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Our 2023 selection is The Cold Millions by Jess Walter. Available in multiple formats. Place your hold.
Whatcom READS announces 2023 book selection

Place your hold at the Whatcom County Library System
or Bellingham Public Library
or purchase your copy at Village Books


Check out the booklist below to further explore the people, places and themes in this extraordinary novel, as well as the rest of Jess Walter’s work.


2022 Whatcom READS author Michael Christie at the Mount Baker Theatre

View videos of previous years’ Whatcom READS event on YouTube

Thank you to our major contributors:


$5,000+

Friends of the Bellingham Public Library logo
Friends of the Bellingham Public Library

Whatcom County Library Foundation logo
Whatcom County Library Foundation
Whatcom County Library System logo
Whatcom County Library System

$1,000+

City of Bellingham
Village Books
Western Washington University Libraries


$500+

Allied Arts of Whatcom County
Bellingham Technical College Foundation
Hotel Leo
Whatcom Museum


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