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The Library subscribes to the print edition of BookPage, a monthly publication of book reviews, author interviews, and articles of interest to avid readers. Pick up your free copy while supplies last. You can also visit BookPage.com to read some of their reviews and features!
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Our database, NoveList Plus, contains reviews, descriptions, and recommendations for both fiction and narrative nonfiction titles, as well as book discussion guides, thematic book lists, and articles.
Best seller lists:
Many other online resources are available for readers and book discussion groups. Here are a few:
- FictFact "Keep Track of Your Book Series."
- FictionDB "Your Guide to Authors & Books."
- Goodreads "Meet your next favorite book."
- The Guardian "Books"
- Internet Public Library "Love to Read: Finding Books & Book Clubs."
- Library Thing "A home for your books. A community of 1,800,000 book lovers."
- LitLovers "A Well-Read Online Community."
- National Public Radio "Books"
- OrderOfBooks.com "Complete List of All Book Series in Order."
- Pinterest Use search terms like "book discussion," "favorite books," etc., then click on "Boards." The Nesmith Library has a Pinterest page with a "Recommended for Discussion Groups" board.
- Today in Literature "Great Books. Good Stories. Every Day."
- What's Next™: Books in Series database "helps you search series fiction."
- Whichbook "A New Way to Choose What to Read."
- The Writer's Almanac® with Garrison Keillor "Poems, prose, and literary history every morning."
Books of Interest to Readers/Discussion Group Participants: