January, 2019 Archive

The following sixteen books are set to release as motion pictures in 2019. Read the stories in print if you haven't already, before venturing to watch the movies in theaters. The list includes multiple classics, along with bestsellers and award-winners. You can click on the title to check a book's availability and place it on… [...]

This February, read books with family drama like The Care and Feeding of Ravenously Hungry Girls by Anissa Gray, The Last Romantics by Tara Conklin, or The Lost Man by Jane Harper. Each one of the three books revolves around a family, but the similarities end there. You will also find thrillers by James Grippando… [...]

Checkout the following teen books featured on Publishers Weekly’s Best Children's and YA Books 2018. The list includes multiple National Book Award finalists and this year's winner, The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo. Click on the title to see if a book is available at our library and to place a copy on hold. The Assassination of… [...]

Start off the new year with one of the following books releasing in January. You will find plenty of suspense and thrillers like An Anonymous Girl, The Burglar, The Dreamers, and Judgment. Also watch out for fantasy fiction from Seanan McGuire and S.A. Chakraborty. Click on the title to place a book on hold and be… [...]

The following picture books were featured on the Best of 2018 lists by the New York Times Book Review and Publisher's Weekly. Click on the cover to see if a book is available at our library or to place a copy on hold.   [...]

After an exhaustive list of releases in November, December is short on new books. Nonetheless, here are some of the popular titles to look forward to in December. Click on the title to place a book on hold and be notified when it is available for you to checkout. The Boy by Tami Hoag “When… [...]

Angie Thomas's The Hate U Give is in the spotlight again with the release of the motion picture adaptation on October 6th, starring Amandla Stenberg as Starr Carter. The award-winning book is about Starr as she witnesses the police shooting of her childhood friend, Khalil, a sixteen-year-old African American boy, and how this leads her to… [...]

Read books nominated for the National Book Awards before winners are announced on November 14th. The following list includes fiction and nonfiction books in our collection at the Villa Park Public Library. You can visit the National Book Foundation's website for a complete listing of books selected for the longlist and finalists for the 2018 awards.… [...]

November highlights include titles like Nine Perfect Strangers by Liane Moriarty, Hazards of Time Travel by Joyce Carol Oates, and Fox 8, a humorous short story by George Saunders. There will also be new books in popular series by Alexander McCall Smith and Louise Penny. Click on the title to place a book on hold and… [...]

Did you read any of the following books featured on this year's National Book Awards Longlist for Young People's Literature? If not, grab a copy from the library. Click on the title for item location and place a hold on the item if it is not available at the Villa Park Public Library. Winners will… [...]