Into the Library

Episode 25: A Quick Summer Trip

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
 
 
 
 

Episode 24: Pride 2026

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

Episode 23: Teenage Wasteland

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

Episode 22: Peeves, Positions and Pedals

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
 
 

Episode 21: Classified Information

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
 

Episode 20: Back to the Basics

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

Episode 19: Well-being in the Library

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
 
 

Episode 18: Keeping Sickness Out and You In

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

Episode 17: Q & A Session

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

Episode 16: All Things Audio

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