On the latest episode of the new title drop, Angela and Melanie discuss what they love about the Winter Olympics before getting into their book recs for February 2026.

Check out this month's titles and place holds here or by visiting omahalibrary.org/podcast. 

1. Skate It Till You Make It: A Novel by Rufaro Faith Mazarura
2. Bloodfire, Baby by Eirinie Carson
3. Crown City by Naomi Hirahara
4. Autobiography of Cotton: A Novel by Cristina Rivera Garza
5. Where the Wildflowers Grow: A Novel by Terah Shelton Harris
6. One Bad Mother: In Praise of Psycho Housewives, Stage Parents, Momfluencers, and Other Women We Love to Hate by Ej Dickson
7. Bad Asians by Lillian Li
8. The Blood Countess: Murder, Betrayal, and the Making of a Monster by Shelley Puhak
9. Kin: A Novel Tayari Jones

Check in with us on the first Tuesday of every month to hear about books we think you should be excited about.