Books

We invite you to explore. A lot of information and entertainment await you at Milwaukee Public Library. With millions of items in the library’s collection – books, music, movies and much more – the opportunities are endless. 

New Materials

New purchases available for check-out through the CountyCat online catalog.

Lucky Day Books

Series books by popular authors, New York Times bestsellers, titles on a current topical issue, anniversary, or personality generate large queues of hold requests as soon as they hit the shelves. But we designate a number of these titles in high-demand as “Lucky Day” items. In other words, readers can’t place a hold on a select number of the copies available. Instead, customers who come into the library may find these gems on the shelf - ready for checkout - just because they came to the library in person that day.

OverDrive eBooks

Download books to your electronic device using the OverDrive application.

Book Clubs: 2019

Join a book club at:

• Bay View Branch -
  2018-2019 Book Club
• Center Street Branch -
  April & May 2019 Book Club
• East Branch -
  Book Club | Book to Art Club
• Tippecanoe Branch -
  Bibliophile Book Club | ESL Book Club | History Buff Book Club |
  Vegetarian Cookbook Club (Winter) | Vegetarian Cookbook Club (Spring)
• Zablocki Branch - 
  Novel Ideas Book Club