Lists

Our expert staff members look back at the year and share their favorite titles. Age recommendations provided by commonsensemedia.org.

We have a lot of favorites--here are some cookbooks that staff highly recommend. Yum!

Whether the nature you know is outside your back door or a wilderness destination, there is endless beauty and wonder to be celebrated in the natural world. Here, Skokie librarians share some favorite books about nature and the benefits of getting outdoors.

Explore and get inspired by Jewish biographies, culinary traditions, and memoirs.

Whether you have read all of Colleen Hoover's books or have one on hold, our staff has compiled a list of books that you might also enjoy.

This list is inspired by Kleaver Cruz's The Black Joy Project, "a digital and real-world effort to center Black joy." Cruz says, "When we acknowledge that we exist in an anti-Black world that is set up to ensure we do not live, to choose life and to choose to enjoy aspects of that life is a radical act. Centering on Black joy [doesn't] ignore the realities of our collective pain; rather, it is about holding the pain and injustices we experience as Black folks around the world in tension with the joy we experience in the pain’s midst. Black joy is healing, resistance, and regeneration."

Our staff members enjoy these young adult titles.

We love film from around the world! Here are some our staff favorites.

To complement the "Beginner's Guide to Thrillers" blog post, staff share their favorite titles from this genre.

Romance provides readers with entertainment, sexual empowerment, emotional fulfillment, lots of fun, and an emotionally satisfying happily ever after (or at least a happily for now). And in this day and age, who doesn't want that?

We love these and think you will find something here to love, as well!

Library staff share their favorite horror titles.

Staff recommend their favorite classic horror novels.

Young adult (YA) literature, broadly defined as books intended for those ages 12 to 18, wasn’t officially recognized as a category until the 1960s. Even though these books are based on the lives of teens, readers of all ages enjoy them. Here are some of the most influential YA titles throughout the years.

Our staff members enjoy these young adult titles.

From movies to TV series, we've got something to cast the right viewing spell.

These influential directors have broken barriers in film and have established themselves as "directors to watch." Compiled by Sharon, Rummanah, and Chris.

Enjoy this wide variety of critically acclaimed international feature films from around the world. Compiled by Sharon, Rummanah, and Chris.

Enjoy this wide array of critically acclaimed documentaries from around the world. Compiled by Sharon, Rummanah, and Chris.

These influential directors have broken barriers in film and have established themselves as "directors to watch." Compiled by Sharon, Rummanah, and Chris.