All Appalachian Regional Library locations will be closed on Friday, April 3rd, and Saturday, April 4th in observance of the Easter Holiday.
About Adult Services
The Adult Services Department at Watauga County Public Library is here for YOU!
Email, visit, or call the Adult Services Desk (828-264-8784, Extension 2) for help with
- Research
- Finding books and information
- Computer access
- Technology help
- Online Access to the Watauga Democrat from 1888-1965
- Microfilm access to the Watuaga Democrat from 1965-2015
- Printing, scanning, and faxing
- Library access to Ancestry.com via the library computers
You may contact the Adult Services Staff directly via our contact form.
COOK THE BOOKS!
Book Club Reading Selections for May 2025 - March 2026
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* The Frozen River - by Ariel Lawhon - May 13th
* First Lie Wins - by Ashley Elston - June 10th
* Lady in the Lake - by Laura Lippman - July 8th
* The Briar Club - by Kate Quinn - August 12th
* A Murder is Announced - by Agatha Christie - September 9th
* A Calamity of Souls - by David Baldacci - October 14th
* The Heiress - by Rachel Hawkins - November 18th
(No meeting in December)
* The Last Word - by Elly Griffiths - January 13th
* The God of the Woods - by Liz Moore - February 10th
* Killers of a Certain Age - by Deanna Raybourn - March 10th
Cook The Books book club meets on the second Tuesday of each month at 3:00 pm at the Watauga County Public Library. For more information please contact Angela Constantino at [email protected] or call the library at 828-264-8784. ALL ARE WELCOME!
BOOK BUNCH!
Book Club Reading Selections 2026:
The Book of Lost Friends by Lisa Wingate - January 27
The Island of Sea Women by Lisa See - February 24
A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them by Timothy Egan - March 31
Promise Boys by Nick Brooks and other YA books - April 28
Maus by Art Spiegelman and Gender Queer by Maia Kobabe - May 26
Harlem Shuffle by Colson Whitehead - June 30
Against the Loveless World by Susan Abulhawa - July 28
The Wedding People by Alison Espach - August 25
Violeta by Isabel Allende - September 29
Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil by V. E. Schwab - October 27
Happiness Falls by Angie Kim - November 24
SEED LIBRARY
We have free seeds available to anyone in our area to grow their own food. They're located in the old card catalogs on the far side of the circulation desk. We encourage all who use the seed library to learn basic seed-saving techniques and donate back to the library or to donate packets of fresh seeds to keep the library stocked!
We also welcome volunteers to help with the seed library! Please email Ingrid with the subject line: "seed library"
Computers & Technology
Click below to visit our page about computer use, internet access, and computer & technology help (Book a Librarian!) available at the library.
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