MHL will be closed on Thursday, June 19th in observance of Juneteenth. When the library is open, you can check out one of these nonfiction books about the history of Juneteenth, Reconstruction, and the enduring spirit of Black culture in America. And don't forget about Andover's Juneteenth celebration on Saturday, June 21st.
June 2025 Mid-Month Sudoku
Love Sudoku and other fun puzzles and games? Visit the library throughout the summer to help solve our large format community Sudoku puzzles, and have fun with other games like checkers, jenga and boggle available to play throughout the building!
LGBTQ+ Historical Fiction
Although the words people use to identify themselves have evolved over time, LGBTQ+ people have always existed. Here are some wonderful works of historical fiction featuring LGBTQ+ characters from throughout history.
Love is Love: LGBTQIA+ Romance
Happy Pride Month! Celebrate the good vibes with these new romance novels, featuring love across the LGBTQIA+ community.
June 2025 Puzzle: Basic Math
Bad news, everybody. Due to cuts in federal funding to libraries through the Institute of Museum and Library Services, a service that costs 87 cents per person, we are for sure losing access to 21 databases on July 1st, wait times for ebooks and digital audiobooks through Libby will likely increase, and services like the Commonwealth Catalog have been threatened.
June 2025 Book of the Month
Celebrate Pride Month with our June Book of the Month pick: The Great Believers by Rebecca Makkai—a powerful story of love, loss, and the impact of the AIDS crisis.
Books for fans of the Murderbot series
Martha Wells' popular Murderbot book series is now a TV series on Apple TV! If you haven't read these books about a disenchanted security robot who names itself "Murderbot" and its trials and travails protecting its hapless humans, you're in for a treat. If you have read them, you may be looking for some similar new titles. Whether you like the found family of the PresAux team, Murderbot's desire to watch media all day, or general discussions of artificial intelligence and corporate malfeasance, you are sure to find something you enjoy in the following books.
Mental Health Memoirs
May is Mental Health Awareness Month! Take care of yourself and check out these memoirs written about life with mental illness.
New Fiction for Asian American/Pacific Islander Heritage Month
May is Asian American/Pacific Islander Heritage Month, which makes it a great time to check out some new fiction by authors with AAPI heritage! There's a little something for everyone on this list--horror, romance, sci-fi, historical fiction, and more!
May 2025 Mid-Month Sudoku
Dear Sudoku fans: As you know, Sudoku is all about numbers 1 through 9. Did you know that almost all books published in the last 50 years have a 10- or 13-digit unique number assigned to them that is made up of digits 0 through 9? It’s called the International Standard Book Number, or ISBN. The numbers in an ISBN can reveal all kinds of information about the book—language, country where published, publisher, etc. But it’s the last digit, the check digit, that we think some of you puzzle solvers may find especially interesting