Databases
Fiction Core Collection
Recommended popular and widely read classic and contemporary works of fiction. Covers many genres, including mystery, science fiction, fantasy, Western, and romance.
NonFiction Core Collection
Recommended reference and nonfiction books for adults, as well as plays and poetry.
Public Library E-Book Collection
eBooks you won’t find in your library catalog covering a wide range of topics such as self-help, fitness, games, hobbies, and cooking.
Novelist Plus
A popular and extensive tool for reading recommendations for fiction and non-fiction. Includes audiobook recommendations.
Novelist K-8 Plus
Reading recommendations for kids’ fiction and nonfiction that you can search by Lexile, subject, and grade level.
Read It!
Resources for middle and high school students and adults who have a basic foundation in English grammar and reading but need adapted reading material for a variety of subjects. Includes text-to-speech tools and Lexile Measures to indicate a text’s level of reading difficulty.
References
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Read-A-Likes
Adults
- David Baldacci
- Sandra Brown
- Lee Child
- Mary Higgins Clark
- Harlan Coben
- Patricia Cornwell
- Catherine Coulter
- Janet Evanovich
- Sue Grafton
- John Grisham
- Iris Johansen
- Faye Kellerman
- Jonathan Kellerman
- Sherrilyn Kenyon
- Dean Koontz
- Johanna Lindsay
- Debbie Macomber
- Fern Michaels
- Linda Lael Miller
- Diane Palmer
- James Patterson
- Jodi Picoult
- Kathy Reichs
- Nora Roberts
- Nicholas Sparks
- Danielle Steel
- Stuart Woods
Teens
- Kelley Armstrong
- Kiera Cass
- Kristen Cast
- P.C. Cast
- Cassandra Clare
- Suzanne Collins
- Ally Condie
- Kami Garcia
- John Green
- Pittacus Lore
- Marie Lu
- Richelle Mead
- Marissa Meyer
- Stephanie Meyer
- Lauren Oliver
- James Patterson
- Christopher Paolini
- Veronica Roth
- L. J. Smith
- Maggie Stiefvater
- Laini Taylor
- Wendelin Van Draanen
Children
- Jan and Stan Berenstain
- Holly Black
- Judy Blume
- Norman Bridwell
- Eric Carle
- Beverly Cleary
- Ronald Dahl
- Kate DiCamillo
- Franklin W. Dixon
- John Flanagan
- Erin Hunter
- Mick Inkpen
- Washington Irving
- Crockett Johnson
- Jeff Kinney
- Gordon Korman
- C. S. Lewis
- Lois Lowry
- Margaret Peterson Maddix
- Mercer Mayer
- Jane O’Conner
- Mary Pope Osborne
- Rick Riordan
- J. K. Rowling
- Rachel Renee Russel
- Shel Silverstein
- Lemony Snicket
- R. L. Stine
- P. L. Travers
- Mark Twain
- Chris Van Allsburg
- Wendelin Van Draanen
- Judith Viorst
- E. B. White
- Laura Ingalls Wilder
- Elizabeth Winthrop
Fantastic Fiction—Search and browse the complete works of over 50,000 bestselling fiction authors, with all the latest books and series listed in order.
Literature Map—Find similar authors to those of your favorites with this literature map.
Book awards
9th – 12th-grade book awards
3rd – 5th-grade book awards.
Children’s Books Awards
Awards for crime writers.
Awards in mystery writing
Awards in comics and graphic novels
Awards in comics and graphic novels
Awards for science fiction writers
United Kingdom’s Literacy Award
Awards in Fiction, Non-fiction, Poetry, and Children’s books
Awards in Fiction, Non-fiction, Poetry, Biography, Autobiography, and Criticism
Awards in science fiction and fantasy
Nobel Prize in Literature
4th – 8th-grade book awards
Awards in Romance
Awards in Westerns
Awards in fantasy