Pierce County Library System
Information & Imagination

Books/Materials

Book Selection Tools

Book lists on a wide range of topics, for all ages - from infants to adults - in Book Lists.

Books and Resources for Kids and Teens - See the video.

Accelerated Reader - Read the Books.com - Sort and search your school's list, find and reserve the books the library catalog.

Access these premium online book selection tools and e-sources free from library computers, or at home with a library card.

Books and reading - Includes e-sources about e-books, audiobooks, drama, poetry and literary criticism.

NoveList - Focuses on fiction for adult reading. Also available for students: Novelist K-8 grades.

• Search browsable lists such as notable books and award list books by genre, articles on popular writers and literary trends, other authors you might like, and expanded genre lists for various reading levels.
• You can also access NoveList directly from the library catalog. Use the Full Display tab and look for the NoveList link.

Sign up to receive book suggestions, delivered to your email!

• E-newsletter Book Lists - Choose from a variety of different book lists, emailed to you monthly.
• Daily emailed excerpts of beginning chapters of new books in DearReader's Online Book Clubs.

Find Internet book-related sites, including Publisher's Weekly website and What's Next? series tool via Books & Literature section of our Research Corner's Subject links.

Ask a staff person at your local library for recommendations, and for print resources to help you find good books, such as "Genreflecting," "Now Read This" or "What Do I Read Next" which suggest titles based on genre, story setting, character type and similar authors.

Our staff is happy to discuss good books with you!

Happy reading!

Pierce County Library System welcomes suggestions of specific new books and other materials we might purchase for our libraries. To suggest a particular item, please submit your request: send an email to ask a librarian.