What We're Reading: JCPL's Winter Reading Bingo 2026Like this list

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• JCPL's Winter Reading 2026

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  Hey, adults, this one’s for you. Jefferson County Public Library has a new opportunity for you to cozy up with bookish adventures as you read your way to BINGO and your finisher prize.

• The Haunting of Room 904

  a Novel

  Wurth, Erika T.,

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  Winter Reading Bingo categories: Colorado Author, Blue Cover, Number in the Title and Diverse. Olivia Becente, a medium who investigates a cursed Denver hotel room where women, including her sister, have died by suicide every five years. Olivia…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Abundance

  Klein, Ezra, 1984-

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  Winter Reading Bingo category: Nonfiction. A deeply researched book about the various policies and resources available to Americans, how they shaped our past and are setting us up for our future. Managed wisely, there is abundance for all.

• A Guardian and a Thief

  Majumdar, Megha,

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  Winter Reading Bingo categories: Award Winner, Warm Setting and Diverse. In the face of the threat of starvation and desperation, how will people react? This beautifully-written book explores the choices a mother makes for herself and her child —…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Wild Dark Shore

  McConaghy, Charlotte,

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  Winter Reading Bingo category: Winter Setting. In the near future, climate change threatens to drown an island in the far south Indian Ocean, home to a research station, an enormous seed bank holding hope for the planet, a family charged with…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Sum of Us

  What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together

  McGhee, Heather C.,

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  Winter Reading Bingo categories: Blue Cover and Nonfiction. McGhee explores the economic and social costs of racism for all Americans, arguing it is the "common denominator" for many of the country's public problems.

• Crying in H Mart

  a Memoir

  Zauner, Michelle,

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  Winter Reading Bingo categories: Food-themed Book and Nonfiction. Following her mother's death, Zauner processes her loss by cooking traditional Korean dishes and navigating her complex relationship with her late mother and her cultural heritage.

• The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake

  a Novel

  Bender, Aimee,

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  Winter Reading Bingo categories: Food-themed Book and Blue Cover. At the age of 9, Rose Edelstein discovers she can taste the emotions of the person who cooked her food, revealing hidden family secrets and the emotional turmoil of her mother, father…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Night Watch

  a Novel

  Phillips, Jayne Anne, 1952-

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  Winter Reading Bingo categories: Graphic Novel and Award Winner. Set in the aftermath of the U.S. Civil War, this historical novel follows 12-year-old ConaLee and her mother, Eliza, who has been rendered mute by years of abuse from a drifter known…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Between Two Sounds

  Arvo Pärt's Journey to His Musical Language

  Sildre, Joonas,

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  Winter Reading Bingo categories: Number in the Title, Graphic Novel, Nonfiction. A beautifully realized biography that chronicles the life of renowned Estonian composer Arvo Pärt from 1935 to 1980, depicting his evolution from a young avant-garde…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Go as a River

  Read, Shelley,

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  Winter Reading Bingo category: Colorado Author. An epic coming-of-age novel about Victoria Nash, a young woman in 1948 Colorado whose life is changed by a chance encounter with a drifter.

• The Painter

  Heller, Peter, 1959-

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  Winter Reading Bingo categories: Colorado Author and Award Winner. After rescuing a horse from a brutal beating, Stegner is forced back into a life of violence and on the run from retribution, struggling with his dark impulses, grief and the need to…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The 100-year-old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared

  Jonasson, Jonas, 1961-

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  Winter Reading Bingo categories: Feel Good and Number in the Title. Allan Karlsson, who has a larger-than-life back story as an explosives expert, climbs out of the window in his slippers and embarks on an unforgettable adventure involving thugs, a…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Five Tuesdays in Winter

  Stories

  King, Lily,

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  Winter Reading Bingo categories: Feel Good, Number in the Title, Winter Setting, Blue(ish) Cover. A collection of 10 intimate short stories from the author of "Heart the Lover," exploring the complexities of love, desire and loss through a diverse…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• People We Meet on Vacation

  Henry, Emily,

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  Winter Reading Bingo categories: Feel Good, Adaptation and (mostly) Warm Setting. Best friends show up every year for each other to take their annual, almost rule-free vacation adventure, even as their personal lives drift apart and then come back…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Princess Bride

  An Illustrated Edition of S. Morgenstern's Classic Tale of True Love and High Adventure : the "good Parts" Version

  Goldman, William, 1931-2018,

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  Winter Reading Bingo categories: Feel Good, Adaptation and Graphic Novel. A tale of true love and high adventure, pirates, princesses, giants, miracles, fencing and a frightening assortment of wild beasts.

• Five Quarters of the Orange

  Harris, Joanne, 1964-

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  Winter Reading Bingo category: Number in the Title. Framboise Simon returns to her rural French childhood village under an alias, using her deceased mother's secret-filled recipe journal to run a crêperie.

• Just for You!

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