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Banned Books Week was launched in 1982 in response to a sudden surge in the number of challenges to books in libraries, bookstores, and schools.

Celebrate with us! Check out our recommended reads and views for Black History Month below and join us February 13th for a program in partnership with the Hotel Metropolitan.

As we celebrate the Bicentennial of McCracken County on January 11th, 2025, I have been thinking about what life was like in Western Kentucky in 1825. Take a journey back in time to find out!

Library staff (mostly) love to read! Here are the best books of 2024 (in our opinions). Some of us couldn't choose just one!

Happy New Year- here's to another year of reading! 

Do you love solving puzzles or riddles? Fall is the perfect time to curl up with an entertaining mystery book.  I enjoy mysteries with a theme that interests me.

Spooky seasonal recommendations from library staff at McCracken County Public Library- All of these  are available for check-out from the Library! 

Great Seasonal  Reads for Kids: 

In celebration of the release of “The Eras Tour” movie and  “1989 (Taylor’s Version)” on October 27th, 2023, please enjoy this carefully selected list of reccomended reads to go with each Swift Era, from her debut country album to her most re

Key West, Florida is a special sort of place: roosters prancing through the streets, Hemingway’s six-toed cats, karaoke taxi cabs, conch fritters, flowing streams of daquiris, loud music, louder people, quiet hammocks, colors heretofore unseen, an