LibraryAware November 2025

November 2025

“The thinnest yellow light of November is more warming and exhilarating than any wine they tell of.

—Henry David Thoreau

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Featured Events

In honor of Native American Heritage Month, we’ll be reading Firekeeper’s Daughter by Angeline Boulley, an Ojibwe author whose debut novel has been celebrated for its powerful exploration of identity, justice, and community.

These discussions will provide a welcoming space for readers to reflect on the book’s cultural and personal significance, engage with themes of resilience and belonging, and connect with one another. Anyone who has read Firekeeper’s Daughter is welcome to attend.

To celebrate the Stranger Things final season release, join us for an eerie night full of mystery, suspense, and 1980s nostalgia! Teens will take on a thrilling Stranger Things-themed murder mystery, and adults will enter an Upside Down Escape Room. Each age group will solve puzzles, unlock clues, and uncover secrets before time runs out. Will you survive the strange?

This event is for teens in grades 6th-12th and adults only.

Join us for a fun night of BINGO with your family and friends, where you could win some fantastic food fixings for Thanksgiving dinner! Prizes include canned goods, pumpkin pie, butter, and even whole turkeys! Plus, all attendees will be entered to win a door prize at the end of the event.

Seating is limited, so a ticket is required for anyone age 3 and older. Tickets will be available for pickup in person at the library starting Friday, October 10, while supplies last.

This event is sponsored by the HCPL Friends of the Library with kind donations from Sureway.

Join us on November 12th from 6 – 7:30 PM for a special evening with University of Kentucky basketball player, Jay Shidler. Known to fans as “The Blonde Bomber.”

Shidler first made his mark as a record-setting scorer and state champion at Lawrenceville High School before joining the UK Wildcats. Shidler will be sharing stories of playing for Joe B. Hall and winning the 1978 NCAA Championship from his brand-new memoir,

Blonde Bomber: A Ride With Shide.

His book will be available for purchase and signing at the event.

Special Interest Groups

Lethal Library

November 3rd, 6:00 PM

First Mondays

Beginner Tai Chi

November 13th, 6:00 PM

Second Thursdays

Write-Minded

November 17th, 6:00 PM

Third Mondays

Lethal Library
November 6th, 6:00 PM

Does a good plot twist and a delicious margarita from locally owned Tacoholics sound fun to you?

If so, the Henderson County Public Library has the perfect book club! Meet with Hannah every 1st Thursday at 6pm to relax, discuss, and sip!

Makerspace Spotlight

Makerspace

Don't forget the library's Makerspace can bring you ideas to life! Plus, our Makerspace librarian can help you see your project from beginning to end.

3D Printer
Poster Printer
Vinyl Printer
Engraver
Cricut Maker 3
Sound Booth

New Releases This Month

Queen Esther
by John Irving

After forty years, John Irving returns to the world of his bestselling classic novel and Academy Award–winning film, The Cider House Rules, revisiting the orphanage in St. Cloud’s, Maine, where Dr. Wilbur Larch takes in Esther—a Viennese-born Jew whose life is shaped by anti-Semitism.

The King's Ransom

by Janet Evanovich

Gabriela Rose, recovery agent extraordinaire, can find just about anything. Too bad she can’t seem to lose her gorgeous-but-infuriating ex-husband Rafer Jones. And now he needs her help. His cousin, Harley, is in trouble…big trouble. As the president of a too-big-to-fail bank, he invested an astronomical amount of money in insuring some of the world’s most priceless artifacts at the urging of his board. It seemed like a low-risk, high-reward business move, so he jumped in with both feet. But recently, these insured pieces started going missing and worse, there’s no paper trail of Harley being directed to make these risky investments. Unless the artwork can be recovered soon, it looks like Harley is going to be heading to jail as the fall guy for an ingenious crime.

100 Rules for Living to 100: An Optimist's Guide to a Happy Life
by Dick Van Dyke

On the eve of his 100th birthday, national treasure Dick Van Dyke brings us this autobiographical collection of stories, reflections, and life advice on how he's maintained a zest for life. In 100 Rules for Living to 100, he reveals his secrets for maintaining your joie de vivre and making the most out of the life you've been given. Through stories of his pivotal childhood, moments on film sets, his expansive family, and finding love late in life, Dick reflects on both the joyful times and the challenges that shaped him.

The Seven Rings: The Lost Bride Trilogy, Book 3 by Nora Roberts

Return of the Spider: An Alex Cross Thriller by James Patterson

Tom Clancy Executive Power by Brian Andrews

The Christmas Stranger by Richard Paul Evans

Murder at Donwell Abbey by Vanessa Kelly

Thrown for a Loop: A New York Legends Hockey Romance by Sarina Bowen

What book should you read next? Take our quiz and find out!

Coming in December!