The library at all locations will have adjusted hours in observance of Thanksgiving:
Wednesday 11/27: closing at 1pm
Thursday, 11/28 & Friday, 11/29: closed
Library operations will resume on Saturday, 11/30.

The library's temporary locations are at the Beech Street Center and the E.C. Benton Library. For more information, including hours of operation, please click here.

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Library Latest — January 3, 2023

Get the new year started right with one of the most popular books for Belmont readers in 2022. Here are the top 10 most checked out titles at the Belmont Public Library in 2022:

  1. The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles print book | large print | eBook | eAudio | book on CD | playaway
  2. Apples Never Fall by Liane Moriarty print book | large print | eBook | eAudio | book on CD | playaway
  3. The Library Book by Susan Orlean print book | eBook | eAudio | book on CD | playaway
  4. Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr print book | large print | eBook | eAudio | book on CD | playaway
  5. Oh William! by Elizabeth Strout print book | eBook | eAudio | book on CD 
  6. The Sentence by Louise Erdrich print book | eBook | eAudio | book on CD 
  7. The Maid by Nita Prose print book | large print | eBook | eAudio | playaway
  8. The Midnight Library by Matt Haig print book | eBook | eAudio | book on CD | playaway
  9. Wish You Were Here by Jodi Picoult print book | large print | eBook | eAudio | book on CD | playaway
  10. Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus print book | large print | eBook | eAudio 

Library Latest December–13, 2022

Need a last minute gift idea for the holidays? Check out one of these recommendations from the staff of the Belmont Public Library!

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Library Latest–October 11, 2022

Get in the Halloween spirit with these horrifying tales!

The Classics
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New and Sure to Thrill
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Truly Scary True Stories
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Prefer eBook or eAudio options? See those below…

The Silence of the Lambs: eBook | audiobook

The Shining: eBook | audiobook

Frankenstein: eBook | audiobook

NOS4A2: eBook | audiobook

The Library at Mount Char: eBook | audiobook

Annihilation: eBook 

A Head Full of Ghosts: eBook

I’ll Be Gone in the Dark: eBook | audiobook

The Devil in the White City: eBook | audiobook

The Witches: eBook | audiobook

Library Latest–July 12, 2022

Get ready for your next adventure with one of these travel guides we’ve added to our OverDrive collection!


Make the Most of Your Time on Earth-Fourth Edition


Insight Guides: USA on the Road


Rough Guides: Travel the Liberation Route Europe

Title details for Wine Trails--USA & Canada by Lonely Planet Food - Available
Wine Trails United States & Canada

Title details for Lonely Planet New England by Benedict Walker;Isabel Albiston;Amy C Balfour;Robert Balkovich;Gregor Clark;Adam Karlin;Brian K... - Available
Lonely Planet New England

Title details for Accessible Vacations by Simon J. Hayhoe - Available
Accessible Vacations: an insider’s guide to 10 National Parks

Title details for 50 States, 5,000 Ideas by Joe Yogerst - Available
50 States, 5,000 Ideas

Title details for Insight Guides Explore Quebec (Travel Guide eBook) by Insight Guides - Available
Insight Guides: Explore Quebec

Title details for The Rough Guide to Ireland (Travel Guide eBook) by Rough Guides - Available
The Rough Guide to Ireland

Title details for Fodor's the Complete Guide to the National Parks of the USA by Fodor's Travel Guides - Available
Fodor’s the Complete Guide to the National Parks of the USA

Title details for Lonely Planet Seattle by Robert Balkovich;Becky Ohlsen - Available
Lonely Planet: Seattle

Title details for Spooky Trails and Tall Tales Massachusetts by Stephen Gencarella - Available
Spooky Trails and Tall Tales Massachusetts

Title details for Insight Guides Costa Rica (Travel Guide eBook) by Insight Guides - Available
Insight Guides: Costa Rica

Title details for The Rough Guide to Southwest USA (Travel Guide eBook) by Rough Guides - Available
The Rough Guide to Southwest USA

Title details for Lonely Planet Boston by Lonely Planet;Mara Vorhees - Available
Lonely Planet: Boston

Library Latest – January 11, 2022

Start off 2022 by checking out one of the highest circulating books or films from 2021!

Nonfiction
1. Say I’m Dead by E. Dolores Johnson
2. Myers+Chang at Home by Joanne Chang
3. A Promised Land by Barack Obama
4. The Premonition by Michael Lewis
5. Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat by Samin Nosrat
6. Modern Comfort Food by Ina Garten
7. Caste by Isabel Wilkerson
8. Jubilee by Toni Tipton-Martin
9. The Code Breaker by Walter Isaacson
10. Ottolenghi Flavor by Yotam Ottolenghi

Fiction
1. The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah
2. The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett
3. The Paris Library by Janet Skeslien Charles
4. Sooley by John Grisham
5. The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
6. Win by Harlan Coben
7. When the Stars Go Dark by Paula McLain
8. Anxious People by Fredrik Backman
9. The Guest List by Lucy Foley
10. Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell

DVD/Blu-ray
1. Knives Out
2. Minari
3. News of the World
4. Mulan
5. Soul
6. Promising Young Woman
7. The Father
8. 1917
9. Nomadland
10. Wild Mountain Thyme

Library Latest-November 23, 2021

Staff Holiday Gift Guide-Check out these selections that staff members think would make great gifts this holiday season!

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Library Latest-August 24, 2021

Football season is almost here! Get ready for it with one of these titles!

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Prefer eBook and audio options? Find those here…

Slow Getting Up: eBook

The System: eBook | audiobook 

Football for a Buck: audiobook 

Belichick and Brady: eBook 

Brady vs. Manning: eBook | audiobook 

Big Game: eBook | audiobook 

The Dynasty: eBook

Blitzed: eBook

Sudden Death: eBook | audiobook

Playing for Pizza: eBook

Library Latest–January 12, 2021

Get the story behind the music with one of these music biographies!

The Woman I Was Born to Be by Susan Boyle | request the book | hoopla eAudio
Bruce by Peter Ames Carlin | request the book 
A Natural Woman by Carole King | request the book | OverDrive eBook | OverDrive eAudio
Paul McCartney by Philip Norman | request the book | OverDrive eBook
More Myself by Alicia Keys | request the book | playaway | OverDrive eBook | OverDrive eAudio
Resistance by Tori Amos | request the book | OverDrive eBook
Homeward Bound by Peter Ames Carlin | request the book
It’s a Long Story by Willie Nelson | request the book | large print | OverDrive eAudio

Library Latest–January 5, 2021

AcornTV is your place for your favorite mysteries! Check out these selections from Belmont Public Library staff!

Agatha Raisin | Watch on AcornTV
Murdoch Mysteries | Watch on AcornTV
Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries | Watch on AcornTV
Dead Still | Watch on AcornTV
Midsomer Murders | Watch on AcornTV
Mayday | Watch on AcornTV
No Offence | Watch on AcornTV
Dead Lucky | Watch on AcornTV
Agatha Christie’s Marple | Watch on AcornTV
George Gently | Watch on AcornTV

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