The Leisure Reading Collection offers an alternative to the library’s health sciences and human services content. The collection includes magazine subscriptions and a small circulating collection of fiction and non-fiction material. Find the Leisure Reading Collection on the first floor of the library across from the Circulation Desk. The collection was generously donated by Dr. and Mrs. William J. Kinnard, Jr.
Magazines include:
| Allure | Harper's | Newsweek |
| Appalachia | Instyle | People Weekly |
| Atlantic Monthly | Marie Claire | Popular Science |
| Bon Appetit | Maxim | Reader's Digest |
| Business Week | Men's Health | Self |
| Consumer Reports | Money | Southern Living |
| Cosmopolitan | Motor Trend | Sports Illustrated |
| Details | National Geographic | Time |
| Ebony | National Geographic Traveler | US News and World Report |
| Essence | New Yorker | Vanity Fair |