The Adult Winter Reading Program has started at the Windsor Public Library. We encourage you all to participate. For more information, please call the Reference Desk at 860-285-1918 or the Wilson Branch at 860-247-8960.

“There is a universal saying to the effect that it is when men are off in the wilds that they show themselves as they really are."

Candice Millard, The River of Doubt 

Most Anticipated Books of 2023

Winter 2023 Recommendations

See all of our new materials this month!

No, But I Read the Book

Devotion: an epic story of heroism, friendship, and sacrifice by Adam Makos

You may have heard about the new movie in theaters, DEVOTION, the story of the deep friendship between a white Navy pilot and a black man who became the first black carrier pilot. The wonderful book by Adam Makos reads like a movie, with all of the emotion and suspense that this dramatic story true encompasses.

Staff Pick

Isaac's storm: a man, a time, and the deadliest hurricane in history by Erik Larson

About the 1900 hurricane in Galveston, TX and the US Weather Bureau at the time. Published in 1999, this remains a fascinating account of an historic storm. Written in a narrative non fiction style, this will entertain all.

Book Club Corner

Pope Joan by Donna Woolfork Cross

For a thousand years her existence has been denied. She is the legend that will not die–Pope Joan, the ninth-century woman who disguised herself as a man and rose to become the only female ever to sit on the throne of St. Peter. Now in this novel, Donna Woolfolk Cross paints a sweeping portrait of an unforgettable heroine who struggles against restrictions her soul cannot accept. A surprisingly riveting and thought provoking story of a woman whose strength of vision led her to defy the social restrictions of her day. (JMW)

Raising a Reader (Kids or Teen Book of Interest)

The Davenports by Krystal Marquis

The Davenports by Krystal Marquis is inspired by the real-life story of C.R. Patterson and his family. It's the tale of four determined and passionate young Black women discovering the courage to steer their own path in life—and love.

Spotlight: Travel

The Oregon Trail: A New American Journey by Rinker Buck

Buck's epic account of traveling the length of the Oregon Trail the old-fashioned way--in a covered wagon with a team of mules, an audacious journey that hasn't been attempted in a century--tells the rich history of the trail, the people who made the migration, and its significance to the country. By turns frankly hilarious, historically elucidating, emotionally touching, and deeply informative.

In A Sunburned Country by Bill Bryson

It is the driest, flattest, hottest, most infertile and climatically aggressive of all the inhabited continents, and still Australia teems with life - a large portion of it quite deadly. In fact, Australia has more things that can kill you in a very nasty way than anywhere else. Ignoring such dangers - and yet curiously obsessed by them - Bill Bryson journeyed to Australia and promptly fell in love with the country. And who can blame him? The people are cheerful, extroverted, quick-witted and unfailingly obliging: their cities are safe and clean and nearly always built on water; the food is excellent; the beer is cold and the sun nearly always shines. Life doesn't get much better than this...

Antarctica: an intimate portrait of a mysterious continent by Gabrielle Walker

A profile of Antarctica and its indigenous life traces the history of regional exploration and the science currently being conducted there while explaining how Antarctica reveals key insights into the planet's environmental future.