Click on any of the lists below to see our staff's all time favorites in these categories.

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• 55+

Adult Fiction for Teens

• Adult Fiction for Teens
• From Novel to Graphic Tale

African American Fiction

• African American Male Authors
• African American Women Authors
• Classic African American Fiction
• Street Lit

Audio Books

• Hit the Road: Audio Books
• In Their Own Voices: Celebrity Memoirs Read by the Author

Books on Screen

• Best Selling Books Turned Into Blockbuster Movies

Historical Fiction

• Civil War in Fact and Fiction
• Classic Tales of Mystery and Suspense
• Historical Mysteries: 1920s
• Historical Mysteries: 1930s
• Historical Mysteries: 1940s
• Historical Mysteries: 1950s
• Historical Mysteries: America
• Historical Suspense
• If you liked The Other Boleyn Girl: Sagas of Royal Women
• It's Dark in Here! Mysteries Noir
• Novels About WWI
• Novels Based on Real Crimes
• Novels Based On Real People
• Novels of the Civil War
• Novels of World War II
• The Sequel That Wasn't: Revisit Jane Austen's World
• Westerns for People Who Don't Like Westerns
• World War II Homefront

You may also enjoy nonfiction titles on...

• American History
• Biographies of Royal Women
• The Lives of Presidential Wives
• Presidential Biographies

Holiday

• Christmas Mysteries

• Christmas Stories

International Locales

• Amore in Italy
• British Chick Lit
• Gaelic Mysteries
• If you liked The Other Boleyn Girl: Sagas of Royal Women
• Indian Authors
• Irish Tales
• It's Dark in Here! Mysteries Noir
• Latin & Central American Authors
• Mysteries: Dateline Africa
• The Sequel That Wasn't: Revisit Jane Austen's World

You may also enjoy nonfiction titles on...

• Biographies of Royal Women

Literary Fiction

• Classic African American Fiction
• Dark, Bitter, & Funny: Black Humor Fiction
• Latin & Central American Authors
• Man Booker Prize 1977-2007
• South Asian Authors

Location, Location

• Amore in Italy
• Chicago Fiction
• Gaelic Mysteries
• Historical Mysteries: America
• Irish Tales
• Mysteries: Dateline Africa
• Scandinavian Crime Fiction

Mystery

• 11 Reasons Not to Move to a Quiet English Village
• Classic Tales of Mystery and Suspense
• Gaelic Mysteries
• Historical Mysteries: 1920s
• Historical Mysteries: 1930s
• Historical Mysteries: 1940s
• Historical Mysteries: 1950s
• Historical Mysteries: America
• If you like Brad Thor's Scott Harvath Series, try these...
• If you like Janet Evanovich, try these...
• If you like Lillian Jackson Braun's The Cat Who Series, try these...
• It's Dark in Here! Mysteries Noir
• Mysteries: Dateline Africa
• Mysteries Can be Funny Too
• Popular Mystery and Suspense Series
• Scandinavian Crime Fiction
• Tropical Heat: Mysteries Set in Florida

Readalikes

• Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver (reading map)
• The Help by Kathryn Stockett (reading map)
• Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford (reading map)
• If you like Brad Thor's Scott Harvath Series, try these...
• If you like Janet Evanovich, try these...
• If you like Lillian Jackson Braun's The Cat Who Series, try these...
• If you like Nicholas Sparks, try these...
• If you liked The Other Boleyn Girl: Sagas of Royal Women
• Mitford Series Read-alikes
• The Sequel That Wasn't: Revisit Jane Austen's World
• Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen (reading map)

Romance & Love Stories

• Amore in Italy
• British Chick Lit
• Chick Lit
• Romantic Suspense
• The Sequel That Wasn't: Revisit Jane Austen's World

Sports Fiction

• Fairway Fiction
• Round the Bases

You may also enjoy nonfiction titles on...

• Chicago Baseball

Suspense/Thriller

• Classic Tales of Mystery and Suspense
• Historical Suspense
• It's Dark in Here! Mysteries Noir
• Legal Thrillers
• Medical Thrillers
• Novels Based on Real Crimes
• Past Imperfect
• Political Intrigue
• Psychological Suspense
• Romantic Suspense

You may also enjoy nonfiction titles on...

• True Adventure
• True Crime

Trade Comics

• From Novel to Graphic Tale

Women's Fiction

• Books for Dog Lovers
• Favorite Book Club Selections
• Gentle Reads
• If you like Nicholas Sparks, try these...
• Issue-Driven Women's Fiction
• Mitford Series Read-alikes
• More Gentle Reads

Nonfiction

Our favorite books about...

• American History
• Biographies of Royal Women
• Budget Cooking
• Chicago Baseball
• Civil War in Fact and Fiction
• Cooking
• Cooking Memoirs and More
• Hospitals, Hope and Heroes
• In Their Own Voices: Celebrity Memoirs Read by the Author
• Investing & Personal Finance
• Laugh Out Loud Stories
• The Lives of Presidential Wives
• Memoirs
• More True Adventure
• Presidential Biographies
• Recent Books on the Civil War
• Scrapbooking Basics
• Scrapbooking Childhood Moments
• Travel Memoirs
• True Adventure
• True Crime

*Reading maps are a way to explore a book further. Find related books, movies, music and websites. For example, if you enjoyed the circus background of Water for Elephants, check out the list of books involving the circus.