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October 2026 Staff Picks

October 2026 Staff Picks

All Treats, No Tricks: October’s Best Librarian Reads Michelle: Breathing Under Water by Jaqueline Friedland I loved this book - the kind of love that keeps you turning the pages late at night because you can’t wait to find out how _____is going to get out of this mess. McKenna is a young nursing student and a D1 star athlete (can you guess what sport? Wait for it…). To cover her community service hours as part of her scholarship, she begins teaching swim lessons at the country club to a small...

September 2026 Staff Picks

September 2026 Staff Picks

Falling for Fresh Reads: September Staff Recommendations Michelle: Meet Me in the Garden by Nina LaCour Writer Nina LaCour (Yerba Buena) returns with her sophomore adult novel, Meet Me in the Garden. Odette is the youngest of three sisters in their Creole family. Her cousin Delphine might as well be her sister given how close they are—close enough to share tightly held secrets: one is in love with a woman, the other is in love with a white man. Neither romance is acceptable in 1940s New...

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August 2026 Staff Picks

Soak Up the Season: Late-Summer Reads Chosen by Your YPL Staff Michelle: One Long River of Song: Notes on Wonder by Brian Doyle A friend recommended this to me (I wish I could remember who!) and I have no idea how I have never heard of this man. I'm not a big reader of essays, but this book.......

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July 2026 Staff Picks

Welcome to our July Staff Picks, where the York Public Library team shares our favorite sun-soaked reads, perfect for long beach days at Short Sands or cozy summer afternoons on the porch. Michelle: Judy Blume: A Life by Mark Openheimer For the serious Judy Blume fans among us. Judy Blume is a...

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May 2026 Staff Picks

May the Books Be With You: Stellar Reads Chosen by Library StaffMichelle: Just Mercy: a Story of Justice and Redemption by Bryan Stevenson Part memoir, part social commentary on bias in the criminal justice system from the founder and Executive Director of the Equal Justice Initiative. Stevenson...

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April 2026 Staff Picks

Spring into your next great story with these hand-picked April favorites.Michelle: Midnight Flyboys by Bruce Hendersen Bruce Henderson's Midnight Flyboys: The American Bomber Crews and Allied Secret Agents Who Aided the French Resistance in World War II  "Operation Carpetbagger," tells the story...

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The Seed Library Returns April 15!

YPL's Seed Library will return April 15. Donate your extra seeds!  We are currently seeking flower, herb, vegetable, and fruit seeds from 2025-2026 for our Seed Library, which will offer gardeners of any skill level a chance to “check out” some free seeds to grow. Can you help our seed library...

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