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Main Library is open with limited services. At-risk individuals hours are Monday – Thursday: 9 – 10 a.m.
Meadows Branch Library has holds carryout appointments. Returns are accepted at Main Library and Meadows Branch Library.
The Reading Room
Let us help you find a good book or connect with your fellow readers.
Suggestions from library staff at all of our locations. Browse through to see our favorite reads or subscribe for daily recommendations.
Find fiction and nonfiction read-alikes for all ages, plus book lists, full-text reviews, and discussion guides. Requires library card--click here to get a card.
Our librarians will create a list of titles just for you, tailored to your reading preferences. We also create lists on the fly every Thursday afternoon on Facebook and Instagram.
Choose from a variety of community book discussion groups and activity groups that meet at our libraries.
Fantastic selections for book groups, hand picked by our expert staff.
Curated lists of books on select topics.
We recommend:
Audio and eBooks
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Downloadable ebooks & audiobooks from Overdrive
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Streaming movie/TV, music, ebooks and audiobooks. Parents switch to Kids Mode for child-friendly content.
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Over 120,000 ebooks on all disciplines--from scholarly works to recreational reading.
Magazines and News
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Enjoy digital content from the New York Times. Follow the instructions on the page link.
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Available as content from the magazine and buying guide. Note that this is not the website, ConsumerReports.org. Search specific issues or product reviews.
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Colorado and Major Metro newspapers, including Daily Camera, Denver Post and Rocky Mtn. News
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Over 3,000 titles, including top titles like: US Weekly, National Geographic,
New Yorker, Vanity Fair Rolling Stone
All magazines are available as simultaneous use without circulation caps.