The Summer Wives

"The Summer Wives is an exquisitely rendered novel that tackles two of my favorite topics: love and money. The glorious setting and drama are enriched by Williams's signature vintage touch. It's at the top of my picks for the beach this summer."...

12: the inside story of Tom Brady's season of redemption.

The incredible story of Tom Brady and the Patriots' tumultuous 2016 season: from national disgrace to the greatest Super Bowl comeback of all time. In January 2015, rumors circulated that the New England Patriots--a team long suspected of abiding by the &...

The Prison Letters of Nelson Mandela

Arrested in 1962 as South Africa's apartheid regime intensified its brutal campaign against political opponents, forty-four-year-old lawyer and African National Congress activist Nelson Mandela had no idea that he would spend the next twenty-seven years i...

The Other Woman

From Daniel Silva, the #1 New York Times-bestselling author, comes a modern masterpiece of espionage, love, and betrayal She was his best-kept secret ... In an isolated village in the mountains of Andalusia, a mysterious Frenchwoman begins work on a dange...

Desert and the Sea: 977 Days Captive on the Somali Pirate Coast

Michael Scott Moore, a journalist and the author of Sweetness and Blood, incorporates personal narrative and rigorous investigative journalism in this profound and revelatory memoir of his three-year captivity by Somali pirates--a riveting,thoughtful, and...

Pieces of Her

The #1 internationally bestselling author returns with a new novel in the vein of her New York Times bestsellers Pretty Girls and The Good Daughter--a story even more electrifying, provocative, and suspenseful than anything she's written before. What if t...

Buddha Bowls: One Hundred Calm & Nourishing One-bowl Meals

Beautiful and inspiring one-dish meals in a bowl! Buddha bowls, occasionally called "bliss bowls," "nourish bowls," or "power bowls," are the ultimate in one-dish meals. You start with a base of whole grains, rice, noodles, o...

The Coddling of the American Mind

Something is going wrong on many college campuses in the last few years. Rates of anxiety, depression, and suicide are rising. Speakers are shouted down. Students and professors say they are walking on eggshells and afraid to speak honestly. How did this ...

The Good Fight

The daughter and granddaughter of prominent Manhattan lawyers, Meredith McKenzie is destined for the best of everything: top schools, elite social circles, the perfect marriage. Spending her childhood in Germany as her father prosecutes Nazi war criminals...

Paradox

Chief Ty Christie of Willicott, Maryland, witnesses a murder at dawn from the deck of her cottage on Lake Massey. When dragging the lake, not only do the divers find the murder victim, they also discover dozens of bones. Even more shocking is the identifi...

A Measure of Darkness

Deputy Coroner Clay Edison goes to extreme lengths for a forgotten Jane Doe in the new thriller from a father-son team of bestselling authors who write "brilliant, page-turning fiction" (Stephen King). Clay Edison is busy. He's solved a decades-...

I see life through rosé-colored glasses

The New York Times bestselling mother daughter duo are back with more hilarious, witty, and true tales from their lives. Whether they are attempting to hike the Grand Canyon, setting up phone calls with their dogs, or learning what “adulting” mea...

Cottage by the Sea

A seaside town helps one young woman reclaim the light after darkness in a brand-new novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Debbie Macomber. "Romantic, warm, and a breeze to read--one of Macomber's best."-- Kirkus Reviews Annie Marlow h...

Life After Google : The Fall of Big Data and the Rise of the Blockchain Economy

"Google's algorithms assume the world's future is nothing more than the next moment in a random process. George Gilder shows how deep this assumption goes, what motivates people to make it, and why it's wrong: the future depends on human action."...

When We Found Home

Life is meant to be savored, but that's not easy with no family, limited prospects and a past you'd rather not talk about. Still, Callie Smith doesn't know how to feel when she discovers she has a brother and a sister--Malcolm, who grew up with affection,...

Clock Dance

Willa Drake can count on one hand the defining moments of her life. In 1967, she is a schoolgirl coping with her mother's sudden disappearance. In 1977, she is a college coed considering a marriage proposal. In 1997, she is a young widow trying to piece h...

Rescued

In Rescued, David Rosenfelt again delights his readers with the charm and wit they’ve come to expect. Even the most fervent fans of the sardonic Andy Carpenter and his team will be enthralled by this latest case, where the stakes have never been higher.De...

Kill the Farm Boy

In an irreverent new series in the tradition of Monty Python, the bestselling authors of the Iron Druid Chronicles and Star Wars: Phasma reinvent fantasy, fairy tales, and floridly written feast scenes. "Ranks among the best of Christopher Moore and ...

Spymaster

The newest thriller in the #1 New York Times , #1 Wall Street Journal , and #1 Publishers Weekly bestselling series! Across Europe, a secret organization has begun attacking diplomats. Back in the United States, a foreign ally demands the identity of a hi...

Spinning Silver

A fresh and imaginative retelling of the Rumpelstiltskin fairytale from the bestselling author of Uprooted, called "a very enjoyable fantasy with the air of a modern classic" by The New York Times Book Review. Miryem is the daughter and granddau...

I am Peace

The Wild Robot

Notebook of Doom

Loot : how to steal a fortune

I Dissent

Science Comics Sharks

La Princesa and the Pea

Ms. Bixby's Last Day

The Playbook

Juana and Lucas

Whoosh!

Crown : an ode to the fresh cut

Summer Game 2018!

Have you leveled up?  Get in the Game for summer and earn your badges by reading and completing challenges!  Pick up your prizes at the Norwalk Public Library, South Norwalk Branch, East Norwalk Library, or Rowayton Library.

Escape Room

Saturday, 7/21 to Sunday 7/29. Get ready for another adventure in the library: a Harry Potter-themed Escape Room Challenge! An escape room is a real-life, life-size game in which players solve a series of puzzles using clues, hints and strategy. Players h...

1000 Books Before Kindergarten

The program is simple. Read a book and log it into the system. When you reach a milestone, head to the library to pick up a prize!

Acting Out with Ms. Karen

Friday, 7/20, 10 am. Ages 3 - 12. Act out "The Princess in a Bag" story with Ms. Karen and her costume chest, Chester!

The gate is up now, but it will soon be down and activated!

All other parkers will pay for parking at the same rate ($.50/hour) that applies to other Norwalk Parking Authority facilities.

Summer Game 2018!

Have you leveled up? Get in the Game for summer and earn your badges by reading and completing challenges! Pick up your prizes at the Norwalk Public Library, South Norwalk Branch, East Norwalk Library, or Rowayton Library.

The Great American Read at Norwalk Public Library

The Norwalk Library ask..'What is your favorite book?'
The PBS 8-part special The Great American Read has started and will run through July. We are asking you to participate in Norwalk by giving us your favorite book title to create our own local list.

Summer Reading Lists

Elementary School
Middle & High School

Summer Game 2018!

Have you leveled up? Get in the Game for summer and earn your badges by reading and completing challenges! Pick up your prizes at the Norwalk Public Library, South Norwalk Branch, East Norwalk Library, or Rowayton Library.

Emergency Assistance

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Summer Game 2018!

Have you leveled up?  Get in the Game for summer and earn your badges by reading and completing challenges!  Pick up your prizes at the Norwalk Public Library, East Norwalk Library, or Rowayton Library.

Coding Club

Are you interested in learning programming? Building a website? Come join us at the Norwalk Public Library every Monday between 5:30pm to 6:30pm. Come with your questions related to python, web development, sql/database concepts, java, and more and we wil...

Sunday Crafternoon with Perler Beads

Sunday, 7/22, 2 - 4:30 pm. Melt plastic beads into awesome creations! Design your own from scratch, or copy one of the many designs we have on hand. Teen Room.

K'NEX Program

Monday, 7/9 and 7/23 at 5 pm. Grades 5 - 12.

Escape Room

Get ready for another adventure in the library: a Harry Potter-themed Escape Room Challenge! An escape room is a real-life, life-size game in which players solve a series of puzzles using clues, hints and strategy. Players have exactly one hour to win the...

Graphic Novel Book Club

Read a graphic novel and come discuss what you thought over pizza! Meant for rising 5th-7th graders. No registration necessary! We will be reading the following books: July 11 - Awkward by Svetlana Chmakova July 18 - All Summer Long by Hope Larson July 25...

A Court of Frost and Starlight

Leah on the Offbeat

All Out : The No-Longer-Secret Stories of Queer Teens Throughout the Ages

Astonishing Color of After

Black Panther: the Young Prince

The Burning Maze

Dread Nation

The Poet X

White Rabbit

Tyler Johnson Was Here

Speak: the Graphic Novel

A Reaper at the Gates

Children of Blood and Bone

Down and Across