Adults
Reading Recommendations for All Ages!
Looking for your next great read but not really sure where to start? Let our librarians help you! Fill out this form and we’ll send a personalized list of titles you, your child or teen might enjoy.
Adult Reading Recommendations click here for suggestions.
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Teen Reading Recommendations click here for suggestions.
Check out our Book Club Kits
Are you starting a book club, or already have a book club and need books? We’ve got you covered. The Library checks out Book Club Kits that contain between 8-15 copies of fiction and nonfiction books. The Kits check out for 8 weeks. Find the list of Kits here Book Club Kits.
Book Club
APL Book Club
Join us on the 3rd Tuesday of each month at 12 p.m. for lively discussions and great reads!
Copies of each month’s selection are available at the Adult Services Desk at the Main Library.
Next Meeting: August 18
We’ll be discussing Land by Maggie O’Farrell
In 1865, surveyor Tom’s and his ten-year-old son Liam travel a remote Atlantic peninsula as part of the British Ordnance Survey’s effort to map Ireland after the Great Hunger. Determined to preserve evidence of the famine’s devastation in his work, Tom̀s becomes psychologically altered after a disturbing encounter in a woodland copse. As British officers approach expecting the survey’s completion, Liam must confront his father’s unraveling and attempt to guide them home. Set against the legacies of famine and colonial rule, the novel explores memory, survival, family separation, and the persistence of history in the Irish landscape.
Book Club Bags
Already in a book club? You can checkout sets of books from APL’s previous book club selections. Each bag contains 8-12 copies of the book and check out for 8 weeks.
Questions about APL book clubs? Email us at: askalbany@albanyoregon.gov
New York Times Digital Access
Albany Public Library is excited to offer access to New York Times Digital by remote code activation. See instruction below to get started.
Remote Access:
- Click here to redeem the promotional code, you must create or log-in with a NYTime.com account
- Promotional code is active for 72 hours. After 72 hours, you can redeem a new code by clicking here.
Adult Reading Recommendations
Historic Albany Photos Online
Through a joint project between the Albany Regional Museum and the Albany Public Library, approximately 7,000 photos from the Robert Potts Collection were numbered, sorted, and scanned. This project is supported in part by a grant from the State Historic Preservation Office, Oregon Parks and Recreation Department.
Click here to access the historical photos: Online Collections | Albany Regional Museum
About Robert Potts
Robert “Bob” Potts was a lifelong Albany resident, serving in the military as a ham radio operator during World War II. He was a co-owner of Duedall & Pott’s Stationery Store in downtown Albany for many years. Potts was very involved in the history of Albany and spent many years collecting photographs. In the 1990s, Potts wrote six books on Albany’s history, which included hundreds of historic photographs.