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November 2019
Browse our Awards lists to discover some great titles. We have lists for all ages and for many genres, as well as major literary awards like the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize. Love mysteries? Look at the Agatha Award, the Anthony Award, or Edgar Award. Love cookbooks and food writing? The James Beard Award and the IACP Award are for you. Fans of science fiction, fantasy, horror, romance, travel writing and more will find lists as well. Happy reading!
Every April readers celebrate the best books created by talented locals at the Minnesota Book Awards ceremony. Categories include nonfiction focused on Minnesota topics, poetry, memoir and creative nonfiction, novels and short story collections, general nonfiction and genre fiction. Discover fresh titles, new authors and something new about the state we live in.
Access literary works and authors throughout history. This resource includes more than 130,000 full-text poems and 650,000+ poetry citations, as well as short stories, speeches, and plays. You can send content to Google Drive or OneDrive, print/email/download it, share it via social media or save it to a folder you create within the database. You can even translate content into different languages.
Satisfy your personal curiosity, expand your reading, research for your book club, or practice reading another language. All you need is your library card to log in.
Control when and how many books arrive for check out.
Log in to My HCL and use the "Pause hold" button for On Hold titles
The pause feature allows you to:
- Maintain your place in line
- Automatically or manually resume delivery
Please ask staff if you need help.
Get title recommendations in your email. Ask Us staff will send suggestions that may include authors, specific titles or online book lists. Let us know what type of title you want, and if you are looking for print, eBook or audiobook format. We’ll help you find your next great read.
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