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Win a Book Wednesday: “The Trial of Lizzie Borden”

Win a Copy of "The Trial of Lizzie Borden" by Cara Robertson

cover of "The Trial of Lizzie Borden"

About "The Trial of Lizzie Borden"

"Think you know the whole story of Lizzie Borden? You have no idea. "The Trial of Lizzie Borden" provides a thoroughly researched and highly detailed account of the ins-and-outs of the trial that became a media sensation, the lives and deaths of a husband and wife, and the enigmatic woman at the center of it all. For readers who enjoyed The Suspicions of Mr. Wicher and The Devil in the White City."

Reviewed for you here by librarian Sarah. Publication date is set as March 12, 2018.

Want to Win this Book?

  • Leave a comment below on Wednesday, April 3, and share the name of the book you're reading this week.
  • Everyone who leaves a comment here, on Facebook OR Twitter will be entered into a random drawing (Library employees are not eligible). Please only enter in one place.
  • The winner will be contacted by email on Thursday, April 4.
  • The winner can pick up their prize at the Library location of their choice.

Win a Book Wednesdays takes place twice a month. Prize books are Advance Reader Copies (ARCs) of books that will be added to the Library collection within the next month, and can already be found in the Library catalog as "on order."

ARCs are uncorrected proofs given to the Library for review purposes only, and are not for sale.

Win a Book Wednesday: “The Bird King”

Win a Copy of "The Bird King" by G. Willow Wilson

Photo of "The Bird King" book

About "The Bird King"

"From the author of "Alif the Unseen" comes a stunning novel filled with folktale, fantasy, and history. A young woman finds power and faith in order to accomplish the seemingly impossible. Fatima, a concubine in the court of Granada must brave the unknown to save her friend Hassan from the Spanish Inquisition. This is a story filled with cultures meeting – sometimes mixing, sometimes clashing – and the complications of love.  For fans of Naomi Novik, S. A. Chakraborty and Helene Wecker."

Reviewed for you here by librarian Karen. Publication date is set as March 12, 2019.

Want to Win this Book?

  • Leave a comment below on Wednesday, April 3, and share the name of the book you're reading this week.
  • Everyone who leaves a comment here, on Facebook OR Twitter will be entered into a random drawing (Library employees are not eligible). Please only enter in one place.
  • The winner will be contacted by email on Thursday, April 4.
  • The winner can pick up their prize at the Library location of their choice.

Win a Book Wednesdays takes place twice a month. Prize books are Advance Reader Copies (ARCs) of books that will be added to the Library collection within the next month, and can already be found in the Library catalog as "on order."

ARCs are uncorrected proofs given to the Library for review purposes only, and are not for sale.

RBdigital Magazines

Love New Tech? Looking for Recipes? Obsessed with the Royal Baby Watch?

Take the latest in news and journalism anywhere you go with RBdigital magazines.

Check out and download new and back issues of magazines on your computer, or use the RBdigital app for travel and offline reading.

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Our collection of digital magazines contains over 100 popular titles including The Advocate and American Girl Magazine, Bicycling and Better Homes and Gardens, The Economist and Eating Well...

mens journal

...Men's Health and Mother Jones, Oprah and Okay!, Reader's Digest and Rolling Stone, Vegetarian Today and Vogue, Wired and Women's Day.

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RBdigital magazines have no checkout periods, so you can keep each issue for as long as you want.

And they're all free with your Library card!

Try RBdigital Now

Win a Book Wednesday: “Daisy Jones & The Six”

Win a Copy of "Daisy Jones & The Six" by Taylor Jenkins Reid

Photo of the advanced Reader Copy of "Daisy Jones and the Six" in a pile of books

About "Daisy Jones & The Six"

"Imagine watching a fascinating documentary about your favorite It Band of the 70s.  That documentary is "Daisy Jones and the Six" by Taylor Jenkins Reid.  The story is formatted like a documentary script, told only through interviews with the band members, their entourage, and their friends and family. With subtle but powerful writing, the author details the band’s rise to stardom and their complicated relationships, all of which unfold with the drama of Fleetwood Mac."

Reviewed for you here by librarian Sarah. Publication date is set as March 15, 2019.

Want to Win this Book?

  • Leave a comment below on Wednesday, April 3, and share the name of the book you're reading this week.
  • Everyone who leaves a comment here, on Facebook OR Twitter will be entered into a random drawing (Library employees are not eligible). Please only enter in one place.
  • The winner will be contacted by email on Thursday, April 4.
  • The winner can pick up their prize at the Library location of their choice.

Win a Book Wednesdays takes place twice a month. Prize books are Advance Reader Copies (ARCs) of books that will be added to the Library collection within the next month, and can already be found in the Library catalog as "on order."

ARCs are uncorrected proofs given to the Library for review purposes only, and are not for sale.

Win a Book Wednesday: “The Night Tiger”

Win a Copy of "The Night Tiger" by Yangsze Choo

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About "The Night Tiger"

"Set in 1930s colonial Malaya, storylines combine and tangle in unexpected ways as a dance hall girl finds the missing finger a houseboy is desperately searching for. A string of dead bodies spells misfortune as a possibly supernatural tiger stalks the characters and dreams contain messages from the beyond. The final, stunning reveals only succeed due to masterful plotting.

Steeped in Malayan and Chinese folklore, Choo’s opulent writing and world building weaves family obligations and colonialism with were-tigers and ghosts. The result is compelling and mesmerizing."

Reviewed for by librarian Jennie. Publication date is set as February 12, 2019.

Want to Win this Book?

  • Leave a comment below on Wednesday, April 3, and share the name of the book you're reading this week.
  • Everyone who leaves a comment here, on Facebook OR Twitter will be entered into a random drawing (Library employees are not eligible). Please only enter in one place.
  • The winner will be contacted by email on Thursday, April 4.
  • The winner can pick up their prize at the Library location of their choice.

Win a Book Wednesdays takes place twice a month. Prize books are Advance Reader Copies (ARCs) of books that will be added to the Library collection within the next month, and can already be found in the Library catalog as "on order."

ARCs are uncorrected proofs given to the Library for review purposes only, and are not for sale.

Win a Book Wednesday: “Maid”

Win a Copy of "Maid" by Stephanie Land

Cover of "Maid"

About "Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay, and a Mother's Will to Survive"

"Maid" is an authentic, reflective, and sobering look at a woman’s struggle to support herself and her daughter while living paycheck to paycheck and trying to navigate the difficult challenges, and ever-shrinking resources, of the American social safety net. Ms. Land’s direct language and descriptions of her experiences result in a memoir that is as thought-provoking as it is moving. Recommended for readers who enjoyed "Educated" by Tara Westover and "Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City" by Matthew Desmond.

Reviewed for you by librarian Sarah. Publication date is set as January 22, 2019.

Want to Win this Book?

  • Leave a comment below on Wednesday, April 3, and share the name of the book you're reading this week.
  • Everyone who leaves a comment here, on Facebook OR Twitter will be entered into a random drawing (Library employees are not eligible). Please only enter in one place.
  • The winner will be contacted by email on Thursday, April 4.
  • The winner can pick up their prize at the Library location of their choice.

Win a Book Wednesdays takes place twice a month. Prize books are Advance Reader Copies (ARCs) of books that will be added to the Library collection within the next month, and can already be found in the Library catalog as "on order."

ARCs are uncorrected proofs given to the Library for review purposes only, and are not for sale.

What Was Most Popular in 2018?

The Most Popular Titles of the Year

We're declaring it official - Arlington is a book town.

How do we know? Library patrons borrowed more than 3 million items from the Library and placed more holds and read more eBooks in 2018 than ever before. See the 2018 Impact Report

So which titles had Arlington turning pages, and staying up way past bed time?

Top 100 Books (plus DVDs and Magazines too)

Arlington loves politics, thrillers, literary fictions... and Elephant and Piggy! We read and watched our way through these top 100 titles for adults, kids and teens.


Top 100 Most Popular

Top 50 Fiction Books for Adults

We love historical fiction, literary fiction, speculative fiction, spy thrillers, southern odysseys, sweeping sagas, coming of age tales, dystopian nightmares - and everything in between.


Top 50 Fiction

Top 50 Nonfiction Books for Adults

Arlington read about politics, class, education, leadership, eviction, more politics, code breaking, science, the FBI, cleaning, dying, art, and so much more.


Top 50 Nonfiction

Win a Book Wednesday: “The Only Woman In The Room”

Win a Copy of "The Only Woman In the Room" by Marie Benedict

cropped photo of book cover showing a woman's face in a hat with text over her shirt, black and white with a 1950s feel

About "The Only Woman In the Room"

"Many know Hedy Lamarr as the stunningly beautiful movie star from the 1940s.  But few are aware of her marriage to an Austrian arms merchant, Friedrich Mandl, which introduced her to many key players in World War II including Mussolini.  Her beauty lent her a veil of invisibility among those powerful men.  After escaping Europe, she used the knowledge she garnered to create a frequency-hopping communications system which couldn’t be tracked or jammed.  Would her scientific invention assist in the war effort?

“The Only Woman in the Room” by Marie Benedict is for those who enjoy historical fiction and are looking for a strong female character."

Reviewed for you here by librarian Karen. Publication date is set as January 8, 2019.

Want to Win this Book?

  • Leave a comment below on Wednesday, April 3, and share the name of the book you're reading this week.
  • Everyone who leaves a comment here, on Facebook OR Twitter will be entered into a random drawing (Library employees are not eligible). Please only enter in one place.
  • The winner will be contacted by email on Thursday, April 4.
  • The winner can pick up their prize at the Library location of their choice.

Win a Book Wednesdays takes place twice a month. Prize books are Advance Reader Copies (ARCs) of books that will be added to the Library collection within the next month, and can already be found in the Library catalog as "on order."

ARCs are uncorrected proofs given to the Library for review purposes only, and are not for sale.

Be the First to Place Holds on These New Books

10 New Books - Coming In January

You probably know that we order hundreds of new books every month... But do you know that you can place holds on them before they even arrive?

Our top picks for books on order in December include:

  • A British spy...
  • A Tunisian shopkeeper...
  • Thrilling adventures in a desert kingdom...
  • Help for folks dealing with unemployment over 55...
  • And (of course) a generous dose of true - and false - crime

Put them all on hold now!

8 New Audiobooks - Available Now

8 audiobook covers on a green background

For our eAudiobook fans, we've also highlighted eight of our favorite new downloadable audio titles, featuring:

  • Encouraging pep talks...
  • Thoughtful autobiographies...
  • Fascinating serial killers...
  • A bride of the Donner Party (could this possibly end well?)

eAudiobooks are visible in the catalog when they are added to the Library's collection, and available now for hold/checkout.



Browse Featured Books



Browse All New Books

Happy Reading!

Win a Book Wednesday: “The Dreamers”

Win a Copy of "The Dreamers" by Karen Thompson Walker

Cropped photo of "The Dreamers"

About "The Dreamers"

"In The Dreamers, Karen Thompson Walker’s follow-up to "The Age of Miracles," an infection is spreading through the college town of Santa Lora, California. First one girl falls asleep and can’t wake up, then the sleeping sickness spreads as more and more people fall into uninterrupted slumber. Eventually, the town is quarantined. This book follows several characters including a college student, a couple of professors and their baby, a psychiatrist, and an eleven-year-old girl through the duration. Pick this up for an intriguing read about disaster at the human level."

Reviewed for you here by librarian Michelle. Publication date is set as January 15, 2019.

Want to Win this Book?

  • Leave a comment below on Wednesday, April 3, and share the name of the book you're reading this week.
  • Everyone who leaves a comment here, on Facebook OR Twitter will be entered into a random drawing (Library employees are not eligible). Please only enter in one place.
  • The winner will be contacted by email on Thursday, April 4.
  • The winner can pick up their prize at the Library location of their choice.

Win a Book Wednesdays takes place twice a month. Prize books are Advance Reader Copies (ARCs) of books that will be added to the Library collection within the next month, and can already be found in the Library catalog as "on order."

ARCs are uncorrected proofs given to the Library for review purposes only, and are not for sale.

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