Let's Talk About It! Resources for Readers

Themes and Books

Let's Talk About It! Find information for the thirteen (13) reading and discussion themes, including theme essays, book descriptions, author information, discussion questions and lists for further reading.

Program Schedule

View the statewide program schedules for Fall programs and Winter/Spring programs. Schedules are updated daily during scheduling time: August through October and December through March.

Other Links for Readers

Book lists

www.lili.org Click on LiLI Databases / Log into the LiLI Databases/ It requires a password to use which you can request from the web site.

http://www.bookbrowse.com/
Book Browse doesn't sell books or accept payments to list books. This site aims to provide the cream of the crop: an eclectic, informative and interesting selection of books, from established writers to first time authors, from a wide range of genres, both fiction and non-fiction.

www.bookspot.com/
BookSpot.com is a free resource center that simplifies the search for the best book-related content on the Web. From the site, quickly and easily find bestseller lists, book awards and reviews, electronic texts, online booksellers, antique books, author and publisher information, literary criticism, book news and events, and much more.

http://www.pulitzer.org/
The site features the history of the Pulitzer Prize and an archive of past winners.

Resources for book groups

Woman Reading a Book on a Wingback Chair A number of publishers have web sites with book lists, discussion guides, author interviews and information for reading groups. Here are a selection of sites:

www.randomhouse.com/vintage/read/
Vintage and Anchor books are imprints of Knopf Publishing Group, part of Random House Publishers.

www.randomhouse.com/BB/read/
Ballentine Books, another Random House imprint.

www.randomhouse.com/resources/bookgroup/
Bantam, Broadway, Dell and Doubleday Book Group Corner imprints of Random House offer readers' companion guides.

http://us.penguingroup.com/static/html/readingguides/index.html
Penguin Group Publisher's reading guides.

www.readinggroupguides.com
As part of the Book Report Network, this site features discussion guides, author interviews, and a newsletter.

http://www.parkridgelibrary.org/bkdiscguide.html
A comprehensive web site with links to book lists and discussion guides and information for starting a reading group hosted by the Park Ridge Public Library, Illinois.

http://www.spl.org/default.asp?pageID=collection_readinglists_discussiongroup
The Washington Center for the Book offers ideas for getting a book group started as well as suggested books.