Find a Good Book - City of Westminster, Colorado

Find a Good Book

Book-related Library Databases

Please note: Library databases are available to Westminster residents with a valid library card.

Contemporary Authors
Provides complete biographical and bibliographical information and references on more than 120,000 U.S. and international authors.

Contemporary Literary Criticism
Contains an extensive collection of critical essays on contemporary authors. Each entry contains a biographical/critical introduction, listing of principal works and sources for further study.

Novelist and Novelist K-8
Two of our online databases that can help you find new fiction to read based on your subject, author, keyword, or lexile level search.

Patron Books-in-Print
Find out if the book you're looking for is still being published, or, use the Reader's Connection link to find books on particular topics, time periods and more.

Statewide Library Catalogs

Prospector
Prospector is a catalog of twenty three academic, public and special libraries in Colorado and Wyoming. Through Prospector you have access to over 20 million books, journals, DVDs, CDs, videos and other materials held in these libraries.

Colorado Virtual Library
CVL provides access to information resources of Colorado libraries.

Colorado Talking Book Library
A free service to Coloradans of all ages who are unable to read standard print material due to visual, physical or learning disabilities whether permanent or temporary. CTBL provides recorded, Braille and large-print books and magazines as well as a small collection of descriptive videos.

National Library Catalog

WorldCat
WorldCat connects you to the collections and services of more than 10,000 libraries worldwide.

Specialty Book Sites

Dear Reader Monthly Newsletter (Library sponsored service)
Read short reviews of new books in fiction, nonfiction and biography for adults, kids and teens.

Online Book Club (Library sponsored service)
Join our Online Books Clubs. Every day, Monday through Friday, you will receive in your email a five-minute selection from a chapter of a book. By the end of the week, you’ll have read 2-3 chapters. Every Monday we start a new book. Sign up and start reading.

Overbooked
A site for ravenous readers which specializes in literary and genre fiction information. Overbooked Originals include annotated lists of fiction and mystery books which received starred reviews, on the fly themed booklists, as well as hot lists of hardcover U.S. Fiction

Book Spot
BookSpot.com is a free resource center that simplifies the search for the best book-related content on the Web.

Book Reporter
The Book Report Network provides book reviews, in-depth author profiles and interviews, excerpts of the hottest new releases and literary games and contests.

IndieBound
Independent booksellers share their love of books with their customers and their communities. You'll have access to information and news about local authors, store events, and myriad staff recommendations -- and you will also be presented with content that reflects the collective wisdom of booksellers from all 50 states and Puerto Rico

Book Page
BookPage is a monthly book review distributed nationwide by more than 2,000 bookstores and libraries.

Genrefluent
Here you will find reviews on novels in a variety of genres including, crime, science fiction, adventure, thrillers, romance, fantasy, horror, paranormal, historical fiction, westerns, and romance.

Keeping it Real: Nonfiction Reading

Like to read nonfiction but not sure what book to choose? Try these reading lists with titles selected by our librarians. You can read a short review and then go directly to the library catalog to place a hold if it looks good.

Some Genre-related Reading Sites:

Detective and Mystery Fiction
Stop You're Killing Me
The Mystery Reader
ClueLass and The Mysterious Home Page
MysteryInk Online
Cozy Mystery List

General Fiction
Mostly Fiction

Historical Fiction
Writers of Historical Fiction
Historical Novel Society

Horror Fiction
HorrorNet
The Literary Gothic
Horror Writers Association

Inspirational Fiction
Overbooked
Bethany House Publishers
Thomas Nelson, Inc
Zondervan
Left Behind
Tyndale House Publishers
WaterBrook Multonomah Publishing

Romance
Romantic Times Magazine
The Romance Reader
Romance Writers of America
Harlequin Books online
Good Ton (Regency)
A Regency Repository

Science Fiction and Fantasy
Fantastic Fiction (UK)
LOCUS Online
Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America
Science Fiction and Fantasy Net
SciFan
SciFi Site

"If You Like" Sites

If you like...
Hennepin County Library has put online "a handy reference guide to authors and genres." Users may browse all the subject categories, which range from Christian fiction to techno-thrillers, horror, and more. The database is also searchable by author or theme. Includes links to other resources found at Hennepin County Library.

If you like ...
Multnomah County Library has some other great "if you like" lists. Check it out.

Read-A-Likes
More "if you like" selections from Waterboro Public Library, Maine.

What Do I Read Next?

@ Your Library!
Twice a year, our fiction and nonfiction buyers here at the Westminster Public Library get together for a presentation on recently published books that they have enjoyed reading and would like to recommend to other book lovers.

What Should I Read Next?
Enter a book you like and the site will analyse our database of real readers' favorite books (over 32,000 and growing) to suggest what you could read next.

Fantastic Fiction (UK)

A great site for finding books in a series. Searchable by author. Also includes author biographies and forthcoming titles.

WhichBook
Search for books by genre, type and types of characters, plots and settings.

Bookweb
Booklists, book reviews, author information, and links to other useful Internet sites devoted to reading and the printed word from the Williamsburg (VA) Regional Library.

What's Next
A great site from Kent District Library (OH) that let's you track books in a series.