Books & Reading

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Award winning books for adults, teens, and children

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Minnesota Book Awards

New York Times Best Sellers

Book Clubs & Reading Groups

Book clubs at the library

Reading group resources

New Fiction

Books in the Media

Non-Fiction Preview

Explore Books and Authors

Authors A-Z
Fascinating insights into the lives of thousands of authors and illustrators, including biographies, interviews and what inspires them to write.

Booked in Saint Paul
Suggestions from Saint Paul Public Library staff.

Books & Reading Web Sites
Sites to help you find, read about, and rate books and authors online.

Genre Fiction
Mystery, Romance, Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Urban Lit.

Literature Resource Center

Covers novelists, poets, essayists, journalists, writers, and their works.
Includes articles from Contemporary Authors, Contemporary Literary Criticism, and the Dictionary of Literary Biography.

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LitFinder

Search poems, essays, speeches, stories, and plays.
Many of the citations include the full text of the items indexed.

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Minnesota Reads
Blog that publishes book reviews by Minnesota readers and talks to Minnesotans about what they’re reading.

NoveList Plus

Find new authors and titles, based on what you already like to read.
You can also learn more about books and authors.

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NoveList K-8 Plus

Find award-winners, recommended reads, author biographies, and more!
Includes books for younger kids (ages 0-8), older kids (9-12) and teens (13-18).

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Poetry
Poems and poets.

WorldCat

Find books, music, videos, articles, and more in libraries near you and across the country.

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Minnesota Books and Authors

Minnesota Authors Biography Project
Biographical sketches and bibliographies of Minnesota authors.

Minnesota Book Awards

Minnesota Children's Authors & Illustrators
A list of Minnesota's own plus a printable (pdf) version.

Minnesota Fiction Authors
A list of Minnesota fiction authors, with links to their works in the Saint Paul Public Library's catalog.

Set in the Twin Cities (PDF)
Books set in the Twin Cities and Minnesota.