This column, compiled by library staff, appears monthly in the Ovation section of the Columbia Daily Tribune. Each article contains a short list of books on a timely topic.
2024
September | Back-to-School Fiction |
August | Migrations and Lost Worlds |
July | Science Fiction and Science Fact |
June | One Read Finalists 2024 |
May | Summer Reading 2024 |
April | Journaling Your Journey |
March | The Year Is Yours |
February | Making Peace With Diagnosis |
January | The Science of Music and Sound |
2023
December | Time Travel |
November | Artificial Intelligence |
October | The Truth Is Out There |
September | Windows and Mirrors |
August | One Read Author Margaret Verble |
July | How to Survive Seven Very Specific Calamities |
June | One Read Final Ten |
May | Summer Reading 2023 |
April | Alzheimer’s Disease and Dementia |
March | Nurturing Your Relationships |
February | Inventors and Inventions |
January | Birds, Birds, Birbs! |
2022
December | Myths Retold |
November | Giving Thanks for Native American Heritage Month |
October | All About the Brain |
September | All Work, No Play |
August | One Read‘s “The Big Door Prize” and Human Fulfillment |
July | The Joy of Being Read To |
June | One Read 2022 Finalists |
May | Summer Reading 2022 |
April | Climate Lit |
March | Identity |
February | Black Activists and Activism |
January | The Art of Saving Lives |
2021
December | Pearl Harbor |
November | Food History |
October | Urban Planning |
September | Unconventional Horror |
August | One Read’s “Furious Hours” and the True Crime Renaissance |
July | Words, Words, Words |
June | One Read Finalists 2021 |
May | Summer Reading 2021 |
April | True Crime Reads |
March | Women, Medicine and Health |
February | Pets and Veterinarians |
January | Long Reads |
2020
December | The Lost Art of Letter Writing |
November | Our Many Homes |
October | The Atomic Shadow |
September | Puzzles and Games |
August | One Read 2020 |
July | All Human Things Are a Circle |
June | One Read Final 10 |
May | Our Favorite Audiobooks |
April | Resilience |
March | Marking 100 Years of Votes for Women |
February | Terrific Teens |
January | Troublesome Types |
2019
December | A Brief History of Human Flight |
November | The Legacy of Ice |
October | Bestsellers Through the Decades: Celebrating the 60th Anniversary of DBRL |
September | Upping Your Book Club Game |
August | “Nomadland” |
July | First Love |
June | One Read Finalists |
May | Summer Reading |
April | Welcome to the Anthropocene |
March | Activism in Women’s History |
February | All That’s Jazz |
January | List Mania |
2018
December | An Age of Injustice |
November | Global Politics in the 21st Century |
October | Critical Thinking and Decision-Making |
September | The Supreme Court |
August | One Read: “Killers of the Flower Moon” |
July | The Armchair Adventure |
June | One Read Finalists |
May | Summer Reading 2018 |
April | Financial Literacy |
March | Orphans and Orphan Trains |
February | The Spanish Flu of 1918 |
January | Martin Luther King Jr. and the Civil Rights Movement |
2017
December | Our Technological Future |
November | Veterans Day |
October | Spooky Reads |
September | Great First Lines |
August | One Read 2017 |
July | O Canada! |
June | One Read Finalists 2017 |
May | Build a Better World |
April | Coffee Table Books |
March | Women’s History in the Work World |
February | Retirement |
January | Visiting Mars |
2016
December | Satire |
November | Heartwarming Reads |
October | Our White House |
September | Art |
August | Aging Parents |
July | National Parks |
June | One Read Finalists |
May | Summer Reading |
April | A Journey Into Dance |
March | End of Life |
February | Midlife Crisis |
January | Debut Novels |