Adams County Reads One Book

One Book

Join other readers in Adams County for lively, intellectual conversation based on our shared reading experience. All programs are free and open to all. Pick up your copy today! 

One Book 2021 Selection

The 2021 One Book Selection is The Water Dancer by Ta-Nehisi Coates.  Copies are available in regular print, large print, audio, ebook and eaudio.

Next Year's One Book

A committee of library staff and community members select the year's title from a list of about 40 books. If you have any suggestions, feel free to let any staff member know!

Past Selections

2020 Selection: The Woman Who Smashed Codes by Jason Fagone

An eccentric millionaire. A brilliant woman. A world of espionage and codes and ciphers. Two world wars, more than a dozen dinner parties, a plethora of correspondence, and a legacy left hidden in archives and libraries for decades. All of these pieces describe this year’s Adams County Reads One Book selection, “The Woman Who Smashed Codes,” by Jason Fagone.

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2019 Selection: What the Dead Leave Behind by Rosemary Simpson

2018 Selection: A Piece of the World by Christina Baker Kline

2017 Fiction Selection: Kitchens of the Great Midwest by J. Ryan Stradal

2017 Nonfiction Selection: The Indifferent Stars Above: The Harrowing Saga of a Donner Party Bride by Daniel James Brown

2016 Fiction Selection: Longbourn by Jo Baker

2016 Nonfiction Selection: Sex on the Moon: The Amazing Story Behind the Most Audacious Heist in History by Ben Mezrich

2015 Fiction Selection: Where'd You Go, Bernadette by Maria Semple

2015 Nonfiction Selection: In the Garden of Beasts by Erik Larson

2014: The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry by Rachel Joyce

2013: Destiny of the Republic by Candice Millard

2012: A Dog's Purpose by W. Bruce Cameron

2011: The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie