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Interested in receiving a Personalized Adult Reading List? Visit our PEARLs page and fill out the online form. We'll get back to you within 10-14 days with recommendations based on your specific reading interests! [This service is available only to current card-holding patrons of the Lincoln City Library system.] Go to the PEARLs form
Booklists
Click the logo above or "go" button below to browse the 80+ original booklists created by BookGuide staff, available on our site, for both fiction and non-fiction titles. Or, see the list Indexed by Genre. Also, check out the Index to Book Talk Booklists, for lists of books discussed at past booktalks at the libraries. Go to our Booklists page
Award Winners
Find out which novels have won literature's highest awards -- from science fiction's Hugo and Nebula awards, to mystery's Edgar and horror's Stoker; also including RITAs, Spurs, Pulitzers, National Book Awards, PEN/Faulkners and many more... Go to our Award Winners page
Readalikes
Looking for books similar to those by your favorite author? Take a look at these "read-alike" lists...you might just find a new favorite! Go to our Readalikes page
Staff Recommendations
One of our June 2008 Staff Recommendations "Longtime fans of the British television series Doctor Who, as well as viewers new to this time-traveling adventure series will appreciate this season-long boxed set of the 2006 episodes featuring Christopher Eccleston as The Doctor and Billie Piper as his new companion Rose Tyler. The series actually began in 1963, and concluded its 26th continuous s..."  [full comments]

Updated with ten new entries every month, including novels, non-fiction, audio/CD adaptations, DVDs and music-related items. Check out the June 2008 recommendations right now, submit your own review scores on our recommended titles, or browse the archive of all past Staff Recommendations, either by author/title or by reviewer!

Go to the Staff Recommendations page

Customer Reviews
A new customer-reviewed title "This is childhood memoir that trumps and triumphs at every turn. Walls grew up learning how to survive in an impoverished and itinerant environment fostered upon her by wildly self-indulgent parents. She survives by learning how to be responsible for herself even at the t..."  [full comments]

Would you like to share your own reviews of books, CDs, DVDs, audio or video tapes, or read brief reviews from other local readers? Then stop by our Customer Reviews page, browse the existing reviews, and fill out our simple form to Submit Your Own Review! Go to the Customer Reviews page

Reader Lists
Hitch!
-- submitted in May by Amanda A.
Rope It's Only a Movie To Catch a Thief The Dark Side of Genius
Do you have a short list of recommended books, recorded books, CDs or DVDs/Videos you would like to share with fellow BookGuide visitors? Then stop by our Reader Lists page, browse the lists submitted by other readers, and fill out our simple form to Submit Your Own List! Go to the Reader Lists page
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