BOOKLISTS BY GENRE | PAST PRINTED BOOKLISTS | BOOK TALK BOOKLISTS
The following booklists were compiled by the Readers Advisory staff of the Reference Department at Bennett Martin Public Library or the various branches of the Lincoln City Libraries system. "Hotlinked" titles within these booklists will connect you to the holdings screens in our catalog, so that you can check on the availability of individual books. Titles which are not hotlinked in many of these lists, might not be owned by the Lincoln City Libraries but appear in these lists as recommendations you may wish to pursue through our Interlibrary Loan service, or through other sources. For lists of books discussed in Book Talks at the library, visit our Book Talk Booklists page.For additional booklists aimed at Teens or Young Adults, visit our Teen Page!
- Allure of the Outdoors: Travel and Nature Writings [fiction and non-fiction about travel and nature]
- Anchors Aweigh! Naval Adventure Fiction
- "Best" Westerns
Biblical Figures in Adult Fiction [novels featuring prominent biblical characters]
- The Black Detective [mystery novels featuring African-American sleuths]
- The Brides of the Bachelor [fiction dealing with art, artists and the artistic process]
- By the Numbers [fiction and non-fiction with titles comprised only of numbers]
- Civil War Mysteries [recent mystery novels set in the U.S. Civil War period]
- The Colors of Love [ethnic/Afro-American and interracial romance fiction]
- Confronting Cancer [fiction dealing with coping with or surviving cancer]
- A Crop of Words [Nebraska Poets]
- Dark Futures: Cyberpunk Stories [novels or anthologies in the Cyberpunk science fiction subgenre]
- Elementary... [Follow-ups, parodies and pastiches featuring Sherlock Holmes and Holmes-like characters]
- En Passant; A Selection of Chess Materials [fiction and non-fiction]
Fanged Fiction [horror and/or romance novels featuring vampires or vampiric themes -- on our Teen Cafe Page]
- Fangs a Lot! [horror and/or romance novels featuring vampires or vampiric themes]
- Forensic Fiction [mystery or suspense/thriller novels featuring scientific crime solving]
- Game On! [fiction and non-fiction titles that should appeal to fans of online gaming and role-playing games -- on our Teen Cafe Page]
- Genealogy Mysteries [mystery novels with a genealogy theme or background]
- Heart Land [romance novels by Nebraskans and other mid-west authors]
- The Holmes on the Range mystery series [pdf document]
- In Space No One Can Hear You Laugh... [science fiction or fantasy which is humorous, satiric or parodies]
- In Want of More Jane Austen? [sequels to Austen novels, or novels featuring Austen as a character]
- International Authors [a varied selection of fiction and non-fiction by authors from around the world]
- It's Academic [mystery novels with an academic setting]
- The Jesse Stone series [up through 2008, including books and DVDs] [pdf document]
- Keep It In the Family [epic or multi-generational family sagas]
- Legal Thrillers
- Loren Eiseley Centennial 1907-2007: A Biographical Note and A Representative Checklist of Materials [pdf document]
- Love & Danger: Gothics! [classic Gothic Romances and Gothic novels]
- Masterpiece Theater at 35 [a list -- in .pdf format -- of the first 35 seasons of Masterpiece Theatre productions through Jan 2006]
- Medieval Fiction [general fiction or mysteries set primarily or entirely in the Middle Ages]
- The Midnight Louis mystery series - checklist through 2006 [pdf document] [handout for Just Desserts discussion group, July 27, 2006]
- Mistletoe Mysteries [mysteries set during the Christmas or New Years holidays]
- Murder by Gaslight [mysteries set in the Victorian Era]
- Murder Multiplied [mysteries/thrillers with Serial Killer plots]
- Murder on the Menu [mysteries with a culinary theme]
- Murder With a Green Thumb [mysteries featuring gardening or gardeners as sleuths]
- Mysteries by Category [recommendations in 10 popular mystery sub-genres]
- Mysterious Nebraska [mysteries written by Nebraska authors or set in Nebraska]
- Mystery, Music, Murder, Mayhem [murder mysteries with a musical theme]
- Native Voices [fiction by contemporary Native American novelists]
- Nebraska Authors/Illustrators
- One Book One Lincoln finalists [the five finalists for One Book One Lincoln for each year from 2002 to 2006]
- The Oprah Book Club Selections [mostly fiction, some non-fiction, selected by Oprah from 1996 to the present]
The Phryne Fisher series [up through 2008 -- Australian historical mystery series] [pdf document]
- Presidential Fiction [novels featuring U.S. Presidents]
- Remembering...Ed McBain [pdf document]
- Remembering...Mickey Spillane [pdf document]
- Remembering...Kathleen Woodiwiss [pdf document]
Ripper! [[horror, mystery and/or non-fiction titles looking at Jack the Ripper]
- Senior Sleuths [mysteries featuring sleuths in their retired years]
- Somewhere in Time [time-travel romances]
Star Trek: The Reading List
Star Wars: The Reading List
- Sweetgrass and Desert Sage [mystery novels featuring Native American sleuths]
- Time is Relative [science fiction novels with Time Travel plots]
- Time Magazine's 100 Best Novels, 1923-2005 [critically acclaimed English-language novels]
- Tony Hillerman's Joe Leaphorn-Jim Chee Mysteries [pdf document] [handout for Just Desserts discussion group, July 26, 2007]
- TV Tie-Ins [original fiction based on popular television series through the years]
- War Stories [military fiction set during wars from 1200 B.C. to the present]
- What Other Cities Are Reading [a list, in pdf format, of community reading selections up to 2004]
- Word Weavers: A Multicultural List of Fiction by Women
- You've Seen the Movie...Now Read the Book! [novels, plays or short stories turned into Oscar-winning movies]
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