Booklists

Best ofs... * Fiction * If You Like... * Holiday Picks * More Non-Fiction

Best ofs... Fiction & Non-Fiction Picks

• CADL Staff Picks the Best of 2010--Book, Movie & Music Lists
• The Best of the Decade 2000-2009 -- Music, Book Lists, and Staff Picks
• Book Discussion Picks
• CADL Staff's picks for Laugh Out Loud Books & Movies -- Your local library staff share their go-to titles for a good laugh.
• Staff Audiobook Picks
• Teen Must Reads

Fiction

• 30 Going on 13 -- Teen fiction for adults
• Banned Books -- Banned Book Week happens once a year but these are titles that should be checked out year round.
• Back to School Lists for all ages -- Starting school, going back or reminiscing.
• Books for Bibiliophiles -- books for an about book lovers.
• Contemporary Christian Fiction -- A selection of popular and up-and-coming authors.
• Cool Reads for Hot Summer Days -- A selection of titles to beat the heat.
• Spy Fiction and Thrillers -- Suspenseful current and older reads set in the world of espionage.
• Horror Picks -- Classics and picks in creepy, unsettlling, and engaging horror.
• Creatures of the Night -- Vampires, weres, and more...
• Sports Reads -- Sports fiction (and some non-fiction) picks.

If You Like...

• Harry Potter and the Search for a Great Book
• If You Like Gossip Girl -- More fashionable young adult novels about the social lives of teen elites
• If You Like Nora Roberts -- Looking for something in between Nora Roberts' novels?
• If You Like the Da Vinci Code -- Check out these titles filled with religious conspiracies and historical clues.
• If You Love the Twilight Saga -- More paranoramal romance for fans of sparkly vampires.
• If You Like the Uglies Trilogy-- Take a look at these titles about teens resisting a totalitarian government.

Holidays and Observances

• Asian Pacific American Heritage Month
• Celebrate Black History Month (February)
• Halloween
• Irish-American Heritage Month--Looking For aTouch of the Irish?
• Celebrate Michigan
• Thanksgiving
• Winter Holidays
• Women's History Month--Women's Historical Fiction
   

More Non-fiction

• Green Reads -- This is the long list of green reads from our 2008 Green Expo.
• Real Family Stories