Check out the 2026 Libby Book Awards

Posted on April 7, 2026April 2, 2026 by Ashley Barnes

Celebrate these widely loved books that have won this year’s Libby Book Awards! Borrow these books and more from the Enoch Pratt Free Library this April. For the full list of winners and finalists, visit here.

Reader’s Choice
Great Big Beautiful Life
By Emily Henry
eBook | eAudio

Book of the Year – Adult Fiction
Atmosphere
By Taylor Jenkins Reid
eBook | eAudio

Book of the Year – Adult Nonfiction
A Marriage at Sea
By Sophie Elmhirst
eBook | eAudio

Book of the Year – Young Adult Fiction
Sunrise on the Reaping
By Suzanne Collins
eBook | eAudio

Audiobook of the Year
My Friends
By Fredrik Backman
eBook | eAudio

Debut Author of the Year
Alchemised
By SenLinYu
eBook | eAudio

Best Fantasy
Bury our Bones in the Midnight Soil
By V.E. Schwab
eBook | eAudio

Best Mystery
The Librarians
By Sherry Thomas
eBook | eAudio

Best Romance
These Summer Storms
By Sarah MacLearn
eBook | eAudio

Best Science Fiction
Death of the Author
By Nnedi Okorafor
eBook | eAudio

Best Horror
The Buffalo Hunter Hunter
By Stephen Graham Jones
eBook | eAudio

Best Thriller
Julie Chan is Dead
By Liann Zhang
eBook | eAudio

Celebrate Arab American Heritage with the Pratt

Posted on April 2, 2026April 2, 2026 by Ashley Barnes

April is Arab American Heritage Month! Celebrate with these selections highlighting Arab American voices, history, and culture. Visit here for more selections for different age groups.

Courting Samira
By Amal Awad
Book | eBook

Cursebound
By Saara El-Arifi
Book | eBook | eAudio

Forest of Noise
By Mosab Abu Toha
Book | eBook

One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This
By Omar El Akkad
Book | eBook | eAudio

Paradiso 17
By Hannah Lillith Assadi
Book

Tangerinn
By Emanuela Anechoum
Book

The Ashfire King
By Chelsea Abdullah
Book | eBook

The Dream Hotel
By Laila Lalami
Book | eBook | eAudio

The Fertility of Evil
By Amara Lakhous
Book

The Hollow Half
By Sarah Aziza
Book

The Jasad Crown
By Sara Hashem
Book | eBook | eAudio

The Return
By Hisham Matar
Book | eBook

The True True Story of Raja the Gullible (and His Mother)
By Rabih Alameddine
Book | eBook | eAudio

We Love You, Bunny
By Mona Awad
Book | eBook | eAudio

What Will People Think?
By Sara Hamdan
Book | eAudio

Award-Winning Films at the Pratt!

Posted on March 26, 2026March 26, 2026 by Ashley Barnes

Congratulations to this year’s Academy Award winners and nominees! Stop by a Pratt Library location and pick up these acclaimed films to help celebrate.