Dorris Van Doren's Best Books of 2024

As we reached the end of 2024, we asked Dorris Van Doren's teen patrons what books they enjoyed the most in 2024. We received a variety of responses! Here are their favorites:

A Song to Drown Rivers by Ann Liang

The Ogress and the Orphans by Kelly Barnhill

Joined at the Joints by Marissa Eller

The Spirit Bares Its Teeth by Andrew Joseph White

Beholder by Ryan La Sala

Cinder by Marissa Meyer

Fourteen Ways to Die by Vincent Ralph

The Iron King by Julie Kagawa

Shatter Me by Tahereh Mahi

Once Upon a Broken Heart by Stephanie Garber

Divine Rivals by Rebecca Ross

Rot and Ruin by Jonathan Mayberry

Emergency Contact by Mary H.K. Choi

Ace of Spades by Faridah Abike-Iyimide

Betting on You by Lynn Painter

Dog Man by Dav Pilkey (x 5)

Dork Diaries by Rachel Renee Russell

Amari and the Despicable Wonders by BB Alston

The Land of Stories by Chris Colfer

The Boys of Tommen Series by Chloe Walsh

To put physical copies of any of these books on hold, please visit our catalog https://elpasopl.ent.sirsi.net/client/en_US/default/? or you can call our branch at 915-212-0440 and we would be happy to place the hold for you. 

Also check out our digital materials to find eBooks and eAudiobooks: https://www.elpasolibrary.org/explore/digital-books-and-media/

 

January 2025 Programs at Dorris Van Doren

The Dorris Van Doren Library has so many amazing things planned for 2025! Check out our calendar of events for lots of opportunities for fun and learning about the world around us. Please join us! 

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December at Dorris Van Doren

Welcome to winter at the Dorris Van Doren Library. Here are all of our programs for the month of December. Hope to see you here!

Don't forget to stop by on Wednesday, December 11th at 11 AM to celebrate the Library's 130th Birthday with an Open House. There will be goodies for those in attendance!

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Reading in the 915!

Did you know the El Paso Public Library is sponsoring a year-long reading challenge called Reading in the 915?

Reading in the 915 is designed for adults and teens, but anyone can participate. Every month there is a different themed book challenge to help readers to broaden their horizons and read outside their comfort zones! Sign up at this link: https://elpasolibrary.beanstack.org/reader365

November's reading challenge celebrates Native American Heritage Month by encouraging participants to read a book by and/or about indigenous people and the valuable contributions they have made, past and present, in American history. Readers who complete this or any of the other monthly challenges can come to the library and pick up a sticker to commemorate acquiring their monthly reading badge.

For anyone looking to complete this challenge, the Dorris Van Doren Library has a display of Young Adult fiction and non-fiction written by and about Native people. Come check it out. 

November Programs at the Dorris Van Doren Library

The calendar for the Dorris Van Doren Library is packed with fun things to do as we head up to the holidays, or you can come in and stock up on books and DVDs for those cozy days at home. 

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Book Clubs at Dorris Van Doren

 Did you know that the Dorris Van Doren Library has two book clubs that meet monthly?

The Dorris Van Doren Book Club meets every last Thursday of the month. They read a variety of different genres and typically select new and intriguing bestsellers. For the month of October they will be reading A Woman in the Polar Night by Christiane Ritter.

From Pushkin Press: "In 1934, the painter Christiane Ritter leaves her comfortable home for a year with her husband on the Arctic island of Spitsbergen. On arrival she is shocked to realise that they are to live in a tiny ramshackle hut on the shores of a lonely fjord, hundreds of miles from the nearest settlement.

At first, Christiane is horrified by the freezing cold, the bleak landscape and the lack of supplies… But after encounters with bears and seals, long treks over the ice and months of perpetual night, she finds herself falling in love with the Arctic’s harsh, otherworldly beauty.

This luminous classic memoir tells of her inspiring journey to freedom and fulfilment in the adventure of a lifetime."

The next meeting of the Dorris Van Doren Book Club is Thursday, October 31, 2024 at 1 PM.

March Programs at Dorris Van Doren

 Dorris Van Doren has reopened! Please come and see all the wonderful updates to our building. We have a lot of great programs scheduled for the month of March, including fun things to do during Spring Break!

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If you have any questions, please feel free to call the branch at 915-212-0440!