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Reading Challenges

Summer Reading Challenge

Read for a chance to win fabulous prizes! From infant - 100+ the library has reading clubs for all ages. Register your family on Beanstack starting June 2 and report your reading activity. The more you report, the more chances you have to win.

500 Books Before Junior High

Students in kindergarten through 6th grade are invited to join this reading challenge to read 500 books before junior high. Participants earn rewards and recognition along the way, making the journey as exciting as the destination.

1000 Books Before Kindergarten

1000 Books Before Kindergarten is a national project was created to encourage parent and child bonding through reading 1,000 books before entering kindergarten with infants, toddlers and preschoolers.

Battle of the Books

Battle of the Books is a county-wide inter-library competition between teams of teens focused on young adult novels. Teens read quality literature for fun and for detail and then compete against each other in a trivia contest about these titles.

Looking for your next read?

Check out our selections below. If you don't find anything that interests you, fill out a What Should I Read Next? form and we will send you a personalized list of recommendations. You may also subscribe to our monthly emails to receive upcoming releases straight to your inbox. As always, our librarians are here to help. Call 631-924-6400 if you need more assistance.

Adults

Get more reading suggestions and browse upcoming releases here.

The Blue Kitchen

Cider Mill Press
The Money School

Nicole Lapin
We Need Your Art

Amie McNee
The Next Conversation

Jefferson Fisher
Count My Lies

Sophie Stava
All the Other Mothers Hate Me

Sarah Harman
Superagency

Reid Hoffman, Greg Beato
Survival Gardening

Sam Coffman
The NEAT Method Organizing Recipe Book

Ashley Murphy, Marissa Hagmeyer
Bellevue

Robin Cook
A Monsoon Rising

Thea Guanzon
Sister Snake

Amanda Lee Koe
Gabriel's Moon

William Boyd
Rental House

Weike Wang
The Gardener's Plot

Deborah J. Benoit
The Sunflower House

Adriana Allegri
City of Night Birds

JUHEA. KIM
The Courting of Bristol Keats

Mary E. Pearson
April Storm

Leila Meacham
Is She Really Going Out with Him?

Sophie Cousens
Playground

Richard Powers
The Forest of Lost Souls

Dean Koontz
Bad Liar

Tami Hoag
Lies He Told Me

James Patterson, David Ellis
Here One Moment

Liane Moriarty
Counting Miracles

Nicholas Sparks
The Sleepwalkers

Scarlett Thomas
Only the Brave

Danielle Steel
James

Percival Everett
Expiration Dates

Rebecca Serle

Teens

Get more reading suggestions especially for teens here.

This Is the Year

Gloria Muñoz
Fable for the End of the World

Ava Reid
Brewed with Love

Shelly Page
Deer Run Home

Ann Clare LeZotte
The Dare

Natasha Preston
Heiress Takes All

Emily Wibberley, Austin Siegemund-Broka
Don't Let the Forest In

CG Drews
These Vengeful Wishes

Vanessa Montalban
The Color of a Lie

Kim Johnson
Amari and the Despicable Wonders

B. B. Alston
The Assassin's Guide to Babysitting

Natalie C Parker

Kids

Get more reading suggestions for kids here.

Birnbaum's 2025 Walt Disney World for Kids

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I See a Rat

Paul Meisel
Clyde the Greyhound

Beck Feiner, Robin Feiner
Pigs Dig a Road

Carrie Finison
Lone Wolf Goes to School

Kiah Thomas
Og Finds the Cog

Ame Dyckman
Hocus and Pocus and the Spell for Home

A. R. Capetta
Pizza for Pia

Betsy Groban
Not My Cat

Stacey Patton
Countdown to Yesterday

Shirley Marr
Finding Things

Kevin Henkes
The Perilous Performance at Milkweed Meadow

Elaine Dimopoulos
Grumpy Monkey Too Many Bugs

Suzanne Lang
Sheldon's New Shell

Lily Murray
Lightfall: Shadow of the Bird

Tim Probert
Queenie Jean Is in Trouble Again

Christine Read
Flubby is Not a Good Pet!

Jennifer E. Morris
Cesaria Feels the Beat

Denise R. Adusei
Beach Paws

Cam Higgins
FGTeeV: Out of Time!

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Reading Challenges

Summer Reading Challenge

500 Books Before Junior High

1000 Books Before Kindergarten

Battle of the Books

Looking for your next read?

Adults

The Blue Kitchen

The Money School

We Need Your Art

The Next Conversation

Count My Lies

All the Other Mothers Hate Me

Superagency

Survival Gardening

The NEAT Method Organizing Recipe Book

Bellevue

A Monsoon Rising

Sister Snake

Gabriel's Moon

Rental House

The Gardener's Plot

The Sunflower House

City of Night Birds

The Courting of Bristol Keats

April Storm

Is She Really Going Out with Him?

Playground

The Forest of Lost Souls

Bad Liar

Lies He Told Me

Here One Moment

Counting Miracles

The Sleepwalkers

Only the Brave

James

Expiration Dates

Teens

This Is the Year

Fable for the End of the World

Brewed with Love

Deer Run Home

The Dare

Heiress Takes All

Don't Let the Forest In

These Vengeful Wishes

The Color of a Lie

Amari and the Despicable Wonders

The Assassin's Guide to Babysitting

Kids

Birnbaum's 2025 Walt Disney World for Kids

I See a Rat

Clyde the Greyhound

Pigs Dig a Road

Lone Wolf Goes to School

Og Finds the Cog

Hocus and Pocus and the Spell for Home

Pizza for Pia

Not My Cat

Countdown to Yesterday

Finding Things

The Perilous Performance at Milkweed Meadow

Grumpy Monkey Too Many Bugs

Sheldon's New Shell

Lightfall: Shadow of the Bird

Queenie Jean Is in Trouble Again

Flubby is Not a Good Pet!

Cesaria Feels the Beat

Beach Paws

FGTeeV: Out of Time!