K-12 Schools

Collection Development: Recommended Reading

Our Digital Content Librarians create recommended lists and catalogs with the best hand-picked titles to optimize your K-12 school library’s collection. Visit OverDrive Marketplace to see more & shop the latest sales and promotions!

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    • 01/01/2025 – 01/31/2025

      New Year, New You Sale

      Start the year off right! Shop savings of up to 50% off on over 10,000 titles that inspire and motivate, including financial planning, career growth, healthy living, self-improvement, and more. Hurry, savings disappear after January 31st!

    • 01/01/2025 – 01/31/2025

      25% Off OverDrive Max Titles

      Take advantage of 25% savings on the OverDrive Max (MACU) lending model on over 900 audiobooks available from Recorded Books, on sale now through January 31st. Find classics like Gone With the Wind, series favorites for kids, diverse reads for teens, and plenty of popular fiction and nonfiction titles for adult readers, including all three titles in The Empyrean series from Rebecca Yarros. Reduce wait times and stock up on popular titles for the year ahead!

    • 01/01/2025 – 01/17/2025

      40% Off The Bone Season by Samantha Shannon

      Get lost in the intricate worldbuilding and slow burn romance of the revised and repackaged Bone Season series from epic fantasy author, Samantha Shannon. Take advantage of 40% off the first title in the series, and stock up on the remaining titles as we await the highly anticipated fifth novel – The Dark Mirror – coming from Bloomsbury Publishing on February 25th!

    • 01/01/2025 – 01/31/2025

      New & On Sale from Chronicle

      Take advantage of 35% savings on select ebooks available from Chronicle, including chapter books and nonfiction titles for kids, health and fitness titles, cookbooks, self-improvement and personal growth titles, and so much more. Plus, find recent releases and add titles to your digital collections today!

    • 01/01/2025 – 01/31/2025

      Best of G&D Media On Sale Now

      Featuring the top 50 bestselling titles from G&D Media in ebook and audiobook formats, this collection is perfect to get readers started on the road to self improvement. All titles are 50% off through the end of January.

    • 01/01/2025 – 01/31/2025

      25% Off Crime Fiction & Nonfiction Titles from Open Road

      Calling all amateur sleuths and anyone interested in titles covering everything from fact to fiction when it comes to crime! Find hundreds of ebooks available from Open Road, on sale now through the end of January.

    • 01/01/2025 – 01/31/2025

      Celebrate Princeton University Press's 25th Anniversary

      The 25th anniversary of the establishment of Princeton University Press's European office is an important milestone in the publisher's mission to be a global partner to readers everywhere. Check out this curated collection of titles – discounted 25% for the month of January – and add ebooks and audiobooks that reflect the global appeal of PUP to your digital shelves today!

    • 01/01/2025 – 01/31/2025

      New & On Sale from Kensington

      Shop and save on select ebook titles across multiple genres, available from Kensington, including romance, historical fiction, suspense and thrillers, humorous titles and more, all 25% off through the end of January! Plus, browse titles that have been recently added to OverDrive's Marketplace and coming soon from Kensington's catalog.

    • 01/01/2025 – 01/31/2025

      New & Notable Titles for Kids & Teens from Penguin Random House

      Find new and exciting ebooks for kids and teens with this selection of titles available from Penguin Random House! From engaging picture books to adventurous and incredibly humorous comics and graphic novels for young readers and sci-fi, romance, historical fiction, and even suspenseful titles for teens, you won't want to miss what's out now and coming soon for the month of January!

    • 01/01/2025 – 01/31/2025

      Top Books for 2025 from Canadian Publishers

      Check out a collection of titles releasing from Canadian publishers in Spring 2025! From humorous literary titles to diverse romance, memoirs and indigenous nonfiction, picture books and comics for kids, find something for everyone with these new titles coming soon from Dundurn Press, Doubleday Canada, House of Anansi Press, Simon & Schuster, and more.

    • 01/01/2025 – 01/31/2025

      Featured Titles from Britannica Education

      Britannica Education's vision is to personalize and design custom resources that meet the unique challenges and needs of the markets they serve. From classics to educational nonfiction titles and all new titles for grades kindergarten through 12th grade, find fresh, formatted titles available from Britannica Education today!

    • 01/01/2025 – 01/31/2025

      New & Popular Graphic Novels from Fantagraphics

      In need of a refresh or update of your comics and graphic novels collection for adult readers? Discover new releases from Fantagraphics including the long-awaited My Favorite Thing is Monsters: Book Two or new journalistic nonfiction and graphic memoirs. Plus, browse through popular titles that our library partners have been purchasing and can't seem to get enough of!

    • 01/01/2025 – 01/31/2025

      Thousands of Scholastic Ebooks Now in OverDrive Max

      Over 5,000 ebooks from Scholastic are now available in the OverDrive Max lending model! Reach more young readers with the lowest cost per checkout with collections featuring picture books, comics, popular series like I Survived, Goosebumps, and much more.

    • 01/01/2025 – 01/31/2025

      Newly Added Content from French Canadian Publishers

      Check out a collection of titles releasing from Canadian publishers in Spring 2025! From humorous literary titles to diverse romance, memoirs and indigenous nonfiction, picture books and comics for kids, find something for everyone with these new titles coming soon from Dundurn Press, Doubleday Canada, House of Anansi Press, Simon & Schuster, and more.

    • 01/01/2025 – 01/31/2025

      Romance to Curl Up With

      Stock up on romance favorites from Penguin Random House ahead of Valentine's Day! Find stories that warm the heart and ignite the soul with swoon-worthy ebooks that are sure to fly off the shelves between now and February!