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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.
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