Sioux City Reads is a community-wide reading initiative with the goal of providing educational opportunities and fun activities while bringing readers together around one book in ways relevant to the Sioux City community.
Bookmark this page or sign up for our e-newsletter HERE for updates on events, programs and activities for Sioux City Reads.
2027 Sioux City Reads Nominees
Vote for one of these three titles to be the 2027 Sioux City Reads book. The chosen book will serve as inspiration for events, discussions, and challenges throughout the upcoming 2027 Sioux City Reads initiative.
Voting Open Through November 30
News and Updates
Vote for the 2027 Sioux City Reads Book!
Join the Sioux City Public Library for Sioux City Reads, a community-based reading initiative where Sioux Cityans are involved every step of the way – from book selection to completing challenges and attending book discussions. Now through November 30, cast your vote to help select the next Sioux City Reads title. Copies of each book are available for check out at any Sioux City Public Library location.
Sioux City Reads 2027 Nominee: Hungered by Amanda Rizkalla
2027 Sioux City Reads Nominee Hungered by Amanda Rizkalla is a striking debut brings to life an unforgettable young narrator and the complicated, loving, cruel, and generous figures that make up her universe.
Sioux City Reads 2027 Nominee: Yesteryear by Caro Claire Burke
2027 Sioux City Reads Nominee Yesteryear by Caro Claire Burke is the story of a traditional American woman, a “tradwife” influencer, who suddenly awakens in the brutal reality of 1855—where she must unravel whether this living nightmare is an elaborate hoax, a twisted reality show, or something far more sinister in this sensational debut novel.
Sioux City Reads 2027 Nominee: How to Commit a Postcolonial Murder by Nina McConigley
2027 Sioux City Reads Nominee How to Commit a Postcolonial Murder by Nina McConigley is a bold, inventive, and fiercely original debut novel that begins with an uncle dead and his tween niece’s private confession to the reader—she and her sister killed him, and they blame the British.
Locations:
Aalfs Downtown Library
529 Pierce Street
712-255-2933
Monday – Wednesday 9am – 8pm
Thursday – Saturday 9am – 5pm
Sunday (Sept – May) 1pm – 5pm
Click here for a virtual tour!
Free parking on weekends and after 5pm on weekdays
Morningside Branch Library
4005 Morningside Avenue
712-255-2924
Monday – Wednesday 10am – 6pm
Thursday – Friday 10am – 5pm
Saturday 9am – 5pm
Click here for a virtual tour!
Perry Creek Branch Library
2912 Hamilton Boulevard
Plaza Professional Center, Lower B
712-255-2926
Monday – Friday 10:30am – 5:30pm