In this episode, Tori and Nicole return to Worth Reading Wednesdays with a special guest! Aaliyah from the circulation desk discusses the books she has been reading since joining the Columbus-Lowndes Public Library System staff. Nicole and Tori provide updates of their own about new library initiatives, summer library programs, and more! The resources discussed in this episode are listed below:

The Blacker the Berry by Wallace Thurman;

The Nephilim and the Pyramid of the Apocalypse by Patrick Heron;

The Book of Night Women by Marlon James;

Black Leopard, Red Wolf by Marlon James;

An American Marriage by Tayari Jones; 

The Songbook of Benny Lament by Amy Harmon;

A Lowcountry Bride by Preslaysa Williams;

Seven Days in June by Tia Williams;

The Accidental Diva by Tia Williams;

The Me You Love in the Dark by Skottie Young, art by Jorge Corona;

Locke & Key Netflix show;

Moonshot: The Indigenous Comics Collection edited by Hope Nicholson; 

Fable by Adrienne Young;

Namesake by Adrienne Young;

Ban This Book by Alan Gratz;

From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankwiler by E.L. Konigsburg;

Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret by Judy Blume; 

Library Patrons Try to Ban Books That Aren't There NBC article;