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SCLS Book Blog
Reading suggestions from SCLS Librarians. Here are some of the current suggestions:
Next Reads
NextReads is an email newsletter service. Each newsletter contains an annotated list of new books and suggested titles. Simply sign up for e-mail delivery of as many newsletters as you want...it's FREE! For e-mail delivery, click in the box next to each newsletter you want to receive, type your name, e-mail address and a password of your choosing in the boxes provided, then click on Subscribe. You will receive the latest newsletters right away, and continue receiving monthly or bi-monthly updates (depending on the list) until you decide to end your subscription. You can unsubscribe at any time by clicking on the "manage subscriptions" link at the bottom of this page. Thank you and enjoy NextReads!
Book Suggestion Form
Provide us with some information about your reading tastes and we will compile a suggested reading list. You may submit this form electronically or print out a copy, fill it in, and give it to a librarian. We will do our best to provide you with a list of books you will enjoy. Please allow us a week or two to get back to you.
Books and Information
Online Book Club
Join our Online Book Clubs. Every day, Monday through Friday, you will receive in your email a five-minute selection from a chapter of a book. By the end of the week, you'll have read 2-3 chapters. Every Monday we start a new book. Sign up and start reading.
Overbooked: A Resource for Omnivorous Readers
Overbooked specializes in providing timely information about fiction (all genres) and readable nonfiction. Overbooked has been online since 1994. Overbooked is a work in progress . . .
Morton Grove Public Library
This library in Illinois has put together a comprehensive website on resources for books, book clubs, publishers, and all things literary.
If you like…
Hennepin County (MN) Library has created "readalike" lists for all sorts of books, from older titles to the most current.
Project Gutenberg
Free books! More than 13,000 electronic books, produced by hundreds of volunteers, are available here.
AllReaders.com
There are a zillion book review sites out there, but ours is different! For starters, we classify books based on plot, setting, character, and writing style. Therefore, if you know what kind of book you like, you can find other authors who write similar kind of stories.
Fresh Fiction
Heard about a great book on the radio? Saw an author interviewed on your favorite TV show?Fresh Fiction compiles daily a list of books highlight on popular radio and TV shows.
What's Next
The What's Next: Books in Series (TM) database helps you search series fiction. You can search by author, series name or the title of a book in a series. This is an easy way to see what book you should read next!
Book Club Resources
Book Discussion Kits
Need a copy of the title for everyone in your book club? Check out one of our book discussion kits! Each kit comes in a canvas bag with ten paperback copies and a reading group guide.
Reading Group Guides
Thousands of book discussion guides.
LitLovers
An online community dedicated to books and book clubs—because both enrich our lives. What can you do on LitLovers? What can't you do! Find a book. Find a review. Find a discussion guide. Take a course. Whip up a recipe (to match your book, of course)!
Reading Group Choices
Reading Group Choices provides tips for the new book group leader as well as hundreds of selections for book group discussions.
Book Reviews
Bookpage
A reader's guide to selecting the best in new books.
Bookspot
Links to a number of newspaper and periodical book reviews.
Publishers Weekly
New York Times Book Reviews
Best Seller Lists
New York Times
New York Times Best Seller Listings
Fiction and Non-fiction best seller lists from 1970-today
USA Today
Publishers Weekly
IndieBound
SCLS Book Blog
Reading suggestions from SCLS Librarians. Here are some of the current suggestions:
Next Reads
NextReads is an email newsletter service. Each newsletter contains an annotated list of new books and suggested titles. Simply sign up for e-mail delivery of as many newsletters as you want...it's FREE! For e-mail delivery, click in the box next to each newsletter you want to receive, type your name, e-mail address and a password of your choosing in the boxes provided, then click on Subscribe. You will receive the latest newsletters right away, and continue receiving monthly or bi-monthly updates (depending on the list) until you decide to end your subscription. You can unsubscribe at any time by clicking on the "manage subscriptions" link at the bottom of this page. Thank you and enjoy NextReads!
Book Suggestion Form
Provide us with some information about your reading tastes and we will compile a suggested reading list. You may submit this form electronically or print out a copy, fill it in, and give it to a librarian. We will do our best to provide you with a list of books you will enjoy. Please allow us a week or two to get back to you.
Books and Information
Online Book Club
Join our Online Book Clubs. Every day, Monday through Friday, you will receive in your email a five-minute selection from a chapter of a book. By the end of the week, you'll have read 2-3 chapters. Every Monday we start a new book. Sign up and start reading.
Overbooked: A Resource for Omnivorous Readers
Overbooked specializes in providing timely information about fiction (all genres) and readable nonfiction. Overbooked has been online since 1994. Overbooked is a work in progress . . .
Morton Grove Public Library
This library in Illinois has put together a comprehensive website on resources for books, book clubs, publishers, and all things literary.
If you like…
Hennepin County (MN) Library has created "readalike" lists for all sorts of books, from older titles to the most current.
Project Gutenberg
Free books! More than 13,000 electronic books, produced by hundreds of volunteers, are available here.
AllReaders.com
There are a zillion book review sites out there, but ours is different! For starters, we classify books based on plot, setting, character, and writing style. Therefore, if you know what kind of book you like, you can find other authors who write similar kind of stories.
Fresh Fiction
Heard about a great book on the radio? Saw an author interviewed on your favorite TV show?Fresh Fiction compiles daily a list of books highlight on popular radio and TV shows.
What's Next
The What's Next: Books in Series (TM) database helps you search series fiction. You can search by author, series name or the title of a book in a series. This is an easy way to see what book you should read next!
Book Club Resources
Book Discussion Kits
Need a copy of the title for everyone in your book club? Check out one of our book discussion kits! Each kit comes in a canvas bag with ten paperback copies and a reading group guide.
Reading Group Guides
Thousands of book discussion guides.
LitLovers
An online community dedicated to books and book clubs—because both enrich our lives. What can you do on LitLovers? What can't you do! Find a book. Find a review. Find a discussion guide. Take a course. Whip up a recipe (to match your book, of course)!
Reading Group Choices
Reading Group Choices provides tips for the new book group leader as well as hundreds of selections for book group discussions.
Book Reviews
Bookpage
A reader's guide to selecting the best in new books.
Bookspot
Links to a number of newspaper and periodical book reviews.
Publishers Weekly
New York Times Book Reviews
Best Seller Lists
New York Times
New York Times Best Seller Listings
Fiction and Non-fiction best seller lists from 1970-today
USA Today
Publishers Weekly
IndieBound