July's New Acquisitions

Books on a library bookshelf.

Looking for your next read?

We are excited to present the following selection of books added to our collection this month.

To check out the books, you will need a library card. These books are available through SCLENDS, a consortium of libraries throughout the state that share a single catalog allowing patrons to search for items in all of the libraries as easily as you search for items in your home library. Requesting items is as simple as clicking a button. Within a few days, any available circulating item can be delivered from any SCLENDS library across the state.

Check out the booklist below featuring new titles to the South Carolina State Library.

Cover of The Yearbook of the Poetry Society of South Carolina

The Yearbook of the Poetry Society of South Carolina
Author: Poetry Society of South Carolina
Publication Year: 2025
Call Number: S.C. 811.08 POET 2025

Cover of Uncommon Favor: Basketball, North Philly, My Mother, and the Lessons I Learned from All Three

Uncommon Favor: Basketball, North Philly, My Mother, and the Lessons I Learned from All Three
Author: Staley, Dawn
Publication Year: 2025
Call Number: S.C. B S7824S

Cover of The Stackhouse Family

The Stackhouse Family
Author: Stackhouse, William Romig
Publication Year: 1993
Call Number: S.C. 929.2 STAC

Cover of The African Ancestors Garden: History and Memory at the International African American Museum

The African Ancestors Garden: History and Memory at the International African American Museum
Author: Hood, Walter
Publication Year: 2024
Call Number: S.C. 712.0899 HOOD

Cover of Savings and Trust: The Rise and Betrayal of the Freedman's Bank

Savings and Trust: The Rise and Betrayal of the Freedman's Bank
Author: Hill Edwards, Justene
Publication Year: 2024
Call Number: 330.9008996 HILL

Cover of Royal Raiders: The Tories of the American Revolution

Royal Raiders: The Tories of the American Revolution
Author: Callahan, North
Publication Year: 1963
Call Number: 973.314 CALL

Cover of Repression in the Digital Age: Surveillance, Censorship, and the Dynamics of State

Repression in the Digital Age: Surveillance, Censorship, and the Dynamics of State
Author: Gohdes, Anita R.
Publication Year: 2024
Call Number: 303.48 GOHD

Cover of Managing the Arts in Rural Areas

Managing the Arts in Rural Areas
Author: Snider, David Andrew
Publication Year: 2023
Call Number: 700.68 SNID

Cover of Making the Latino South: A History of Racial Formation

Making the Latino South: A History of Racial Formation
Author: Márquez, Cecilia
Publication Year: 2023
Call Number: 975 MÁRQ

Cover of Making Democracy Count: How Mathematics Improves Voting, Electoral Maps, and Representation

Making Democracy Count: How Mathematics Improves Voting, Electoral Maps, and Representation
Author: Volić, Ismar
Publication Year: 2024
Call Number: 324.6 VOLI

Cover of Klandamentalism: Bob Jones at the Intersection of Revivalism, Politics, and White Supremacy

Klandamentalism: Bob Jones at the Intersection of Revivalism, Politics, and White Supremacy
Author: Lewis, Camille Kaminski
Publication Year: 2025
Call Number: S.C. 269 LEWI

Cover of Justice Be Done: A Caleb Knowles Mystery

Justice Be Done: A Caleb Knowles Mystery
Author: Damron, Carla
Publication Year: 2023
Call Number: S.C. 813.6 DAMR

Cover of Don't Build, Rebuild: The Case for Imaginative Reuse in Architecture

Don't Build, Rebuild: The Case for Imaginative Reuse in Architecture
Author: Betsky, Aaron
Publication Year: 2024
Call Number: 720.28 BETS

Cover of Disability, the Body, and Radical Intellectuals in the Literature of the Civil War and Reconstruction

Disability, the Body, and Radical Intellectuals in the Literature of the Civil War and Reconstruction
Author: Chinn, Sarah E.
Publication Year: 2024
Call Number: 810.9 CHIN

Cover of Deliberative Policymaking: Redesigning How We Make Education Policy

Deliberative Policymaking: Redesigning How We Make Education Policy
Author: Grant, Elizabeth
Publication Year: 2024
Call Number: 371.010973 GRAN

Cover of Beyond the First 48

Beyond the First 48
Author: Wright, Shawn
Publication Year: 2024
Call Number: S.C. B W953W

Cover of A Soldier's Life: A Black Woman's Rise from Army Brat to Six Triple Eight Champion

A Soldier's Life: A Black Woman's Rise from Army Brat to Six Triple Eight Champion
Author: Cummings, Edna W.
Publication Year: 2025
Call Number: B C9713C

Cover of A Confederate Girl's Diary

A Confederate Girl's Diary
Author: Dawson, Sarah Morgan
Publication Year: 1960
Call Number: 973.782 DAWS

Upcoming Event

A helicopter in the SC Military Museum.

Heather McPherson, SC Military Museum Curator of Collections, Discusses Aviation and Space in SC

July 16, 2025, 2:30 PM

The Center for the Book, Speaker at the Center series, will welcome Heather McPherson, Curator of Collections at the SC Military Museum, on Wednesday, July 16th, at 2:30 pm. Heather will present South Carolina stories of aviation and space exploration.