Reading Suggestions  

What's hot?  Do you like to keep up with the latest, most popular titles?  If so, try some of these sites:
Bestsellers Publishers Weekly - provides up-to-date list.
Harper Collins - their list covers the last 3 months.
Book Clubs Oprah's Book Club - keep up with this talk-show personality.
Book sellers' websites Booksense- try their "picks of the month."
Book Muse - take a look at their "Reader Picks."
Barnes and Noble
R.J.Julia - View the list of authors scheduled to make appearances in Madison, Connecticut.
 Finding Aids
Online book review indexes
The following sites aim to give users a way to look up books by isolating certain appeal factors, such as genre, plot, setting, or keywords:
  • Reader's Robot- Breaks each genre down into subcategories and shows titles and authors in each subcategory.  If you like to read new releases, click on the genre of your choice,  then select "the most recent 30 books."  The reviews are submitted by average people, not paid professionals.
  • All Readers- reviews of movies as well as books.
  • BookBrowser- affiliated with Barnes and Noble.
Books in Series
 Kent District Library- helpful if you want to get a list of books in a particular series.

Books available at Silas Bronson Library

Adventure

Military Fiction 
Classic Adventure Fiction  

Seafaring Tales and Other Good Yarns 
Automobile Racing 
The Middle Ages
Westerns
Science Fiction - Stories about exploration
Mythology 

Prehistoric Man   

Biography and Memoir
Vietnam War, Persian Gulf War, Iraq War
The Middle Ages

Christian Fiction
Apocalypse or End Times  
Inspirational Romance 
Recent titles in Christian Fiction category   

Contemporary
Hospitals and Medical Fiction
Abusive Relationships (includes nonfiction and biography)
Addictions (stories about alcohol and drug abuse, as well as other types of addiction)
Contemporary Romance
Ghosts and Haunted Houses
Witchcraft & Pagan Fiction  
True Crime 

Exotic Places
Read about Armenia 
Read about Russia
Central America
Mexico 
Read about Africa 
Fiction set in Italy  
Historical Palestine (now Israel)

Fantasy
Tolkien and Heroic Fantasy Fiction 
Contemporary Urban Fantasy 
Parallel Worlds 
Mythology
Arthurian Myth Fiction
Apocalypse or End Times 
Dragons 
 
Witchcraft & Pagan Fiction
Military Fantasy 

Growing up/ Growing older/ Coping
Celebrating Grandparents  
Caring for Aging Loved Ones 
Grieving - fiction and nonfiction  
Abusive Relationships (includes nonfiction and biography)
Addictions  (stories about alcohol and drug abuse, as well as other types of addiction)
Near Death Experiences 
Chick Lit 
Mental Health Nonfiction and Fiction 

Historical Fiction
The Great Depression - 1929 to 1939
World War II - 1930 to 1945 updated
Military Fiction 
Mythology 
U.S. Civil War - 1861 to 1865  
Spy Stories
Historical Romance
Glitzy and Glamorous Romance (includes titles for the Gilded Age, the Jazz Age & Prohitition)
Romance Saga
Witchcraft & Pagan Fiction
Historical Palestine (now Israel) 
The Middle Ages 

Horror
Ghosts and Haunted Houses 
Vampires and Werewolves 
Hospitals and Medical Fiction
Monsters and Ancient Curses 
 
Witchcraft & Pagan Fiction
Nature's Revenge

Humor
Humorous Fiction 

Multicultural 
Contemporary Black Authors  updated
Black Poets & Playwrights
Contemporary Hispanic Authors  
Contemporary Asian American Fiction 
Contemporary Native American Fiction 
Racial Identity/ Mixed Race  
Culture Clash within a Story
Gay Lesbian Fiction

Mystery
Amateur Detectives
Private Detectives
Thief turned Detective 
African-American Detectives
Gangs, Hit Men, and Organized Crime 
True Crime 
Baseball
Mystery Stories for Teens
Mysteries that happen in Connecticut
Antiques and Collectibles 
Romance with a bit of mystery and suspense

Nature
Planet Earth - updated

Nonfiction
True Crime  
Spy Stories
Mental Health Nonfiction and Fiction
The Middle Ages
Antiques and Collectibles

Performing Arts
Performing Arts: What's new in drama? 
Musical Fiction 
Black Poets & Playwrights 
Dance  

Poetry
Black Poets & Playwrights 
Love Poetry

Romance
Romance with a bit of mystery and suspense 
Contemporary Romance
Historical Romance
Inspirational Romance
Gothic Romance 
Regency Romance 
Culture Clash within a Story 
Love Poetry 
Glitzy and Glamorous Romance 
Romance Saga  

Spy Stories
Chick Lit


Science Fiction
Apocalypse or End Times 
Science Fiction for those who think they don't like science fiction 
Stories about Exploration 
Star Wars 
Military Fantasy

Sports
Baseball
Football 

Thrillers 
Da Vinci Code Readalikes
Hospitals and Medical Fiction  
Vietnam War, Persian Gulf War, Iraq War
Spy Stories 
Legal Thrillers 
Political Thrillers 

United States Fiction & Nonfiction
Oklahoma 

Westerns
Westerns
Military Fiction 

Women's issues
Women and War
Abusive Relationships (includes nonfiction and biography)
Reading for Women's History Month 
Chick Lit

What's New in Large Print 2009?  Large Print

  
Especially for Teens
Mystery Stories for Teens
Scary Stories for Teens
Grieving - fiction and nonfiction  
Science fiction for those who think they don't like science fiction

Unusual and Interesting
Books written in Diary Format - fiction and nonfiction 

updated 1/15/2010
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