City of Carrollton, TX
Home MenuBook Lists
Sections on this page:
Book Lists for Adults • Adult Book Buzz
Book Lists for Adults
- New Books Coming
- Books being published in the next couple of months ready for your holds.
- 2021 Best Summer Reads
- A list of the best fiction and nonfiction books to read this summer compiled from recommendations from Esquire, Oprah Daily, PopSugar, Southern Living, Time, and The Washington Post .
- The 2021 Reading List: 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 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.
- 2021 Lariat List of Recommended Adult Fiction
- Outstanding fiction published during the preceding 2 years that the Texas Librarians on the Lariat List Committee found to be “a pleasure to read.”
- 2021 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)
- 2021 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 LibraryReads: eBooks & eAudiobooks
- 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.
- Up Lit: Feel-Good Fiction
- 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 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)
- The Great American Read
- Titles owned by the Carrollton Public Library from PBS's list of America’s 100 most-loved books brought to you by The Great American Read.
- 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
- African American author searches sorted by genre.
Adult Book Buzz
Episode 36: Personal Style
See Catalog Links & Title Summaries for Books in This Episode
Explore the Library Collections
- Audiobooks
- Browse the audiobook collection by fiction genres.
- Language Learning Materials
- Explore materials to learn a variety of languages including English.
- Magazines & Newspapers
- Explore the newspaper collection and magazine collection by category.
- Large Print Books
- Explore the large print book collection by fiction genres, biographies, and all nonfiction.
- Music
- Explore the music CD collection by category or composer.
- Explore Page
- See ALL the explore options.
Resources for Book Recommendations
- NoveList Plus
- Find author read-alikes, book discussion guides, and more.
- NextReads Newsletters
- Get fiction and nonfiction reading suggestions in your inbox.
- Explore past issues of NextReads newsletters.