At the Library: Tools for finding a good book!

Have you ever finished a great book and wanted to find more just like it? Or wanted to help your child find just the right book to read? Washington Public Library offers NoveList Plus, a helpful resource to help readers match up with the books that are right for them.

The NoveList Plus database connects readers to their next book by making recommendations for what to read next. One of the most popular elements is read-alikes. This feature suggests titles that are ?just like? other titles. If you?ve just finished a great book, log into NoveList Plus and find great read-alikes. There are also read-alikes for authors and series. It?s kind of like a one-stop guide to great reading. It contains lists of recommended reads and award-winning books. It covers both fiction and nonfiction titles for all ages from the youngest readers to adults. It also has extra content like reviews (both professional reviews and reader reviews), book discussion guides, curriculum guides, and other book-oriented articles. Book groups and teachers find these resources especially helpful.

By helping to identify the right books for every reader, we can help younger readers achieve reading success. You can search by age, reading level, grade, and more. Try it out today by stopping by the library?s website at www.washington.lib.ia.us and clicking on the link for NoveList Plus! To try it out use username: washington and password: remote.

These are the new materials available at the library this week.

Gifts and Memorials

A Note Yet Unsung by Tamera Alexander, The Seekers by Wanda E. Brunstetter, The Bookshop on the Corner (large print) by Jenny Colgan,Right Behind You (large print) by Lisa Gardner, Gunmetal Gray by Mark Greaney, Heartbreak Hotel by Jonathan Kellerman, Once a Rancher (large print) by Linda Lael Miller, Humans, Bow Down by James Patterson, Rescue Me by Susan May Warren given in memory of Barb Shalla by Laurie Shalla on behalf of Larry Shalla

Adult Fiction

Death of a Ghost by M. C. Beaton

The Bogus Bonsman by Paul Colt

The Carrol Farm Fight by Greg Hunt

A Book of American Martyrs by Joyce Carol Oates

Echoes in Death by J. D. Robb

Adult Nonfiction

You Are the Universe by Deepak Chopra

The War on Science by Shawn Otto

Forgotten Fifteenth by Barrett Tillman

Aces High by Bill Yenne

Adult Biography

Speak, Memory by Vladimir Nabakov