Called a "mix of Hitchcockian suspense, Agatha Christie plotting, and Greek tragedy," The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides is our pick for the October Book of the Month.
October 2023 Puzzle: Celebrity Heroes
This month's crossword features famous people who've done action-hero type things in real life. If you're worried about missing out on the action taking place at the library, sign up for library news by email!
2023 Pura Belpre Awards
Hispanic Heritage Month is September 15-October 15, which makes this an especially great time to check out this year's Pura Belpré Award and Honor books. The Pura Belpré Award, "established in 1996, is presented annually to a Latino/Latina writer and illustrator whose work best portrays, affirms, and celebrates the Latino cultural experience in an outstanding work of literature for children and youth."
Bi Visibility Day
September 23rd is Bi Visibility Day, a day to celebrate bisexual and biromantic people. Here are 15 recent novels with bi characters. You might also enjoy this previous list of YA novels with bi characters.
Memoirs for Hispanic Heritage Month
Hispanic Heritage Month runs from September 15-October 15. This month is specifically designated to celebrate the histories, cultures and contributions of American citizens whose ancestors came from Spain, Mexico, the Caribbean and Central and South America. In honor of Hispanic Heritage Month, here are some great memoirs written by authors with Hispanic heritage.
September 2023 Mid-Month Sudoku
This puzzle becomes available in September, the month in which International Talk Like a Pirate Day has been observed every year since 2002. Did you know Mango Languages has a six-lesson course on how to talk like a pirate? (Mango can help you learn over 70 other languages, so why not?) Anyway, to commemorate the occasion, we leave you with this joke to tell a friend:
Library Books
OK, yes, all of our books are library books. But these library books are also set in libraries! September is National Library Card Sign-Up Month, so what better time to visit the real library and use your library card to read about a fictional library?
It’s All Greek To Me
Fancy a trip to the Greek Isles? You could check out the Greek Festival on September 9-10 in Andover, and then follow it up with some armchair travel with these books set in Greece.
The Most Important Meal Of the Day
September is Better Breakfast Month! As students return to school, you might be scrambling for easy ways to feed everyone in the morning--or for more time-intensive recipes to savor on the weekends. Either way, we've got you covered with this tasty assortment of breakfast-focused cookbooks. And if you're looking for even more recipes, don't forget about MHL's new digital subscription to New York Times Cooking!
September 2023 Book of the Month
Called A Best Book of the Year by the New York Times and NPR, September's Book of the Month is The Rabbit Hutch by Tess Gunty. Winner of the National Book Award in 2022, it is a mesmerizing story that will stay with you long after you finish it.