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The following topical lists feature selections from the WHSL collection.  Fiction authors listed may have more than one title available - all books by one author are shelved together.  Additional nonfiction titles can be found by checking the shelves within the call number range given.  Enjoy!

Fiction & Nonfiction Topics

·        Adoption/Foster Families

·        Adventure & Survival

·        Abuse/Violence

·        AIDS

·        Alternative Lifestyles (LGBTQ)

·        Banned or Challenged Books

·        Books for Guys

·        Diaries and Journals

·        Disabilities & Differences

·        Divorce/Single Parents

·        Dropouts/Delinquency

·        Death & Dying

·        Eating Disorders/Weight Control

·        Fantasy Fiction

·        Friendship

·        Growing Up/Feelings of Alienation

·        Hardship & Adversity

·        Historical Fiction

·        Horror/Supernatural

·        Humor

·        Inspirational

·        Law & Legal

·        Librarian's Picks!

·        Mystery & Suspense

·        Romance Classics

·        Science Fiction

·        Sports

·        Stress & Suicide

·        Substance Abuse

·        Tearjerkers

·        Teens & Parenting

·        Thrillers (including books in series)

·        True Adventure

·        True Crime

·        Vampires

·        Weight Control/Eating Disorders

·        Westerns

·        Wicca/Witches

Online Book Review Sites

  • Book Browser - A great site with loads of reading lists (many of them reviewed!).
  • Books for the College Bound - this list from the American Library Association is updated every 5 years.
  • Guys Read - A reading initiative to connect boys with books they will want to read! 
  • More Books - from the New York Public Library's Teen Division, more lists of great books.
  • The Mystery Reader - The very latest news and views of mystery novels.
  • Reading Rants - "Out of the Ordinary Teen Booklists!" 
  • The Romance Reader - The very latest news and views of romance novels.
  • Series and Sequals -  A great site to help you locate the next title in that series you love so well! 
  • TeenReads.com- This is a really cool site that provides book reviews and news on all types of fiction! 
  • Teen Booklists -  The Internet Public Library's mega site of links to Web booklists for teens.
  • Wired for Books -  For many years, most of the best writers of the English language found their way to Don Swaim's CBS Radio studio in New York. The one-on-one interviews typically lasted 30 to 45 minutes and then had to be edited down to a two-minute radio show. Wired for Books is proud to make these important oral documents publicly available for the first time in their entirety.  Listen to the voices of many of the greatest writers of the twentieth century (requires RealPlayer).    

Books in a Series

 

 

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