Book Lists
Curated content from our librarians in a variety of genres. This page is home to book lists for adults - you can also find book recommendations for kids and for teens.
See our Racial Equity Resources for curated lists of not just books but also videos, local organizations, podcasts, etc. put together by our librarians with suggestions from groups working on racial equity and social justice in Madison.
- African American Fiction updated Jun 2020
- African American History & Culture updated Jun 2020
- Asian American Fiction updated Jun 2020
- Beyond Bestsellers: The Best of the New updated Sep 2017
- Biographies updated May 2020
- Black Women's Wellness updated Sep 2016
- Board Books 2020 updated Sep 2020
- Cookbooks & Food Writing updated Jul 2020
- Cozy Mystery Authors updated Oct 2019
- Crime in Translation updated Nov 2019
- Dystopian, Apocalyptic, and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction updated Apr 2020
- Early Madison updated Jul 2020
- Graphic Novel Memoirs and Biographies updated May 2020
- History of the African American Experience in Madison updated Jul 2020
- Latino Fiction updated Jul 2020
- LGBTQ+ Recommended Fiction updated Dec 2019
- Library Book Club Fiction Recommendations updated Jul 2020
- Memoirs updated Apr 2020
- Narrative Nonfiction Library Staff Picks updated Jun 2020
- Native American and Indigenous Fiction updated Jun 2020
- Racial Equity Resources updated Jun 2020
- Retired Women Sleuths updated Nov 2019
- Time Travel, Alternate Histories, & Parallel Universes updated May 2020
- Too Good To Miss updated Nov 2019
- Walktober updated Sep 2020
- Where the Crawdads Sing Readalikes updated Nov 2019
- Wisconsin Fiction Authors updated Nov 2019
- Wisconsin Film Festival Films on DVD and Blu-ray updated Mar 2019
- Wisconsin Literary Awards updated Nov 2019
- Women Sleuths updated Nov 2019