Plainville Public Library           

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198 South St., Plainville, Massachusetts 02762

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Monday: 1-8pm

Tuesday: 10-5pm

Wednesday: 10-8pm

Thursday: 10-2pm

Friday: Closed

Saturday: 10-2pm

Sunday: Closed

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Reading Suggestions

Check out our new service from the Plainville Public Library:

BOOKLETTERS: Need a suggestion for what to read? Want to keep up on what's new in books? Click above to subscribe to our FREE email service and choose which topics you are interested in.

New Fiction @ Plainville Library List

New NonFiction @ Plainville Library List

Find out more about your favorite Authors

Check out these quick links to great books:

Bestsellers
Fiction Best Sellers
Nonfiction Best Sellers
Fiction Paperback Best Sellers

Nonfiction Paperback
Advice, How-To and Miscellaneous Hardcover
Advice, How-To and Miscellaneous Paperback

ALA Top Ten Young Adult Books
Last Year's Bestselling Children's Titles
 

Book Clubs can reserve multiple copies of books for their club here:

Reserve your books for your book club from the library and save a few dollars. Hint: it is better to pick books a year old or more to ensure availability. Check out these Book Club Suggestions

Email us at info@plainvillepubliclibrary.org

Tell us: Title, Author, How Many Copies?, and  When do you need it by?

The no-nonsense way to make sure everyone has a copy of the book!

Books made into movies database

Movie Suggestions

Awards  Awards Lists for Adults, Teens and Kids *NEW*

Reading Suggestions for adults : or click  for young adults : or click for Kids

News and Reviews
Amazon.com - includes synopses, reviews, interviews, etc.
Booklist Magazine - includes reviews 
Bookloons - features, reviews and excerpts in many genres
BookPage - includes reviews 
Bookreporter - great interviews, book reviews,  and trivia for readers. You can even subscribe to their free newsletter!
Book Spot - comprehensive list of book-related resources on the web
Bookwire - reviews and bestseller lists
Chapter One - featuring full first chapters of books with reviews and discussions, from the Washington Post
The New York Review of Books
New York Times Book Review
USA Today Book Index

Reading Groups
Great Books Foundation - a formal approach to "great books" discussion
Harper Collins Reader Resources: Reader's Guides - reading guides include author information, interviews and discussion questions
Mostly We Eat - sophisticated  home page allows you to peek at the activities of a book group that has been meeting since 1993, including books read and foods eaten
Oprah Book Club
Overbooked - lists suggested books for discussion
Random House Reading Group Guides - highly recommended publisher site
Reading Group Choices - interesting site with advice for starting a group and for group leaders; reading guides are available for books listed in their annual publication Reading Group Choices
 

Reading Lists
Banned Books - the American Library Association's list of the 100 books challenged most often between 1990-2000
Bookbrowser - lists series and sequels
List of Lists - from Fiction-L, a Readers Advisory Listserv
What's Next? - adult fiction in series

Genre Fiction
Genreflecting  - a guide to reading interests in genre
fiction
If you Like...A Handy Guide to Authors and Genres
Overbooked - Genre Fiction - links for ravenous readers; specializing in literary and genre fiction information

Evanston Public Library  - fiction authors by subjects

Mystery
ClueLass - includes mystery awards
Mysterious Homepage - search by author, character or theme
MysteryNet - online guide to everything mystery
The Mystery Reader - offers reviews of mystery novels

Poisoned Pen -  a mystery bookstore and more.... 
 

Romance
All About Romance - reviews and news of romance novels
The Romance Reader - features reviews, news, and articles about romance novels
Romantic Times - reviews and news about romance novels. Includes author biographies, writers' resources, and more.

Science Fiction and Fantasy
FantasyFinder 
LOCUS online - newspaper of the science fiction, fantasy, and horror publishing fields
Recommended Fantasy Authors List
SF Site - with sample chapters, commentary, reviews, interviews, and more.

Horror
Horror.org - resource for horror, suspense and dark fantasy fiction, including indexes for magazines, publishers, bookstores, reviews, author email addresses and author sites. 

Rare Books
Advanced Book Exchange - rare, used and out-of-print books
Atticus Used Books & Music

Miscellaneous
Poets' Corner - all about poets and  poetry
SparkNotes - similar to Cliffs Notes
Schwartz Books - visit your local bookseller online
 

Reading Suggestions for Young Adults

ALA Top Ten Young Adult Books
Alex Award Winners
Américas Book Award
Margaret A. Edwards Award Winners
Mildred L. Batchelder Award
 
National Book Award for Young People's Literature
Notable Graphic Novels
Printz Awards
Pura Belpré Award
Schneider Family Book Award
 

King Philip Reading List

Tri County Summer Reading List

Bishop Feehan Summer Learning Experience

MCAS Suggested Reading list for high school

Young Adult from the LA Public Library