2 Sisters Detective Agency

Attorney Rhonda Bird returns home after a long estrangement when she learns her father has died. There she makes two important discoveries: her father stopped being an accountant and had opened up a private detective agency, and she has a teenage half sis...

A Fire in the Night

Nick Anthony has retreated to the North Carolina mountains to mourn the untimely death of his wife. Once a popular professor, Nick just wants to be left alone with his grief. But when his estranged brother and sister-in-law die in a house fire, a stunned ...

A Spindle Splintered

It's Zinnia Gray's twenty-first birthday, which is extra-special because it's the last birthday she'll ever have. When she was young, an industrial accident left Zinnia with a rare condition. Not much is known about her...

Act Like You Got Some Sense

In this hilarious and heartfelt memoir, award-winning, multi-talented entertainer Jamie Foxx shares the story of being raised by his no-nonsense grandmother, the glamour and pitfalls of life in Hollywood, and the lessons he took from both worlds to raise ...

Better Off Dead

Digging graves had not been part of my plans when I woke up that morning. 

Reacher goes where he wants, when he wants. That morning he was heading west, walking under the merciless desert sun—until he comes upon a curious scene. A Jeep h...

Carnival of Snackery

If it's navel-gazing you're after, you've come to the wrong place; ditto treacly self-examination. Rather, his observations turn outward: a fight between two men on a bus, a fight between two men on the street, pedestrians being...

Child of Light

The electrifying first novel of an all-new fantasy series from the legendary author behind the Shannara saga, about a human girl struggling to find her place in a magical world she's never known "Enticing . . . Brooks's fans will be...

Moonlight Mile

No One Goes Alone

From New York Times bestselling author Erik Larson comes his first venture into fiction, an otherworldly tale of intrigue and the impossible that marshals his trademark approach to nonfiction to create something new: a ghost story thoroughly grou...

Renegades

Two longtime friends share an intimate and urgent conversation about life, music, and their enduring love of America, with all its challenges and contradictions, in this stunningly produced expansion of their groundbreaking Higher Ground podcast, featurin...

State of Terror

The Book of Magic

Master storyteller Alice Hoffman brings us the conclusion of the Practical Magic series in a spellbinding and enchanting final Owens novel brimming with lyric beauty and vivid characters. The Owens family has been cursed in matters of love for ov...

The Boys

Happy Days, The Andy Griffith Show, Gentle Ben—these shows captivated millions of TV viewers in the '60s and '70s. Join award-winning filmmaker Ron Howard and audience-favorite actor Clint Howard as they frankly and fondly share their unusual family story...

The Butler

The Island

The Island, where everyone knows everyone, and secrets are impossible to keep... 'Be careful, you don't know them as well as you think. Remember, anyone can kill.' Juliet has returned to the Isle of Wight from ...

The Joy and Light Bus Company

In this latest installment in the beloved No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series, Mma Ramotswe is tempted to put the brakes on a business venture before it even gets rolling. Mr. J.L.B. Matekoni attends a course hosted by the local chamber of commerce enti...

The Lincoln Highway

"The bestselling author of A Gentleman in Moscow and Rules of Civility and master of absorbing, sophisticated fiction returns with a stylish and propulsive novel set in 1950s America In June, 1954, eighteen-year-old Emmett Watson is driven home to Ne...

The Magic of Claus

The New Wedding Book

The Night She Disappeared

On a beautiful summer night in a charming English suburb, a young woman and her boyfriend disappear after partying at the massive country estate of a new college friend.One year later, a writer moves into a cottage on the edge of the woods that border the...

The Wish

From the author of The Longest Ride and The Return comes a novel about the enduring legacy of first love and the decisions that haunt us forever.

The year 1996 changed everything for Maggie Dawes. Sent away at sixteen to live with an aunt she barely knew i...

Uncontrolled Spread

The former FDA commissioner outlines how the United States must prepare for future pandemics by learning from the mistakes made handling the Covid-19 outbreak.

In the early 2000s, Scott Gottlieb spent years at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration developi...

Yours Cruelly

The woman behind the icon known as Elvira, Mistress of the Dark, the undisputed Queen of Halloween, reveals her full story, filled with intimate bombshells, told by the bombshell herself. On Good Friday in 1953, at only 18 months old, 25 miles fr...

The Heron's Cry

North Devon is enjoying a rare hot summer with tourists flocking to its coastline. Detective Matthew Venn is called out to a rural crime scene at the home of a group of artists. What he finds is an elaborately staged murder--Dr Nigel Yeo has been fatally ...

The Judge's List

In The Whistler, Lacy Stoltz investigated a corrupt judge who was taking millions in bribes from a crime syndicate. She put the criminals away, but only after being attacked and nearly killed. Three years later, and approaching forty, she is tire...

Children's October Printable Calendar

Craft Bags

Craft Bags: Pick up is first come, first served during regular Sidewalk Service Hours-while supplies last. You can find more information on Instagram @norwalklibct

• Paper Apple Weaving giveaway begins, Saturday 10/9.
• Spooky & Fun giveaway begins, Saturda...

Family Game Night

Friday, 10/22, 7 pm. Register and join us for a Virtual Family Game Night on Zoom! For families with children in grades K-5. How well do you know the Who Was/Is, What Was, Where Is nonfiction book series? Join us for a fun evening of Virtual Kahoot! Trivi...

Graphic Novel Book Cub

Wednesday, 10/27, 6 pm. Grades 5-8. Read the graphic novel, Snapdragon by Kat Leyh, then discuss it over Zoom! Books available at the library.

Paint Along for Kids

Friday, 10/29, 6 pm. Join us for an evening of creativity! You will be guided step by step to learn how to paint an owl. For children in grades 3-5. Registration is required. Space is limited. All registered participants will need to pick up a bag of supp...

COVID-19 Vaccine Clinics at NPL

Wheels2U Norwalk Shuttle Service Survey

Wheels2U Norwalk is an affordable ride sharing service in Norwalk, CT. Once its app is downloaded, a rider can request a ride and a shuttle will pick them up and drop them off in the Wheels2U Norwalk service area.

The Norwalk Transit District is currently ...

NPL's Next Phase Reopening

Next phase of reopening as of Monday, September 13, 2021

Norwalk Public Library Sidewalk Service

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COVID-19 Vaccine Clinics at NPL

NPL's Next Phase Reopening

Next phase of reopening as of Monday, September 13, 2021

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Blues and Beyond Students' Blues Song

Listen to the song created by the students who were enrolled in our Blues and Beyond summer 2021 class.

The Blue and Beyond

African Americans have struggled to overcome injustice and achieve equality, and their story has been told in many ways.

The African American journey in the United States over the past few hundred years is documented by and reflected in t...

Greater Norwalk Literacy Volunteers (GNLV)

Our mission is to teach adults to read, write, speak, and understand English...

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