The mission of the Goliad County Library is to provide the community the resources and services for
their informational, educational, cultural, and professional needs. The library has a special mission to
foster a love of reading and lifelong learning. The library is committed to preserving the integrity of the
special collections in the Texas History Room.
320 S. Commercial
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July 2017 Bestsellers
Adult Fiction
1. Into the Water, by Paula Hawkins
2. No Middle Name, by Lee Child
3. 16th Seduction, by James Patterson
4. Same Beach, Next Year, by Dorothea Benton
5. The Fix, by David Baldacci
6. Testimony, by Scott Turow
7. Gwendy’s Button Box, by Stephen King
8. Golden Prey, by John Sandford
9. Against All Odds, by Danielle Steel
10. Full Wolf Moon, by Lincoln Child
Adult Non-Fiction
1. Astrophysics for People in a Hurry, by Neil deGrasse Tyson
2. Option B, by Sheryl Sandberg
3. The Vanishing American Adult, by Ben Sasse
4. Hillybilly Elegy, J.D. Vance
5. Papi, by David Ortiz
6. Killers of the Flower Moon, by David Grann
7. Shattered, by Jonathan Allen
8. Democracy, by Condoleezza Rice
9. The American Spirit, by David McCullough
10. Coach Wooden and Me, by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Junior Fiction
1. Girling Up, by Mayim Bialik
2. The Hate U Give, by Angie Thomas
3. Flame in the Mist, by Renee Ahdieh
4. Everything, Everything, by Nicola Yoon
5. The Sun is Also a Star, by Nicola Yoon
6. Alex and Eliza, by Melissa de la Cruz
7. The Crown’s Fate, by Evelyn Skye
8. Carve the Mark, by Veronica Roth
9. Star Wars: Rebel Rising, by Beth Revis
10. This is Where it Ends, by Marieke Nijkamp
List Provided by The New York Times
J. A. White Family Goliad Center for Texas History
The J.A. White Family Goliad Center for Texas History located in the Goliad County Library seeks to collect, preserve, and provide access to significant materials that document the history of Goliad County and the Coastal Bend Region.
Presently, collections in the Center consist of materials regarding the Judge J.A. White Family, the Markethouse Museum, Patsy Light, Tim VonDohlen, as well as the record collections of local organizations, including the First United Methodist Church of Goliad. Collections are composed of various formats, including journals, newspapers, ephemera, manuscripts, maps, photographs, yearbooks, newspapers on microfilm and DVDs, audio recordings, scrapbooks, genealogies, a vertical file, and the Texana book collection, which consists of over 800 titles. We also have bound oral history interviews from members of our community, which supplement the historical records and holdings in the Goliad Center for Texas History.
The Center receives researchers primarily interested in Goliad’s role in Texas History and genealogy, and we encourage anyone and everyone to stop by and visit our new facility and view our holdings. Please keep in mind that the Goliad Center for Texas History is an archives, and as such, the majority of the materials are non-circulating and cannot leave the building. If you are interested in visiting us, Shelley Parks, Curator for the Center for Texas History is available Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, from 8a.m. to 5:00p.m. You may also contact Shelley by phone at 361-645-2291 or email, sparks@goliadcountytx.gov.