Find Your Next Book with Novelist
Check out the new features and whole new look of Novelist!
Or if you are new to Novelist, this is a great resource for finding books in a series, read-alikes, reviews and recommendations on what to read next.
To access Novelist:
–Click here if inside the library
–Click here if outside the library
One of the new features that intrigues me is the the ability to search for appeal factors including storyline, pace, tone and writing style. While Novelist and our online catalog have always offered the ability to search by subject, these appeal factors get more to the feel of a particular book. For example I recently read and greatly enjoyed the book The Help by Kathryn Stockett. For me the subject matter was interesting but that was not really what kept me flipping pages late into the night. For me it was the fast-paced and upbeat feel of the book.
Now with Novelist you can search by just those kind of appeal factors.
Want to try it out? Here are a few tricks I found useful:
- To get directly to the kind of items you want, use advanced search. To access this screen click on the words Advanced Search located under the search box on the home page.
- To limit your books to just adult titles only click the checkbox Adults and then click Update Results after you do your initial search.
- Use the links on the right side to limit your result set even further based on appeal characteristics you may not have thought of.
If you like Novelist check out our other reader’s advisory pages:
Lisa’s Good Nonfiction Reads Guide
Posted by Sharon, a Second Floor Librarian
RSS feed
