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September 2025 Staff Picks

September 2025 Staff Picks

Curated just for you: Check out the latest hand-picked books by our library staff Michelle: North by Daniel Mason WOW. Just…WOW. The premise is unique and unusual one: it’s a novel about a little cabin in the vast woods of western MA and the people who come to live there through the centuries. From the inside flap: “…North Woods shows the myriad, magical ways in which we’re connected to our environment, to history, and to one another. It is not just an unforgettable novel about secrets and...

Statement from the YPL Board of Trustees

Statement from the YPL Board of Trustees

Recently, some members of the community voiced their opposition to the use of colorful flags in the YPL Teen Room intended to show support for the LGBTQIA+ community and other groups. The opposition was the subject of two recent articles in the local publication, The York Weekly. York Public Library's Board has prepared this statement in response to the controversy.September 25, 2025 The York Public Library Board of Trustees affirms our full support for our Executive Director, Michelle...

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February 2025 Staff Picks

Fall in love with reading this February with our staff picks!Michelle: The History of Sound by Ben Shattuck I'm not usually a big reader of short stories but I simply loved this collection. From the publisher: "A collection of interconnected stories, set mostly in New England, exploring how the...

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January 2025 Staff Picks

Kick off your reading goals with some inspiration!  See what books our staff loved in January.Michelle: Wordhunter by Stella Sands WORDHUNTER by Stella Sands: "an utterly original and compulsively readable detective story about a woman who uses her uncanny ability to analyze words and speech...

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December 2024 Staff Picks

Unwrap a Good Book: Our Staff's December Reading RecommendationsMichelle: How to Read a Book by Monica Woods A lovely gem of a book. Wood's novel focuses on three characters whose stories are told in alternating chapters. Harriet is a retired English teacher who leads a book club at a women's...

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November 2024 Staff Picks

Enjoy one of our favorite recent reads with the beautiful fall weather. Michelle: The Happy Life of Isadora Bentley by Courtney Walsh Researcher Isadora Bentley is a loner. And desperately unhappy. She stumbles on an article entitled "Thirty-one Ways to be Happy" and decides to do a little...

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October 2024 Staff Picks

Enjoy one of our favorite recent reads with the beautiful fall weather. Michelle: None of This Is True by Lisa Jewell Alix is out celebrating her 45th birthday and bumps into Josie, a stranger whose birthday is the same day: "birthday twins." To Alix's surprise, they bump into each other a few...

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Election and Voting Resources

Election Day is Tuesday, November 5, 2024! We have compiled some local, state, and federal resources as you make your voting plan.  Learn about voting in Maine, find your polling location, register to vote, request an absentee ballot, study the candidates and more with the links provided below.  ...

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