ADULTS
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Materials for adults are located on the first floor of the library. Materials includes:
In addition, the first floor houses:
If you need help with locating something, just ask staff for assistance. |
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New Adult Books & Movies
OCTOBER 2025
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FICTION F Alexander – The Battle of the Bookshops F Archer – End Game (William Warcwick #8) F Arnold – How to Survive a Horror Story F Bailey – Pitcher Perfect (Big Shots #4) F Bledsoe – Mob Queen F Bowen – Mrs. Endicott’s Splendid Adventure F Brown – The Secret of Secrets (Robert Langdon #6) F Brunstetter – The Amish Ballerina F Byler – Christmas in Wisconsin F Carlson – Once Upon a Christmas Carol F Carr – Cry Havoc (Tom Reeces #8) F Church – The Mad Wife F Clark – The Ghostwriter F Cleeton – The Lost Story of Eva Fuentes F Clipston – A Heart Set Free F Coll – The Literati F Connealy – Riches Beyond Measure (Golden State Treasure #3) F Cornwell – (Scarpetta #29) F Fajardo – The Many Mothers of Delores Moore F Farber – The Board F Fisher – A Hidden Hope F Flournoy – The Wilderness F Flynn – Denied Access (Mitch Rapp #24) F Follett - Circle of Days F Francis – Dark Horse (Dick Francis #14) F Fuller – Behind Enemy Bylines F Gilmore – The Gingerbread Bakery (Dream Harbor #5) F Hamilton – The Phoebe Variations F Hannon – Out of Time (Undaunted Courage #3) F Harris - Amity F Hauck – The Sands of Sea Blue Beach F Hazelwood – Mate (Bride #2) F Hedlund – Broncos and Ballads (Healing Springs Ranch #2) F Hedlund – Spurs and Sparks (Healing Springs Ranch #1) F Hedlund – Waiting for the Rancher (High Country Ranch #1) F Hedlund – Willing to Wed the Rancher (High Country Ranch #2) F Hilderbrand – The Academy (Academy #1) F Hornby – The Elopement F Hunt – Rescued Heart, the story of Sarah (The Matriarchs #1) F Hunter – The Second Story Bookshop F Karon – My Beloved (Mitford Novel #15) F Kelley – The Nantucket Restaurant (Nantucket Restaurant #1) F King – Heart the Lover F Klassen – A Sea View Christmas F Lekman – Songs for Other People’s Weddings F Lord – For the Record F Macomber – A Ferry Merry Christmas F McFadden – Do Not Disturb F McFadden – The Intruder F McFadden – The Surrogate Mother F Michaels – Santa’s Holiday Spectacular (Santa’s Crew #4) F O’Clover – The Heartbreak Hotel F O’Neill – The Irish Goodbye F Patterson – The Picasso Heist F Perry – Shield of Sparrows (Shield of Sparrows #1) F Peterson – A Moment to Love (The Hope of Cheyenne #3) F Ramage – To the Moon and Back F Riley – Ruth F Robb – Framed in Death (IN Death #61) F Robuck – The Last Assignment F Shocklee – The Women of Oak Ridge F Steel – The Portrait F Stevens – The Hitchhikers F Terry – Through an Open Window F Thomas – The Librarians F Valentine – The Dead Husband Cookbook F West – We Met Like This F Willingham – Forget Me Not F Wilson – The Goldens LARGE PRINT – FICTION F Andrews LGPR – Noble, the story of Maakah (King David’s Brides #2) F Bishop LGPR– High Season F Fay LGPR – The Harvey Girls F Good LGPR – An Amish Second Chance at Romance (Surprised by Love #8) F Jeremiah LGPR – Vanished (Vanished #1) W Johnstone LGPR – The Man from Blood Gulch (Ghost McCoy #1) F Terry LGPR – Through an Open Window F Thayne LGPR – The Lost Book of First Loves F Walsh LGPR – Everything’s Coming Up Rosie W Wilson LGPR – Stormy F Wiseman LGPR – The Lies They Told |
MYSTERY M Adams – No Rest for the Wicked M Andrews – Five Golden Wings (Meg Langslow #38) M Beaton – Sugar and Spite (Agatha Raisin #36) M Bivald – Just Another Dead Author M Deaver – The Grave Artist (Sanchez & Heron #2) M Evans – The Dark Library M Fawcett – Keep This for Me M Fredericks – The Girl in the Green Dress M Freeman - Photograph M Jance – The Girl from Devil’s Lake (Brady #21) M Jonasson – The Mysterious Case of the Missing Crime Writer (Helgi Reykdal #2) M McCall Smith – In the Time of Five Pumpkins (No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency #26) M Mann – World Pacific M Mehl – Dark Design (Erin Delaney Mysteries #2) M Meier – A Matter of Pedigree (Empty Nesters #1) M Mills – Canyon of Deceit M Nichols – The Marigold Cottages Murder Collective (Marigold Cottages #1) F Okie – The Best Worst Thing M Osman – The Impossible Fortune (Thursday Murder Club #5) M Patrick – Fast Boys and Pretty Girls F Perkins - Overdue M Roberts – The Man Next Door M Smith – A Case for Mice and Murder (The Trials of Gabriel Ward #1) M Taylor – Hunter’s Heart Ridge (Frank Warren #2) M Tietjen – Murder in Miniature (Maple Bishop Mystery #2) M Thorogood – Murder on the Marlow Belle (Marlow Murder Club #4) M Whittle – Seven Reasons to Murder Your Dinner Guests SCIENCE FICTION/FANTASY F Garber – Alchemy of Secrets F Kingfisher – Hemlock & Silver SF Kitasei - Saltcrop F Maehrer – Accomplice to the Villain (Assistant to the Villain #3) F Morgan – The Faerie Morgana SF Newitz – Automatic Noodle SF Scalzi – The Shattering Peace (Old Man’s War #7) F Sivinski – The itching Moon Manor (Spellbpund Sisters #2) SF Wilson – Hole in the Sky WESTERN NONFICTION 170.9 ORE – Confronting Evil 232.91 TAB – The Lost Mary 248.843 STR – I Just Wish I Had a Bigger Kitchen 261.7 JOH – Ordinary Heroes of Racial Justice 302 231 LEO – Digital Exhaustion 338.5 SOR - 1929 616.994 SHE – Cancer is Complicated, and other unexpected lessons I’ve learned 635.94 CAR – The Essential Guide to Bulbs 641.71 MCK – Sally’s Baking 101 649.1 CAM – Big Kids, Bigger Feelings 784.2 SEB – The Women’s Orchestra of Auschwitz 910.9163 BAC – The Gales of November, the untold story of the Edmund Fitzgerald LARGE PRINT - NONFICTION BIOGRAPHY B Alaqad – The Eyes of Gaza B Backstrom – Not that Wheel, Jesus! B Dylan – Bob Dylan: Jewish Roots, American Soil B Fox – Future Boy B Harris - 107 Days B Leo – Leo XIV, The New Pope and Catholic Reform B Moseley Braun – Trailblazer B Presley – Softly, As I Leave You LARGE PRINT - BIOGRAPHY AUDIOBOOKS DVD DVD 5225 M TV – The Marlow Murder Club, season 2 DVD 5226 S – Superman DVD 5228 D TV – Dark Winds, season 3 DVD 5229 M TV – Matlock, 2024, season 1 DVD 5230 N TV – NCIS, season 22 DVD 5231 B – Ballerina DVD 5232 E – Elio DVD 5233 G – Garfield’s Halloween Adventure DVD 5234 J – Jurassic World Rebirth DVD 5235 K – The King of Kings DVD 5236 U – The Unholy Trinity DVD 5237 W – The Windermere Children DVD 5238 F - Flow DVD 5239 W TV – Watson, season 1 DVD 5240 B – The Bad Guys DVD 5241 C TV – The Chosen, season 5 DVD 5242 B – The Bad Guys 2 CHILDREN’S DVD DVD 5227 S CH – Sesame Street: Elmo’s Happy Halloween Party BLU-RAY B-R 735 B - Superman CHILDREN'S BLU-RAY EQUIPMENT PUZZLES GAMES |
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Magazines Are Available For A One-Week Check Out With No Renewals:
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Allrecipes American Farmhouse Style American Patchwork and Quilting Better Homes & Gardens Birds & Blooms Coastal Living Consumer Reports Consumer Reports on Health Cook’s Country Cook’s Illustrated Country Home Country Living Country Sampler Crochet World D-L
Dwell Family Handyman Family Tree Farmhouse Style First for Women Food Network Fur-Fish-Game Garden Gate Good Housekeeping Grit Hearing Health HGTV Homestead Living Horticulture House Beautiful Illinois Heritage Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society Kiplinger's Kiplinger's Retirement Life, Beautiful M-P
Magnolia Journal Mary Jane’s Farm Midwest Living Mother Earth News National Geographic National Geographic History National Parks People Pioneer Woman Prevention Q-W
Quick Quilts Reader’s Digest Reader’s Digest (large print edition) Real Simple Runner’s World Smithsonian Southern Living Sports Illustrated Taste of Home Tea Time Time Travel & Leisure Woman’s Day |
Newspapers Available Online:Chicago Sun-Times (digital editions are available with a Eureka Library Card)
Bloomington Pantagraph (digital editions are available with a Eureka Library Card) Peoria Journal Star (digital editions are available with a Eureka Library Card) USA Today (digital editions are available with a Eureka Library Card) Woodford County Journal (digital editions for 1896 - 2021 are available on public computers) Print copies of select newspapers are available in our magazine room. |
Programs for Adults
Educational and social programs are held throughout the month.
Many of our programs are currently held as hybrid in-person/online events. Patrons wanting to attend via the Zoom platform will require online registration, while patrons wanting to attend in-person should sign up at the adult circulation desk. View the recordings of our hybrid programs on our YouTube channel!
Many of our programs are currently held as hybrid in-person/online events. Patrons wanting to attend via the Zoom platform will require online registration, while patrons wanting to attend in-person should sign up at the adult circulation desk. View the recordings of our hybrid programs on our YouTube channel!
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Ongoing Programs:
Share Your StoryThis program is a fun and casual way to tell stories about our lives. We come together, reminisce, share a story, and listen. One goal of the program is to record our stories for our loved ones. Please contact Angela Roberts if you have any questions. This month's topic: dress code stories or memories 1st Thursdays 10:00 - 11:00 AM @ AC Home of Eureka 
Book ClubBook Club meets the first Thursday of every month! 1st Thursdays 6:00 PM Program Room Book Club is has a participant limit of 12, and is currently full. Please fill out the contact form if you would like to be considered when a spot opens up. 
Mystery Book ClubJoin us for Mystery Book Club on the second Monday of every month! This month's topic: 18 Tiny Deaths by Bruce Goldfarb 2nd Mondays 10:00 AM Program Room & Zoom 
Wits WorkoutReady to give your brain a workout? Join U of I Educator Sara Attig as she leads participants through interactive activities designed to exercise the brain to maintain and enhance cognitive function and memory. 2nd Wednesdays 1:00 PM Program Room 
Maple Lawn Book ClubJoin librarian Debra Blunier for this fun new book club at Maple Lawn that meets on the 3rd Monday of each month at 2:00 PM. 3rd Mondays 2:00 PM @ Maple Lawn 
Share Your StoryThis program is a fun and casual way to tell stories about our lives. We come together, reminisce, share a story, and listen. One goal of the program is to record our stories for our loved ones. Please contact Angela Roberts if you have any questions. This month's topic: dress code stories or memories 3rd Thursdays 11:00 AM @ Maple Lawn 
Crafts to GO!Program in a Bag has been refreshed and rebranded to Crafts to GO! Adults can pick up a fun new craft project on the last Saturday of each month! Ages 18+. Available on a first-come, first-served basis. Last Saturday of the Month While supplies last! Adult Circulation Desk |
Special Programs:
Recipe SwapEPLD's monthly Recipe Swap is a fun and easy way to explore some new and different recipes sourced right from our community! Simply submit your favorite dish that fits the theme during the registration week. Recipes will be printed out and distributed to all registered participants on pick-up day! This month's theme: Fall Food Favorites Share your favorite cozy fall recipes! Google Form Registration begins: Friday, November 7 Pick-up day: Friday, November 21 
U of I Extension: Simmer Up to SoupA bowl of homemade soup on a cold day can be a comforting meal. Come & learn the many types of soup & ways to make them healthy & flavorful. You'll receive a packet of recipes & taste a hearty bowl of soup! REGISTRATION REQUIRED! Tuesday, November 11 5:30 PM Program Room Sign up at the adult circulation desk or by calling the library at 309.467.2922 ext. 1. 
U of I Extension Lessons for Living webinar series - Wellness in NatureSpending time in nature can benefit mental and physical well-being. From creating a sensory experience while growing vegetables and fruits in a garden, to hiking and exploring a forest preserve, even a short amount of time spent in nature can improve overall health. Explore the health benefits of being present in nature and discover simple activities to foster experiences in the natural world. REGISTRATION REQUIRED! Thursday, November 13 2:00 - 3:00 PM Zoom + Program Room To join via Zoom: register online. To join us in-person: sign up at the adult circulation desk or by calling the library at 309.467.2922 ext. 1. 
ILP - Kenji López-Alt: A Journey Through Food and ScienceJoin award-winning cookbook author, New York Times food columnist, and Serious Eats director J. Kenji López-Alt for an evening of cooking insights, techniques, and foodie exploration. Tuesday, November 18 7:00 PM Zoom Registration link: https://bit.ly/KenjiLopez-Alt 
Book BINGODrop in for a fun evening of BINGO at the library! Lots of prizes, including books! Ages 13+. Thursday, November 20 6:30 - 7:30 PM Program Room |