Reading Recommendations

No time to browse? Library staff can do that for you. 

Fill out a short form with your account information and preferences. 

A staff member will fill the request. Books will be checked out to your account. You will receive a notification once your items are ready for pickup. 

Collect them from the Check Out desk or schedule a Curbside Pickup.

Fill out the online CPPL to Go! - Adults Form to get started!

No time to browse? Library staff can do that for you. 

Fill out a short form with your account information, preferences, and reader’s age: Kids, Tweens, or Teens.

A staff member will fill the request. Books will be checked out to your account. You will receive a notification once your items are ready for pickup. 

Collect them from the Check Out desk or schedule a Curbside Pickup.

Fill out the online CPPL to Go! - Youth Form to get started!

Surprise and delight me! 

Place a hold on the Grab Bag of your preferred genre in the Catalog.

Library staff will select 10 random items in that genre for you to pick up! Items will be checked out to your account. You will receive a notification once your items are ready for pickup. 

Collect them from the Check Out desk or schedule a Curbside Pickup.

Place a hold on a Grab Bag now! 

For customized requests, please use the CPPL to Go! Services listed in the above tabs.

Take a look at these curated lists from our librarians! Browse through lists on topics like:

• American History Reads
• Bluebonnet Awards 2020 to 2021
• Ghost Stories
• Learn a New Hobby
• Rapid Reads
• Texas Gardening, and more

Visit the Catalog to get started.

Want a book that is currently checked out? 

Is the book you want available now, but you are not?

No problem. Place a hold on the item. It's easy! 

Watch and learn how to place holds from wherever you are: How to Search Our Catalog video on YouTube. 

Need help? Call us at 512-401-5600.

Note: Holds can take 24 hours or more to be filled. 

BookPage is a monthly book review publication distributed to 400,000 avid readers through subscribing bookstores and public libraries. Founded in 1988 and located in Nashville, Tennessee, BookPage serves as a broad-based selection guide to the best new books published every month.

All of the content from the print edition is posted on the BookPage website each month.