All about books

From the New York Times and Powell's City of Books

• The latest news about books from the New York Times as well as weekly book reviews.
• Check out daily book reviews from Powell's City of Books.
• Read up on what NPR has to say about the latest books and interesting authors.

Bestsellers and Award-Winners

Check out our "Titles of Note", covering best-selling lists from Book Sense.

Reading Lists

• American Library Association (ALA)
  ALA maintains lists of award-winning books for children, young adults, and adults
• ALA recommended reading lists
  Lists for children, young adults, and adults
   

Adult

• If You Like...
  The Statesboro Regional Library System reading lists based on genre, author, etc., plus links to similar lists
• Read-alike fiction
  Waterloo Public Library in Maine reading lists and links
   

Children
We strongly recommend that parents know what their children are reading and help them identify books appropriate for their ages and maturity levels.

• Database of Award-Winning Children's Literature (DAWCL)
   
• Read Across America
  Books about each USA state, compiled by a children's book club
   
• Honey for a Child's Heart, The Imaginative Use of Books in Family Life, Gladys Hunt.
  Available for check-out at the Library, this book includes ideas for incorporating reading in daily life, as well as "an annotated list of books for ages 0-14."

Miscellaneous

• Lexile Framework for Reading
  Helps match reader ability with text difficulty; find reading levels for many books here
   

• Project Gutenberg
  Free ebooks, generally those with expired copyrights