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Fond du Lac Public Library
32 Sheboygan St.
Fond du Lac, Wisconsin 54935
(920) 929-7080 email: reference@fdlpl.org

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Reader Connection

NextReads
Bestseller Lists & Award Winners
Book Clubs
Resources for Book Lovers
Library Catalogs
New Books, CD Books, & DVDs
Suggest a Book
Booksellers

New at the Library New at the LibraryChild's Garden: 60 Ideas to Make Any Garden Come Alive for Children
Molly Dannenmaier

This is in the New Nonfiction Section. Call number 712.6 D232.

Reader's Choice Readers Choice The Garden Book for Wisconsin
Melinda Myers
Expert advice for gardeners. This is located in the Nonfiction Section. Call number 635.0977 M992.
To Be Published Soon

Here are some books that will be published in June. Please note that publishers sometimes change the scheduled date of publication. Click on the link to put a hold on the book. You will then be notified when the book comes in for you.

Child, Lee. Nothing to Lose

Collins, Jackie. Married Lovers

Connolly, John. The Reapers

Coulter, Catherine. Tailspin

Cussler, Clive. Plague Ship

Deaver, Jeffery. Broken Window

Evanovich, Janet. Fearless Fourteen

Frey, James. Bright Shiny Morning

Green, Jane. Beach House

Griffin, W. E. B. Death And Honor

Guterson, David. The Other

Howard, Linda. Death Angel

Lindsey, Johanna. No Choice But Seduction

Lowell, Elizabeth. Blue Smoke And Murder

Margolin, Phillip. Executive Privilege

Palmer, Diana. Fearless

Parker, Robert B. Resolution

Patterson, James. Sail

Perry, Thomas. Fidelity

Siddons, Anne Rivers. Off Season

Steel, Danielle. Rogue

 

NextReads

Looking for suggestions on what to read next? Sign up for Next Reads and reading lists will be sent to your e-mail inbox with new gems, bestsellers and related titles. The titles are linked to our library catalog, so you can see if they’re available and place holds for those you’re interested in reading. Choose the topics that interest you. Click here to get started.

Bestseller Lists & Award Winners

New York Times Bestseller List
Book Sense Bestsellers
Pulitzer Prize
National Book Awards
Nobel Prize
AwardWeb Mainly science fiction but has links to many other award sites

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Book Clubs

Contact the Fond du Lac Public Library for help in forming a book club. The library currently hosts two adult book discussion groups on a monthly basis. Ladies of the Evening Book Group meets the first Tuesday of each month from 6:30-8:00 p.m. and the Afternoon Delight Book Group meets the second Wednesday of each month from 1:30-3:00 p.m. Both groups meet in the Seefeld Conference Room on the second floor of the library.

Participants in the groups select by consensus the titles they want to read each month. The library provides copies of the selected titles a month in advance. The library also provides coffee and tea. Snacks are provided by the group members on a rotating basis.

Some of the titles that have been featured in the book groups are Memoirs of a Geisha, Pride and Prejudice, 1,000 White Women, The Kite Runner, and The Story of Helen Keller. Both groups welcome new members at any time.

For more information or to register for one of these groups, please contact Cheryl Bornemann at 929-7080, Ext. 126, or e-mail bornemann(at)fdlpl.org.

Talk About Books Join the Fond du Lac Public Library Online Forum. Share your thoughts on a book that made an impression on you or a good mystery.

DearReader Online Book Club Each day you will receive by e-mail a portion of a book to read. You can then decide if you want to check the book out from the library. You can sign up for specific categories such as mysteries, romance, or nonfiction.

Oprah's Book Club

Read On Wisconsin! Each month a new book is recommended in five age groups-from preschool through high school.

ReadingGroupGuides.com Book summaries, suggested questions and author biographies.

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Resources for Book Lovers


Audio Books Our Library is providing access to the OverDrive Digital Audio Book collection. You can download audio books to your to your PC and listen to them on your computer, transfer them to a digital audio player, PDA, or other portable device or burn them to a CD. Go to http://dbooks.wplc.info/ to start or get more information at www.winnefox.org/er/Overdrive/.

Authors on the Web Biographical information on authors, links to author newsletters and author web sites.

BookBrowser Partnered with Barnes and Noble. Find out what America is reading. See lists of books that will soon be published. Browse books by category.

BookWire Information about the book industry, book summaries, author interviews.

Complete Review Literary. Goes beyond the popular and bestsellers.

FictionFinder Can search by character, setting, place, literary form.

Focus Fiction San Antonio Public Library site. Good lists of author "read-a-likes".

Genrefluent By Diana Tixier Herald, book reviewer and author of Genreflecting. Information about new books for adults and teens.

LitFinder Find poems, short stories, essays, speeches and plays by searching nearly a million full-text documents, literary excerpts and citations. Part of Badgerlink and available only to Wisconsin residents.

Multnomah Booklists From the Multnomah Coounty (OR) Library. Booklists for babies, kids, teens and adults.

NetLibrary Handy for homework, after-hours reference work and for classic literature. Available only to Fond du Lac Library and Winnefox Library System users.

New Mystery Reader Features author interviews and book reviews. Includes suspense and thrillers.

NoveList Assists fiction readers in finding new authors, titles, and "read-a-likes". Browse theme-oriented book lists, awards lists, and fiction-related web sites. Available only to Fond du Lac Library users.

Overbooked For ravenous readers. Annotated lists of non-fiction and fiction, reviews and author information.

Reader's Advice Latest books by big-name authors, genre index and similar titles lists. Includes children's and teen books.

Reader's Robot Can search for books by appeal factors.

Stop, You're Killing Me! For mystery readers. Great for finding the order of series.

TeachingBooks Information on authors and illustrators for grades PreK-12. Part of Badgerlink and available to Wisconsin residents

Webrary Web Sites for Book Lovers Morton Grove (IL) Public Library web site. Very large number of links to sites for book reviews, book discussion guides, publishers, genres (horror, mystery, romance, science fiction, westerns), literary awards, and books featured in the media.

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Library Catalogs

Fond du Lac Public Library and Winnefox Library System Find books, audiobooks, e-books, and videos in the Fond du Lac Library and in libraries in the counties of Fond du Lac, Winnebago, Green Lake, Marquette, and Waushara. You can put books on hold and check your own account.

BadgerCat Holdings for libraries throughout Wisconsin

WorldCat Holdings for libraries throughout the country and some foreign countries.

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Suggest a Book for Purchase

Click on this link to suggest a book for purchase or contact the Fond du Lac Public Library:

Fond du Lac Public Library
32 Sheboygan Street
Fond du Lac, WI 54935
(920) 929-7080 option 4
reference(at)fdlpl.org

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Booksellers

The BookCellar Buy used books, CDs, and videos from the Friends of the Library BookCellar in the lower level of the Library.

Abebooks New, used, out-of-print, and rare books.

Amazon Books, books on tape and on CD, videos, and music.

Barnes and Noble Books, books on tape and on CD, videos, and music.

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