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Novelist
Online resource about fiction for all ages. Search by author, title, subject, series, genre, plot and more. Browse booklists, author read-alikes, and book awards. Includes book discussion guides.
What Do I Read Next
Search book titles, by subject, genre, time period, geographic location, character, reading level and more. Find similar books by different authors.
BookLetters
BookLetters offers book reviews and information on hundreds of authors, all easily accessible online. To receive regular updates on books in special areas of interest, simply sign up for BookLetters’ email newsletter service. Reviews of recommended books in your favorite genres will be delivered right to your inbox.
Online Book Clubs
Join our Online Book Clubs and every weekday morning, we’ll email you a portion of a book that takes about five minutes to read. Sponsored by the Friends of the Library.
Literature Resource Center
Information on novelists, poets, essayists, journalists, and other writers.
Something
About The Author
Provides essays on the lives and works of authors and illustrators of books for
children
and young adults.
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Web Resources |
Book Club in a Bag
The library offers a quick and easy way to hold a book discussion group: Book Club in a Bag. Each kit contains ten copies of a popular book and information about the author and book, including some discussion questions, all packaged into a sturdy zipper bag for you to carry.
Book Express List
List of current books in our Book Express collection of best-selling titles.
Book Lists by Subject
Browse the many lists compiled by librarians for the audio-book, fiction and nonfiction collections.
Books and Bites: Book Discussion
List of books discussed or due for discussion by the Books and Bites book discussion. Join us on the third Thursday of the month from 7-8 pm in Conference Room A.
Books Coming Soon
Want to see what
new titles are due out in the coming months? Discover which authors will be
releasing their new books soon. The titles have a link into the Library Catalog
that will allow you to place a hold.
New and Notable Lists
List of books from our weekly New & Notable display. New & Notable is a selection of new, interesting or unusual books.
Literary Arts
Blog
News, reviews, and suggestions for books, movies, music and more.
On their way…
Wondering what new books the library will be getting?
See a complete list of items ordered this week. Many of these items can be
reserved by clicking on the title. The library will notify you when items are
here and available for checkout.
Shelf Life: Book Reviews
Reviews of quality fiction by staff librarians.
Grace A. Dow Memorial Library or the City of Midland.
All About Romance
"The back fence for lovers of romance novels." Reviews include sensuality ratings and historical time period. The site contains author read-a-likes, discussion board, reader polls, and more.
Best Seller Lists
View the New York Times bestsellers, as well as other booklists of interest. The lists connects to the library catalog so you can see if the library has them available.
Book Awards
Find award winning books to read.
Book
Crossing
The practice of leaving a book in a public place to be picked up and read by
others, who then do likewise.
FictionL
Booklists
Fiction L is an electronic mailing list devoted to reader's advisory topics. Here is a list of their
many booklists.
LibraryThing
List your books and connect to other readers. Also includes reviews, book
discussions, and ways to obtain a title.
Library Booklists
Guide to many online booklists on a wide variety of subjects.
Movies Based on the Book
Find the name of the book that a movie is based on. You can search by year,
movie or book title.
Overbooked All Stars
Titles which received three or more starred reviews from major review sources.
Stop
You're Killing Me
"A website to die for... if you love Mysteries." View authors and series
information as well as character job list, awards and readalikes.
What's Next
Kent District Library's resource will tell you the order of books in a series. Search by author, title or series.
Nebraska Library Commission also has a
similar resource.
Web Sites for Book Lovers
Morton Grove Public Library's long list of web pages of interest to readers.