North Liberty Library episodes:

• February 24, 2026Next Reads: "Persephone's Curse"

  Persephone’s Curse by Katrina Leno

  Read Alikes:

  The Everneath by Brodi Ashton

  House Saphir by Marissa Meyer

  Abandon by Meg Cabot

  ...more

  

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• February 17, 2026Next Reads: "Memory Spinner"

  Memory Spinner by C. M. Cornwell

  Read Alikes:

  The Ghost Collector by Allison Mills

  Keeper of the Lost Cities by Shannon Messenger

  The Edge of In Between by Lorelei Savaryn

  ...more

  

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• February 13, 2026Story Walk: "Big"

  Written and illustrated by Vashti Harrison

  ...more

  

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• February 10, 2026Next Reads: "You've Goth My Heart"

  You’ve Goth My Heart by L.C. Rosen.

  Read Alikes:

  Spell Bound by F.T. Lukens

  The Ghost and the Goth by Stacey Kade

  Felix Ever After by Kacen Callender

  ...more

  

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• February 03, 2026Next Reads: "Safe Harbor"

  Safe Harbor by Padma Venkatraman

  Read Alikes:

  The Secret Language of Birds by Lynne Kelly

  Red, White, and Whole by Rajani LaRocca

  Something Like Home by Andrea Beatriz Arango

  ...more

  

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• January 28, 2026Love, Light & Lit: The Black Superwoman

  Dr. Venise T. Berry

  https://veniseberry.com/

  North Liberty Library

  https://northlibertylibrary.org/

  ...more

  

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• January 27, 2026Next Reads: "Girls of Dark Divine"

  Girls of Dark Divine by E. V. Woods

  Read Alikes:

  The Walls Around Us by Nova Ren Suma

  Mystery Royale by Kaitlyn Cavalancia

  Wicked Darlings by Jordyn Taylor

  ...more

  

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• January 20, 2026Next Reads: "Graciela in the Abyss"

  Graciela In the Abyss by Meg Medina

  Read Alikes:

  A Strange Thing Happened in Cherry Hall by Jasmine Warga

  The Trouble with Heroes by Kate Messner

  Bad Badger by Maryrose Wood

  ...more

  

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• January 13, 2026Next Reads: "Queen of the Tiles"

  Queen of the Tiles by Hanna Alkaf

  Read Alikes:

  The Underwood Tapes by Amanda DeWitt

  Firekeeper's Daughter by Angeline Boulley

  Hollow Fires by Samira Ahmed

  ...more

  

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• January 06, 2026Next Reads: "The Incredibly Human Henson Blayze"

  The Incredibly Human Henson Blayze by Derrick Barnes

  Read Alikes:

  Boy 2.0 by Tracey Baptiste

  How the Word Is Passed by Sonja Cherry-Paul

  Maeve Mulvaney Has Had Enough by Kelly Mangan

  ...more

  

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