Oxford, Iowa, Public Library

10/31/2026

👻 Don’t forget to add the library to your trick-or-treat route tonight! Ms. Lauren will handing out candy until 7pm 🎃

10/31/2026

Book Highlight:
Home for the Homicides by Elle Cosimano & Hannah Morrissey

"'Tis the season . . . for murder.

When Special Agents Holly Frost and Mark Shepherd report to the idyllic town of Christmas to investigate a very less than idyllic murder, they’re in for more than the average whodunnit.

Welcome to Christmas, a town so cozy and charming it could be the backdrop of a Hallmark movie, where crime is never in season and it’s the holidays all year round. So when a tourist is found stabbed to death by an icicle in the middle of the town nativity scene, the local police are out of their depth—after all, how do you find a criminal in a town where crime doesn't exist?

The stakes are the whole town is relying on Holly and Mark to solve the crime before the annual Jingle Bell Jubilee festival (which naturally the town's entire economic survival relies on), plus, whichever of them cracks the case will receive a promotion to Major Crimes—and there's only one spot.

Holly and Mark are both on thin ice after screwing up on the job. This assignment is their one shot at redemption, if they can put aside their bitter rivalry. And of course, it's not only their jobs on the line, it's their hearts, too—regrets of their holiday party hookup last year haunt them like ghosts of Christmas past, so they both want to wrap up this rom-com gone wrong as quickly as possible. But with just twelve days until the festival, the countdown to catch a killer—without killing each other—is on.

Co-authored by New York Times bestseller Elle Cosimano (Finlay Donovan series) and USA Today bestseller Hannah Morrissey (Black Harbor series), Home for the Homicides is a sexy, light-hearted romp, with a dash of merriment and murder."

Check it out today!

10/30/2026

Stop by the library during your Trick-or-Treating fun tomorrow night! We'll have coloring sheets and a simple Halloween craft as well as small waters, and of course, CANDY!

See you tomorrow!

🎃 Oxford Trick or Treating - October 31st 5-7pm

Stop at Oxford, Iowa, Public Library to grab some candy and visit the Halloween coloring table.

Have fun and stay safe Oxford 👻

10/30/2026

Thank you to everyone who came out yesterday to discuss our October book, The Light Pirate by Lily Brooks-Dalton. This was a a bit of a twist on the typical scary read we pick in October, but was equally as eerie.

For our final discussion of the year, we'll be reading The Second Life of Mirielle West by Amanda Skenandore.

“In an intoxicating story of resilience, repulsion, and the Roaring 20’s, the glamorous world of a silent film star’s wife abruptly crumbles when she’s forcibly quarantined at America’s only l***r colony in Carville, Louisiana…"

Do to the holiday seasons coming up, we'll be discussing our pick Thursday, December 3 at 7pm both in person and via Zoom.

If you would like to join the book club email list for reminders, recommendations, and updates, send us a message!

Copies of our pick will be available at the desk for check-out. Please send us a message or email to request your copy.

Happy reading! 📖

10/29/2026

Book Highlight:
Look What the Cat Dragged In by Jason Rekulak

"From the New York Times bestselling author of Hidden Pictures and The Last One at the Wedding comes a new supernatural thriller about a young woman pet-sitting a cat with a mysterious secret, featuring more than sixty pages of illustrations.

Meet Penny Padgett, a twenty-seven-year-old cartoonist in Philadelphia who agrees to pet-sit a very peculiar cat named Godfrey. At first, he’s a warm and affectionate companion. Godfrey follows Penny all around the house and insists on sleeping by her side every night. But soon strange things are happening. Penny is haunted by disturbing and violent nightmares. There’s a terrible insect infestation in her basement. Her cute cartoon illustrations turn dark and surreal, as if influenced by some invisible hand. And her health starts failing, as if her mind and body are under attack by a sinister, malevolent force.

Penny may be a cat person, but she’s starting to think Godfrey is no ordinary cat . . .

Fully illustrated with sixty pages of original artwork, Jason Rekulak’s new novel is intensely plotted, wonderfully frightening, and wildly clever."

Check it out today!

10/28/2026

Reminder that we will be closing early at 3:00pm today (10/28).

But don't worry, Wacky Wednesday with Ms. Megan is still happening at 1:30pm with a *very* fun craft activity!

10/27/2026

The library will be closed today (10/27) and open tomorrow, Wednesday, 10/28 from 11am - 3pm.

Wacky Wednesday will be taking place at it's regular time with Ms. Megan in the children's area, but caregivers will need to make accommodations for an earlier pick up at 3pm should they need to after the program.

Thank you all for your flexibility and we'll see you tomorrow!

10/24/2026

Book Highlight:
Dive Bar at the End of the Road by Kelley Armstrong

"Final Destination meets The Cabin at the End of the World in this supernatural horror from New York Times bestselling author Kelley Armstrong, in which a series of car accidents traps a group of strangers at a dive bar.

A forested road at night, slick from the pounding rain and eerily illuminated by flashes of lightning. Just before midnight, a car swerves to avoid something―or someone―mysteriously standing in the road, only to slam into a fallen tree instead. In the pitch black, four more cars follow in a pileup no one can seem to avoid.

Stumbling out of the wreckage, soaked from the rain and nursing various injuries, five strangers find themselves in a backwoods dive bar, waiting for daybreak and hoping for cell service. But as tensions rise and the storm rages on outside, the occupants of the dive bar start to notice that not everything is as it seems. Time is moving differently, and they quickly learn that going outside―whether to assist another accident victim or to hike for help―is a very bad idea.

There’s something in the woods, something that isn't natural. Could the figure in the road have been a warning? Or something more sinister? None of this is normal, and they'll need to work together to figure out what’s happening if they have any hope of surviving the night."

Check it out today!

10/23/2026

Halloween is swiftly approaching... do you have a costume yet?

10/22/2026

We're one week out from our After Hours Book Club discussion of The Light Pirate by Lily Brooks-Dalton!

Ahead of book club, take a look at the books we'll be voting on to read for our final discussion of the year.

#1: Raft of Stars by Andrew J. Graff
#2: The Second Life of Mirielle West by Amanda Skendandore
#3: Four Treasures of the Sky by Jenny Tinghui Zhang

Full synopses can be found in the comments below. Cast your votes either in the comments, the pick jar on the front desk or at our discussion.

See you next week! 📖