
Book Club Books at the Biggest Public Libraries
This month I thought I’d see what the nation’s largest library was reading at their book club. Having obtained library size information, ALA classifies the “big” library classification in several different ways. There are classifications based on distribution, holdings, or library visits. I decided to look at the population size and collection expenditures. I think this statistic has an additional bonus to let you know a little more about the community that surrounds the library.
Below is what I read in one of the three largest libraries in the United States and one of the book clubs of the month. Included in the book you Books from 2024, Mystery with Cases for a 20-Year-Old, Meditation of Relationship Dynamics and Granular Identity.
Maricopa County Library District (AZ) – Population: 4,367,835
James by Percival EverettThe author of Erasure has a talk about it The adventures of Huckleberry Finn, But from a gym perspective. Jim is an enslaved man and knows he’s about to be sold to a white man in New Orleans, so he hides until he can think of something to keep him from leaving his family. He then meets Huck Finn, who escapes his own problems, and the two embark on their familiar stories. This time, the complete humanity of the gym is on display. |
Los Angeles Public Library (CA) – Population: 4,040,079
![]() Emiko Jean’s Return of Ellie BlackTwenty years ago, detective Chelsea Clahoon’s younger sister disappeared. Her sister was never seen again, so Chelsea dedicated her life to finding other missing girls. People turn out to be terrible, and the Chelsea case rarely ends well, but a teenager (Elly Black) who has been missing for two years lives in the woods. However, the happy turns of the event become sour. When Chelsea realizes that Ellie is not trying to spill what happened, who took her, where she was, Chelsea needs to know all of them if they want another girl to not take her. |
New York Public Library (NY) – Population: 3,439,711
![]() Audition by Katie KitamuraHere, a skilled actress and a charming young man meet for lunch at a Manhattan restaurant. Who they are with each other is a question that Kitamura’s story unfolds except that it extends the question to all relationships. Seeing dynamics, or roles, along with the different people in our lives, shows that even those who we think know us best, are constantly auditioning. |
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