Looking for Something to Read? EBooks are your answer!

Have you run out of print books to read? Don’t worry, you can access hundreds of thousands of eBooks through the Library’s subscriptions to Ebook Central and Ebook Collection.

Download eBooks to your desktop, laptop, or tablet for free. Choose from memoirs, poetry, true crime, graphic novels, and more!

Wait . . . graphic novels? That’s right! Graphic Novels are one of the Library’s most popular collections. And they’re not just about superheroes; graphic novels also explore social issues such as immigration, mental health, sexual assault, and race.

Want to try one out? Many titles can be accessed remotely including The Best We Could Do, a national bestseller about a family’s journey from Vietnam to the United States and their experience adjusting to life in a new country.

Prefer true crime? Rick Geary is a well-known graphic author who wrote several books including:

• The Lindbergh Child
• The Lives of Sacco & Vanzetti
• The Beast of Chicago
• Jack the Ripper
• The Fatal Bullet: The Assassination of President James A. Garfield
• The Borden Tragedy

If you’ve never read a graphic novel before, now is the perfect time! You may find that you enjoy the visual nature of this medium and that the stories are even more meaningful when presented in this form.

Here are some other suggested titles:

• Taking Turns: Stories From HIV/AIDS Care Unit 371
• Kindred: A Graphic Adaptation
• Billie Holiday
• Diary of a Tokyo Teen: A Japanese-American Girl Travels to the Land of Trendy Fashion, High-Tech Toilets and Maid Cafes
• Take It as a Compliment
• Darkroom: A Memoir in Black and White
• Abelard
• My Degeneration: A Journey Through Parkinson’s
• Ghetto Brother: Warrior to Peacemaker
• The Cartoon Introduction to Climate Change
• Networked: Carabella on the Run
• Philosophy: A Discovery in Comics