Happy summer listeners! Join us for a shorter episode this week as we vacation into libraries that aren't our own, bring you another Library Pet Peeve, and end with some beach reads to keep you reading all summer long. Find a rock, dip your feet in the creek, and enjoy the sunshine as we go, Into the Library.

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Beach read recommendations include:

And Then There Were None, Agatha Christie

Mara, Daughter of the Nile, Eloise Jarvis McGraw

The Queen's Thief Series, Megan Whalen Turner

The Rom-Commers, Katherine Center

Saints of Steel Series, T. Kingfisher

Schooled, Gordon Korman

Happy Pride to all of our listeners! Join us this week as we go into the library with our very special friend, Reid! He joins us to discuss growing up queer in the library and shares some very funny and heartwarming stories. WARNING: as fun as this episode is, it is R-rated and contains material for a mature audience. We end with some queer book recommendations to celebrate the month!

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Book recommendations this episode include:

Gay the Pray Away, Natalie Naudus

Girl Next Door, Rachel Meredith

One Last Stop, Casey McQuiston

The Pairing, Casey McQuiston

The Rebel's Guide to Pride, Matthew Hubbard

Red, White & Royal Blue, Casey McQuiston

X-Men Comics, Chris Claremont

Join us this week as teen librarian, Ruth takes us Into the Library to talk all things teens! In this episode, we discuss teen librarianship, April teaches us another law of library science, our Library Pet Peeves segment makes it's return, and of course we cap it off with some book recommendations, teen edition!

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Teen book recommendations this episode include:

In the Key of Us, Mariama J. Lockington

Lunar Boy, Jess and Cin Wibowo

Superman Smashes the Klan, Gene Luen Yang

This Must Be the Place, Kelly Quindlen

Join us this week as we go Into the Library to discuss what really grinds our gears as librarians, we talk about job positions in the library, and we shine our library spotlight on a unique library in Portland, OR. All of this, and of course we cap it off with some book recommendations. See you inside!

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Book recommendations this episode include:

Beth is Dead, Katie Bernet

The Infinite Sadness of Small Appliances, Glenn Dixon

Just Do This One Thing for Me, Laura Zimmermann

We've got top secret information for you this week! Just kidding, in this episode we discuss how libraries stay organized through classification systems! We also answer an audio listener question, leading to a discussion about library collections and ethics. Of course, the episode ends with some more book recommendations to keep you reading all spring long!

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Book recommendations this week include:

House of Hollow, Krystal Sutherland

Mr. Wolf's Class, Aron Nels Steinke

The Name Game, Beth O'Leary

Super Nintendo, Keza MacDonald

Swept Away, Beth O'Leary

Join us as we go Into the Library to answer the question, what makes a public library, a public library? We also talk about signs you may see around the library and which ones go unnoticed. All of this and of course we end the episode constructing a delicious book recommendation sandwich. Enjoy!

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Book recommendations this episode include:

Funny Story, Emily Henry

The Library Book, Susan Orlean

Mister Hockey, Lia Riley

Join us this week as we discuss well-being in the library. We talk burnout, how to prevent and deal with it in a library workplace, and we discuss ways to protect mental health for both librarians and patrons alike. All of this and of course, book recommendations!

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Book recommendations this episode include:

All the Blues in the Sky, Renee Watson

The Austen Affair: A Novel, Madeline Bell

Everyone in This Room Will Someday Be Dead: A Novel, Emily Austen

We're back and healthier than ever, ready to deliver the library podcast content you crave! Thanks for bearing with us this winter as illness hit our team pretty hard. In this episode we discuss ways the library can help you when you are sick, we answer some of your listener questions, and of course provide some wonderful book recommendations to get you through your own time of sickness.

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Book recommendations this episode include:

Get a Life, Chloe Brown, Talia Hibbert

The House in the Cerulean Sea, T.J. Klune

Terry Pratchett Audiobooks

This Is How It Always Is: A Novel, Laurie Frankel

The Westing Game, Ellen Raskin

Join us this week as we go back Into the Library to answer your listener questions! Topics discussed include ghost writers, circulation numbers and more!

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As always, check out book recommendations from this episode, including one from our Dublin correspondent!

The Book of Delights, Ross Gay

Keep Moving, Dick Van Dyke

Kitchen, Banana Yoshimoto

Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist, Her Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed, Lori Gottlieb

The World In Flames: A Black Boyhood in a White Supremacist Doomsday Cult, Jerald Walker

We're so back! Thanks for bearing with us during our short summer hiatus. Join us as we return to talk all things audio! Everything from audiobooks, how to access them and which medium might work best for you, to a brief history on how we came to read with our ears. All this and more, as we head back Into the Library!

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Audiobook recommendations this episode include:

The Country of the Blind: A Memoir at the End of Sight, Andrew Leland

Daisy Jones and the Six, Taylor Jenkins Reid

The Martian, Andy Weir

A Series of Unfortunate Events, Lemony Snicket

The Vela, Yoon Ha Lee, Becky Chambers, Rivers Solomon, SL Huang

The Westing Game, Ellen Raskin