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Clear Your Shelves for a Great Cause: Donate to the ICPL Friends Foundation Book Sale!
by Katie — May 7, 2025
The Iowa City Public Library Friends Foundation is gearing up for one of our biggest events of the summer—our annual Sidewalk Sale Book Sale, held during the Downtown Iowa City Sidewalk Sales on Saturday, July 19, from 10am to 3pm and Sunday, July...
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by Amanda — December 27, 2017
ICPL BEST SCIENCE-FICTION/FANTASY BOOKS OF 2017 Science-fiction and Fantasy are both subgenres of Speculative Fiction, but they’re pretty...
by Amanda — December 26, 2017
ICPL BEST MYSTERY BOOKS OF 2017 What do you call a cow murder mystery? A moo-done-it! Okay, so that’s pretty bad, but these books are...
by Meredith — December 25, 2017
"When you read a book as a child, it becomes a part of your identity in a way that no other reading in your whole life does." -- Kathleen...
by Kara — December 24, 2017
I enjoy reading Historical Fiction and recently have come to appreciate the sub-genre "Biographical Fiction." According to Wikipedia, "...
by Amanda — December 24, 2017
ICPL BEST YOUNG ADULT FICTION BOOKS OF 2017 A lot of critics think that the Harry Potter series revitalized the Young Adult genre in 1997...
by Meredith — December 23, 2017
The Iowa City Public Library is pleased to present our favorite reads of 2017. Employees were asked to submit the titles they read and...
by Casey — December 22, 2017
Maya Lin: Artist-Architect of Light and Lines is one of the most successful picture book biographies that I have seen to date. Not only...
by Melody — December 22, 2017
Love to travel? Don't forget to download your favorite RBdigital magazines before you hit the road! We’re pleased to announce the winner of...
by Susan — December 21, 2017
If you missed out on the Library's Winter edition of the The Window you may not know how important gifts are to support the Library. Gifts...
by Bond — December 20, 2017
Join Terri for some great suggestions of materials to enjoy around the holidays, including some that you may not have considered. https://...