Books & Reading

Search for listings of your favorite series in order. Access provided by the Nebraska Library Commission.

Read the latest books in your email with excerpts from DearReader.com.

Overdrive: Children’s eBooks, audiobooks, and more, available anytime, anywhere-all you need is a library card.

Overdrive: Teen eBooks for your computer, mobile device, or eReader.

Over 25000 bestselling author bibliographies with all the latest books, covers and descriptions.

Flipster offers access to magazines across all of your favorite devices. With access to the top magazines, including Entertainment Weekly, People, Real Simple, Sports Illustrated, and Time, combined with an easy to use interface, Flipster offers users a unique reading experience that can be enjoyed anytime, anywhere.

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Discover and share books you love on Goodreads, the world's largest site for readers and book recommendations!

With JLG Gold Standard eBooks for Elementary, Middle School and High school students, JLG Digital gives readers unlimited access to read books online from any device. There is no limit to the number of users and titles enter and exit the digital stream regularly, so there are always new picks available.

Meet Libby, the new app from OverDrive for enjoying eBooks and eAudiobooks from OPL.

Junior Library Guild authors, illustrators, publisher partners, and educators are coming together to bring you exclusive webcasts that will engage, entertain, and educate.

Take the Omaha Public Library with you wherever you go! Search for books, place holds, manage your account, create lists, and get information about our locations. Search for "MyOPL" in your app store to find the app.

A free online service that showcases the newest titles purchased by your local library. You can select to receive alerts via email and/or RSS feeds.

Find just the right fiction or nonfiction book. It also includes resources for teachers and parents.

Discover reading recommendations based on your favorite titles, authors, subjects and genres. Whether you read fiction or nonfiction or listen to audiobooks, you'll find your next great read/listen with NoveList Plus.

Check out our binge-worthy collection of on-demand webcasts, featuring author interviews, editorial insight, book talks, and more. Recent favorites include a Q&A with Nikki Grimes, opens a new window (Ordinary Hazards), a fun chat with Jon Scieszka, opens a new window (Astronuts), and an author talk with 2019 Newbery Medalist Meg Medina, opens a new window (Merci Suárez Changes Gears). All on-demand webcasts are available in closed-captioning.

OPL staff shared some of their favorite books published in the past year and explained why these titles made it to the top of the list. Explore these titles and find your next favorite read! Use filters to search by categories or keywords, or browse the covers to discover something new.

eBooks, downloadable audiobooks, and streaming video for your computer, mobile device, or eReader.

Kids, parents, and teachers! Reading is fun with animated talking picture books, videos, puzzles and games, and language learning in Tumblebooks.

Libros electrónicos para niños: libros de cuentos, libros nuevos, rompecabezas, juegos, aprendizaje de idiomas y libros de audio

The What's Next™: Books in Series database helps you search series fiction.

The world's largest catalog and another way to discover resources available to you beyond Omaha Public Library.