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Book Lists for Adults
Selected book lists for adult readers.
Adults 50+ - The Library provides lists of the latest books and DVDs of special interest to adults 50+. Archives.
Debut Fiction - Highlights first novels of those promising new authors who are often lost in the rush for the next best-sellers. From historical fiction to thrillers, funny to profoundly moving, this list has a little something for everyone.
Street Lit - Also, referred to as urban, "hip hop" or ghetto lit, African-American Street Lit is a popular genre that depicts the gritty reality of urban street life.
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Man Booker Prize for contemporary fiction. Booker Prize Foundation Website: www.themanbookerprize.com National Book Award - Annual awards for fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and young persons' literature. National Book Foundation. Website: http://www.nationalbook.org/nba.html Pulitzer Prizes - Annual awards for journalism, letters, drama and music. Website: www.pulitzer.org Washington State Book Award Winners - Ten outstanding books published each year by Washington authors. Compiled by Washngton Center for the Book at the Seattle Public Library. Website: www.spl.org (formerly Governor's Writers Award) |
Best-sellersNew York Times - weekly best-sellers in hardback, paperback, fiction, nonfiction, children's books. Website: http://www.nytimes.com/pages/books/bestseller/ Publishers Weekly - current best-sellers in a variety of categories. Website: www.publishersweekly.com Book Discussion KitsBook Club Kits - Reserve multi-copy kits for your book discussion group. Selected Authors by Genres |
