What to Read

What to Read

What I'm Reading Now

The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman

The Graveyard Book
by Neil Gaiman 

 

 

Nobody Owens, known to his friends as Bod is a normal boy…except...

Read More about What I'm Reading


Latest WebLog

Take a lesson from historical fiction

Award winning historian Peter Cochrane takes his colleagues to task for making history dull. He believes historians should learn from fiction and use techniques such as plot and character to make history come alive. Those of us who love historical fiction know this is the best way to learn history. Take a look at the list below to find some of the best historical fiction of the year (so far).

Read Peter Cochrane's article

Best historical fiction 2008
RSS Feed

View Archives


Reading Suggestions

Cuyahoga Corner
Selected books by our librarians

Pearl's Picks
Suggestions from noted librarian Nancy Pearl

Staff Picks
Favorites from our librarians

Popular Fiction
Websites for Readers


Quote of the Week

No entertainment is so cheap as reading,
nor any pleasure so lasting.
- Lady Mary Wortley Montague
   
 (1689 - 1782) Author



In the News

Jurassic Park by Michael Chrichton
Michael Crichton dies  

Read more 
 

  


Marley and Me
author writes memoir
Read more  

 

 

The book of laughter and forgetting by Milan Kundera

Authors rally
to Kundera's
defense

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Read More

 

 

 The Duma Key by Stephen King

 Stephen King
book trailer
contest

Read More  

__________________________________

 

Book News


Websites with news for readers 


Enrich Your Reading Experience

DelMio is a book discussion and resource site developed by former staff of the Akron Beacon JournalCheck it out! 

__________________________________

Library Events

Love Nancy Pearl?  Want more?  
Register to win dinner and a book discussion
with Nancy for your bookgroup!

__________________________________

 

View all What to Read Events


Booklists

Best Sellers-Fiction
Novels our readers are reading

Best Sellers-Nonfiction
Factual books our readers are reading

Coming Soon-Fiction
Novels our readers are ordering

Coming Soon-Nonfiction
Factual books our readers are ordering

Featured Lists
From our catalog

Genre Lists...choose from...

New York Times Best Sellers
Top reads across the country

Kids Lists 
From our KidSpace

Teen Lists 
Our 2007 recommendations

Award Winning & Notable Books
Book Lists Websites


Library Services for Readers

Welcome! I am Melanie Deutsch, Fiction Specialist, and I want to help you find your next read.  Please email me  with any questions or suggestions about reading, and try these reader services:


Premium Research Services

The Find Engine

Stop searching, start finding! 
Premium research resources 
for readers, FREE to library cardholders.


Return to Top