Recommended Reading
- Staff Recommendations
- Youth Advisory Board Recommendations
- Adult Summer Reading Club Book Lists
- Montgomery County Legislators' Choice 2005
- NoveList
- NoveList K-8
- More Reading List Resources
Staff Recommendations - Adult
Adult Fiction
Adult Non-fiction
- American Historical Fiction
Novels dealing with events from United States history
- World Historical Fiction
Novels dealing with historical events of foreign countries
- 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
- Delectable Detecting
Mysteries with a sprinkling of 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
- Short Story And Short Novel Collections
Stories of mystery, fantasy, horror, romance, and more
- Musical Fiction
Stories involving music in the setting, theme, plot, or characters
- Classic African American Fiction
- 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
Guides And Personal Accounts
- 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
- Computers For Beginners
Learn about Windows, Word, the Internet, e-mail, and much more!
- Pennsylvania Authors
Selected writers of our Commonwealth
Staff Recommendations - Teen
- Fantastic Worlds
Recommended fiction about fantastic worlds and beings
- Searching For Stars
Selected Science Fiction
Staff Recommendations - Children
Birth to 36 months
Ages 4 and 5
Ages 6 to 8
Ages 9 and 12
- 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
Adult Summer Reading Club Book Lists
More Reading List Resources
- 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.