Welcome to our 2026 Adult Reading Challenge!
Let’s have some fun and read together! Fairfield Public Library is excited for our 2026 year-long adult reading challenge! Join in to explore different genres, discover new authors and be entered to win prizes! To complete the challenge, read just one book in each category by midnight on December 31st, 2026.
You can register for the Adult Reading Challenge here!
February’s theme is Not-So-Little Women. Read a book about any prominent woman in American history. Here is a list to get you started:
THE FIRST LADIES by Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray
“Benedict and Murray (The Personal Librarian) deliver a dazzling narrative of the friendship between first lady Eleanor Roosevelt and Black educator Mary McLeod Bethune.” ~ Publishers Weekly
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BECOMING MADAM SECRETARY by Stephanie Dray
“Dray (The Women of Chateau Lafayette) delivers an insightful fictional biography of Frances Perkins (1880–1965), the first woman to serve in the U.S. Cabinet…Women’s historical fiction fans won’t want to miss this.” ~Publishers Weekly
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AIN’T NOBODY’S FOOL: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF DOLLY PARTON by Martha Ackmann
“Journalist Ackmann (These Fevered Days) traces the life of country music great Dolly Parton in this illuminating biography…The result is a well-rounded portrait of Parton that’s firmly grounded in her Smoky Mountain roots.” ~ Publishers Weekly
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SPITFIRES: THE AMERICAN WOMEN WHO FLEW IN THE FACE OF DANGER DURING WORLD WAR II by Becky Aikman
“Journalist Aikman draws on diaries, letters, and interviews to create a brisk, lively account of nine intrepid American women, among the 25 who joined Britain’s Air Transport Auxiliary, the civilian arm of the RAF…Engaging portraits of a spirited crew.” ~Kirkus Reviews
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THE ONLY WOMAN IN THE ROOM by Marie Benedict
“One of the most beautiful women ever to grace the silver screen, Hedy Lamarr also designed a secret weapon against Nazi Germany…A captivating story of a complicated woman blazing new trails.” ~Kirkus Reviews
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JOYRIDE: A MEMOIR by Susan Orlean
“Orlean (The Library Book) offers a master class in nonfiction writing and an indelible portrait of a bygone era of magazine journalism in this excellent personal history.” ~Publishers Weekly
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THE AVIATOR AND THE SHOWMAN: AMELIA EARHART, GEORGE PUTNAM, AND THE MARRIAGE THAT MADE AN AMERICAN ICON by Laurie Gwen Shapiro
“Journalist Shapiro, unsatisfied with “whitewashed” biographies of Amelia Earhart, offers an evenhanded portrait of the iconic aviator, focusing on her relationship with publishing tycoon George P. Putnam…Capturing the tension and peril of early flying, Shapiro conveys, as well, Earhart’s unflagging ambition and courage.” ~Kirkus Reviews
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