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Looking for Something to Read?
Are you looking for a good book or deciding what to read next? Wondering where can you find more information? There are a wide variety of resources available for finding your next book, some of which are listed below. Remember that you can always ask the library staff for their advice! For reading ideas for children, please click here; for teens, click here.
NOVELIST Plus (enter your full library card number):
Novelist provides a variety of readers' advisory services online. You can search by author, title, plot, or series name. There are read-alike recommendations and lists of genre fiction, book discussion guides, and awards lists. Novelist is a complete readers' advisory resource in one convenient place. Now includes nonfiction in Novelist Plus!
Gleason Readers: Our forum for sharing reviews and recommendations of books, CDs, and films.
LibraryThing: Catalog your personal library, or see what people with similar taste to yours also like. Go to www.librarything.com/suggest for suggestions or unsuggestions (what books are LEAST likely to be found on the same user's bookshelf.)
Goodreads: Social networking for readers — keep track of what you've read and what you'd like to read, see what your friends are reading, and get recommendations from others.
Bookspot: Lists, lists, lists — including non-fiction, awards, children's, poetry, and others. Also "Author Spotlight", "Genre Spotlight", and hundreds of links to other literary sites.
Morton Grove Public Library's Webrary:
Wide selection of links to sites of interest to book lovers and those looking for their next reading experience.
New York Times Book Review: Reviews, bestseller lists, and readers' opinion from the premier resource for literary information.
100 best non-fiction books: Worth a look for its unusual selection of titles. Alternatives to reading fiction.
Overbooked: This busy site offers an abundance of information, including starred reviews and lists of recommended genre fiction. An excellent readers' advisory resource.
Reading Group Choices: Thoughtfully selected book choices for book groups, but they work equally well for anyone seeking a good book. Search by genre or theme — biography, cultural and world issues, identity, etc. Reviews each book and offers discussion questions.
Reading Group Guides: More resources for book groups, with over 2600 discussion guides, tips for coming up with your own discussion questions, suggestions and resources for book groups, and more (including a highlighted list of what's new in paperback.)
Science Fiction and Fantasy Book List: A comprehensive bibliography of science fiction and fantasy authors and their work.
Who Reads What: A celebrity reading list compiled annually by the Gardiner Public Library in Maine. More interesting and more information than might be expected.
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