Readers' Corner

Book Lists

Readers love lists. Armed with a good list, a reader can approach a collection of books; whether in person at the library or at home on the Internet with some sense of confidence and direction. Here are just a few.

Booklist Center
Bills itself as the web’s largest collection of booklists, with 346 lists in 82 categories.

Mostly Fiction - Booklists!
The Waterboro Public Library, in Maine, maintains this outstanding collection of links to all manner of subject oriented fiction lists.

The Book That Changed My Life
The National Book Foundation asked winners and finalists of the National Book Award to tell about the book that had the most influence on their own lives and writings.

Modern Library’s 100 Best Books
Modern Library, a branch of Random House Publishing, first produced this list in 1998. It spawned other lists, most notably the 100 Best Novels, compiled by the Radcliffe Publishing Group.