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Nightstand Reads with author Sara Donati

Where the Light Enters is the latest from Sara Donati, a bestselling author known for her riveting and well-researched historical novels. We asked her to share her own...

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Special Collections Video

Librarians from our Special Collections department discuss the importance of offering access to original historic materials in our Seattle Room.

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Stream up to five films per month for free with your Library card.

Staff Picks

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Historical Fiction

The Confessions of Frannie Langton: A Novel

Collins, Sara
Washington Black

Edugyan, Esi
Gods of Jade and Shadow

Moreno-Garcia, Silvia
The Stationery Shop

Kamali, Marjan
Delayed Rays of A Star: A Novel

Lee, Amanda Koe
The Burning Chambers

Mosse, Kate
The Bird King

Wilson, G. Willow

The Library: Real and Imagined

America's Greatest Library: An Illustrated History of the Library of Congress

Cole, John Young
The Artist's Library: A Field Guide, From the Library as Incubator Project

Damon-Moore, Laura C.
The Bad-ass Librarians of Timbuktu: And Their Race to Save the World's Most Precious Manuscripts

Hammer, Joshua
Bibliocraft: A Modern Crafter's Guide to Using Library Resources to Jumpstart Creative Projects

Pigza, Jessica
The Desegregation of Public Libraries in the Jim Crow South: Civil Rights and Local Activism

Wiegand, Wayne A.
Ex Libris: Stories of Librarians, Libraries & Lore
Ink and Bone: The Great Library

Caine, Rachel

Teens: Hispanic Heritage Month

The Poet X

Acevedo, Elizabeth
The Closest I've Come

Aceves, Fred
Labyrinth Lost

Córdova, Zoraida
Yaqui Delgado Wants to Kick your Ass

Medina, Meg
Barely Missing Everything

Méndez, Matt
Don't Date Rosa Santos

Moreno, Nina
Shadowshaper

Older, Daniel José

Hispanic Heritage Month: OwnVoices Picture Books for Kids

Carmela Full of Wishes

de la Peña, Matt
Planting Stories: The Life of Librarian and Storyteller Pura Belpré

Denise, Anika
Where Are You From?

Méndez, Yamile Saied
Dreamers

Morales, Yuyi
My Papi Has A Motorcycle

Quintero, Isabel
¡Vamos! Let's Go to the Market

Raúl the Third
Turning Pages: My Life Story

Sotomayor, Sonia

Humor for Teens

Bad Machinery: [7], The Case of the Forked Road

Allison, John
The Haters

Andrews, Jesse
Fuzzy

Angleberger, Tom
Dan Versus Nature

Calame, Don
Macbeth #killingit

Carbone, Courtney
The Go-between

Chambers, Veronica
Brooding YA Hero: Becoming A Main Character (almost) as Awesome as Me

DiRisio, Carrie