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Book Lists for Adults

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2020 Best Summer Books: A list of the best fiction and nonfiction books to read this summer compiled from recommendations from Elle, Entertainment Weekly, Oprah Magazine, Southern Living, Time, and The Washington Post .
2020 Lariat List of Recommended Adult Fiction: Outstanding fiction published during the preceeding 2 years that the Texas Librarians on the Lariat List Committee found to be “a pleasure to read.”
2020 LibraryReads: eBooks & eAudiobooks - Updated with AUGUST titles: LibraryReads lists the top ten books published each month that librarians across the country love. These are titles from each month's list owned by the Carrollton Public Library as eBooks or eAudiobooks.
eBooks by Top Authors - Updated 7-22-20 to reflect recent checkout trends: Find eBooks and eAudiobooks by the top 40 circulating adult fiction authors at each Library location. The positions on the list are based on recent checkout activity of physical books.
Up Lit: Feel-Good Fiction - Updated with additional titles (marked New to List): Tired of unreliable narrators and characters you just don't like? Give these titles affirming positive human connections a try. Even as characters confront tough circumstances, they also encounter kindness, humor, hope, compassion, empathy, and the best of ordinary humanity.
The Reading List 2020: Honoring Outstanding Genre Fiction: The Reading List Council seeks to highlight outstanding genre fiction that merits special attention by adult readers. The eight genres currently included are adrenaline titles (suspense, thrillers, and action adventure), fantasy, historical fiction, horror, mystery, relationship, romance, and science fiction. The Reading List Council is part of the Reference and User Services Association division of the American Library Association.
2020 Carnegie Medal for Fiction Nominees: Nominees for the best fiction book for adult readers published in the U.S. the previous year. (American Library Association); 2020 Winner:
Lost Children Archive by Valeria Luiselli
2020 Carnegie Medal for Nonfiction Nominees: Nominees for the best nonfiction book for adult readers published in the U.S. the previous year. (American Library Association); 2020 Winner:
Midnight in Chernobyl: The Untold Story of the World's Greatest Nuclear Disaster by Adam Higginbotham
2019 National Book Awards Longlist for Fiction: The National Book Awards were established in 1950 to celebrate the best writing in America and are overseen by the National Book Foundation, a nonprofit organization.
The Reading List 2019: Honoring Outstanding Genre Fiction: The Reading List Council seeks to highlight outstanding genre fiction that merits special attention by adult readers. The eight genres currently included are adrenaline titles (suspense, thrillers, and action adventure), fantasy, historical fiction, horror, mystery, romance, science fiction, and women’s fiction. The Reading List Council is part of the Reference and User Services Association division of the American Library Association.
Parents' Library: Parenting titles puchased with a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services through the Texas State Library and Archives Commission.
Mystery & Thriller Authors: Author searches grouped by mystery and thriller categories, sorted with newest books first.
Romance Authors: Author searches grouped by romance categories, sorted with newest books first.
African American Authors Updated with New Authors: African American author searches sorted by genre.

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