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Reading redirect

Each summer, it seems there’s a book that everyone wants to read at the same time, and (no surprise to most of you) this summer’s is Stieg Larsson’s The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, followed (naturally) by the second and third in the series. So while you’re waiting for your name to move up the [...]

Beat (or appreciate) the heat with some wintry tales

Need an escape from the temperature and humidity? Find a double dose of chills, read a thriller set in winter.

Chill of the Night by James Hayman
Origin by Diana Abu-Jaber
The Tenderness of Wolves by Stef Penney
61 Hours by Lee Child
Winter Study by Nevada Barr
Chasing the Dead by Joe Schreiber

Gearing up for summer reading

What books are you looking forward to reading this summer? Steig Larsson’s The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest? Oprah’s latest recommendation Women Food and God? Scott Turow’s sequel to Presumed Innocent (imaginatively titled Innocent)? Help us plan purchases, let us know your picks.

Books we’ve recently added to consider for your reading list:

Dog Boy by Eva [...]

Peter Pinkham

Join the Friends of Madison Library on Thursday, February 11 at 7 pm in the library’s Chick Room. Local author Peter Pinkham, who wrote both the recently-published thriller Killer Mountain and its prequel Hidden Mountain, will speak about his inspiration for these stories, his writing, and what goes into plotting a thriller. Sponsored by the [...]

Best Books List

We heard from local readers (and one not-so-local via our Facebook page), who told us what their favorite books from the past decade were (2000-2009). Here’s the list, in no particular order:

A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Housseini
Tolstoy: A Biography by A.N. Wilson
The Twilight series by Stephenie Meyer
One Man’s Wilderness by Sam Keith and Richard Proenneke
Shutter [...]

Best books of the decade

What was the best book or books that you’ve read over the past decade? We’re compiling a list of local readers’ favorites. Let us know your pick(s) by stopping in the library, calling 367-8545, or posting a comment below. Check back for list on December 30th or so.

End-of-year book purchases

What a community of readers we are in Madison! Demand for new books at the library has been high this year, and we try to meet as many requests for new materials as funds allow.  With grateful thanks to some recent patron donations, we will be able to continue purchasing books through the end of the year, as [...]