Books on Foot
This year-round reading challenge is designed to encourage you to enjoy a local pathway or trail while listening to an audiobook. Every month there will be a theme and a suggested route. A recommended list of audiobooks, including the digital service in which you can access them, wil be provided. You are not obligated to follow the suggestions!
Below are previews of monthly themes and suggested titles and walking routes. Register for the challenge and log your titles via Beanstack.
Location - View Map
300 W. Merrill St.
Birmingham, MI 48009
Library Hours
Monday–Thursday: 9:30 a.m. to 9:00 p.m.
Friday & Saturday: 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Sunday: 12:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Upcoming Closures
June 19: Closed
July 4: Closed
JULY – ADVENTURE
Suggested Titles
Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
(also on hoopla)
Mr. Penumbra’s 24-hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan
(also on hoopla
)A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson
(also on hoopla)
The Lost City of Z by David Grann
Stardust by Neil Gaiman
Outlander by Diana Gabaldon
Suggested Walk
Walk Manor Park near Big Beaver and Adams
AUGUST – SHORT STORIES
Suggested Titles
The Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri
Exhalation by Ted Chiang
Tenth of December by George Sanders
Bad Feminist by Roxane Gay
How Long til Black Futures Month? by N.K. Jemisin
Florida by Lauren Groff
Suggested Walk
Walk Douglas Evans Nature Preserve on Evergreen Road north of 13 Mile
Parking
Free Two-Hour Parking in Chester Street Deck
Metered street parking around Library
Free Parking on Sundays
Library Hours:
Monday – Thursday: 9:30 a.m. to 9:00 p.m.
Friday & Saturday: 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Sunday: 12:00 to 5:00 p.m.
Upcoming Closures:
July 4: Closed