Curl Up by the Fire with a Good Book

Looking for a good book so that you have an excuse to curl up in a warm, comfy chair with a cup of hot chocolate over the holiday break? If you weren’t looking for one already, are you tempted now? Are you wondering what that book should be? GALILEO can help!

NoveList and NoveList K-8 are great tools to find the next book to read. Here are a few of the features that can help.

First, the front page has the latest best-sellers with several recommendations for each. Click the title of the recommendations to see why NoveList recommends that book.

If you have a favorite genre, such as mysteries, historical fiction, or science fiction, the recommended lists on the left of the NoveList screen offer a good quick lists of book ideas. You can even pick a particular type of book in each genre. For example, in mysteries, you can find a list of historical mysteries, paranormal mysteries, classic mysteries, and more.

Or, just type in a favorite title, author, or topic to find a favorite book or author. Then, click the Title Read-alikes or Author Read-alikes link to see recommendations for similar books or authors.

As always, you can check with your public library to see what books are waiting for you to read them.

Image from the Vanishing Georgia collection in the Digital Library of Georgia