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Read Your Book on a Sony eReader.

Sony eReaders are now available with a variety of book titles already downloaded on each device, so you’ll have several titles to choose from.  Portable and convenient, the e-Reader is thin and light and has adjustable font sizes. Turn the page with a touch of your finger.  You don’t have to be a technology wiz to enjoy reading your next book on an e-Reader.  Click here to find out more.

Ideas for Your Enjoyment

Bookletters Daily Here you will get the chance to read the BookPage review of a different new book five days a week, a different genre each day. We think you'll like it!
Chapter A Day Tune in each day to hear Wisconsin Public Radio readers present the current Chapter A Day selection.
Bookletters RSS Feeds Subscribe to BookLetters' RSS (Really Simple Syndication) feeds to get news delivered to your desktop!
Stop You're Killing Me!

Mystery readers will love this site with lots of lists of authors, characters, locations, and types of mystery books.

Cozy Mystery List A Guide to Cozy Mystery (and Other Favorite) Books and DVDs.
Video on Demand Enjoy video picks, free and in your own home, from Overdrive.

Updated weekly, our book reviews and booklists are now available on the web. You may also sign up for emailed book review updates in a number of areas, such as mysteries, romance,  science fiction, and much more. There are links from each reviewed item to our online catalog, so you may see if we own the title, and place it on hold.

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Author Directory
Meet the Author Meet the Youth Author
Meet the Illustrator
 

Bestsellers

 
150 Top Sellers from USA Today
New York Times® Fiction Hardcover Best Sellers

New York Times® Nonfiction Hardcover Best Sellers

New York Times® Fiction Paperback Best Sellers

New York Times® Nonfiction Paperback Best Sellers

New York Times® Advice, How-To and Miscellaneous Hardcover Best Sellers

New York Times® Advice, How-To and Miscellaneous Paperback Best Sellers



Great Non-Fiction
Peruse the list of outstanding works of nonfiction that you may have missed and are available at your library.

Award Lists 

Fiction ALA Notable Books
Nonfiction ALA Notable Books
ALA Black Caucus Selections
Audie Awards
Booker Award
Bram Stoker Award
Christy Awards
Edgar Award
Great Books Foundation
Hugo Award
James Beard KitchenAid Book Awards
The Kraszna-Krausz Book Award
Massachusetts Book Awards
Minnesota Book Awards
Nebula Award
National Book Award for Fiction
National Book Award for Nonfiction
 
National Book Award for Poetry
Northeastern Minnesota Book Awards
Notable Graphic Novels
Oprah Book Club Selections
PEN/Faulkner Awards
Pulitzer Prize for Biography
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
Pulitzer Prize for History
Pulitzer Prize for Nonfiction
Pulitzer Prize for Poetry
RITA awards
Spur Awards
Stonewall Book Award - Barbara Gittings Literature Award
Stonewall Book Award - Israel Fishman Non-Fiction Award
Last Year's Bestselling Fiction Titles
Last Year's Bestselling Nonfiction Titles

Award Lists for Teens 

ALA Top Ten Young Adult Books
Alex Award Winners
Américas Book Award
California Young Reader Medal: Young Adult
Jefferson Cup Awards
Margaret A. Edwards Award Winners
 
Mildred L. Batchelder Award
Notable Graphic Novels
Printz Awards
Pura Belpré Award
ALA Schneider Family Book Award
Tayshas Reading List
Young Hoosier Book Award - Intermediate

 

Award Lists for Kids 

Last Year's Bestselling Children's Titles
Américas Book Award
Boston Globe - Horn Book Awards
Buckeye Children's Book Award
Caldecott Medal
California Young Reader Medal: Primary
California Young Reader Medal: Intermediate
California Young Reader Medal: Middle School
Cooperative Children's Book Center
Coretta Scott King Award
Georgia Children's Book Award: Chapter Books
Georgia Children's Book Award: Picture Books
Giverny
Golden Kite Award Fiction
Golden Kite Award Non-Fiction
 
Golden Kite Award Picture Book Text
Golden Kite Award Picture Book Illustration John and Patricia Beatty Award
Kentucky Bluegrass Award
National Book Award for Young People's Literature
NCTE Award for Poetry for Children
Newbery Medal
Orbis Pictus Award
Mitten Award Winners
Rebecca Caudill Young Readers Award
Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Medal
ALA Schneider Family Book Award
Scott O'Dell Award
Texas Bluebonnet Award
Texas Lone Star Reading List
Young Hoosier Book Award - Middle
Young Hoosier Book Award - Picture Books
2X2 Reading List
 
Religious Lists
Popular Religion Selections - Hardcover Popular Religion Selections - Paperback
Book Club Choice

Broken for You, by Stephanie Kallos

Teen Advisory Board Choice

Scat, by Carl Hiaasen

Audio Book Pick

A Cousin's Promise, by Wanda Brunstetter

Movie Pick

The Other Man

Overdrive Video Pick

Eugene O'Neill

CD Pick

Goodbye Blue Monday, by Jeremy Fisher

eBook Pick

1968, the Year that Rocked the World, by Mike Kurlanski

mp3 Book Pick

The Divorce Party, by Laura Dave


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Go behind the scenes with weekly profiles of today’s top authors. You’ll find out what inspires and motivates your favorite writers and get a revealing glimpse of the person behind the book.

This is an alphabetical listing of a wide selection of authors.  Check it out to find what your favorite author is up to next.

"What's Next" is a service from the Kent District Library that helps you search adult fiction in series.  A "series" is two or more books linked by character(s), settings, or other common traits.
Don't know what to read next, try some of these books.
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Accelerated Reading Lists from Spring Lake Schools.
Science and Chemistry Book Lists from Spring Lake High School.
eBooks from MLC/Overdrive or NetLibrary are books in digital form.  Download from Overdrive for your reading enjoyment or listen to them at your leisure, or read NetLibrary books online.  Overdrive also offers video-on-demand.  Click and take a look.

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