LEON COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY - Reader Services

M A I N L I B R A R Y
200 West Park Avenue
Tallahassee, FL 32301
(850) 606-2665
TDD (850) 606-2603

For Branch Locations and Hours, Click Here.

Reader Services

SERVICES WE SUBSCRIBE TO:

Gain access to online book discussions, the hottest new titles and authors, professional reviews of the titles you want to know about, and even our own staff recommendations. You can even reserve the books right from your e-mails.

Novelist Plus Novelist is a reader's advisory tool. Try the brief "tour" offered on the NoveList main page, it can be viewed with or without sound.
Book Browse - Selections from the most interesting current books with multiple reviews, author interviews and more.
Sign up for some Online Book Clubs and get 5-minute reads sent to your e-mail account. There are 11 clubs to choose from.
and, don't forget the many DATABASES available.

SERVICES WE PROVIDE:

Traveling Book Club...all you need are readers!
Sign up for Favorite Authors Notification club [FAN] or manage your club account.
The Library has several book clubs to choose from. View the monthly Book Club Calendar for selections, dates and locations.
Primary Sources ... material that was written or produced at the time period that is being studied.LIBRARY/ref-adults/images/2013/psychological-mysteries.pdf

Looking for book ideas? Try these Bibliographies.
Available in an Adobe Acrobat PDF:

Mystery Book Club Bibliographies! [available in PDF] Meets at NORtheast branch / thomasville road ... call for info 850 \| 606-2800
Academic Mysteries	PDF
Arts and Crafts Mysteries	PDF
Bibliophiles	PDF
Cold Climate Mysteries	PDF
Cozy Mystery Authors	PDF
Culinary Mysteries	PDF
Early 20th Century Mysteries	PDF
Extreme Weather	PDF
More Holiday Mysteries	PDF
Native American Mysteries	PDF
Pets & Detectives Mysteries	PDF
Police Procedurals Mysteries	PDF
Psychological Mysteries	PDF
True Crime Mysteries	PDF
Women Detectives	PDF

Collections [some available in Adobe PDF]
Black Women Writers	PDF
Dogs in Books	PDF
Fiction of Old Florida...Customs & Folklore	PDF
Authors of Christian Fiction	PDF
Modern Library 100 Best Novels	PDF
Murder Around the World	Web Page
Personal Finance	PDF
Popular Authors by Genre	Web Page
Urban Fiction	PDF
Vacation and Travel	PDF
What Book Would You Save...and Why? A follow up to The Big Read of 2009	Web Page
Special Bibliographies @ Your Library Black History Month Holiday Collections Christmas Hannukah Kwanzaa Martin Luther King, Jr. Collections

GREAT LINKS FOR READERS:

Books & Authors – Looking for a good book, but not sure where to start? Books & Authors lets you browse by character, subject, location and time period, and get a visual representation of your matching books.
Bestsellers from Publishers Weekly. See our bestseller lists in fiction, nonfiction, religion, children's books and more.
What’s Next - Books In Series™ Database of Kent District Library, Comstock Park, MI. Find the right order for your favorite series? Check out this up-to-date, searchable listing of fiction in series for all ages.
Web Sites for Book Lovers - Morton Grove Public Library [Morton Grove, IL] has put together a comprehensive site of links to publishers, literary awards, discussion guides and more.