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 good detective thrillers to some of the most famous opera arias of all time.
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 (soon to be 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:
- By the Fire We Carry: The Generations-Long Fight for Justice on Native Land by Rebecca Nagle (History/True Crime)
- Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World that Can’t Stop Talking by Susan Cain (Psychology/Self Improvement)
- Plants in Design: A Guide to Designing with Southern Landscape Plants by Brad Davis (Illustrated Guide)
- My Southern Journey: True Stories from the Heart of the South by Rick Bragg (Memoir/Humor)
- Unruly Places: Lost Spaces, Secret Cities, and Other Inscrutable Geographies by Alastair Bonnett (History/Travel)
- Loving Corrections by Adrienne Marie Brown (Essays/Social Justice)
- 1177 B.C.: The Year Civilization Collapsed by Eric H. Cline (History/Anthropology)
- Decolonizing Palestine: The Land, The People, The Bible by Mitri Raheb (Religion/Politics)
- Doppelgänger: A Trip into the Mirror World by Naomi Klein (Philosophy)
- When We Cease to Understand the World by Benjamín Labatut (Essays/Science/History)
Fiction:
- The Ugly Duchess by Lion Feuchtwanger (Historical Novel)
- Chronicles from the Land of the Happiest People on Earth by Wole Soyinka (Political Fiction)
- A Council of Dolls by Mona Susan Power (Historical Fiction/Indigenous Experience)
- Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan (Historical Fiction/Christmas)
- Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo (YA/Fantasy)
- A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan (Psychological Fiction)
- A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine (Science Fiction)
- The Bangalore Detectives Club by Harini Nagendra (Historical Fiction/Mystery)
- The Henna Artist by Alka Joshi (Historical Fiction)
- A Murder of Crows by Sarah Yarwood Lovett (Mystery)
- The Maniac by Benjamín Labatut (Fiction)
- Trust by Hernan Diaz (Historical Fiction)
- Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros (Romance/Fantasy)
Poetry:
- Song by Brigit Pegeen Kelly
- Trace Evidence by Charif Shanahan
- Wade in the Water by Tracy K. Smith
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Bicycles: Love Poems by Nikki Giovanni
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The Collected Poetry of Nikki Giovanni, 1968-1998 by Nikki Giovanni
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Bluff: Poems by Danez Smith
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Pilgrim Bell by Kaveh Akbar
Music:
- The Waiting Sky by Anna Lapwood and the Pembroke College Girls’ Choir (Choral/Sacred)
- Symphony No. 9 “From the New World” by Antonín Dvořák, performed by Nathalie Stutzmann and the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra (Orchestral)
- The Life and Times of Malcolm X by Anthony Davis (Opera)
- India by Ravi: Afro-Indian Project (World/Fusion)
Video:
- Somewhere South: with Chef Vivian Howard (2020, PBS Culinary Series, 6-parts)
- Fixing Food. Seeds of Resilience (2024, Culinary Documentary, 9-parts)
- Woodpeckers: The Hole Story (2022, PBS Documentary)
- The American Buffalo (2023, PBS Ken Burns Documentary)
- Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022, Surreal Comedy/Science Fiction)
- 20 Days in Mariupol (2023, Ukrainian Documentary)
- La Chimera (2024, Period Comedy/Drama)
- Four Daughters: Les filles d’Olfa (2023, Arabic Documentary)
- Perfect Days (2023, Drama)
A great big thank you to all library folks, especially our subject librarians, for sharing their favorites and wish lists. If you have your own favorite titles and are looking for similar titles, try NoveList, which will recommend read-a-likes and similar series for all ages.
—Gautham Reddy, South Asian Studies and Religion librarian