Book Links
Take a look at some of the library staff’s favorite books. Stop by the Staff Favorites shelf in the library to see more.
This site combines the New York Times Best Seller List with Amazon.com book descriptions and user reviews, so you not only learn what titles are hot at the moment, but what other readers thought of them as well. Just click on the book title to learn more about it.
What’s Next by the Kent District Library
Find the next title in your favorite series using this database. Search using title, author, series name, category or genre and read on!
You’ll need your library card or Michigan driver’s license to view this database through the Michigan Electronic Library. Search here for author or title read-alikes, and excellent recommendations based on themes and subjects you like best.
This Hennepin County Library System book recommendation site offers read-alikes, genre selections and recommendation lists that any voracious reader will enjoy paging through.
This website answers this question for readers by asking the title of the last book completed and providing a list of recommended books. The recommendation list will match the style or aspects of the title entered, so it’s an easy way to move from one great book to the next.
A resource for voracious and omnivorous readers, look here for starred reviews from Publishers Weekly, Library Journal and Kirkus Reviews. You can find booklists, recommended titles within genres and recommendations based on subject and theme here.
Type in your favorite author and get a visual map of recommended authors. The map displays like a web and the names nearest to the author name you entered indicates similarity and appeal. Definitely worth a try for anyone looking for more good writers to follow.
Catch part of an author segment on the Today Show or Oprah? Find out more by searching for the title or keywords here. You can search for recent media spotlights as well as archived title release listings.
Much of this site can be browsed for free, although some items are reserved for paying members: “BookBrowse recommends the best recently published books and provides you with everything you need to decide which are right for you – so you can browse the best and ignore the rest!”