Activities for Adults: E-books & Audiobooks

Our Shared Shelf, a feminist book club with over 100,000 members. Each month the group chooses a new book that deals with themes of race, gender, and justice, and opens up a friendly, literary dialogue on Goodreads.

Oprah's Book Club 2.0 is still around to bring us all challenging and inspiring stories straight from Oprah's shelf.

Reese Witherspoon holds a  monthly book club through Instagram, with opportunities for author questions and social media discussions on each book she picks.

History Book Club is one of Goodreads' bigger communities. Participants can share information and discuss their favorite time periods.

WIRED has an excellent book club focusing on science fiction.

Hannah Witton, Lucy Moon and Leena Norms read a book about sex and gender every month and discuss the book through their  podcast of the same name.

"Booklist is a book-review magazine that has been published by the American Library Association for more than 100 years, and is widely viewed as offering the most reliable reviews to help libraries decide what to buy and to help library patrons and students decide what to read, view, or listen to" (Booklist Online, 2020). Normally a subscription service, Booklist has announced free online access for all. Find more information about Booklist here!

Find videos and information on assistance using Overdrive and Libby here.

You can access hundreds of ebooks, audiobooks, videos, and more. Visit https://rcls.overdrive.com/ to explore!

Here are three helpful hints Digital Bookmobile staff like to share so that you get the most out of your Libby experience. Click the link here to learn these hints and apply them to your usage!