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Find a book

NoveList Search for books by your favorite author, use a favorite title to find similar books, browse lists of award winners, and find suggested reading.  (Library card and PIN numbers required for at-home access.) 

What Do I Read Next? Search for books by author, title, plot, genre, time period, characters, and more. (Library card and PIN numbers required for at-home access.)  

Greater Phoenix Digital LibraryDownload eBooks and audiobooks for free from home with your Chandler Public Library card and PIN.  More info

BookBrowse Get help finding what to read next.  BookBrowse selects the best current books and offers excerpts, reviews, and more information to help you choose what to read.

whichbook.net Search for fiction by choosing your preferences in various criteria: happy/sad endings, funny/serious, sex/no sex, and more.  

Stop, You're Killing Me! A site devoted to mystery, intrigue, and suspense books.  Search by author or character, and find books listed in series order.

Modern Library's 100 Best In 1998, The Modern Library assembled this list of the 100 best fiction and nonfiction books from the modern era.  Also includes readers’ choice lists.

Great Books of the Western World Classic titles from throughout history.

What's Next? Books in Series  From the Kent District Library.  Search for fiction book series.

Research authors & books

Literature Resource Center Find author biographies and literary criticism.  Search hundreds of literary reference works and journals simultaneously.  This subscription database is free to you as a library cardholder.  (Library card and PIN numbers required for at-home access.) 

SparkNotes Hundreds of study guides for classic literature (and other subjects).  Free to read online; download in PDF format for a small fee.

Buy a book

AddALL Shop for books and compare prices at dozens of online booksellers.

Alibris Shop for used, rare, out-of-print and new books.

Free books

Classic Reader Thousands of classic titles for adults and children, complete and free to read online.

Project Gutenberg The premier source for free, complete, classic and public domain literature in English and other languages.  Over 16,000 books to read online or download.

 
Services for the visually and physically handicapped

Arizona State Braille and Talking Book Library (catalog)  A Regional Library of the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, Library of CongressFacility for the visually and physically handicapped - must be legally registered to borrow materials.  Also try their Recommended books and reading lists.

 

06/05/2008