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Find some good books to read by subject, genre or mood. Read online or print for your next trip to the library.

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.