At Emory Libraries, we’ve been working hard behind the scenes to make sure you have access to the academic books you need for your research, teaching, and learning. Now that the winter holiday break is near, we want to ensure you have some leisure material to enjoy. To relax, we are reading, viewing, and listening to a variety of treats, from cozy mysteries to fascinating PBS documentaries.
First, you should know that all Emory University faculty, students, and staff have access to two free online library collections, courtesy of the Fulton County Library System and Emory Libraries.
For Emory Libraries, you can find these titles and many more via:
- Library Search (Emory’s catalog)
- Emory Overdrive (Libby) for ebooks & audiobooks
- Naxos for music
- Met Opera on Demand
- Alexander Street Press Music Online
- Swank Digital Campus for film
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Academic Video Online (AVON) for streaming video
If you are interested in obtaining the print version of one of these books from the Emory Libraries, please request the book within Library Search. For any questions, you can contact the Ask a Librarian service.
For Fulton County Library System, you can use:
- Fulco catalog
- Fulco Overdrive ebooks & audiobooks
- Fulco Hoopla movies, music, audiobooks, ebooks, comics and TV shows
The Fulton County Library System is open Monday-Saturday for in-person services.
What are Emory librarians reading, listening to, and viewing?
Nonfiction:
- Book and Dagger: How Scholars and Librarians Became the Unlikely Spies of World War II by Elyse Graham (History)
- Prairie fires: The American dreams of Laura Ingalls Wilder by Caroline Fraser (Biography)
- Co-Intelligence: Living and Working with AI by Ethan Mollick (Computer Science)
- Buddha Jumps Over the Wall and Other Curiously Named Classic Chinese Dishes by Ying Chang Compestine (Cookbook)
- The Manga Guide to Japanese Food: Everything You Want to Know About the History, Ingredients and Folklore of Japan’s Unique Cuisine by Hiroshi Nagashima (Manga, Cultural History)
- John Hancock: First to Sign, First to Invest in America’s Independence by Willard Sterne Randall (Biography)
- One-hour Comfort: Quick, Cozy, Modern Dishes for All Your Cravings from America’s Test Kitchen (Cookbook)
- John Lewis: A Life by David Greenberg (Biography)
- Mother Mary Comes to Me by Arundhati Roy (Memoir)
Fiction:
- A Deadly Education by Naomi Novik (Fantasy)
- Sisters in the Wind by Angeline Boulley (Thriller, Indigenous Experience)
- Summerhouse by Yiğit Karaahmet (Crime, LGBTQ+)
- Still Life by Louise Penny (Mystery Series)
- Horizontal Vertigo: A City Called Mexico / El Vértigo Horizontal: Una Ciudad Llamada México by Juan Villoro (Novel, Translation)
- You Dreamed of Empires by Álvaro Enrigue (Novel, Historical Fiction, Translation)
- The Dictionary of Lost Words by Pip Williams (Novel, Historical Fiction)
- The Bookbinder by Pip Williams (Novel, Historical Fiction)
- Black Sun, Book One of Between Earth and Sky Trilogy by Rebecca Roanhorse (Fantasy)
- The Riveter by Jack Wang (Novel, Historical Fiction)
- The Dream Hotel by Laila Lalami (Novel, Science Fiction)
- The Feeling of Iron by Giaime Alonge (Novel, Historical Fiction / Thriller)
Music:
- Christmas with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra by Norman MacKenzie, the ASO Chorus, and the Morehouse College Glee Club (Holiday/orchestral)
- Charles Wood: Songs for Voice and Piano by Carolyn Dobbin, Roderick Williams, and Iain Burnside (Art song)
- Electric Fields by Barbara Hannigan, David Chalmin, and Katia & Marielle Labèque (Art song/electronic)
- A Moon-Shaped Pool by Radiohead (Alternative Rock)
Video:
- Pompeii: The New Dig (2025, PBS Documentary Series)
- The Hills are Alive: A Year at Kylemore Abbey (2025, PBS Documentary Series)
- Dogs in the Wild (2023, PBS Documentary)
- Yi Yi / A One and a Two (2000, Taiwanese Family Drama)
- All We Imagine as Light / Prabhayāy Ninachathellam (2024, Indian Drama)
A big thank you to all library folks, especially our subject librarians, for sharing their favorites and wish lists.
—Gautham Reddy, South Asian Studies and Religion librarian