When John Grisham is out, Mary Higgins Clark is on hold and Harry Potter is nowhere in sight NoveList and NoveList K-8 can help you find your next book to read!

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NoveList : Helping readers find their next good book.

This database of over 125,000 fiction titles for readers of all ages lets you use your favorite author to link to other books you might enjoy. Grisham fans can find over 200 other legal thrillers they might like to read and you can locate hundreds of fantasies with young heroes!

The "For Readers" tab provides additional material for fiction exploration. For example, "Author Read-alikes" list the appeal factors of your favorite authors and suggest other authors or titles that are similar. "What We're Reading" lists the current titles being read by nationally-known fiction experts.

Looking for a book for your next book group meeting?

Click on the "Book Discussion Guides" link to find over 100 in-depth book discussion guides for popular book group titles. Each guide contains a brief author biography, a plot summary and discussion questions (with answers!). These guides are guaranteed to make your next book club meeting one of the best.

Don't belong to a club? These guides are a great way for independent readers to deepen their individual enjoyment and experience of a good book.

TIP: You can also browse complete lists of award winning titles in NoveList's Best Fiction section-another way to find books for your group.

Looking for a book to help your first-grader get ready for the first day of school?

Use "Describe A Plot" and enter the words that describe the book you would like to read. NoveList uses over 36,000 subject headings to describe the books contained in our database-but don't worry about learning all those headings-"Describe A Plot" lets you enter your own words and we look for books that you will enjoy.

TIP: The "School Resources" tab offers additional book lists for young readers. TIP: If you are looking for a list or article on a specific topic, use the Article and List search at the "Search Our Database" tab.

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NoveList K-8 : A Fiction Database for the Classroom

NoveList K-8 is a powerful and creative educational tool for media specialists, teachers and students that maximizes the instructional and pleasure of fiction resources.

Basic Features of the NoveList K-8 Database Include:

• 46,000+ fiction titles (including Easy, Children's, Young Adult and carefully selected Adult titles used in the middle school curriculum)
• 36,000+ subject headings
• Full-text, authoritative reviews from sources such as Library Journal, School Library Journal and Booklist .
• Access to the NoveList K-8 Learning Center , an online modular approach to training, in the Support section in the left-hand margin from any page.
• The option to sort your search results by popularity. Popular titles are starred to alert you to titles with high demand. Our popularity information is gathered from thousands of libraries and retail outlets nationwide and is based on ordering information received from Baker & Taylor. If the book has met the popularity criteria, a series of one to four stars will be displayed to indicate the popularity factor for the title.

Special Features of NoveList K-8 Designed to Enhance its Usefulness for Educators:

• The Teacher Resources tab is devoted to information of interest to library media specialists and teachers.
• Booktalks for children and young adults.
• Curriculum-based articles featuring ideas for integrating reading into any content area at any grade level (e.g.: "African-American Coming of Age Stories.")
• Specialized bibliographies focusing on topics and literary genres that appeal to young adults (Science Fiction; Mysteries and Thrillers; Fantasy; etc.).

Specific Search Strategies That Will Make Your Job Easier:

Find Similar Books :

Locate the title record of a specific book that was enjoyed by the reader. Click on the button at the top of the record, labeled "Find Similar Books." A list of subject headings relevant to this title appear. The reader checks all the subject headings that are either "desired" or "required" in a book. Click "search" and a list of titles appear that contain the requested subject headings. ( Example: A student enjoyed reading To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee. She is interested in fiction about African-Americans who are "coming of age" and experiencing racism. By checking these desired subject headings, she will access titles such as The Road to Memphis by Mildred D. Taylor, White Lilacs by Carolyn Meyer, and many others).

Describe a Plot, Topic or Unit

Sometimes it is difficult for students to articulate their reading needs in appropriate search language. With the Describe a Plot, Topic or Unit feature, they can use their own natural language to search for books.

( Example: A student is required to find a book about the Vietnam War from a teenager's point of view. By typing "teenagers during the Vietnam War" in the search box, he will access a list of titles such as Fallen Angels by Walter Dean Myers, The Road Home by Ellen Emerson White, and others.)

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