Adult

See What our Book Groups
are reading this year

Second Tuesday Book Group
Fourth Tuesday Book Group
Beckish Bookworms - meets at our Senior Center

Click on the link to find how to donate books by your favorite author to Saxton B. You'll be the first to read the book and our community will benefit from your generosity

These authors have been adopted by your neighbors and our patrons. Won't you consider adopting your favorite author and help us fund some great reading!

Chris Bohjalian      John Grisham
Nevada Barr         Jodi Picoult
John Sandford       Margaret Atwood

.***newly adopted***
P.D. James
Robert Parker
Linda Fairstein
David Silva
Robert Ludlum

Consider adopting your favorite children's author or donating a book to honor the celebration of a birthday, anniversary or other special event.

Megan Q. or Carol K. will be happy to help you choose just the right book to fit the celebration.

Click the picture to find out the Next Book in your favorite series...

provided by
What's Next Database of Kent District Library

Books & Authors
C.2008 Cengage Learning

If you need some reading suggestions or help finding that next good book then try this free site. You can browse books by title, author, genre, and award winners.
Content includes summaries, recommended similar titles, characters, genre, awards, and best seller standing. Registration requires, username, email, password, and zip code.

So many books, so little time!

Book Group Resources

Look on our shelves between 025-028 to find books with reading suggestions for book groups. Here's just a few to get you started:

Talking about books : a step-by-step guide for participating in
   a book discussion group by Marcia Fineman.
Good Books Lately by Ellen Moore
Pulpwood Queens' tiara-wearing, book-sharing guide to life
   by Kathy L. Patrick
Read it and eat : from irresistible beach reads to timeless
   classics, a month-by-month guide to scintillating book club
   selections and mouthwatering menus by Sarah Gardner.

Oprah's Book Club
Barnes & Noble Book Club
Borders Book Club

Reading Group Choices - Lots of good books and information for book groups including reading guides or conversation starters. Also listing the
Top Book Group Favorites of 2008
Top Book Group Favorites of 2007
previous lists

Good Books Lately Recommendations & guides

Reading Group Guides -Nearly 1000 guides to help you lead your discussion.
Book Browse - Over 500 guides searchable by author, title or genre.

Guides Hosted by Publishers
Penquin Guides
Random House
Harper Collins
Norton
Simon & Schuster

It's a Mystery - some sites to help you find some new books to baffle, puzzle and delight!

Stop You're Killing Me - is a resource for lovers of mystery, crime, thriller, spy, and suspense books. 2,500 authors, with chronological lists of their books (over 28,000 titles), both series (2,800+) and non-series. Awards too!
Crime Thru Time - dedicated to historical mysteries
Mystery Reader's Journal - Quarterly newsletter of thematic mysteries. Each issue contains articles, reviews, and author essays on a specific theme, as well as special columns, a calendar of events, and other mystery related material. Journals run an average of 80 pages.
Mysteries By Topic - maintained by Linda Bertland, Philadelphia, PA
Review the Evidence - thousands of reviews of mysteries and thrillers of all categories
Agatha Awards Given for books best typified by Agatha Christie and awarded by Malice Domestic. The book must be first published in the US by a living author. Awards are given for Best Novel, Best First Mystery, Best Short Story, Best Non-Fiction, and Best Children's/Young Adult Mystery.
Edgar Awards Named after Edgar Allen Poe these awards are given for distinguished writing in the various forms of this craft.

Online resources for mystery and crime writing - Resources for aspiring writers. "Crime writers can find resources online including forensic websites, police websites, governmental resources and crime sites covering different types of criminal activity."

Who Reads What?

Want to know what the celebrities are reading? Each year since 1988, Glenda Nowell of Gardiner Public Library, Maine has created this entertaining list of the reading habits of famous people. 2007's list includes books gracing the shelves of Sandra Brown, Robert Crais or Wolfgang Puck, to name a few.

Featured Website ~ When to toss it ~ brought to you by Real Simple
a handy guide of expiration dates so you'll know when products are past their prime !

Web sites for Book Lovers

Need another book like one by your favorite author ~ try these sites...
If you like try
A great site provided by Christ Church, New Zealand. It includes if you like __, try __ for authors, styles and even book titles.

Hennepin County Find a Good Book
"If you like" author search

help with book discussions
Reading Group Choices
This site includes summaries, conversation starters and so much more. A great place to find the next book for your group.

Reading Group Guides
Comprehensive guides for 1,000's of books in many genre's, including Romance, Best-sellers, Spirituality, Women's Interest, Gay & Lesbian, Biography, Poetry and more. Search by author, title, genre, books most requested and favorites

If you need a good book to read you can't go wrong with these links to reading suggestions...

York Times Book Review

Connecticut Authors
A list of books written by Connecticut authors that are available to borrow at Saxton B.

Book Sense
The best books as chosen by the passionate, knowledgeable community of Independent Booksellers

AARP's Books for Grownups
some reading suggestions for the over 55 crowd

Page Updated 10/31/07 by Carol Kubala, Adult Services Librarian