November 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!

Turkey, Trouble, & Twists

12 Thanksgiving stories with unexpected ingredients.

  • Raspberry Danish Murder - Give Thanks. Get Suspicious.

  • Get Lucky - Home for the Holidays. Bad Idea.

  • Peanut Butter Panic - Family. Food. Fatalities. 

  • Season of Love - All the Trimmings. None of the Peace.

  • An American Marriage - Thanksgiving is Served - with a Side of Trouble

  • The Most Fun We Ever Had - Stuffing, Secrets, & Suspense.

  • A Good Dog's Guide to Murder - Come for Turkey. Stay for the Murder.

  • Finding Perfect - Eat. Drink. Regret Inviting the Family.

  • Murder of a Botoxed Blonde - Thanksgiving: It's All Fun & Games Until Someone Dies.

  • Man Overboard - Gather. Feast. Survive.

  • The Martian - A Little Gratitude. A Lot of Attitude.

  • Such a Fun Age - There's Something Rotten at the Dinner Table.

Fiction Based on a True Story

Find inspiration from fiction based on a true story.

  • The girls : a novel

  • The Christie Affair

  • Beautiful exiles

  • White houses : a novel

  • See what I have done

  • Let's Call Her Barbie

  • The Nickel boys : a novel

  • The revenant : a novel of revenge

  • The Accidental Empress

  • Circling the Sun

  • Hamnet

  • The things they carried : a work of fiction