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Library

Recreational Reading

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Browse through our genres, choose from our popular reading collection, or select one of our zines.

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Popular reading collection

The Popular Reading Collection is a small subset of the library's regular book collection and is made up of a rotating list of recent high-demand and bestseller titles. The collection is located on the second floor, up the atrium stairway, then turn left.

  • Includes fiction and non-fiction books
  • This collection is a leased collection (i.e., not a permanent part of the library's collection of books)
  • Popular Reading books check out for six weeks and can be renewed one time

Our collection of zines

Short for fanzines, zines are brief, handmade publications that were first introduced in the 1980s and cover a wide range of cultural topics (Atton, 2011). Feel free to browse and check out one or more items from our collection of zines.