Booklists:

Catch up on the great books of 2007 you may have missed with links to best book lists from a wide range of sources.

Booklist's Editor's Choice, 2007

• The Secret Life of Bees  
• Slipstream Fiction
• Booklist's Top Historical Fiction 2005/2006
• Sarcastic Reads
• Small Town Life, Cozy Books
• Stories about Family Relationships
• The Da Vinci Code
• Chick Lit  
• MomLit
• John Grisham
• Oprah's Book Club 
• Award Winners
  • ALA Notable Books, 2004
  • ALA Notable Books, 2003
  • ALA Notable Books 2000-2001
• Around the World with Books
  • African Authors

Mysteries:

• Mysteries around the U.S.

• Mysteries around the World

• British mysteries (police procedurals)

• Hard Boiled and Noir mysteries

• Medieval and Renaissance mysteries

• Booklist Best Mysteries of 2004-06  

• Booklist Best Mysteries of 2006-2007

• Mysteries - Maine Mysteries, Culinary Mysteries

Nonfiction:

• Recommended Science Books

• New Books and Videos on Learning and Developmental Disabilities, 2007

Online resources:

Novelist Novelist does more than help you find books similar to one that you enjoyed.  Use to browse lists of fiction, like Cozy Mysteries, or Military Adventure.  Trying to decide on your next book group selection?  Book Discussion Guides will give you ideas, and major discussion points for each book listed.  Novelist is part of the Marvel statewide databases. 

Literature Resource Center  Find literary criticism, author biographies, and full text periodical articles in this resource from MARVEL, the statewide database collection. 

More Web Links 

Featured Web Sites:

Overbooked
"A web site for ravenous readers." In addition to themed book lists, Starred Reviews Lists compiles the best reviewed titles from a variety of sources.  

  The Neglected Books Page
"Here you'll find lists of thousands of books that have been neglected, overlooked, forgotten, or stranded by changing tides in critical or popular taste."

ALA Books for the College Bound
Whether or not you are college bound, you will find the books on this list well written and thought provoking.  The lists include fiction, nonfiction, poetry, biography and drama.