National Book Awards

Readers are always looking for their next read. Why not try the National Book Award finalist lists?

Fiction Finalists:

Rachel Kushner, The Flamethrowers
Jhumpa Lahiri, The Lowland
James McBride, The Good Lord Bird 
Thomas Pynchon, Bleeding Edge 
George Saunders, Tenth of December

Non-Fiction Finalists:
Jill Lepore, Book of Ages: The Life and Opinions of Jane Franklin
Wendy Lower, Hitler’s Furies: German Women in the Nazi Killing Fields
George Packer, The Unwinding: An Inner History of the New America
Alan Taylor, The Internal Enemy: Slavery and War in Virginia, 1772-1832
Lawrence Wright, Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, & the Prison of Belief

For a full-list of finalists, check out National Book Awards 
Winners of the National Book Awards will be announced November 20,  

Gravestone Art

Gravestone Art and Symbolism - Wednesday, October 23, 6:30 p.m. Lorna and Phil Wooldridge of Wise Owl Workshops discuss early New England burial grounds as the first public art galleries of the New World. Learn about past and present memorialization and symbolism, and the changing techniques of these tranquil sites that display artistic, cultural and religious changes of the region. More about the presenters

 

Registration required - call the library at 973-835-5044 or click the registration link on our website at www.riverdalelibrary.org

Book Discussion Club Makes Selections

The Book Discussion Group at the Riverdale Public Library has made selections for the next few months. This group normally meets the fourth Monday of each month, at 6:30 p.m. New members are always welcome to join this lively group for great reads and good discussions.  Refreshments served.

November 25: Claude and Camille by Stephanie Cowell
 December, Date TBD: The Christmas Sweater by Glenn Beck
 January 27:Outlander by Diane Gabaldon

A book with bite for the October Book Club discussion

The Vampire Lestat will be the book club's selection this month. This is book two of the Vampire Chronicles by Anne Rice,  and continues the story of the vampire with his waking up in 1980's and becoming a rockstar. Read it and be afraid. Be very afraid.
Book Club meets on the fourth Monday of the month. Join them on Monday 10/28 at 6:30 p.m. for great discussion and a bite to eat.

Book Discussion Group Meets the Fourth Monday of the Month

The Riverdale Public Library Book Discussion will discuss The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery on Monday, September 23 at 6:30 p.m. "The lives of fifty-four-year-old concierge Rene Michel and extremely bright, suicidal twelve-year-old Paloma Josse are transformed by the arrival of a new tenant, Kakuro Ozu." Great group, great books, great refreshments. New members are always welcome! Stop by the library to pick up a copy of the book.

Books On Order

Our patron's favorite authors are automatically sent to us by our bookseller. What's coming in? A lot of great books! Mitch Albom, David Baldacci, and M.C. Beaton (another Agatha Raisin mystery, yay!) just for starters. View our complete list of books automatically ordered at our website. It's on our Reader Advisory Page, which contains links to other great recommendation sources for your next read.

Friends Book Sale at the Riverdale Labor Day Street Fair

The Friends of the Riverdale Public Library are having a book sale and basket raffle at the Riverdale Labor Day Street Fair on Monday, September 2, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. The Street Fair is held on Newark Pompton Turnpike in Riverdale, New Jersey.
The Friends raise funds for library programs, services, and  special collections. Interested in joining this wonderful group? Stop by for a membership enrollment form, or download a form here. New members are warmly welcomed!