Simply Held

Simply Held

Choose any author, celebrity pick, fiction pick, and/or nonfiction pick and The Library will put the latest title on hold for you automatically! Select as many as you want. Still have questions? Click here for a list of FAQs.

*Scott County Library patrons (card numbers that begin with 20072), please sign up here.

**Library Staff Only: PDF list of authors here. 

If your library card is inactive or expired more than six months or you have charges on your account of $25 or more for two months, you may be automatically withdrawn from the Simply Held service.

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The location you select will become your default hold pickup location. If you are a Davenport Library patron, you can choose to have your books mailed to you. By selecting Borrow By Mail option, all your Simply Held holds will be mailed to you.

Davenport - Main Davenport - Fairmount Davenport - Eastern Borrow By Mail (Davenport Patrons Only) Bettendorf Clinton LeClaire Musser

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Nonfiction Picks (Chosen Quarterly - Regular Print Only)

Biographies Cookbooks Social Justice True Crime

Celebrity Picks (Regular Print substituted when Large Print unavailable.)

Jenna Bush Hager Oprah Reese Witherspoon

Fiction Picks (Chosen Quarterly - Regular Print Only)

BIPOC: Black, Indigenous, and people of color LGBTQ+: Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and more.

Diverse Debuts: Debut fiction novel by a BIPOC author, LGBTQ+ author or an author from another marginalized community. Graphic Novel: Fiction novel for adults of any subgenre with diverse characters depicted by color illustrations, sketches, and photographs. Historical Fiction: Historical fiction novel written by a BIPOC author, LGBTQ+ author or an author from another marginalized community, with main character(s) from a marginalized community. International Fiction: Fiction novel originally written in another language with main character(s) from marginalized communities.

Fiction Authors

Isabel Allende David Baldacci Lee Child Mary Higgins Clark Harlan Coben Michael Connelly Catherine Coulter Clive Cussler Louise Erdrich Vince Flynn Lisa Gardner Philippa Gregory John Grisham Kristin Hannah Elin Hilderbrand Tami Hoag Lisa Jackson Lisa Jewell Iris Johansen William Johnstone (Regular Print Only) Karen Kingsbury Beverly Lewis James McBride Liane Moriarty Jojo Moyes James Patterson Jodi Picoult Lisa Scottoline Lisa See Daniel Silva Karin Slaughter Nicholas Sparks Danielle Steel Colson Whitehead Stuart Woods

Horror Authors

Stephen King Dean Koontz

Mystery Authors

C.J. Box Patricia Cornwell Robert Crais Janet Evanovich Joanne Fluke J.A. Jance Jonathan Kellerman Walter Mosley Sara Paretsky Louise Penny J.D. Robb John Sandford

Romance Authors

Sandra Brown Robyn Carr Janet Dailey Jude Deveraux Christine Feehan Jasmine Guillory (Regular Print Only) Helen Hoang (Regular Print Only) Beverly Jenkins (Regular Print Only) Jayne Ann Krentz Debbie Macomber Susan Mallery Kat Martin (Regular Print Only) Fern Michaels Linda Lael Miller Nora Roberts RaeAnne Thayne (Regular Print Only) J.R. Ward

Scifi Authors

George R. R. Martin

Urban

K'wan (Regular Print Only) Mary Monroe Mary B. Morrison (Regular Print Only) Sister Soulja (Regular Print Only) Kiki Swinson (Regular Print Only) Carl Weber

Don't see your favorite author?

Suggest an author, celebrity book club, or nonfiction genre. Suggestions are reviewed annually. If your suggestion is accepted, we will automatically add you.

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