Recommended Reading

• Staff Recommendations
  • Adult
  • Teen
  • Children
• Youth Advisory Board Recommendations
• Adult Summer Reading Club Book Lists
• Montgomery County Legislators' Choice 2005
• NoveList
• NoveList K-8
• More Reading List Resources

• United States Civil War Fiction
  Novels set during a critical time in our nation's history
  
  
• American Historical Fiction
  Novels dealing with events from United States history
  
  
• World Historical Fiction
  Novels dealing with historical events of foreign countries
  
  
• Prehistoric Fiction
  
  
• Foul Play In Philadelphia
  A List of Regional Mysteries
  
  
• Fatally Funny
  A Collection of Humorous Mysteries
  
  
• Red Letter Rogues
  Mysteries For Holidays And Special Occasions
  
  
• Psychological Mysteries
  Mysteries having a strong psychological element that attempt to explore the motivation behind the characters’ actions.
  
  
• Technothrillers
  Action-packed adventure stories featuring the latest in technology and weaponry
  
  
• Culinary Crimes
  Sample some mysteries featuring food
  
  
• Medieval Mysteries
  Mysteries set in the era known as the Middle Ages and rich in historical detail.
  
  
• Canadian Authors
  Selected contemporary writers who live in Canada
  
  
• Caribbean Authors
  Selected literature by writers from the West Indies
  
  
• Quick Reads
  Stories of mystery, fantasy, horror, romance, and more
  
  
• Musical Fiction
  Stories involving music in the setting, theme, plot, or characters
  
  
• Classic African American Fiction
  
  

• Job Hunting
  Get hired with the help of these books.
  
  
• Forever Free
  Abraham Lincoln and the abolition of slavery
  
  
• Small Business
  Entrepreneurial guides for starting and managing your own business
  
  
• Collectibles
  Identification and price guides for vintage antiques and contemporary collectibles
  
  
• Grantseeking
  Books to help you successfully write proposals and secure funding
  
  
• Montgomery County, Pennsylvania Authors
  Contemporary writers of fiction and nonfiction from Montgomery County
  
  
• Adoption
  Informative titles about the adoption process
  
  
• Your Beautiful Home
  Guides for decorating and remodeling
  
  
• Legal Self-Help Books
  Selected self-help legal guides
  
  
• Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Authors
  Local writers in the news
  
  
• African American Studies
  Selected Biographies I
  
  
• African American Studies
  Selected Biographies II
  
  
• African American Poetry
  a Sampler
  
  
• Computer Books
  Upgrade your computer skills
  
  
• Pennsylvania Authors
  Selected writers of our Commonwealth
  
  
• Saving Our Earth
  Discover ways to live green
  
  

• Teen Summer Reading 2009
  Reading suggestions for Summer and beyond
  
  
• Fantastic Worlds
  Recommended fiction about fantastic worlds and beings
  
  
• Searching For Stars
  Selected Science Fiction
  
  

• Picture Books
  Beautiful illustrations help tell the story
  
  
• Nursery Rhymes
  Old favorites and modern classics
  
  
• Favorite Authors
  Librarian’s list of great authors
  
  
• Concept Books
  Numbers, letters, shapes and colors
  
  
• Board Books
  Baby’s first books: sturdy and easy to handle
  
  

• Concept Books
  Numbers, letters, shapes and colors
  
  
• Caldecott Award Books
  Books with award-winning illustrations
  
  
• Picture Books
  Beautiful illustrations help tell the story
  
  
• Folk and Fairy Tales
  Well loved stories from around the world
  
  
• Favorite Authors
  Librarian’s list of great authors
  
  
• Non-Fiction
  Stories about the world around us
  
  
• Go to School
  Stories to prepare children for starting school
  
  

• I Can Read
  Just right books for beginning readers
  
  
• Caldecott Award Books
  Books with award-winning illustrations
  
  
• Picture Books
  Beautiful illustrations help tell the story
  
  
• Folk and Fairy Tales
  Well loved stories from around the world
  
  
• Mysteries
  Who? What? When? Where? Why?
  
  
• Non-Fiction
  Stories about the world around us
  
  
• Series
  Adventures featuring your favorite characters
  
  

• Series
  Adventures featuring your favorite characters
  
  
• Biographies and Autobiographies
  Lives of the great and famous
  
  
• Mysteries
  Who? What? When? Where? How?
  
  
• Newbery Award Books
  Award winning books
  
  
• Non-Fiction
  Stories about the world around us
  
  
• Favorite Authors
  Librarian’s list of great authors
  
  

• Five-star Book List 2006
  
• Five-star Book List 2007
  

• The Fiction_L Booklists
  The Morton Grove Public Library's collection of Fiction Booklists
  in a wide variety of genres and categories
  
  
• Overbooked
  Chesterfield County Public Library's guides to literary and genre fiction
  
  
• Reading Rants!
  Out of the Ordinary Teen Booklists
  
  
• Looking for a Mystery?
  A guide to both the history of the mystery novel and a listing of modern mysteries arranged by topic and location.
  
  
• American Library Association's Booklists and Book Awards (for teens)
  The American Library Association's lists of recommended books, audios and videos of interest to teens. Also includes the "Teens' Top Ten Books" where teens choose the winners.