Sioux City Reads is a community-wide reading initiative with the goal of providing educational opportunities and fun activities while bringing readers together around one book in ways relevant to the Sioux City community.
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2025 Sioux City Reads
Sioux City Reads returns with a new title for 2025: Unmask Alice: LSD, Satanic Panic, and the Imposter Behind the World’s Most Notorious Diaries by Rick Emerson.
Unmask Alice is the story of two teens, two diaries, two social panics, and one incredible fraud. Check out our blog for more info.
Sioux City Reads Poetry Contest
We want to know how this book impacted you – through poetry! Write an original poem, no longer than one page, inspired by the 2025 Sioux City Reads title, Unmask Alice.
Submit your poem by Friday, March 14. One submission per participant, please. Poems may be submitted by clicking the link below, or in-person at any Library location.
A selection of finalists will be displayed at the Library in March and the winner will be announced on Reference Roundtable, Live on Facebook, on Thursday, March 27. The winning author will also receive a $25 gift card to Book People.
News and Updates
Free Film Screening: The Warrior Tradition
Tuesday, January 24 • 6 – 7:30pm • Aalfs Downtown Library • 529 Pierce St
Join the Sioux City Public Library for a screening of the PBS documentary, “The Warrior Tradition” as part of the Sioux City Reads program. Learn about the astonishing, heartbreaking, inspiring, and largely-untold story of Native Americans in the United States military. Why would Indian men and women put
Sioux City Reads 2023 Nominee: Calling for a Blanket Dance by Oscar Hokeah
Join the Sioux City Public Library for Sioux City Reads, a new community-based reading initiative where Sioux Cityans are involved every step of the way – from book selection to attending programming and book discussions together.
2023 Sioux City Reads book nominee Calling for a Blanket Dance by Oscar Hokeah is an honest, heartbreaking, and ultimately uplifting novel.
Sioux City Reads 2023 Nominee: The Lioness by Chris Bohjalian
Join the Sioux City Public Library for Sioux City Reads, a new community-based reading initiative where Sioux Cityans are involved every step of the way – from book selection to attending programming and book discussions together.
In the Sioux City Reads book nominee The Lioness by Chris Bohjalian, a luxurious African safari turns deadly for a Hollywood starlet
Sioux City Reads 2023 Nominee: On a Night of a Thousand Stars by Andrea Yaryura Clark
Join the Sioux City Public Library for Sioux City Reads, a new community-based reading initiative where Sioux Cityans are involved every step of the way – from book selection to attending programming and book discussions together.
2023 Sioux City Reads book nominee On a Night of a Thousand Stars by Andrea Yaryura Clark is an emotional narrative of love and
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Aalfs Downtown Library
529 Pierce Street
712-255-2933
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Morningside Branch Library
4005 Morningside Avenue
712-255-2924
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Perry Creek Branch Library
2912 Hamilton Boulevard
Plaza Professional Center, Lower B
712-255-2926
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