Furman Library News


What We’re Reading – October 2025

In loving memory of Jenny Colvin, Associate Director for Outreach Services (2006-2022)

Christy Allen
Go Set a Watchman by Harper Lee
The Hobbit: an Illustrated Edition of the Fantasy Classic by J.R.R. Tolkien. Adapted by Chuck Nixon. Illustrated by David Wenzel
Devotions: the Selected Poems of Mary Oliver by Mary Oliver

Robyn Andrews
The Toymakers by Robert Dinsdale
The Courage to Teach: A Guide for Reflection and Renewal by Parker Palmer and Megan Scribner
Co-Intelligence: Living and Working with AI by Ethan Mollick
The Norendy Tales Trilogy by Kate DiCamillo

Ed Babinski
The Last Dangerous Visions by Harlan Ellison

Samantha Bailey
Murder Goes to Market by Daisy Bateman
Lessons from Plants by Beronda L. Montgomery

Frances Choe
Pink Slime by Fernanda Trías
Art & Fear: Observations on the Perils (and Rewards) of Artmaking by David Bayles and Ted Orland
Art Work: On the Creative Life by Sally Mann

Lauren Lundy
Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World by Naomi Klein

Jeffrey Makala
Gaudy Night by Dorothy L. Sayers
The Auctioneer: Adventures in the Art Trade by Simon de Pury

Nashieli Marcano
The Apollo Murders by Chris Hadfield

Chris Marcum
John Lewis: The Last Interview and Other Conversations with an introduction by Jelani Cobb

Caroline Mills
The Secret of Secrets by Dan Brown
Beach Music by Pat Conroy

Elizabeth Sanford Middleton
Plan for the Worst by Jodi Taylor
Dracula by Bram Stoker

Kathie Sloan
The Shattering Peace by John Scalzi
The Impossible Fortune by Richard Osman
The Separation of Church and Hate: A Sane Person’s Guide to Taking Back the Bible from Fundamentalists, Fascists, and Flock-Fleecing Frauds by John Fugelsang

Kristina Switzer
Sex and Rockets: The Occult World of Jack Parsons by John Carter
The Works of Rabelais by François Rabelais
Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway by Susan J. Jeffers

Jean Thrift
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer by Patrick Süskind

Micah Wingard
The Secret History by Donna Tartt
Pumpkinheads by Rainbow Rowell

Alicia Zachary-Erickson
Endling by Maria Reva
Atmosphere by Taylor Jenkins Reid
The Maid by Nita Prose
Slow Horses by Mick Herron

Getting the books shown here

Each of the titles underneath the name of the person reading them are links to the closest place (or potentially easiest way) to borrow a copy of the book for yourself. The link selected is prioritized in the following manner:

  • Furman has the book in some format.
  • Another academic library in South Carolina has the book, and you can request it through PASCAL DELIVERS via the given link at no charge to you. Just login with your network username and password, then click the SELECT WITH PASCAL DELIVERS button. The info about the book will be auto-populated in the form. You just click the agreement checkbox at the bottom and press SUBMIT. The book will be delivered to the main library by the PASCAL courier, and you can pick it up at the Circulation Desk.
  • The Greenville County Library System.
  • WorldCat shows a record through which you can access our interlibrary loan request form. We will find a library that has the book and have it snail mailed here at no charge to you. If you’re on campus or connected to the Furman network via VPN, you’ll see a box to the right that says ACCESS FROM YOUR LIBRARIES and a button that says VIEW ACCESS OPTIONS. Click that button and a box will open saying GET IT FROM FURMAN UNIVERSITY. Under that box title, you should see a link that says REQUEST ITEM THROUGH INTERLIBRARY LOAN. Clicking that link will bring up a pre-populated interlibrary loan request form. Just scroll to the bottom and click the SUBMIT button.