Resources on Authors and Books

These include some of resources every reader should know, including OWWL2Go downloadable audio books and NoveList, which provides suggestions for new books based on a reader's favorite authors, themes and titles. Both require a library card.

  • NoveList Plus

    Use Novelist to discover new authors and books by searching for your favorite authors, books, topics, or themes and having similar authors and books listed. Includes both fiction and nonfiction. You can also search by the title of a series to identify individual titles in a series. Provided by the Pioneer Library System and Geneva Public Library Central Library Program. LIBRARY CARD NEEDED

  • 100 Best Novels

    The Modern Library's list of the best novels of the last hundred plus years. Interesting list.

  • Bartleby.com: Great Books Online

    Unlimited free access to full text fiction, nonfiction, poetry and reference sources

  • BookBrowse.com
  • Books in Print

    AVAILABLE IN LIBRARY ONLY.

  • Google Books

    Google has partnered with dozens of libraries in digitizing books as well as over 20,000 publishers and authors to make books discoverable on Google. You can flip through a few preview pages of these books, just like you'd browse them at a bookstore or library. You'll also see links to libraries and bookstores where you can borrow or buy the book. Books

  • ManyBooks.net - Free eBooks for your PDA, iPhone, or eBook Reader
  • OCLC WorldCat

    STAFF ONLY.

  • Open Culture

    Claims to offer the "best" free cultural and educational media on the web, and links to podcasts, audio, and video.

  • Owwl2Go

    Log in, download and listen to audio books on your computer or MP3 player.

  • Sparknotes
  • The Reader's Robot -- A Reader's Advisory Service
  • Twayne Authors

    Book-length critical studies of some 60 authors. A Gale Collection provided by the New York State Library, NOVELny, connecting New Yorkers to 21st century information. LIBRARY CARD NEEDED