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
April 20: Closed
FEBRUARY – PETS
Suggested Titles
The Art of Racing in the Rain – Garth Stein
The Friend – Sigrid Nunez
The Guest Cat – Takashi Hiraide
Lessons in Chemistry Bonnie Garmus
The Hidden Language of Cats: How They Have Us at Meow – Sarah Brown, PhD, Helen Keeley
Alfie and Me: What Owls Know, What Humans Believe – Carl Safina
Suggested Walk
MARCH – SPORTS
Suggested Titles
Pucking Around – Emily Rath
There’s Always This Year – Hanif Abdurraqib
Ringmaster: Vince McMahon and the Unmaking of America – Abraham Josephine Riesman
Where They Last Saw Her – Marcie R. Rendon
Moneyball – Micheal Lewis
Friday Night Lights – H.G. Bissinger
Suggested Walk
Parking
Free Two-Hour Parking in Chester Street Deck
Metered street parking around Library
Free Parking on Sundays
248-647-1700
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 to 5:00 p.m.
Upcoming Closures:
April 20, 2025: Closed