Summer has finally arrived: Time to Read Around the World!
Time to kick back, relax, and read a few good books (or maybe 24)! Adults are invited to play our summer reading bingo game and enter for a chance to win a library tote bag filled with goodies at the end of summer. One bingo equals 1 entry; fill the entire card and you'll have 12 chances to win!
The bingo card's categories may even help you discover a favorite new genre! Download a copy of the Bingo Card, here -- or pick one up at the Library. Return by September 2 to enter a drawing for the Grand Prize.
For more information on the categories of books in the challenge, explore these resources and helpful hints:
- Maine Books:
- 100 Books Every Lover of Maine Should Read (from Downeast Magazine)
- The Essential Maine Reading List (from Maine Magazine)
- Books made into movies or TV shows:
- 100 of the Best Books Made Into Movies and TV Shows (from Book Riot)
- 40 of the Greatest All-Time Book to Movie Adaptations (from Reader'd Digest)
- The latest BookTok trends according to Barnes & Noble
- Award Winning Books:
- National Book Award (explore fiction, nonfiction, and poetry award categories)
- PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction
- Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
- Pulitzer Prize for Nonfiction
- there are many additional awards to explore
- Popular debut books from Goodreads
- The Best Books of the Year (So Far) from The New York Times
- Translated works
- Maine Humanities Council Read ME Selection
- Great American Read
- Banned or Challenged Books:
- American Library Association (ALA) list of the top 10 most challenged books in 2024
- ALA List of 100 Most Banned and Challenged Books 2010-2019
Read Along with Scarborough High School
Scarborough Public Library invites YOU—students, parents, neighbors—to read alongside local high schoolers this summer. Whether you’re revisiting classics or discovering new voices, we’ve got great recommendations based on SHS assignments. Reading is more fun when we do it together.
Download our Community Reading Guide!
And if you need them, the official assigned reading lists are linked below!
Librarians are available to assist you as you seek titles in any category! And don't forget to make use of our ebook and audiobook collections: Libby and cloudLibrary.
Happy reading, and good luck!