Good Reads

eMail: ReaderDevelopmentTeam@doncaster.gov.uk | Telephone:  01302 734551 or 734498 | Fax:  01302 369749 
Address: Central Library, Waterdale, Doncaster, DN1 3JE.

Choosing a book

Reading for Life

What are you going to read next? To help you decide, here are some ideas ranging from bestseller lists to our own readers' reviews.

You can use the online library catalogue to check whether a book is in the library, and for a small charge, any title can be requested.  (See links on left hand margin).

Bestsellers and recommendations

Try the links below to find lists of bestsellers and popular new books:

Guardian Top 10 Fiction Titles

Book Marketing Society

TV Book Club

Fantastic Fiction

Books Out Loud

Books Out Loud - A series of podcasts from the Yorkshire Post, that aims to highlight the wealth of literature from the county.

Use the link below to visit the Books Out Loud web page.

Prize winning books

Why not see what you think of the books that have been selected as the best of the year? Read them yourself and see if you agree with the judges. The links below take you to some of the book award websites.

Costa Book Awards

Orange Broadband Prize for Fiction

Man Booker Prize

Nobel Prize in Literature

Carnegie and Greenaway Children's Book Awards

Focus on Fiction

A selection of new books now available in the library is listed in the document below:

Book Clubs

Find out more about local Book Clubs and the books they are reading by using the "Book Clubs" link in the left margin.

Talking Books

Each library has a collection of books recorded onto CD or cassette tapes which are available to loan for a small charge (free for exempt members to borrow). To find out more, use the link "Talking Books" in the left hand margin.

Last updated: 02 March 2010
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