Need a Little Help Finding Your Next Great Read?
Blogs and Online Magazines Just for Readers
So many blogs! Check out some of these personal web pages curated by ravenous readers.
Free E-Books and Other E-Content
Who doesn't love free?
"I Know the Cover Was Blue!"
When you can't remember the author or the title, but you really want to find the book!
Organize Your Reading Lists
If you have trouble keeping track of all the books in your To Be Read pile, these sites will help you keep your reading lists organized.
Reviews, Recommendations, Plot Summaries, and More
See what review sources are saying about books.
Series and Sequels
Read books in the right order!
That Personal Touch
Concierge services for readers - get personalized recommendations just for you.
When You've Got to Own the Book
When you just have to own the book, these sites will help you find the best price.
Library Book Groups
Main - Not Another Book Club
Belmont - Senior Fiction Focus
East End - Classics You Forgot to Read
North Avenue - Senior Fiction Focus
West End - Patterson Pages
Westover Hills - Senior Fiction Focus
Westover Hills - General Interest Book Group
Book Lists - Fiction
Bad Girls & Nasty Women
Fiction featuring ladies we love to loathe.
Danger! Plot Twists Ahead!
Fiction with unexpected twists and turns, propulsive plots, and some surprise endings.
Dear Diary
Fiction in the form of diary entries, journals,
screenplays, marginalia, and more.
Epistolary Fiction
Fiction in the form of letters, notes, and other correspondence.
Funny How It All Began
Titles that are all first in a series, but various fiction genres: mysteries, romance, science fiction, and more. All of them are also very, very funny.
An Illusion of Magicians
Fiction featuring magic and magicians.
Modern Noir
Mostly Southern, a little bit redneck gothic,
kinda gritty, somewhat bleak; but all good.
"Most Ardently" - Jane Austen Re-mixed
Prequels, sequels, re-imaginings, modern day re-tellings, and other homages to Jane Austen classics.
Never The Same River Twice
Fiction titles that are perfect to read right here in "River City".
O.M.G.!!!
Decidedly irreverent fiction featuring angels, demons, assorted lesser gods and deities, and even the Big Guy upstairs.
Popcorn, Peanuts, Cotton Caaaaandy!!
Fiction with circus themes or settings.
The Truth Is Slippery
Unreliable narrators in fiction. Can you ... trust them? Believe anything they say?
What happens when you catch them in a lie?
"Who you gonna believe? Me or your lying eyes?"
Will of Avon; or, The Bard, Re-mixed
Prequels, sequels, re-imaginings, modern day re-tellings, and other homages to the Bard of Avon, William Shakespeare.
Booklists - Nonfiction
Adult Children, Aging Parents
Swapping roles with dignity, humor, and respect.
Families Sure are Funny
Memoirs of unconventional upbringings
Family Secrets
Memoirs about things we don't talk about.
First, Do No Harm
True tales of medical mysteries and histories.
Gap Year for Grown-Ups
Very few of us have the time (or privilege) to take a year off from work or family obligations. But we can read some true accounts of people who did.
Getting Above Your Raising
Memoirs of overcoming toxic childhoods
The Ignominy of Abundance, the Plight of Plentitude; or, First World Problems
A problem at odds with most of the world -- that of having too many things, too many choices -- an abundance of stuff.
Passport Not Necessary
Humorous travel memoirs. Stay home with your feet up while you explore the world.
What a Disaster:
True tales of the fury and splendor of Mother Nature, man made disasters, and their survivors and victims.
RPL - Moments in History
Bestsellers and more from important years in RPL history
On Beyond Chick Lit
“Chick Lit” has evolved from a somewhat derogatory term for “fluffy” contemporary romance into a genre of literature that is not exactly highbrow, but very popular — and quite addictive.
Check out these lists of contemporary romance fiction that go way beyond “chick lit books”.
ASIAN LIT
Contemporary romance fiction by and about Asians and Asian-Americans.
BRIT LIT
From 20-somethings just starting on careers (and romance!) to finding love at any age, the Brits know how to do contemporary fiction.
CHICA LIT
Contemporary Latina fiction with romance, humor, sadness, and hope.
DESI LIT
Contemporary romance featuring Indian and Indian-Americans.
HEN LIT
Contemporary fiction, mostly romantic, humorous, and featuring "ladies of a certain age".
LAD LIT
Contemporary fiction featuring players, geeks, nerd boys, hipsters, dude bros, and just regular guys.
MOM LIT
What happens after "Happily Ever After"?
RAINBOW LIT
Contemporary fiction with LGBTQ+ characters.
WOC LIT
Contemporary romance fiction by and about women of color.
Read Around the World
Fiction from ALL the continents
Africa
Fiction from the "cradle of humankind", also called "the Mother continent."
Antarctica
Fiction from the most inhospitable place on Earth, which has no permanent human residents.
Asia
Fiction from the continent with all the superlatives: the oldest civilizations, biggest land mass, most people, most languages, highest mountains, tallest buildings.
Europe
Fiction from the continent with less than 10% of the world's population - but they consume 50% of the world's chocolate!
North America
Fiction from the only continent that includes all of the major "biomes" (types of "climate").
Oceania and Australia (Australasia)
Fiction from the continent with two (or maybe three) names.
South America
Fiction from the home of the Amazon rainforest, the world's most biodiverse place, containing 40% of the world's plant and animal species.