Booklists: Best Sellers, Award Winners, Classics and more...

*Click on the links below to explore this treasure trove of reading options. Check back from time-to-time to see what's new!

BEST SELLERS (updated weekly!)

New York Times Fiction

New York Times Nonfiction

Click here to have these 2 lists emailed directly to you each week!

 

            & readalikes ("if you liked_____ then you might enjoy _____!")

AWARD WINNERS:

CLASSICS & POPULAR GENRES:

Classics & Near Classics Books of universal appeal & enduring value.	Gentle Reads & Cozy Mysteries Books & authors whose stories are satisfying, are characterized by charm and humor but don't contain graphic violence, sex or language.
The Complete Sherlock Holmes Are you a fan of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle? Find all the titles you long for here.	Thrillers...Classics!
Harvard Bookstore's-Top 100 Books Read Harvard BookStore staff favorites and know you are well-read!	Thrillers...Contemporary!
Modern Library's-100 Best Nonfiction Expert publishers compile their lists of Bests in Nonfiction.	Modern Library's-100 Best Novels Expert publishers compile their lists of Bests in Fiction.

 

Check out the following lists* of the most recently published books in your favorite categories:

Business	Coming Attractions	Fiction
Life Styles	Mysteries	Past & Present
Romance	Science & Nature	Science Fiction

 

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Websites for GENRE fans (find tons of titles!):

RT Book Reviews Romance & more: reviews & news	Stop, You're Killing Me! Mysteries: awards, reviews & series	Reading the Past Historical Fiction: news, views & reviews
Fantasy Book Review Reviews of the best & latest in Fantasy fiction for all ages	Literary Escapism Fantasy & Paranormal book reviews	Urban Fantasy "Where Para is Normal" Reviews & More

 

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SPECIALTY LISTS BY SUBJECT:

 

Civil War Desert Island Reads (EPL librarians' choices!) German Cooking International Fiction & Nonfiction (& travel)

Sea Stories-Fact Sea Stories-Fiction Shipwrecks Submarines-History World War II

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EPL BOOK DISCUSSION TITLE LISTS (past & present):

Past Book Discussion Titles
(multiple copies available of each title)

 

Trading Titles:
(Click on the links below to view titles recommended by Elmhurst residents at the Trading Titles events!

July 2011     December 2011     June 2012   December 2012

Click to see the Current Book Discussion Group Schedule

 

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GREAT AUDIOBOOK RECOMMENDATIONS:

• Audiobooks: Read by Listening created by the Adult Reading Round Table.
• Family Car Trip Books Audiobooks for Children at the Elmhurst Public Library.
• Audiobooks on the Go Summer Listening for Kids & Family-2012.
• The 2012 Winners & Finalists for Audiobook of the Year.
• Listen and Read Great books to read and hear at the same time.
  

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