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: What Do I Read Next? 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.

Classic Adventure Fiction  
Seafaring Tales and Other Good Yarns
Westerns
Science Fiction - Stories about exploration
Mythology 
Prehistoric Man   

Biography and Memoir
Vietnam War, Persian Gulf War, Iraq War

Christian Fiction
Apocalypse or End Times  
Inspirational Romance 

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
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)

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

Horror
Ghosts and Haunted Houses 
Vampires and Werewolves 
Hospitals and Medical Fiction
Monsters and Ancient Curses  
Witchcraft & Pagan Fiction
Psychological Horror Fiction 

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

Nature
Planet Earth    

Nonfiction
True Crime  
Spy Stories

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

Poetry
Black Poets & Playwrights 
Love Poetry

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

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 

United States Fiction & Nonfiction
Oklahoma 

Westerns
Westerns

Women's issues
Women and War
Abusive Relationships (includes nonfiction and biography)
Reading for Women's History Month 
  
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 5/16/08
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