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Readalikes

Readalikes

  • Cedar Cove
  • Downton Abbey
  • Fifty Shades of Grey
  • A Game of Thrones
  • A Gentleman in Moscow
  • Girl on the Train
  • The Guernsey Literary...
  • Harry Bosch Series
  • Jane Austen
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  • Lillian Jackson Braun
  • A Man Called Ove 
  • Nicholas Sparks
  • Ready Player One
  • Scott Harvath Series
  • To Kill a Mockingbird
Staff Favorites

Staff Favorites

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Book Club Picks

Book Club Picks

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Mysteries

Mysteries

  • Christmas
  • Classics
  • Clerical
  • Comic Capers
  • European
  • Gaelic
  • Halloween
  • Historical: America
  • Janet Evanovich Readalikes
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  • Murder in an English Village
  • Mysteries Can be Funny Too
  • Noir Mysteries
  • Popular Series
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  • Set in Chicago
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  • Sports Mysteries
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  • Thanksgiving
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Animals

Animals

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  • Lillian Jackson Braun Readalikes
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  • People and Their Dogs
Audiobooks

Audiobooks

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  • For the Whole Family
  • Nonfiction Audiobooks
  • Stories for Your Road Trip
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Authors

Authors

  • African & African-American Authors
  • Authors Who Are Lawyers
  • Celebrity Memoirs Read by the Author
  • Illinois Authors
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  • Jane Austen Readalikes
  • Janet Evanovich Readalikes
  • Lillian Jackson Braun Readalikes
  • Native American Fiction & Nonfiction
  • Nicholas Sparks Readalikes
Biographies & Memoirs

Biographies & Memoirs

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  • Best Graphic Memoirs & Nonfiction
  • Groundbreaking Women
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  • People & Their Dogs
  • People Overcoming Adversity
  • Presidential Biographies
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  • Stand-Up Memoirs
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  • True Immigrant Stories
Classics

Classics

  • Classic Adult Books for Teens
  • Classic African American Fiction
  • Classic Horror Fiction
  • Classic Novels of World War l
  • Classic Tales of Mystery and Suspense
  • Classic Teen Books for Adults
Family Reading

Family Reading

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  • Classic Adult Books for Teens
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Fiction

Fiction

  • Action Adventure Novels
  • Art and Artists
  • Based on Mythology & Folklore
  • Best of the Banned Books
  • Black Humor Fiction
  • Books for Book Lovers
  • Epistolary Novels
  • Family Sagas
  • Foodie Fiction
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  • Less Than 200 Pages
  • Love, Loss, and Family
  • Multiple Points of View
  • Native American Fiction & Nonfiction
  • The Plain People
  • Out of the Mouths of Babes
  • Quirky Reads
  • Something to Think About
  • Urban Fiction
Graphic Novels

Graphic Novels

  • Best Comic Graphic Novels
  • Best Graphic Memoirs & Nonfiction
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  • From Novel to Graphic Tale
  • LGBTQIA+ Graphic Novels
  • Manga for Adults
Historical Fiction

Historical Fiction

  • Amazing Women
  • Ancient Egypt, Greece, and Rome
  • Family Sagas
  • Golden Age of Hollywood
  • Historical Mysteries: 1920s-1950s
  • Historical Mysteries: America
  • Historical Suspense
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  • Novels Based on Real Crimes
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  • Sagas of Royal Women
  • Westerns for People Who Don't Like Westerns
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Holiday

Holiday

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Horror

Horror

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  • Zombie Fiction
International Locales

International Locales

  • Amore in Italy
  • British Chick Lit
  • Gaelic Mysteries
  • Indian Authors
  • Irish Suspense
  • Irish Tales
  • Mad about Paris
  • Sagas of Royal Women
LGBTQ+

LGBTQ+

  • LGBTQIA+ Fiction
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Location, Location

Location, Location

  • Amore in Italy
  • Chicago Fiction
  • Coming to America
  • European Mysteries
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  • Irish Suspense
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  • Scandinavian Crime Fiction
Romance & Love Stories

Romance & Love Stories

  • Amore in Italy
  • British Chick Lit
  • Cedar Cove Readalikes
  • Chick Lit
  • Fifty Shades of Grey Readalikes
  • Romantic Comedies
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Science Fiction & Fantasy

Science Fiction & Fantasy

  • Best Fantasy Books for Adults
  • A Game of Thrones Readalikes
  • Ready Player One Readalikes
  • Space Travel Novels
  • Time Travel Novels
  • Vampires, Mages, and More
  • Welcome to Dystopia
Sports

Sports

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Summer Reads

Summer Reads

  • Summer Reading 2016
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Suspense/Thriller

Suspense/Thriller

  • Authors Who Are Lawyers
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Women's Fiction

Women's Fiction

  • Cedar Cove Readalikes
  • Gentle Reads
  • Heartwarming Stories
  • Issue-Driven Women's Fiction
  • Needleworking Fiction
  • Nicholas Sparks Readalikes
  • Sagas of Royal Women
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War

War

  • Bugles & Battles: Series about War
  • Civil War in Fact and Fiction
  • Civil War Novels
  • Classic Novels of World War l
  • WWI Mystery Stories
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  • WWI Novels
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  • WWII Novels
  • WWII Home Front
  • WWII Women in the Resistance
Nonfiction

Nonfiction

  • American History
  • Book Club Favorites 2017
  • Book Club Favorites 2018
  • Chicago Baseball
  • Civil War in Fact and Fiction
  • Hospitals, Hope, and Heroes
  • Laugh Out Loud Stories
  • LGBTQIA Nonfiction
  • Microhistories
  • Native American Fiction & Nonfiction
  • New Year, New You
  • Nonfiction That Reads Like Fiction
  • Post-Grad Survival: A Guide to Your 20s and 30s
  • Recent Books on the Civil War
  • Stories of People and Their Dogs
  • True Adventure
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  • True Stories of the Downton Abbey Era
  • World War I
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True Crime

True Crime

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