Booklists
African American Authors
Some of the greatest names in African-American Literature:
Alers, Rochelle
Ansa, Tina McElroy
Baldwin, James
Bambara, Toni C.
Baxt, George
Beatty, Paul
Benson, Angela
Berry, Bertice
Bland, Eleanor Taylor
Briscoe, Connie
Brown, Parry A.
Bunkley, Anita Richmond
Bulter, Octavia
Burney, Claudia Mair
Campbell, Bebe Moore
Carter, Charlotte
Carter, Stephen L.
Chambers, Christopher
Chase-Riboud, Barbara
Cleage, Pearl
Conde, Maryse
Cooper, J. California
Danticat, Edwidge
Darden, Christopher
Davis, Thulani
Delany, Samuel R.
DeLoach, Nora
Dickey, Eric Jerome
Due, Tananarive
Durham, David Anthony
Edwards, Grace F.
Ellison, Ralph
Everett, Percival
Gaines, Ernest
Golden, Marita
Green, Carmen
Greer, Robert O.
Hamilton, Virginia
Hardwick, Gary
Harris, E. Lynn
Haynes, David
Hill, Donna
Himes, Chester
Holton, Hugh
Hudson-Smith, Linda
Hurston, Zora Neale
Jackson, Brenda
Joe, Yolanda
Johnson, Charles Richard
Johnson, R. M.
Jones, Edward P.
Jones, Tayari
King-Gamble, Marcia
Kitt, Sandra
Lovell, Glenville
Marshall, Paule
Massey, Brandon
McBride, James
McFadden, Bernice L.
McMillan, Terry
Mickelbury, Penny
Morrison, Mary B.
Morrison, Toni
Mosley, Walter
Myers, Walter Dean
Naylor, Gloria
Neely, Barbara
Olden, Marc
Palfrey, Evelyn
Perrin, Kayla
Phillips, Caryl
Phillips, Gary
Ray, Francis
Reed, Ishmael
Rhodes, Jewell Parker
Roby, Kimberla L.
Sanders, Dori
Shange, Ntozke
Sinclair, April
Souljah, Sister
Taylor, Mildred
Thomas, Jacquelin
Thomas-Graham, Pamel
Turner, Nikki
Tyree, Omar
Walker, Alice
Walker, Blair S.
Weber, Carl
Wesley, Valerie Wilson
Whitehead, Colson
Woods, Paula L.
Wideman, John E.
Wright, Richard
Yerby, Frank
Zane
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Amish Stories and Series
Enjoy these heartwarming stories and series set in Amish communities. All are located in the Gentle Reads section, alphabetical by author, unless otherwise indicated.
BENDER, CARRIE
Dora’s Diary series
Whispering Brook series
BRUNSTETTER, WANDA E.
Lydia’s Charm
White Christmas Pie
Brides of Lancaster County series
Brides of Webster County series
Daughters of Lancaster County series
Indiana Cousins series
Sisters of Holmes County series
BYLER, LINDA
Lizzie Searches series
CAMERON, BARBARA
Quilts of Lancaster County series
CASTILLO, LINDA (Fiction)
Kate Burkholder series
CHAPMAN, VANETTA
A Simple Amish Christmas
CLARK, MINDY STARNS
Women of Lancaster County series
CLIPSTON, AMY
Kauffman Amish Bakery series
CRAMER, W. DALE
Levi’s Will
Daughters of Caleb Bender series
EICHER, JERRY
Adams County series
Hannah’s Heart series
Little Valley series
ELLIS, MARY
Miller Family series
Wayne County series
FISHER, SUZANNE
Lancaster County series
FULLER, KATHLEEN
Hearts of Middlefield series
GAUS, PAUL (Mystery)
Ohio Amish Mystery series
GRAY, SHELLEY SHEPARD
Seasons of Sugarcreek series
Sisters of the Heart series
HOFF, B. J.
Riverhaven Years series
LEWIS, BEVERLY
Abram’s Daughters series
Amish Country Crossroads series
Annie’s People series
Courtship of Nellie Fisher series
Heritage of Lancaster County series
Rose Trilogy series
Seasons of Grace series
LODGE, HILLARY MANTON
Plain and Simple series
LONG, KELLY
An Amish Love
Patch of Heaven series
PERRY, MARTA
Pleasant Valley series
PICOUT, JODIE (Fiction)
Plain Truth
ROPER, GAYLE G.
Amish Farm trilogy
WISEMAN, BETH
An Amish Gathering
Daughters of Promise series
WOODSMALL, CINDY
The Sound of Sleighbells
Ada’s House series
Sisters of the Quilt series
WORKINGER, BARBARA (Mystery)
In Dutch Again
Shoofly Pie to Die
YODER MILLER, EVIE
Eyes at the Window
Da Vinci Code Read Alikes
If you enjoyed The Da Vinci Code, by Dan Brown, you might enjoy the following titles.
All are shelved in Fiction, alphabetically by the author's last name:
FICTION ACKROYD
The Clerkenwell Tales, by Peter Ackroyd
FICTION BENSON
The Burning Road, by Ann Benson
FICTION BERRY
The Amber Room, by Steve Berry
FICTION BROWN
Angels and Demons
The Lost Symbol, by Dan Brown
FICTION CALDWELL
The Rule of Four, by Ian Caldwell
FICTION DUNBAR
False Images, by Catherine Dunbar
FICTION ECO
Foucault’s Pendulum
The Name of the Rose, by Umberto Eco
FICTION FURST
Blood of Victory, by Alan Furst
FICTION GROSSMAN
Codex, by Lev Grossman
FICTION HARRIS
Enigma, by Robert Harris
FICTION KOSTOVA
The Historian, by Elizabeth Kostova
FICTION LITTELL
The Company: A Novel of the CIA, by Robert Littell
FICTION NEVILL
The Eight
The Magic Circle, by Katherine Nevill
FICTION PALLISER
The Unburied, by Charles Palliser
FICTION PEARL
The Dante Club, by Matthew Pearl
FICTION PEARS
An Instance at the Fingerpost, by Iain Pears
FICTION PEREZREV
The Club Dumas, by Arturo Perez-Reverte
FICTION PRESTON
Brimstone
The Cabinet of Curiosities, by Douglas Preston
FICTION RABB
The Book of Q
The Overseer, by Jonathan Rabb
FCTION ROLLINS
Map of Bones, by James Rollins
FICTION SIERRA
The Secret Supper, by Javier Sierra
FICTION SILVA
The Confessor
The Kill Artist, by Daniel Silva
FICTION WHYTE
Knights of the Black and White
Order in Chaos, by Jack Whyte
FICTION WOOD
The Prophetess, by Barbara Wood
FICTION ZIMLER
The Last Kabbalist of Lisbon, by Richard Zimler
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James Patterson Read Alikes
Waiting for the newest release by James Patterson? Some of these authors might help you pass the time. All are shelved in Fiction alphabetically by the author's last name.
Cannell, Stephen
Child, Lee
Cline, C. Terry
Connelly, Michael
Deaver, Jeffrey
Fielding, Joy
Harris, Thomas
Harvey, James Neal
Harvey, Michael
Iles, Greg
Katzenbach, John
Kava, Alex
Klavan, Andrew
Lieberman, Herbert
Lindsey, David
Mahoney, Dan
Margolin, Philip
Martin, David
Nasaw, Johnathan
O'Connell, Carol
Olshaker, Mark
Pearson, Ridley
Sandford, John
Wiltse, David
Woods, Stuart
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Janet Evanovich Read Alikes
Plum out of books by Janet Evanovich? Try some of these authors that also feature some fun and offbeat characters. Authors followed by an * are shelved in the Mystery section. All others are shelved alphabetically by author's last name in Fiction.
Andersen, Susan
Andrews, Donna*
Andrews, Mary Kay
Bartholomew, Nancy*
Carrington, Tori*
Coben, Harlan
Crusie, Jennifer
Eichler, Selma*
Hayter, Sparkle*
Henderson, Lauren
Hess, Joan*
Hiaasen, Carl
Isaacs, Susan
Kellogg, Marne Davis*
Kozak, Harley Jane*
Maracotta, Lindsay*
McCrumb, Sharyn*
Muller, Marcia*
Neely, Barbara*
Phillips, Susan Elizabeth
Robards, Karen
Roberts, Gillian*
Rogers, Chris
Rubino, Jane*
Scottoline, Lisa
Smith, April
Strohmeyer, Sarah (has titles in Mystery and Fiction)
Trocheck, Kathy Hogan*
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John Grisham Read Alikes
Lots of great legal thriller authors to try when you've read all of John Grisham:
William Bernhardt
Jay Brandon
Thomas Chastain
William Coughlin
Robert Daley
William Diehl
Philip Friedman
Mark Gimenez
James Grippando
Lee Gruenfeld
Clifford Irving
Joseph Klempner
Mimi Lavenda Latt
John Lescroart
Paul Levine
Bonnie MacDougal
John S. Martel
Steve Martini
Brad Meltzer
Perri O’Shaughnessy
Barbara Parker
Richard North Patterson
Ridley Pearson
Barry Reed
Nancy Taylor Rosenberg
Lawrence Sanders
Lisa Scottoline
Grif Stockley
Robert Tannenbaum
William Tapply
Scott Turow
Gallatin Warfield
Shelby Yastrow
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Left Behind Read Alikes
Is it the end of the world as we know it? Find out with these Left Behind series read-alikes.
FICTION ANDERSON
Millennium, by Jack Anderson
FICTION BEAUSEIGNEUR
In His Image
Birth of an Age
Acts of God, by James BeauSeigneur
FICTION BENIG
Messiah Stones, by Irving Benig
FICTION BUNN
The Warning
The Ultimatum, by T. Davis Bunn
FICTION CROUCH
The Omega Code, by Tim Crouch
FICTION DEKKER
Showdown, by Ted Dekker
FICTION FOLSOM
Day of Confession, by Allan Folsom
FICTION HUNT
The Immortal, by Angela Elwell Hunt
FICTION HUFFY
Hallelujah Side, by Rhoda Huffy
FICTION JEFFREY
Flee the Darkness, by Grant Jeffrey
FICTION JENSEN
Millennium Rising, by Janet Jensen
FICTION KESSEL
Good News from Outer Space, by John Kessel
FICTION KING
The Stand, by Stephen King
FICTION LINDSEY
Blood Moon, by Hal Lindsey
FICTION MARZULLI
Nephilim
Unholy Deception
The Revealing, by L. A. Marzulli
FICTION MEIER
The Third Millennium
The Fourth Millennium, by Paul Meier
FICTION MYERS
Blood of Heaven
Threshold
Fire of Heaven, by Bill Myers
FICTION OBRIEN
Father Elijah, by Michael O’Brien
FICTION PERETTI
This Present Darkness
Piercing the Darkness
Prophet
Oath, by Frank Peretti
FICTION PHILLIPS
Hidden in Time
Rift in Time, by Michael Phillips
FICTION ROBERTSON
End of the Age, by Pat Robertson
FICTION VANKAMPEN
The Fourth Reich, by Robert Van Kampen
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Nicholas Sparks Read Alikes
Have you read every last one of Nicholas Sparks' books? Branch out to one of these authors.
FICTION BINCHY
Evening Class, by Maeve Binchy
FICTION EVANS
The Smoke Jumper, by Nicholas Evans
FICTION EVANS
The Christmas Box
The Last Promise
The Letter
The Locket
The Looking Glass
Perfect Day
Timepiece, by Richard Paul Evans
FICTION FOWLER
Remembering Blue, by Connie May Fowler
FICTION GARRETT
After You
Angel Flying Too Close to the Ground
Because I Wanted You, by Annie Garrett
FICTION GRAYSON
The Gazebo
Waterloo Station, by Emily Grayson
FICTION HANNAH
On Mystic Lake, by Kristin Hannah
FICTION HINTON
Friendship Cake, by Lynne Hinton
FICTION HULL
Losing Julia, by Jonathan Hull
FICTION HYDE
Pay It Forward
Walter’s Purple Heart, by Catherine Ryan Hyde
FICTION KAY
Taking Lottie Home
To Dance With the White Dog, by Terry Kay
FICTION LANDVIK
Patty Jane’s House of Curl, by Lorna Landvik
FICTION LETTS
Where the Heart Is, by Billie Letts
FICTION MAXWELL
All the Winters That Have Been
Season of the Swan, by Evan Maxwell
FICTION MCKINNON
Candles on Bay Street, by K. C. McKinnon
FICTION MCMURTRY
Terms of Endearment, by Larry McMurtry
FICTION PATTERSON
Suzanne’s Diary for Nicholas, by James Patterson
FICTION PILCHER
An Ocean Apart, by Robin Pilcher
FICTION PRATT
The Last Valentine
The Lighthouse Keeper
Paradise Bay, by James Michael Pratt
FICTION RICE
Safe Harbor, by Luanne Rice
FICTION ROSENBERG
California Angel, by Nancy Taylor Rosenberg
FICTION SCHINE
The Love Letter, by Cathleen Schine
FICTION SHREVE
Where or When, by Anita Shreve
FICTION SIDDONS
Islands, by Anne Rivers Siddons
FICTION SMITH
The Stone Flower Garden, by Deborah Smith
FICTION SMITH
Jane’s House, by Robert Kimmel Smith
FICTION WALLER
The Bridges of Madison County
A Thousand Country Roads, by Robert James Waller
FICTION WILSON
Beauty
Hawke’s Cove, by Susan Wilson
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Romance Authors to Tickle Your Funnybone
Authors for those that like a little laugh with their romance:
Andersen, Susan
Banks, Leanne
Berg, Patti
Bevarly, Elizabeth
Cabot, Meg
Carmichael, Emily
Civil-Brown, Sue
Criswell, Millie
Crusie, Jennifer
Donovan, Susan
Evanick, Marcia
Fforde, Katie
Fielding, Liz
Finnamore, Suzanne
Gibson, Rachel
Grayson, Kristine
Heller, Jane
Hill, Sandra
Holden, Wendy
Jones, Luanne
Kenner, Julie
Keyes, Marian
Kistler, Julie
Medeiros, Teresa
Michaels, Kasey
Michaels, Lynn
North, Hailey
Ortolon, Julie
Phillips, Susan Elizabeth
Quinn, Julia
Ridgway, Christie
Schulze, Dallas
Wells, Robin
Winders, Jill
Zigman, Laura
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Spine-Tingling Tales
Scare yourself silly with these spine-tingling stories.
FICTION ADAMS
The Girl in a Swing, by Richard Adams
FICTION ANDREWS
Flowers in the Attic, by V. C. Andrews
FICTION BARKER
Books of Blood
Coldheart Canyon, by Clive Barker
FICTION BRUST
Freedom and Necessity, by Steven Brust
FICTION CAMPBELL
Alone With the Horrors, by Ramsey Campbell
FICTION FARRIS
Catacombs
Scare Tactics, by John Farris
FICTION FAWCETT
Against the Brotherhood, by Quinn Fawcett
FICTION GAIMAN
Neverwhere, by Neil Gaiman
FICTION HALLAHAN
The Search for Joseph Tulley, by William Hallahan
FICTION HARRIS
Silence of the Lambs, by Thomas Harris
FICTION HINKEMEYER
Lilac Night, by Michael Hinkemeyer
FICTION ILES
Mortal Fear, by Greg Iles
FICTION JACKSON
The Haunting of Hill House
The Lottery and Other Stories, by Shirley Jackson
FICTION KING
Bag of Bones
Carrie
Misery
The Shining, by Stephen King
FICTION KOONTZ
Mr. Murder
Strangers, by Dean Koontz
FICTION LEVIN
Rosemary’s Baby, by Ira Levin
FICTION LOVECRAFT
Tales of H. P. Lovecraft, by H. P. Lovecraft
FICTION MARCH
The Bad Seed, by William March
FICTION POE
The Purloined Letter, by Edgar Allan Poe
FICTION RICE
Interview with the Vampire
Queen of the Damned, by Anne Rice
FICTION SAUL
Suffer the Children, by John Saul
FICTION SHELLEY
Frankenstein, by Mary Shelley
FICTION SIMMONS
The Terror, by Dan Simmons
FICTION STOKER
Dracula, by Bram Stoker
FICTION STRAUB
Ghost Story, by Peter Straub
FICTION TRYON
The Other, by Thomas Tryon
FICTION WELLS
The Island of Dr. Moreau, by H. G. Wells
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Stephen King Read Alikes
Grab one of these authors that are as creepy as Stephen King. Don't forget to leave a light on.
V.C Andrews
Richard Bachman
Iain Banks
Clive Barker
Campbell Black
William Peter Blatty
Robert Bloch
Chaz Brenchley
Poppy Z. Brite
Ramsey Campbell
Andrew Coburn
Robin Cook
Frank De Felitta
John Farris
Alan Dean Foster
Christopher Fowler
Stephen Gallagher
Charles L. Grant
Marilyn Harris
Thomas Harris
James Herbert
Tom Holland
Peter James
Velda Johnston
Andrew Klavan
Kathe Koja
Dean R. Koontz
Michael Kube-McDowell
Marc Laidlaw
Richard Laymon
Ira Levin
David L. Lindsey
H. P. Lovecraft
David L. Martin
Graham Master
Richard Matheson
McCammon, Robert
Marlys Millhiser
Brent Monahan
Michael Palmer
Anne Rice
Philip Rickman
John Saul
Steve Shagan
Ramona Stewart
Peter Straub
Whitley Strieber
Thomas Tessier
Thomas Tryon
F. Paul Wilson
T. M. Wright
Chelsea Yarbro
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Sue Grafton Read Alikes
Have you made your way through Grafton's alphabet? You can count on these authors for more crime-solving adventures. Authors followed by an * are located in the Fiction section. All others can be found in the Mysteries.
Ayres, Noreen
Barnes, Linda
Barr, Nevada
Beck, K. K.
Bland, Eleanor Taylor
Cody, Liz
Conant, Susan
Cross, Amanda
D’Amato, Barbara
Davidson, Diane Mott
Dawson, Janet
Dunlap, Susan
Evanovich, Janet*
Forrest, Katherine
Grant, Linda
Hager, Jean
Hess, Joan
Kijewski, Karen
Lutz, Lisa*
Maron, Margaret
Muller, Marcia
O’Callaghan, Maxine
Paretsky, Sara
Pickard, Nancy
Simonson, Sheila
Smith, Julie
Stabenow, Dana
Van Gieson, Judith
Wolzien, Valerie
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Tearjerkers
Need a good cry? Grab a box of tissues and curl up with one of these tearjearkers.
FICTION ADAMS
The Plague Dogs, by Richard Adams
FICTION ALCOTT
Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott
FICTION ARNOW
The Dollmaker, by Harriett Arnow
FICTION BANKS
The Sweet Hereafter, by Russell Banks
FICTION BERG
Talk Before Sleep, by Elizabeth Berg
FICTION BINCHY
The Glass Lake, by Maeve Binchy
FICTION CIRESI
Blue Italian, by Rita Ciresi
FICTION COOK
What Girls Learn, by Karin Cook
FICTION DELINSKY
Three Wishes, by Barbara Delinsky
FICTION DEVERAUX
A Knight in Shining Armor, by Jude Deveraux
FICTION EVANS
The Horse Whisperer, by Nicholas Evans
FICTION FAIRBAIRN
Five Smooth Stones, by Ann Fairbairn
FICTION FLAGG
Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle-Stop Café, by Fannie Flagg
FICTION GABALDON
Dragonfly in Amber, by Diana Gabaldon
FICTION GIPSON
Old Yeller, by Fred Gipson
FICTION HOFFMAN
At Risk, by Alice Hoffman
FICTION KAY
To Dance With the White Dog, by Terry Kay
FICTION KEYES
Flowers for Algernon, by Daniel Keyes
FICTION LANDVIK
Patty Jane’s House of Curl, by Lorna Landvik
FICTION MAPSON
Hank and Chloe, by Jo-Ann Mapson
FICTION MCCULLOUGH
The Thorn Birds, by Colleen McCullough
FICTION MCMURTRY
Lonesome Dove
Terms of Endearment, by Larry McMurtry
FICTION MILLER
The Good Mother, by Sue Miller
FICTION MITCHELL
Gone With the Wind, by Margaret Mitchell
FICTION ONDAATJE
The English Patient, by Michael Ondaatje
FICTION PILCHER
The Shell Seekers, by Rosamunde Pilcher
FICTION QUINDLEN
One True Thing, by Anna Quindlen
FICTION RAWLINGS
The Yearling, by Marjorie Rawlings
FICTION REID
Swimming in the Starry River, by P. C. Reid
FICTION SPARKS
The Notebook, by Nicholas Sparks
FICTION SPENCER
Family Blessings, by LaVyrle Spencer
FICTION STEWART
Six Weeks, by Fred Mustard Stewart
FICTION STYRON
Sophie’s Choice, by William Styron
FICTION WATSON
Montana 1948, by Lawrence Watson
FICTION WILSON
Beauty
One Good Dog, by Susan Wilson
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Twilight Series Read Alikes
Sink your teeth into these Twilight read-alikes. All titles are shelved in YA FICTION in the Teen Room, alphabetically by author.
YA FICTION ANDERSON
Thirsty, by M. T. Anderson
YA FICTION BROOKS
Road of the Dead, by Kevin Brooks
YA FICTION CARY
Bloodline, by Kate Cary
YA FICTION CLARE
City of Bones, by Cassandra Clare
YA FICTION COLFER
The Wish List, by Eoin Colfer
YA FICTION DELACRUZ
Blue Bloods
Masquerade, by Melissa De la Cruz
YA FICTION DELANEY
Night of the Soul Stealer, by Joseph Delaney
YA FICTON DRAPER
Tears of a Tiger, by Sharon Draper
YA FICTION DUNKLE
By These Ten Bones, by Clare Dunkle
YA FICTION GREEN
Looking for Alaska, by John Green
YA FICTION HAUTMAN
Sweetblood, by Pete Hautman
YA FICTION JABLONSKI
Thicker Than Water, by Carla Jablonski
YA FICTION JONES
The Faerie Path, by Frewin Jones
YA FICTION KLAUSE
The Silver Kiss, by Annette Curtis Klause
YA FICTION LEAVITT
Keturah and Lord Death, by Martine Leavitt
YA FICTION MARILLIER
Wildwood Dancing, by Juliet Marillier
YA FICTION MARR
Wicked Lovely, by Melissa Marr
YA FICTION MARRONE
Sunshine, by Robin McKinley
YA FICTION MEAD
Vampire Academy, by Richelle Mead
YA FICTION MELLING
The Hunter’s Moon, by O. R. Melling
YA FICTION NIX
Sabriel, by Garth Nix
YA FICTION PFEFFER
Life as We Knew It, by Susan Beth Pfeffer
YA FICTION SEDGEWICK
My Swordhand is Singing, by Marcus Sedgewick
YA FICTION SCHREIBER
Vampire Kisses series, by Ellen Schreiber
YA FICTION SHUSTERMAN
Everlost, by Neal Shusterman
YA FICTION THOMPSON
The New Policeman, by Kate Thompson
YA FICTION WHITCOMB
A Certain Slant of Light, by Laura Whitcomb
YA FICTION WOODSON
If You Come Softly, by Jacqueline Woodson
YA FICTION ZUSAK
The Book Thief, by Markus Zusak
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