Go for the Gold: Books to Read During the Olympics

 You don’t have to wait two years for more Olympics action with one of these memoirs, biographies, or novels. Click on the book’s cover or title to find it in our catalog.
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Don’t Tell Me You’re Afraid by Giuseppe Catozzella, translated by Anne Milano Appel (track and field)
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Running for My Life by Lopez Lomong with  Mark Tabb (track and field)
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The Boys in the Boat by Daniel James Brown (rowing)
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Sarah and the Big Wave: The True Story of the First Woman to Surf Mavericks by Bonnie Tsui and illustrated by Sophie Diao (surfing)
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For the Glory by Duncan Hamilton (track and field)
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Grace, Gold, & Glory: My Leap of Faith by Gabrielle Douglas with Michelle Burford (gymnastics)
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Tumbling by Caela Carter (gymnastics)
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The Boys of Winter: The Untold Story of a Coach, a Dream, and the 1980 U.S. Olympic Hockey Team by Wayne Coffey (hockey)
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The Flip Side by Shawn Johnson with Amy Sonnichsen (gymnastics)
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Just Don’t Fall: How I Grew Up, Conquered Illness, and Made it Down the Mountain by Josh Sundquist (skiing)
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Speed Kings: The 1932 Winter Olympics and the Fastest Men in the World by Andy Bull (bobsledding)
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Curious George and the Summer Games by Margaret & H.A. Rey
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Fast Girls: A Novel of the 1936 Women’s Olympic Team by Elise Hooper
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Fence: Volume One by C.S. Pacat, Johanna the Mad, and Joana Lafuente (fencing)
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Flying High: The Story of Gymnastics Champion Simone Biles by Michelle Meadows with illustrations by Ebony Glenn (gymnastics)

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Reading Challenge: A book about fresh starts and new beginnings

Have you started any of our three reading challenges for 2021?
If you’re participating in the category-based reading challenge, either by using the tracking sheet or on Beanstack, we can help you find books in each of the categories. Today we’re featuring books about fresh starts and new beginnings.
These aren’t the only books we have available in this category but are ideas that can help you spark inspiration, help clarify the category, and (hopefully) make your decision easier.
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The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin
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The Lager Queen of Minnesota by J. Ryan Stradal
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The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah
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Evvie Drake Starts Over by Linda Holmes
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Natalie Tan’s Book of Luck & Fortune by Roselle Lim
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Party of Two by Jasmine Guillory
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The Switch by Beth O’Leary
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I Wish You All the Best by Mason Deaver
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Circe by Madeline Miller
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Persuasion by Jane Austen
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Britt-Marie Was Here by Fredrik Backman
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Sailing Lessons by Hannah McKinnon
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Dear Edward by Ann Napolitano
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The Bromance Book Club by Lyssa Kay Adams
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How to Walk Away by Katherine Center
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Things You Save in a Fire by Katherine Center
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The Good House by Ann Leary
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Again, But Better by Christine Riccio
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Opposite of Always by Justin A. Reynolds
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Exit West by Mohsin Hamid
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If I Never Met You by Mhairi McFarlane
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Recursion by Blake Crouch
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The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared by Jonas Jonasson

 

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Books for Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month

May is Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month – a celebration of Asians and Pacific Islanders in the United States.

Asian/Pacific encompasses all of the Asian continent and the Pacific islands of Melanesia (New Guinea, New Caledonia, Vanuatu, Fiji and the Solomon Islands), Micronesia (Marianas, Guam, Wake Island, Palau, Marshall Islands, Kiribati, Nauru and the Federated States of Micronesia) and Polynesia (New Zealand, Hawaiian Islands, Rotuma, Midway Islands, Samoa, American Samoa, Tonga, Tuvalu, Cook Islands, French Polynesia and Easter Island).

Below are a few books in our collection that highlight AAPI voices. More can be found here.

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A Burning by Megha Majumdar

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Anna K by Jenny Lee

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Displacement #1 by Kiku Hughes

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Miracle Creek by Angie Kim

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Parachutes by Kelly Yang

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Passage West by Rishi Reddi

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The Bride Test by Helen Hoang

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The Downstairs Girl by Stacey Lee

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The Leavers by Lisa Ko

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The Windfall by Diksha Basu

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This Time Will be Different by Misa Sugiura

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We are Not Free by Traci Chee

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The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen

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We Could Be Heroes by Mike Chen

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