Recommended Reading

  1. AllReaders.com

    Search books by genre, plot, theme, character setting, etc.
  2. Based on the Book

    Over 1,000 book titles, short stories, and plays that have been made into motion pictures.
  3. Best Books for Young Adults

    1994-2010, courtesy of YALSA - Young Adult Library Services Association.
  4. BiblioTravel

    Find books that are set in distinct locales.
  5. BookSpot.com

    Authors, awards, genre, online books, literary criticism, and reviews.
  6. BookTV.org

    Website for C-SPAN2's Book TV program; includes schedules.
  7. Fantastic Fiction

    Provides bibliographies for over 10,000 authors and information on over 200,000 books.
  8. Fiction_L Booklists

    Genre, character, setting, subject, author, audience, best of, etc.
  9. Find a Book

    Using Lexile measures, find a book at your reading level and interest level.
  10. Genrefluent

    Genre fiction, book reviews, teen books, reader's advisory, etc.
  11. Leisure Books (and more!) for New Readers
  12. Overbooked

    Literary and genre fiction information.
  13. Readers Advisory Link Farm

    Contains links to reading guides, read-alike lists, reviews, and much more.
  14. Staff Picks

    PPLD staff members highly recommend these titles.
  15. The Reader's Advisor Online

    Browse genres, find read-alikes, articles, etc.
  16. Websites for Book Lovers

    From Morton Grove Public Library Webrary.
  17. What's Next?: Books In Series™ Database of Kent District Library

    Lists titles in adult, young adult, and juvenile fiction series.
  18. Whichbook.net

    UK based site that allows user to build elements of a book such as happy/sad, expected/unpredictable, etc.