Adult Summer Reading June 14 - August 31

Montgomery County Public Libraries’ Summer Reading Challenge offers adults a chance to fill their summer with great books and fun activities.

Participating is easy:

  • Sign up (or log in) online or at your local library starting May 15. Begin logging your activities starting June 14th.
  • When you sign up online you will be able to log your progress toward completion and earn tickets for the raffle.

Don't forget MCPL's other Summer Reading programs: Teen Summer Reading Children's Summer Reading

Events

Join us for one of our four events this summer!

  • 6/14 @ 7:00 pm Booktails: a Night of mocktails and books at Gaithersburg
  • 6/27 @ 6:30 pm Bookbinding, learn the lost art of binding books at Connie Morella
  • 7/12 @ 4:00 pm Painting Pottery at Hammer and Stain in Rockville
  • 8/2 @ 3:00 pm Puzzle Race (all ages) at Germantown

Prizes

Sign up online or in person at the branch, and you’ll get a bookmark and a sticker. When you complete the program, you earn a magnetic bookmark and a voucher for a free book from the Friends of the Montgomery County Library bookstore! Each branch will also have a puzzle and a coloring book with art pens to give away to three lucky winners.

This year’s system-wide raffle prizes include a Cricut Joy Machine, a Lego Hokusai The Great Wave set, and an HP Sprocket Portable Instant Color Photo Printer!

The Cricut Joy comes with insert cards, cutting mats and a pen set, all the better to start working on designs of your own making. The Lego Hokusai The Great Wave weighs in at 1,810 pieces and will be an admirable addition to any art collection. The HP Portable Color Photo Printer will be the envy of any shutterbug.

Booklists

Not sure what to read? Check out these booklists curated by a librarian.

(Coming soon)

Library Card Sign Up

Visit any of our branches to get a library card. Need one right away? Sign up for a digital card now!