July 2026
Monthly Themed Reading Lists for Adults
Themed lists curated by your local librarians. Discover and rediscover books in the local collection based on monthly reading themes!
July 2026 Read, White, & Blue BINGO!
Books for our Summer Library Program 2026 BINGO! Challenge
Click on the book images below to learn more about each book and even reserve a copy with your Perry Public Library Card!
You can join the Adult Library Summer BINGO! Challenge for 2026 to read a variety of themes for America's 250th birthday and to complete activities. Pick up a BINGO! card at the library and complete BINGO!s to earn entries into our monthly drawings. This month, we're featuring books for each theme to help you complete your BINGO! card.
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American Immigrant Story: This Land is Our Land: An Immigrant's Manifesto
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American Immigrant Story: Homeland Elegies
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Visit a New State in a Book (Idaho): Cloud Cuckoo Land
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Visit a New State in a Book (Kentucky): Horse
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Adapted into Movie/TV: Sharp Objects
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Adapted into Movie/TV: No Country for Old Men
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US Pop Culture: The Love Hypothesis
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US Pop Culture: Daisy Jones & the Six
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Historical Novel: Before We Were Yours
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Historical Novel: The Good Lord Bird
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Freedom, Justice, Or Civil Rights: The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America’s Great Migration
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Freedom, Justice, or Civil Rights: American Prison : A Reporter's Undercover Journey Into The Business Of Punishment
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American Cuisine: Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life
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American Cuisine: Dinner with the President: Food, Politics, a History of Breaking Bread at the White House
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Community or Family: How to Age Disgracefully
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Community or Family: The Last Chance Library
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Banned or Challenged: A Court of Thorns and Roses
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Banned or Challenged: 1984
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Famous Americans: Alexander Hamilton
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Famous Americans: Betsy Ross and the Making of America
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American Crime: Killing the Mob: The Fight Against Organized Crime in America
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American Crime: The Queen: The Forgotten Life Behind an American Myth
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Social Change: Take My Hand
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Social Change: Go Set a Watchman