Readers' Corner

Book Awards

Best Sellers & Lists of Award Winning Books
Book Sense Book of the Year Award
Booker Prize
Edgar Allan Poe Award
Hugo Award
Michael L. Printz Award
National Book Awards 1950-present
Nebula Award
Nobel Prize Laureates in Literature
Pulitzer Prize 1917-present

Book Lists

Books in Print
eSequels Find the newest title by your favorite author or spot a title that you may have missed. Lists the novels in a series, in the correct reading sequence.
FictionConnection Use this online database to locate fiction suggestions based on a title that you already enjoy
Genrefluent A Guide to Reading Interests in Genre Fiction
Reader's Club An award winning book review site managed by the Charlotte & Mecklenburg County Public Library staff
ReadingGroupGuides.com online community for reading groups
Stop, You're Killing Me for mystery lovers
Virginia Festival of the Book book recommendations
whichbook.net

JMRL Information

Book Groups: how to's and more...
Book Review Newsletters: sign-up
grow.learn.connect. JMRL Blog
JMRL Reads: A Wiki for Sharing Information about Books for Readers of All Ages
Learn More about your Favorite Author
Library Book Groups & more
New Arrivals in the Library
Staff Picks
Ask Reference Staff About Reserving Library Materials If an item in our collection is currently checked out, ask a librarian to place a request for you. You can also place the request yourself online.

What People Are Reading

Best Sellers & Award Winners Lists
Fanatastic Fiction
Goodreads: a social networking site for readers
Oprah's Book Club
The Romance Reader
Top Book Club Picks

Book Reviews

Black Book Review Online
BookPage: America's Book Review  contains book reviews of the best in new books
BookWire has links to reviews from Publishers Weekly
Internet Book List  database of book summaries and reviews
Literary Reference Center Use for information on authors and their works, including plot summaries, work overviews, and literary criticism.
New York Times Book Reviews
Proquest: newspaper database (from home)
Washington Post's Book World

Book Events

Friends of the Library Book Sale
National Book Festival (Library of Congress)
Virginia Center for the Book
Virginia Festival of the Book