Books for Every Mood

True Tales

• Fearless Females (PDF) : Activists, survivors, and advocates for social change.
• Women Wanderers (PDF) : Adventurers, explorers, and pioneers in the age of discovery.
• What a Difference a Year Makes (PDF) : Books about individual pivotal years in history, and true stories each a year in duration.
• Fork It Over: Food Writing (PDF) : These books are good enough to eat.

Mysteries

• Cozy Mysteries (PDF) : Light-hearted mysteries with no graphic violence, explicit sex, or strong language.
• Edgar Award Winners(PDF) : Get clued into these outstanding mysteries.
• Murder Around the World (PDF) : International mystery series set in every continent. Yes, even Antarctica!
• Private Eye Mysteries (PDF) : Winners of the Agatha and Shamus Awards.

Fiction Just For Fun

• Pretty as a Picture (PDF) : Art and artists in fiction.
• Westerns: Spur Awards (PDF) : Western winners.

Science Fiction and Fantasy

• The Apocalypse: For when you just need a book about the end of the world. These books show the underlying fears and concerns of the times in which they were written better than most history books.
• Sci-Fi Awards (PDF) : Hugo and Nebula Award winners.

Literary Awards and Classics

• Nobel Prize for Literature (PDF) : Current and previous Nobel Laureates.
• Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (PDF) : Current and previous Pulitzer-winning titles.
• Classics (PDF): Favorite fiction classics up to 1970.
• Modern Classics (PDF): Fiction classics from 1970 to today.

Made for the Movies

• Real to Reel (PDF) : Biographies and true tales of adventure made into popular movies.
• Oscars 2011 & previous years (PDF) : Before they were made into Oscars-nominated films, they were great novels and non-fiction books.

Graphic Novels & Comics

• Graphic Novel Series (PDF) : Great Graphic Novel series for all age groups, available at libraries throughout Washington County.
• When Crime Pays (PDF): Hard-boiled Graphic Novel series and stand-alones.
• Horror (PDF) : Frighteningly good Graphic Novel series and stand-alones.
• Nonfiction Comics for Adults (PDF) : Biographies, news reporting, and enjoyable true stories, told in graphic novel form.

Nonfiction & Poetry

• Sustainability (PDF): Get inspired by this list of books and sustainable living.
• Pulitzer Prize for Poetry (PDF)

Lists updated February 2011.