam Edelman Seven Rivers by Vanessa Taylor Simply More by Cynthia Erivo (Biography) Sitting with Dogs by Rocky Kanaka Star of the Show by Dolly Parton (Biography) Surviving an Unwanted Divorce by Lysa Terkeurst Taste of Home Annual Recipes 2026 That’s a Great Question, I’d Love to Tell You by Elyse Myers (Biography) To Rescue the American Spirit by Bret Baier Undercover Kindness by Jimmy Darts Vagabond by Tim Curry (Biography) We Did Ok, Kid by Anthony Hopkins (Biography) We the People by Jill Lepore Winston and the Windors by Andrew Morton The Year of Living Constitutionally by A.J. Jacobs You Bet Your Stretch Marks by Abbie Halberstadt Large Print The Christmas House by Beverly Lewis The Color of Hope by Danielle Steel Designed with Love by Tracie Peterson Happy Wife by Meredith Lavender Here We Go by Eleanor Hamby The Impossible Fortune by Richard Osman Once Upon a Christmas Carol by Melody Carlson The Portrait by Danielle Steel Strong Ground by Brene Brown With a Vengeance by Riley Sager
Scan the QR code to access the Online Event Calendar for information on all library programs. UpcomingEvents To register for any of the programs or for more information, visit the library's Online Event Calendar. Saturday January 10th 2:00-4:00pm Make your own magpie journal using scraps, photos and more. Registration required. Main Library Magpie Journals Wednesday January 14th 11:00-1200 Thursday January 15th 3:00-4:00 Helpful Apps for the New Year Learn about helpful apps for the new year! Join Tech Trainer Maria in Study Room C for this FREE program. Main Library Tuesday January 13th 4:00-5:00pm Kids, read to a furry friend! Main Library Barks & Books champaigncountylibrary.org Teen Homeschool Hangout Hour Teens Only Hangout at the Library. Registration is required. Main Library Thursday January 8th 2:00-4:00pm Tuesday January 6th 6:00-8:00pm New Year Resolution Tree We will be personalizing wooden trees made with the Glowforge in the Imagine Lab and decorating them with our own personal goals for the new year. Registration required. Main Library Winter Storytimes Beginning Tuesday, January 27th Tuesday at the Main Library Baby/Toddler - 9:30 am Preschool - 10:30 am. North Lewisburg Branch Thursdays at 11:00 am Kids 5 years and younger Registration is required. Book Talk Join us for an in-person discussion of The Blue Hour by Paula Hawkins. Copies of the book are available to check out at the library or as an Ohio Digital Library ebook and eaudiobook and on hoopla ebook and eaudiobook. Tuesday January 20th 7:00-8:00pm Wednesday January 28th 2:00-3:00pm Thursday January 29th 2:00-3:00pm Mobile Device Basics Get to know your smartphone or tablet! Join Tech Trainer Maria in Study Room C for this FREE program. Homeschool Hour Join us for the first Homeschool Hour of 2026. This month we will be learning about snow, we will make a special Snowman craft and play a snowball game! Sign up each child in attendance, adults need not register. Wednesday January 21st 2:00-3:00pm Monday January 26th 6:00-7:00pm Lego Club Kids of all ages are welcome. Main Library. Monday January 19th 6:00-7:00pm Winter Family Storytime Kids of all ages are invited to join us for a Winter themed Family Storytime. We will be reading snowy stories, enjoy music and a make a fun art project! Please register each child in attendance, adults need not register. Mondays 10:00am12:00pm Thursdays 6:30-8:00pm Fiber Arts Group 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. Main Library.
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