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Award Winners

Award Lists and Best-Sellers for adults, young adults, and children. When viewing a list, click on "Find this book in our catalog" to see if it is available.

Book Discussions

ReadingGroupGuides.com can help discussion groups/book clubs pick their next read.  Over 3,000 guides include a synopsis of the book, discussion questions, and author info.

Books Kids Will Like

James Patterson's ReadKiddoRead.com recommends books that will make kids readers for life.  Includes "If you love this book, then try:" links.

Fiction

Fantastic Fiction - Bibliographies for over 30,000 authors. Use the browse menu on the left to find an author by surname, or use the search boxes on the right to search for an author or book. Information on over 350,000 books. (In spite of its name, this website covers all genres of fiction.)

Fiction

fictiondb - Everything you need to know about fiction books and authors. Find complete author book lists (bibliographies). Discover fiction books in a series. Read descriptions of individual books. Search over 250,000 fiction titles by author, title, or series.

Juvenile Series

Juvenile Series and Sequels - The Juvenile Series and Sequels database contains over 29,000 books in 3,700 series titles that are classified into three audiences: Young Adult (for 6th through 12th grade readers), Juvenile (for 2nd through 6th grade readers), and Juvenile Easy (for birth through 2nd grade readers).

Mysteries

Stop, You’re Killing Me! is a resource for lovers of mystery, crime, thriller, spy, and suspense books. They list over 3,300 authors, with chronological lists of their books (over 38,000 titles), both series (3,700+) and non-series. Use the alphabetical author and character links at the top of the page or the special indexes in the left column.

Science Fiction

The Nebula Awards® are annual awards presented by Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America to celebrate excellence in science fiction and fantasy writing. SFWA also presents the Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award for lifetime achievement, Andre Norton Award for best YA SF and Fantasy, Bradbury Award for best dramatic presentation, Solstice Award for significance to the SF field, and honors senior writers as Authors Emeriti.

Series

What's Next™: Books in Series database from The Kent District Library (MI)  helps you search series fiction. A series is two or more books linked by character(s), settings, or other common traits.