Librarian Newsletter: Fall Reading Lists & Books with Strong Female Leads

Librarian Newsletter: October 2021

Greetings!

Is there anything more pleasant than reading a great book on a chilly autumn day? Here we get you and your patrons ready for fall with seasonally-themed reading lists, and we share a selection of books with strong female leads -- just one of the many categories you can use to curate your search with BookBrowse.

We also feature hand-selected read-alikes for two recent hardcovers: The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois by Honorée Fannone Jeffers, and Damnation Spring by Ash Davidson, along with previews of October's upcoming titles.

And please join me for a Guided Tour of BookBrowse where you can get your questions answered in real time. Links to register are below.

Thank you for reading, and enjoy!

Elena Spagnolie, Library Specialist

elena.spagnolie@bookbrowse.com

Books By Theme: Strong Female Leads

At BookBrowse, you can search for books by genre, setting, time period and theme, so you can filter your results and find exactly the right book for you.

All visitors can browse by genre, but most other categories are only available to our members, and to patrons and staff of libraries that subscribe.

Here, we feature books from our "strong female leads" category -- just one of dozens of themes to explore. Take a look!

Explore "Strong Female Leads"

Reading Lists for Fall!

In addition to over 150 browsable categories, BookBrowse offers more than 100 carefully curated reading lists. Some are available for all to read, while others are only for members and patrons/staff of subscribing libraries.

Here are a few to get you ready for chilly autumn reading:

"Coming of Autumn"

"Southern Gothic"

"When Dystopia Meets Mystery"

"Zombies in Literature"

Browse More Reading Lists

If your library subscribes to BookBrowse for Libraries you can share any of the reading lists with your patrons, including in emails and in print (we kindly ask that you cite BookBrowse). If your library does not subscribe, you are welcome to link to lists, assuming they are publicly available.

Fall Sale Begins

We're kicking off our fall sale!

SAVE 10%

on new library subscriptions, and

LOCK IN SAVINGS FOR 2 YEARS*

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Learn More

Interested in finding out more? Join us for a free, 30-minute Guided Tour of BookBrowse for Libraries and get your questions answered in real time.

Click a link below to register.

Mon., Oct. 4th @ 2 pm EDT

Weds., Oct. 20th @ 2 pm EDT

Certificate of attendance available.

Featured Read-Alikes

BookBrowse offers hand-picked read-alike recommendations for more than 4,000 books and 3,000 authors. All visitors have access to a limited number of results; and members and patrons/librarians of subscribing libraries have full access.

Here is a sample:

The Revisioners

by Margaret Wilkerson Sexton

by Jesmyn Ward

by Charlie Smith

by Claire Boyles

by Richard Powers

by Annie Proulx

Looking for more information on hand-picked read-alikes? Check out our quick, 2-minute video on how we pick them and where to find them.

Watch 2-Minute Read-Alikes Video

October's New & Notable Books

From the many books that will publish in October, we've selected 55 that we think are particularly noteworthy.

If you are a subscriber (whether individual or a patron/librarian of a subscribing library) you can see and sort the full list, and download it. If you are not, you'll be able to see all books up to the current month.

Browse October Books

For questions about BookBrowse for Libraries,

including quotes and trials, please contact me:

Elena Spagnolie, Library Specialist

elena.spagnolie@bookbrowse.com

1-800-745-5306 x 109

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