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Bridgewater branch

1 Vogt Dr.
Bridgewater, NJ 08807
908-458-8415

Hillsborough branch

379 South Branch Rd.
Hillsborough, NJ 08844
908-458-8420

Manville branch

100 South 10th Ave.
Manville, NJ 08835
908-458-8425

Montgomery branch

100 Community Dr.
Skillman, NJ 08558
908-458-8430

North Plainfield branch

6 Rockview Ave.
North Plainfield, NJ 07060
908-458-8435

Peapack and Gladstone branch

1 School St.
Peapack, NJ 07977
908-458-8440

Somerville branch

35 West End Ave.
Somerville, NJ 08876
908-458-8445

Warren Township branch

42 Mountain Blvd.
Warren, NJ 07059
908-458-8450

Watchung branch

20 Stirling Rd.
Watchung, NJ 07069
908-458-8455

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All of Us Murderers Paperback

Charles, Kj

Cover Story Paperback

McFarlane, Mhairi

Sister creatures : a novel

Green, Laura Venita

Vampires at Sea Paperback

Merbaum, Lindsay

The wax child

Ravn, Olga

The Book of Guilt Hardcover

Chidgey, Catherine

Oct 3, 2025

Recommended Reads for October

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Hopeful heroes : more poems about amazing Latinos

Engle, Margarita

Borderlands and the Mexican American story

Romo, David Dorado

Bad Bunny

Romo Edelman, Claudia

Mercedes Sosa : la voz del pueblo

Perez-Prado, Aixa

Latin American immigrants

Marcovitz, Hal

Dolores Huerta

Brown, Monica

Oct 3, 2025

Hispanic Heritage for Kids

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After That, the Dark Hardcover

Klavan, Andrew

The creeping hand murder

Johnson, Maureen

Death on Dickens Island: A Books on the Beach Mystery Hardcover

Brook, Allison

Happy People Don't Live Here Hardcover

Sparks, Amber

Kooky Spooky Love: A Melody Bittersweet Novel Paperback

Silver, Josie

Book 'Em, Eddie Mass Market Paperbound

Cass, Laurie

Oct 3, 2025

Big Mysteries

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A fall day for Bear

Becker, Bonny

Humpty's great fall

Moore, Amy

Fall is for beginnings

LaRocca, Rajani

A great fall : three-and-a-half stories : Bat, Cat & Rat. Book four

Dyckman, Ame

Autumn

Posey, Alexander Lawrence

Fall feast : nature's harvest

Taylor, Sean

Oct 3, 2025

Fall Fun

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Broken Dolls Hardcover

Malinenko, Ally

Grin

Gillespie, D. W.

Another

Tremblay, Paul

The dead of summer

La Sala, Ryan

How to survive a slasher

Winans, Justine Pucella

Hunger's bite

Robin, Taylor

Sep 18, 2025

Tween and Teen Horror

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Romero Lacruz, Gabriela

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Diaz, Jaquira

Diaz, Jaquira

Amador, Lia

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De la Rosa, Liana

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Natera, Cleyvis

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Cañas, Isabel

Cañas, Isabel

Sep 16, 2025

Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month with Adult Fiction

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At the zoo

Earley, Christina

The secret elephant : inspired by a true story of friendship

Rankin, Ellan

The last zookeeper

Becker, Aaron

Code name Bananas

Walliams, David

Pumpkin day at the zoo

Meissner, Susan

Raising Don : the true story of a spunky baby tapir

Irvine, Georgeanne

Sep 16, 2025

At the Zoo

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Fall in love, you false angels. 1

Uzuki, Coco

Kill blue. 1, Let's go to school

Fujimaki, Tadatoshi

Daybreak. 1

Moosopp

Scoop. Vol. 1, #BreakingNews

Hamilton, Richard Ashley

Family Force V. Book one

Braly, Matthew

West Hollywood Monster Squad

Grace, Sina

Sep 16, 2025

High School Gets Graphic

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Breathe in, bleed out : a novel

McAuley, Brian

The city changes its face

McBride, Eimear

Discontent : a novel

Serrano, Beatriz

Epic and Lovely Paperback

Daviau, Mo

Hothouse bloom

Wohlers, Austyn

Happiness and love : a novel

Dubno, Zoe

Sep 16, 2025

September Indie Next and LibraryReads Picks

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The man who died seven times

Nishizawa, Yasuhiko

Sisters of Fortune : a novel

Chehebar, Esther Levy

The art of vanishing: a novel

Pager, Morgan

Blood slaves : Blood saga. #1

Redmond, Markus

Jamaica road

Smith, Lisa

We don't talk about Carol : a novel

Berry, Kristen L

Sep 4, 2025

June and July Books You May Have Missed

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Children of the book : a memoir of reading together

Kurshan, Ilana

Mrs. Christie at the Mystery Guild Library

Chapman, Amanda

The body in the bookstore : Secret bookcase mystery. Book 1

Alexander, Ellie

Storybook ending : a novel

Macdonald, Moira

The boxcar librarian : a novel

Labuskes, Brianna

The study : the inner life of Renaissance libraries

Hui, Andrew

Sep 4, 2025

Books about Books

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Goodnight sounds

Miller, Debbie S

If you can see the dark

Mudie, Timothy

Starlight symphony

Silverman, Buffy

On a summer night

Hopkinson, Deborah

In the night garden

Berger, Carin

Saving the night : how light pollution is harming life on Earth

Aitken, Stephen

Sep 4, 2025

Nighttime Serenade

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