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Your library card offers you more than just books!

Your NVDPL card is your free pass to entertainment, resources, technology, and opportunities for lifelong learning! Visit your local NVDPL location or enjoy lots of digital content from the comfort of your own home.

Want to get started with e-content? Libby offer an extensive selection of popular fiction and non-fiction ebooks, audiobooks, magazines and comics for all ages. Read in your browser or download books to your Apple or Android mobile device or your Kobo e-reader enjoy them on the go! Find out more about Libby and other e-reading resources or get started searching for your next favourite digital read right from our catalogue.

Develop your skills and boost your career with online courses, job search assistance, and in-person technology help! Explore a new hobby in with the resources in StoryLab, and learn at your own pace from home with Creativebug.

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Adult Reading Recommendations

Find your next favourite read with recommendations from NVDPL librarians!

Notable Fiction from 2023

Catton, Eleanor

Birnam Wood

Maroo, Chetna

Western Lane

Bernstein, Sarah (Literature teacher)

Study for obedience

Lynch, Paul

Prophet Song

Chong, Kevin

The double life of Benson Yu : a novel

Celebrate Pride Fiction

Waidner, Isabel

Sterling karat gold : a novel

LaCour, Nina.

Yerba Buena

Queer Little Nightmares

Eisenberg, Emma Copley

Housemates : a novel

Chukwu, J K (Jennifer K)

The unfortunates : a novel

Indigenous Non-Fiction

Bead talk : Indigenous knowledge and aesthetics from the Flatlands

Sterritt, Angela

Unbroken : my fight for survival, hope, and justice for Indigenous women and girls

LaPointe, Sasha taqwšeblu

Thunder song : essays

Williams-Davidson, Terri-Lynn

A Haida wedding

Morrisseau, Diane

One second at a time : my story of pain and reclamation