Appalachian Regional Library - About Adult Services

The Adult Services Department at Watauga County Public Library is here for YOU!

Email, visit, or call the Adult Services Desk (828-264-8784, Extension 2) for help with

Research
Finding books and information
Computer access
Technology help
Online Access to the Watauga Democrat from 1888-1965
Microfilm access to the Watuaga Democrat from 1965-2015
Printing, scanning, and faxing
Library access to Ancestry.com via the library computers

You may contact the Adult Services Staff directly via our contact form.

OUR SUMMER PROGRAMS:

Summer Fun with AS

COOK THE BOOKS!

Book Club Reading Selections 2026:

The Last Word by Elly Griffiths - January 13

The God of the Woods by Liz Moore - February 10

Killers of a Certain Age by Deanna Raybourn - March 10

Blind Descent by Nevada Barr - April 14

The Long Call by Ann Cleeves - May 12

The Summer Guests by Tess Gerritsen - June 9

Heartwood by Amity Gaige - July 14

Happiness Falls by Angie Kim - August 11

Code Name Helene by Ariel Lawhon - September 8

Memory Man by David Baldacci - October 13

Vera Wong's Guide to Snooping (On a Dead Man) by Jesse Q. Sutanto - November 10

Cook The Books book club meets on the second Tuesday of each month at 3:00 pm at the Watauga County Public Library. For more information please contact Jenny Brunner at [email protected] or call the library at 828-264-8784. ALL ARE WELCOME!

BOOK BUNCH!

Book Club Reading Selections 2026:

The Book of Lost Friends by Lisa Wingate - January 27

The Island of Sea Women by Lisa See - February 24

A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them by Timothy Egan - March 31

Promise Boys by Nick Brooks and other YA books - April 28

Maus by Art Spiegelman and Gender Queer by Maia Kobabe - May 26

Harlem Shuffle by Colson Whitehead - June 30

Against the Loveless World by Susan Abulhawa - July 28

The Wedding People by Alison Espach - August 25

Violeta by Isabel Allende - September 29

Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil by V. E. Schwab - October 27

Happiness Falls by Angie Kim - November 24

Book Bunch book club meets on the last Tuesday of each month at 1:30 pm at the Watauga County Public Library. For more information please contact Justin Daly at [email protected] or call the library's Adult Services desk at 828-264-8784 extension 2.

SEED LIBRARY

We have free seeds available to anyone in our area to grow their own food. They're located in the old card catalogs on the far side of the circulation desk. We encourage all who use the seed library to learn basic seed-saving techniques and donate back to the library or to donate packets of fresh seeds to keep the library stocked!

We also welcome volunteers to help with the seed library! Please email Ingrid with the subject line: "seed library"

Computers & Technology

Click below to visit our page about computer use, internet access, and computer & technology help (Book a Librarian!) available at the library.

Computers & Technology

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