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The Oxford Public Library provides materials and services to help community residents obtain information to meet their personal, educational and cultural needs, and serves as a learning and educational center for its residents.

The library is closed (8/25-9/5) as our director recharges after a busy summer reading program🌞 and the building undergo...
08/25/2026

The library is closed (8/25-9/5) as our director recharges after a busy summer reading program🌞 and the building undergoes deep cleaning.

All due dates set within this period are excused. Books can be returned in the blue, outdoor material bin at the front of the building. Any DVDs, games, puzzles, or electronics should be kept until you can return them inside the library.

We will be open for regular hours starting Tuesday, September 8th.

Thank you for your flexibility and we'll see you soon!

Book Highlight:Habits of the Sea by Shea Ernshaw"The night Clay Lockhart’s wife dies, a violent storm tears their home—a...
08/22/2026

Book Highlight:
Habits of the Sea by Shea Ernshaw

"The night Clay Lockhart’s wife dies, a violent storm tears their home—and the eight hectares of land beneath it—away from the Scottish coast, sending it adrift into the Atlantic. Thirty years later, twelve-year-old Ellie Mills discovers the fabled floating island off the coast of Nova Scotia and finds Clay still living in the weatherworn farmhouse perched on its highest hill.

When the island vanishes overnight, Ellie is left questioning whether it ever existed at all. But decades later, now in her thirties, the island resurfaces—and Ellie returns, determined to uncover the truth. What she finds is even Clay hasn’t aged a single day.

Faced with the impossible, Ellie learns that some mysteries aren’t meant to be solved—and that a life shaped by wonder may hold more promise than one bound by certainty.

Spanning centuries and coastlines, Habits of the Sea is a haunting, romantic journey through time, memory, and the invisible tides that pull us home."

Check it out today!

Thank you to everyone who came out yesterday evening for our joint book club discussion to discuss Everything is Tubercu...
08/21/2026

Thank you to everyone who came out yesterday evening for our joint book club discussion to discuss Everything is Tuberculosis by John Green and The Lion Women of Tehran by Marjan Kamali. Since this was a special join book club, we'll also be announcing our next picks for both book clubs in a joint post!

In September, the After Hours Book Club will be reading The Reading List by Sara Nisha Adams.

“An unforgettable and heartwarming debut about how a chance encounter with a list of library books helps forge an unlikely friendship between two very different people in a London suburb.”

We'll be discussing our pick Thursday, September 24 at 7pm both in person and via Zoom.

In October, the Table of Context Book Club will be reading Liliana's Invincible Summer: A Sister's Search for Justice by Cristina Rivera Garza.

"Can you enjoy yourself while you are in pain? The question, which is not new, arises over and over again during that eternity that is mourning... 'A haunting, unforgettable memoir about a beloved younger sister and the painful memory of her murder, from one of Mexico's greatest living writers' (Jonathan Lethem)."

We'll be discussing our pick Thursday, October 15 at 7pm both in person and via Zoom.

If you would like to join the book club email list for reminders, recommendations, and updates, send us a message!

Copies of these picks are available at the desk for check-out. Please send us a message or email to request your copy.

Happy reading! đź“–

Book Highlight:The Unicorn Hunters by Katherine Arden"Anne of Brittany was a child when France invaded and drove her roy...
08/20/2026

Book Highlight:
The Unicorn Hunters by Katherine Arden

"Anne of Brittany was a child when France invaded and drove her royal father to his death. Now she is a young woman, sovereign duchess of an occupied realm, and France means to crown their conquest by marrying her to their king. Such an alliance would put her title, her lands, and her body forever in the hands of her enemies.

But Anne refuses to be the last duchess of Brittany.

Her only hope of resisting conquest is another alliance sealed with marriage, so Anne arranges a daring last gambit: a secret betrothal to Charles of France’s greatest rival. But secrets are hard to keep in a world where rival courts spy on each other with diviners.

The forest of Brocéliande was once the haunt of Merlin the Enchanter and the long-lost faerie queen. But magic is long gone from Broceliande, except for the occasional sight of a unicorn and one critical quirk: This ancient forest is completely hostile to divination.

While pretending compliance with France, Anne plans a unicorn hunt in Brocéliande. A bit of pointless pageantry. A diversion so she can wed in secret.

Or so she thinks.

In this rich and epic novel, the author of the acclaimed Winternight trilogy turns the real history of a remarkable woman into an unforgettable tale of mystery, enchantment, and the price of power."

Check it out today!

Book Highlight:Villa Coco by Andrew Sean Greer"Broke and directionless, our young man takes a job in the Italian country...
08/18/2026

Book Highlight:
Villa Coco by Andrew Sean Greer

"Broke and directionless, our young man takes a job in the Italian countryside as the all-purpose assistant to Lisabetta, known to her friends as Coco - a strong-willed, wealthy widow of great local renown.

Trained as an archivist, he thinks he's been hired to catalogue the contents of the beautiful, crumbling mansion nestled in the green Tuscan hills... but what are his actual duties? Days are spent ridding the house of a marten - whatever that is - locating the antediluvian septic system, entertaining an endless carousel of guests (from bohemian painters to elderly princesses to unnervingly handsome nephews), attending a funeral in order to make off with the urn, and not inadvertently sabotaging Coco's great and final plan-to locate the lost love of her life and be reunited before it's too late.

As summer turns into autumn and the Italian countryside begins to work its magic on our protagonist, the secrets of Villa Coco and its inhabitants are slowly brought to light - and with them, an unforgettable story of the enduring power of friendship."

Check it out today!

Book Highlight:Whisper Creek by Allison Brennan"After the sudden death of her husband, Ellen McKenna is doing everything...
08/15/2026

Book Highlight:
Whisper Creek by Allison Brennan

"After the sudden death of her husband, Ellen McKenna is doing everything she can to keep her Texas farm afloat. She and her family hope to expand their operation, but times are tough and making ends meet is more expensive than she imagined, much less trying to grow. Many of their neighbors in Cooke County have thrown in the towel and agreed to sell their farms to a local businessman, but despite similar pressure, Ellen refuses to let her dreams die.

On top of the usual hardships, a series of recent storms has left the region partly flooded, and as the heavy rain begins again one morning, all the members of the McKenna family jump into action to protect their land and animals. Ellen’s oldest son discovers an injured dog—and the dog leads him to a man barely clinging to life, the apparent victim of a brutal home invasion. Then, Ellen’s younger kids go to check on a nearby neighbor and walk into a threat none of them saw coming.

Before anyone can figure out what’s really going on in their idyllic rural valley, the storm picks up again in intensity, and the McKenna kids find themselves in over their heads with no way to call for help. To protect her farm--and her family—Ellen must face down all the forces trying to tear them apart.

Allison Brennan's talent for twisty, tense pacing combines with a deeply drawn family drama and the unforgiving power of nature in this compelling standalone thriller."

Check it out today!

And now for our October picks for our Table of Context Book Club discussion! Join us next week as we join with the After...
08/14/2026

And now for our October picks for our Table of Context Book Club discussion! Join us next week as we join with the After Hours Book Club to discuss both Everything is Tuberculosis by John Green and The Lion Women of Tehran by Marjan Kamali.

In the meantime, let's take a look at these true crime/memoir stories:

#1: Liliana's Invincible Summer: A Sister's Search for Justice by Cristina Rivera Garza
#2: Yellow Bird: Oil, Murder, and a Woman's Search for Justice in Indian Country by Sierra Crane Murdoch

Full synopses can be found in the comments below. Cast your votes either in the comments or at our discussion this coming Thursday.

See you next week! đź“–

We've got our joint book club next week where we'll be discussing The Lion Women of Tehran by Marjan Kamali and Everythi...
08/14/2026

We've got our joint book club next week where we'll be discussing The Lion Women of Tehran by Marjan Kamali and Everything is Tuberculosis by John Green! Ahead of book club, take a look at the books we'll be voting on to read in September for the After Hours Book Club.

Next month we're going to dive into books about books:

#1: No Two Persons by Erica Baurmeister
#2: The Reading List by Sara Nisha Adams
#3: Hell of a Book by Jason Mott

Full synopses can be found in the comments below. Cast your votes either in the comments, the pick jar on the front desk or at our discussion.

And stay tuned to see our picks for the Table of Context Book Club later this afternoon.

See you next week! đź“–

Book Highlight:The Unmagical Life of Briar Jones by Lex Croucher"Welcome to the Temple School of Thaumaturgy ... and you...
08/13/2026

Book Highlight:
The Unmagical Life of Briar Jones by Lex Croucher

"Welcome to the Temple School of Thaumaturgy ... and your newest dark academia obsession.

For as long as they can remember, Briar Jones dreamed of attending the Temple School of Thaumaturgy. Behind its looming ornate gates, the elite prep school—the place that has produced the most CEOs and Prime Ministers in British history—is whispered to be magical.

Briar's best friend, Sebastian Wolfe, never cared about Temple or believed in the rumors. He just wanted them to stay together forever.

When, at age 11, Seb gets an acceptance letter and Briar doesn't, their childhood friendship is shattered. Seb vanishes onto Temple's grounds and Briar resigns themself to a mundane life. But they can't completely forget their yearning for Temple, for the extraordinary, to be one of the chosen in the ivory tower.

Seven years later, a summer job advert a temp position sorting through the junk in Temple’s attics. Briar takes it. And they discover that quiet, sensitive Seb, the boy they once loved more than anything else in the world, has become a beautiful, arrogant villain feared by most of the school. And worse, the secrets Temple is hiding might not be so magical after all, but a dark conspiracy with implications that extend far beyond the gates."

Check it out today!

‼️PLAN AHEAD‼️The library will be closed from Tuesday, August 25 through Saturday, September 5 as our director recharges...
08/11/2026

‼️PLAN AHEAD‼️

The library will be closed from Tuesday, August 25 through Saturday, September 5 as our director recharges after a BIG summer of programming, and of course, reading!

We thank you for your flexibility!

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112 N. Augusta Avenue
Oxford, IA
52322

Opening Hours

Tuesday 11am - 6pm
Wednesday 11am - 6pm
Thursday 11am - 7pm
Friday 11am - 5pm
Saturday 10am - 12pm

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