Tag: overdrive
Native-American Heritage Month

Celebrate National Native American Heritage Month in November with us! We’ve put together a collection of fiction and non-fiction for you to explore. Find more information and discover live events on the Native American Heritage Month website.
Angela Sterritt
Lisa Bird-Wilson
Peter Stark
Rebecca Roanhorse
Stephen Graham Jones
Patty Krawec
Halloween Picks 2023

Celebrate this year’s Spooky Season with some of these terrifying and suspenseful titles below. From ghosts to haunted houses and even our own thoughts, check out these books if you’re feeling the Halloween festivities this October.
Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Clay McLeod Chapman
Gretchen Felker-Martin
Ana Reyes
Ainslie Hogarth
Stephen King
Indigenous Peoples’ Day

Celebrate Indigenous Peoples’ Day this Monday, October 9th with these wonderful selections by Native authors illustrating stories on Native history and fiction.
Michelle Good
Louise Erdrich
S. C. Gwynne
Leslie Marmon Silko
Tommy Orange
Louise Erdrich
Hispanic Heritage Month 2023

Starting September 15th, Hispanic Heritage Month begins as we celebrate and commend the great works and achievements made by the Latinx community. Find inspiring and excellent recommendations by Latinx authors below and look for more in the UC Berkeley Library’s collection on Overdrive.
Isabel Allende
Angie Cruz
Katie Gutierrez
Isabel Cañas
Chanel Cleeton
Isabel Allende
Fabian Nicieza
Sandra Cisneros
Cleyvis Natera
Summer Reading 2023
Kick off this summer with these fantastic beach reads! From summer scares to beachside romances, check out Overdrive and the selections below for an irresistible read.
Steven Rowley
Riley Sager
Rebecca Serle
Crystal Smith Paul
Emily Henry
R. F. Kuang
Noué Kirwan
Jenny Han
Curtis Sittenfeld
Disability Pride Month 2023

Celebrate this year’s Disability Pride Month with these great recommendations from the library. Spanning disability culture, activism, love, and finding yourself, our picks are a must-read for everyone!
Alice Wong
Helen Hoang
Sara Novic
Meghan O’Rourke
Chloé Cooper Jones
Riva Lehrer
Ryan O’Connell
Ivelisse Housman
Temple Grandin
Happy Pride Month 2023

Celebrate Pride Month this June with novels, essays, romances, and humor by LGBTQIA writers. Browse through our Overdrive collection for even more great picks this month.
Maggie Millner
Racquel Marie
Bushra Rehman
Samantha Irby
Jason Yamas
Michael Gray Bulla
Rafael Frumkin
Jenny Fran Davis
Edmund White
Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month 2023

This May, celebrate Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month with our wonderful and diverse collection of works by Asian American and Pacific Islander American authors. Encompassing books penned by Americans with roots from Sri Lanka to India to Hawai’i, with stories of college life, immigrant families, and much more, there are plenty of great novels to pick from. Check out more titles through Overdrive.
Steph Cha
Emiko Jean
Sarah Thankam Mathews
Hua Hsu
Delia Cai
E.M. Tran
Tracy Badua
Brandy Nālani McDougall
Hasanthika Sirisena
National Poetry Month

“If you live, you look back and beg for it again, the hazardous bliss before you know what you would miss.” – Ada Limon, 24th Poet Laureate.
Celebrate National Poetry Month with this diverse collection of award-winning poets and check out the rest of our Overdrive for more!
Yusef Komunyakaa
Paul Tran
Safia Elhillo
Chen Chen
Saeed Jones
Ocean Vuong
Read OverDrive eBooks and Audiobooks on Mobile with Libby
Do you read ebooks and audiobooks on OverDrive? If so, the free Libby app allows you to read and listen on your mobile device. It’s easy to get started. Here’s how.
Step 1: Download the app
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- Go to your mobile device’s app store.
- Install the Libby app for free.
Step 2: Add UC Berkeley to your list of libraries
- The app will ask you if you have a library card.
- Click “Not Yet.”
- You will be prompted to search for a library branch. Click “Find Libraries Nearby” and then click “No, I’ll Search For A Library”.
- Type in “University of California Berkeley,” and select “University of California Berkeley.” You will be taken to the Library’s OverDrive collection.
Step 3: Log in with CalNet ID
- Add a library card by selecting “Enter Library Account Details.” You will be taken to the CalNet authentication page.
- Sign in.
Step 4: Borrow Books!
- To check out a book, select the book and click “Borrow.” (If a book is already checked out, you can click “Place a Hold.”)
- The app will then show you a virtual library card and you will be able to see how many books you have checked out and how many holds you have. You’re all set!
Still using the original OverDrive app? OverDrive is discontinuing it. You’ll want to use Libby instead. Click here for more.