We have a lot of popular best sellers at the Waban Library Center – books that typically have long waiting lists at other libraries. We are also happy to take recommendations for books from our patrons. We also have a new collection of Playaways – all in one devices for you to listen to a favorite book. Please fill out the form online or call us during our open hours. We are not able to take book requests by email or by filling out the ask the librarian form.
- Play With Me: A Playdate Book by Kat Chen
- You're My Little Lucky Charm by Nicola Edwards
- Spider in the Well by Jess Hannigan
- Little Kids First Board Book: Frogs by Ruth Musgrave
- Bee-BimBop by Linda Sue Park
- First 100 Words (Bright Baby) by Roger Priddy
- Can I Sit in the Middle? by Susanne Strasserf
- Ahoy! by Sophie Blackall
- Alice in Winter Wonderland by Jan Brett
- The Puppy Bus by Drew Brockington
- Just Like Millie by Lauren Castillo
- To See An Owl by Matthew Cordell
- Dalmartian: A Mars Rover's Story by Lucy Cummins
- Show Up and Vote by Ani DeFranco
- Knight Owl and Early Bird by Christopher Denise
- Bert the Bowerbird by Julia Donaldson
- The Last Stand by Antwan Eady
- We are Definitely Human by X Fang
- The World Needs the Wonder You See by Joanna Gaines
- Snow is by Laura Gehl
- The Teeny-Weeny Unicorn by Shawn Harris
- Finding Things by Kevin Henkes
- Bunny Should Be Sleeping by Amy Hest
- When Rosie Walks George by Amy Hest
- How We Share Cake by Kim Hyo-eun
- Where To Hide a Star by Oliver Jeffers
- What Can a Mess Make by Bee Johnson
- Caboose by Travis Jonker
- Bakery Dragon by Devin Elle Kurtz
- Noodles on a Bicycle by Kyo Laclear
- Built To Last by Minh & Dan Lee and Santa
- The Truth about Dinosaurs by Julie Leung
- Itty Bitty Betty Blog by Constance Lombardo
- The Yellow Bus by Loren Long
- Touch the Sky by Stephanie V.W. Lucianovic
- Home in a Lunchbox by Cherry Mo
- A Map for Falasteen by Maysa Odeh
- 365: How to Count a Year by Miranda & Julien Paul & Chung
- Victor, the wolf with worries by Catherine Rayner
- There Was A Party for Langston by Jason Reynolds
- Construction Site: Garbage Crew to the Rescue by Sherri Rinker
- The Zebra's Great Escape by Katherine Rundell
- Angela's Glacier by Jordan Scott
- Pretty Ugly by David Sedaris
- Being Home by Traci Sorell
- The Good Little Mermaid's Guide to Bedtime by Eija Sumner
- Baby Dunks-A-Lot by Jason Tatum
- The man who didn't like animals by Deborah Underwood
- Five Stories by Ellen Weinstein
- Two Together by Brendan Wentzel
- Towed by Toad by Jashan Awan
- Stell & Marigold by Annie Barros
- The Best Worse Campout Ever by Joe Cepeda
- Orris and Timble: The Beginning by Kate DiCamillo
- The Cozy Home by Anne Dyckman
- Vacation by Ame Dyckman
- Fluffie Bunnies: Buns Gone Bad by Annie Humphrey
- Gigi and Ojiji by Melissa Iwai
- Puggleton Park by Deanna Kizis
- The Apartment House on Poppy Hill by Nina LaCouer
- Grumpy Monkey Too Many Bugs by Suzanne Lang
- Bunny and Clyde by Megan McDonald
- Little Shrew by Akiko Miyakoshi
- Unicornia: Learning to Fly by Ana Punset
- Fox Has a Problem by Corey Tabor
- I Survived the Black Death by Lauren Tarshis
- Elf Dog and Owl Head by M.T. Anderson
- Boy 2.0 by Tracey Baptiste
- Nana in the Country by Lauren Castillo
- The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman by Gennifer Choldenko
- the Frindle files by Andrew Clements
- And then Boom by Lisa Fipps
- Not Nothing by Gayle Forman
- Liars Society by Alyson Gerber
- Max the House of Spies: A Tale of World War II by Adan Gidwitz
- Heroes by Alan Grantz
- The Luminous Life of Lucy Landry by Anna Rose Johnson
- First State of Being by Erin Entrada Kelly
- Phillips Fisher and the Dream-Maker's Daughter by Liz Kessler
- Westfallen by Ann Kinney
- Quagmire Tiarello Couldn't Be Better by Mylisa Larsen
- Tree. Table. Book by Lois Lowry
- Painting the Game by Patricia MacLanchlan
- Medusa: The Myth of Monsters, Book One by Katherine Marsh
- Chronicles of a Lizard Nobody by Patrick Ness
- Gracie Under the Waves by Linda Sue Park
- Hope in the Valley by Mitali Perkins
- Sherlock Society by James Ponti
- Percy Jackson: Wrath of the Triple Goddess by Rick Riordan
- Impossible Creatures by Katherine Runsell
- Kareem Between by Shifa Saltagi Safadi
- Labors of Hercules Beal by Gary Schmidt
- The Bletchley Riddle by Ruta Sepetys
- Take it From the Top by Claire Swinarski
- Not Quite a Ghost by Anne Ursu
- A Strange Thing Happened in Cherry Hall by Jasmine Warga
- Mid Air by Alicia Williams
- Finally Heard by Kelly Yang
- The Misfits: A Royal Conundrum by Lisa Yee
- Life After Whale: The Amazing Ecosystem of a Whale Fall by Lynn Brunelle
- How do You Spell Unfair? by MacNolia Cox
- Timelines from Black History by DK
- The Enigma Girls by Candace Fleming
- The Mona Lisa Vanishes by Chris Harris
- Jumper by Jessica Lahan
- A Dangerous Idea: the Scopes Trial by Debbie Levy
- Impossible Escape by Steve Sheinkin
- Houses With A Story by Seiji Yoshida
- Duel by Jessica Bagley
- New Girl by Cassandra Calin
- Tiger vs, Nightmare by Emily Easter
- Taxi Ghost by Sophie Escabasse
- Mixed-Up by Kami Garcia
- Sunny Makes Her Case by Jennifer Holm
- How It All Ends by Emma Hunsinger
- Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Hot Mess by Jeff Kinney
- Sunshine by Jarrett Krosoczka
- Chickenpox by Remy Lai
- The Girl Who Sang by Estelle Nadel
- Dog Man: Big Jim Begins by Dav Pilkey
- Bog Myrtle by Sid Sharp
- Pearl by Sherri Smith
- The Squad by christina Soontornvat
- Camp Prodigy by Emily Tetri
- Timid by Jonathan Todd
- Ash's Cabin by Jen Wang
Board Books
Picture Books
Easy Readers/Beginning Chapter
Junior Fiction
Non-Fiction
Junior Graphic Novels
Teens
- Our Shouts Echo by Jade Adia
- The Blood Years by Elana Arnold
- The Last Bookstore on Earth by Lily Braun-Arnold
- Twelfth Knight by Alexene Farol Follmuth
- Rez Ball by Byron Graves
- Snow Globe by Soyoung Park
- Twenty-Four Seconds: A Love Story by Jason Reynolds
- Stunt Boy, In-Between Time by Jason Reynolds