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NYT Notable Books 2025
Every year, the New York Times publishes its list of “100 Notable Books of the Year.”
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Booker Prize Shortlist 2025
Flesh by David Szalay is the 2025 Booker Prize Winner!
We Have Wonderbooks!
Wonderbook readalongs are now available at all of our branch locations!
OVERDUE! Hamden Reading Challenge 2025
Tired of reading the same old, same old? Join the OVERDUE Reading Challenge!
NYT Notable Books 2024
Take a look at some of the best fiction and nonfiction for 2024, selected by the staff of The New York Times Book Review.
Hamden Library Podcast: I Know What You Read This Summer!
"What have you been reading this summer and how did you feel about it?"
POPSUGAR Reading Challenge 2024
The 2024 POPSUGAR Reading Challenge is here! New Year, New Prompts!
NYT Notable Books 2023
Every year, the New York Times publishes its list of “100 Notable Books of the Year.” It contains 50 fiction and poetry titles and 50 nonfiction titles Take a look at some of the great books you may have missed…
National Book Lover’s Day! – August 9th
For readers and book lovers of the world, National Book Lover’s Day is a day for celebrating the joys, adventures, and excitement that books and reading bring! Recognized every year on August 9th, National Book Lover’s Day is an unofficial…
NYT Notable Books 2022
Every year, the New York Times publishes its list of “100 Notable Books of the Year.” Take a look at some of the great books you may have missed this past year! NYT Notable Books of 2022 – Fiction &…
Crime Time Corner #7 Winter Chills
A trip to the Alps- with friends, or family, or even the people you work with – sounds like fun, doesn’t it? Crisp mountain air and gorgeous views of snow-capped mountains. But…throw in a few murders, some disappearances, a blizzard,…
NYT Notable Books 2021
Every year, the New York Times publishes its list of “100 Notable Books of the Year.” Take a look at some of the great books you may have missed this past year!
New Haven Lawyer & Poet Named MacArthur Fellow
When Reginal Dwayne Betts, a New Haven poet, lawyer, and advocate answered a call from an unknown number he wasn’t expecting the news he got. The caller informed him he was chosen, along with 24 others, as a 2021 MacArthur…
Creepy Reads
Take a look at our new book display of Creepy Reads – Kinda Creepy and Seriously Creepy books for this Spooky Season! You can find the display on the Main level of the Miller Library.
Crime Time Corner #6: Academic Mysteries
When you think of the Ivy League, what comes to mind? Tradition, prestige, scholarship, old money? How about murder? Pamela Thomas-Graham wrote a three-book series in which the protagonist of all three books is Nikki Chase- a young, black Assistant…