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Iowa City Public Library

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We have been dedicated to serving our community since our founding in 1896. We are host to almost half a million visitors each year to the downtown library building and bookmobile.

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PREVIOUS NOMINATIONS

2026

Karen Russell

The Antidote

2025

Daniel Mason

North Woods

2023

Amor Towles

The Lincoln Highway

2020

Delia Owens

Where the Crawdads Sing

2020

Tayari Jones

An American Marriage

2020

Kristin Hannah

The Great Alone

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