Suggested Reading Links and Lists
Don't know what to read next? Perhaps we can help. Click on a tab below to access links to literary resources like monthly newsletters, e-mail book clubs, literary award information, and author news or choose from the many PDF lists, which require Adobe Reader, of suggested reading that have been compiled by the WCPL staff to help
you in your search for that next great read.
BookNews: Find information about award winning and best-selling books and links to author information.
BookNews Newsletters: View monthly newsletters in a variety of categories (new fiction, non-fiction, mystery, home and garden, children's, and more) or sign up to receive them regularly via e-mail. Newsletters include descriptions and reviews of books with links to the library's catalog to reserve a copy.
Join our Online Book Clubs. Every day, Monday through Friday, you will receive in your email a five-minute selection from a chapter of a book. By the end of the week, you’ll have read 2-3 chapters. Every Monday we start a new book. Sign up and start reading.
Use the NoveList database to find books by your favorite author, suggestions for "read-alike" authors, theme-based reading lists, feature articles, book discussion ideas and book talks. NoveList is one of the WCPL databases and is part of KYVL, Kentucky Virtual Library. To access NoveList from outside the library, input the entire barcode number from your WCPL library card.
April is National Kite Month.
If you would like to check out
some kite related items,
Let's Go Fly a Kite!
is a list of some of the
books you can find at the library.
May is National Bike Month.
And here is Bicycling at the Library,
a comprehensive list of bicycle
related
items you can find at WCPL.
June is National Rose Month.
We have created
Everything is Coming Up Roses!
Rose Culture at your Library,
a detailed list of rose related
items for your convenience.
Banned Books List 2008
THINK FOR YOURSELF
Banned Books Week
September 26 - October 3, 2009 we observe Banned Books Week. Banned Books Week celebrates the freedom to express one’s opinion and stresses the importance of ensuring the availability of those viewpoints to be read by all who wish to. In 2008, the American Library Association Office for Intellectual Freedom received a total of 420 challenges. We have freedoms that other cultures don’t have. If we want to read a book, it is possible and encouraged. If we want to comment on a book, that is possible and encouraged. We celebrate banned books week because of these freedoms.
If you like the Gossip Girl series, The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants series, or the Clique series then you like books in series with strong, female leading characters. You like drama, action, fashion, and are not afraid to state your opinion. Chances are that you’ve finished reading these series and are awaiting the next book with anticipation. While you are waiting why not give these authors a try???
Westerns are devoted to telling stories set primarily in the later half of the 19th century in what became the Western United States but also in Western Canada, Mexico, Alaska, and even Australia. Westerns often portray how primitive and obsolete ways of life confronted modern technological or social changes. This may be depicted by showing conflict between natives and settlers or U.S. Cavalry, or by showing ranchers being threatened by the onset of the Industrial Revolution.
Urban Fantasy has elements of magic set in contemporary, real world, urban settings. Urban Fantasy is often combined with other fantasy genres such as Dark Fantasy. Dark Fantasy is a subset of contemporary fantasy that has a tendency towards horror and gothic. This is a list of authors who write Urban and/or Dark Fantasy.
This is a list of books that made an impact on the lives of Americans as selected by publishers and readers.
Here are many different types of romance novels from racy to inspirational from supernatural to suspenseful. This is a listing of a few recent RITA Award winners in the categories of contemporary romance, best first novel, and best long novel.
This list features books that have been chosen as favorite Book Club selections.
Here are a few lists of suggested reading for young adults.
American Library Association's 2009 Top Ten Best Books for Young Adults.
Coretta Scott King Award Winners (1970-2009)
The Michael L. Printz Award (2000-2009) is an award for a book that exemplifies literary excellence
in young adult literature.
The Alex Awards (1998-2009) are given to ten books written for adults that have special appeal to young adults, ages 12 through 18.
2009 Outstanding Books for the College Bound
and
Lifelong Learners
The books included on this list open doors on new worlds, exciting ideas, eccentric personalities, unfamiliar
cultures, and distant time periods.
If you like to read along with Oprah, or just want to look back at what she's recommended over the years, then this, a complete list of Oprah's Book Club from Oprah.com, is the resource you've been looking for.
Libraries are not boring and neither are librarians! You will find intriguing murder mysteries, interesting histories, and lovely narratives. We hope you enjoy!
Legal and medical fiction are two of the most popular genres. If this is what you like, you're sure to find something interesting in this list.
“It was a dark and stormy night…”That famous phrase written by Edward Bulwer-Lytton has come to represent the genre of things that go bump in the night, or what most people call Horror. Its purpose is to scare, unsettle, and electrify the reader. Sometimes using the supernatural element, horror is sure to titillate all your senses.
The books listed here are also a mixture of the elements that made J.K. Rowling a household name. If you liked the adventure, the fantasy, the humor, the magic, or the wizards in the Harry Potter series, then give something from this list a try! Fantasy is a genre that uses magic and other supernatural forms as a primary element of plot, theme, and/or setting. If you like reading books with lots of detail and character development, exploring other worlds, books in series, learning about mysterious creatures, action adventure, and plot twists, you will enjoy the Fantasy genre.
This list features books that have won the Christy Award for Romance. The Christy Award goes to the best Christian Fiction of the year in its genre. You will also find authors whose books fall into this category and whose writing you might enjoy.
There is a misapprehension that non-fiction books are boring. This is not true! To prove to you we have compiled this list of our favorite great non-fiction titles.
The Christy Award goes to the best Christian Fiction of the year in its genre. Here are a few of the Christy Awards selections from the past few years.
At the library we have many resources to use to enhance your total health and wellness. From books and videos on yoga to information about different illnesses in our Salem Health Database, you'll find a lot of useful information on this list.
When a loved one or family member is terminally ill it is a difficult and painful time. Listed below are some resources you can find at the library to help deal with the emotional, financial, and spiritual issues that arise during this complicated time.
This list features books by black authors who write about issues facing the their community today. The books range from fun mystery novels to more serious books by Nobel Prize winning authors.
This is a list for those mystery lovers who think they have exhausted their normal series. Here are some unexpected settings and some unusual sleuths.
Slavery is a fact of American history. Horrific as Slavery was, we need to understand its implication in our collective history. Below are fiction and non-fiction books that give life to this period in American History.
This Mental Illness List is a selected bibliography of titles at the Warren County Public Library that deal with topics such as: schizophrenea, bipolar disorder, panic disorder, obsessive compulsive disorder, depression, borderline personality disorder, and mental illness in general. There is also a section of titles for children.
For your post-Twilight fix... Here is a list of authors, series, and titles for both adults and young adults who like to read vampire stories.
This is a list of authors write stories that are good clean fun. There is nothing that
is going to cause stress or heartache, or offend your sensibilities. Enjoy!
