300 W. Merrill St. Birmingham, MI 48009 | (248) 647-1700

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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.

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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

books on foot 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

books on foot 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

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:

July 4: Closed

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