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Tori Casper is a collection development librarian at OverDrive, where she helps public libraries build and highlight their digital collections. Outside of work and reading, she enjoys hiking, gardening, wildlife photography, and planning trips to national parks. Tori is always happy to discuss all the books with strong nature settings.

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Tackle your next home project with the help of these books on the Libby app, the handiest tool in your toolbox.

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Read, repair & renovate: 10 must-read DIY and home improvement books

Before you renovate, browse these books on Libby — the handiest tool in your toolbox.

Annie Suhy has been working in the book industry since 2006. When she’s not working, practicing yoga, or petting cats, she’s doing paint-by-numbers and buying more plants. An avid poetry fan, her favorite collection is "The Splinter Factory" by Jeffrey McDaniel.

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Successful leaders are readers. Check out the most borrowed business books in the Libby app that can help you get ahead at work.

10 business books everyone needs to read in their career

Improve your skills, fatten that check, or climb the corporate ladder (and feel happier doing it).

Marisa Arancibia is a Digital Content Librarian on OverDrive's Global Libraries and Education team. She loves curating collections of favorite reads and discussing nerdy lore and fan theories with her fellow book people. When she's not working, she can be found reading thriller and fantasy novels, traveling, and playing with her goofy rescue dog, Swarley.

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Everyone loves a good heist. With an conniving thief, intricate plotting, and clever schemes, you won’t be able to put these books down.

10 high-stakes heist books that will steal your heart

Fill the heist-shaped hole in your heart.

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For more perspectives about life on the spectrum, browse these books on the Libby app written by autistic authors.

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8 books written by autistic authors to read this April

Hear more perspectives about life on the spectrum.

Shelia Mawdsley did everything from answering questions at the Reference Desk to tech training to running a classic lit book club in her 17 years in public libraries. Now she helps other public libraries make the most of their OverDrive collections. In her spare time, she’s either writing or reading, usually with an opera playing in the background. If you ever run into her, ask Shelia about #WITMonth.

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The race to save Michelangelo's dome, the hidden history of opium, and a quest for justice in the face of cartel violence await in these readable history books on the Libby app. 

10 captivating history books that read like novels

Molly McNamara has been working in the book world since 2014. From children’s publishing to higher education and international markets, she’s loved seeing the joy reading brings to people of all ages and places. Outside of work, you can usually find Molly exploring a local brewery, starting but not finishing home décor projects, and wrangling her family to the next travel destination. 

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Discover the most highly anticipated books coming out this April in Australia and New Zealand on the Libby app. 

April’s biggest books in Australia & New Zealand

See the most anticipated books from down under.

Bobby Petricini is an informal educator at heart and loves to teach something new any chance he gets. As a book and film enthusiast, OverDrive fits his passions perfectly. When Bobby isn’t working, you can find him at the gym rock climbing, out on the trail backpacking, or playing video games with his buddies. He is currently reading through Cormac McCarthy’s bibliography.

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Find book suggestions that pair well with your favorite digital magazines in the Libby app.

8 book recommendations based on your favorite magazines

Find book suggestions that pair well with your favorite digital magazines.

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Whether you’re in the path of totality or just living vicariously, satisfy your curiosity for the celestial show with these solar eclipse books available on the Libby app.

6 stellar books to celebrate the solar eclipse

Satisfy your curiosity for the upcoming celestial show.

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Discover the hottest new books to hit digital bookshelves in April and borrow on the Libby app from your library.

April 2024’s biggest books

See the books everyone's buzzing about this month.

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Whether you’re an astrophile or sci-fi reader, explore the cosmos with these space books available on the Libby app. 

7 books set in space that are out of this world

Whether you're an astrophile or sci-fi reader, explore the cosmos with these space books.

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From revealing memoirs to scintillating short stories, we pick the hottest books coming out this Spring you can borrow in the Libby app.

The biggest books of Spring 2024

From revealing memoirs to scintillating short stories, here are the hottest books coming out this season.

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