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Adventure: Apocalypse and Disaster NovelsWORDPDF
Adventure: Novels About Epidemics and SuperbugsWORDPDF
Adventure: Treasure Hunting, Conspiracies, Secret SocietiesWORDPDF
Adventure in the Great Outdoors, Non-Fiction BooksWORDPDF
Animals and Their People, Non-Fiction BooksWORDPDF
Art History, Artists, and PhotographersWORDPDF
Award Winners: Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction and NonfictionWORDPDF
Award Winners: Dayton Literary Peace PrizeWORDPDF
Award Winners: National Book AwardWORDPDF
Award Winners: Nobel Prize in LiteratureWORDPDF
Award Winners: Pulitzer Prize in FictionWORDPDF
Banned BooksWORDPDF
Biographies and Autobiographies of Famous and Influential CaliforniansWORDPDF
Biographies and Memoirs from the Golden Age of HollywoodWORDPDF
Biographies and Memoirs of the Presidents of the United States of AmericaWORDPDF
Biographies of Country Music StarsWORDPDF
Biographies of Jazz and Blues Singers and MusiciansWORDPDF
Biographies of Rock N Roll StarsWORDPDF
Books Referenced in “The End of Your Life Book Club”WORDPDF
Cesar Chavez DayWORDPDF
Children’s Animal StoriesWORDPDF
Children’s Books: Coretta Scott King Award WinnersWORDPDF
Children’s Books in Print/BrailleWORDPDF
Children’s Classics for Young and Adult ReadersWORDPDF
Children’s Newbery Award WinnersWORDPDF
Classic Books by California AuthorsWORDPDF
Classics: Pre-20th Century English NovelsWORDPDF
Classics by American AuthorsWORDPDF
Classics by Russian AuthorsWORDPDF
Classics RetoldWORDPDF
Cookbooks: All American RecipesWORDPDF
Cookbooks: Dessert RecipesWORDPDF
Cookbooks: From Around the WorldWORDPDF
Cookbooks: Quick and Easy RecipesWORDPDF
Cookbooks: Vegetarian and VeganWORDPDF
Cult Classic FictionWORDPDF
Diabetes: Non-Fiction GuidesWORDPDF
Fantasy SeriesWORDPDF
Fantasy: Steampunk FictionWORDPDF
Fantasy: Urban Fantasy SeriesWORDPDF
Gardening BooksWORDPDF
Gentle and Inoffensive FictionWORDPDF
Government and Politics from the LeftWORDPDF
Government and Politics from the RightWORDPDF
History: American Civil WarWORDPDF
History: American RevolutionWORDPDF
History: CaliforniaWORDPDF
Holidays in the Springtime, Fiction and Non-Fiction BooksWORDPDF
Horror and Frightfully Suspenseful StoriesWORDPDF
Independent Living for People with DisabilitiesWORDPDF
Inspirational Non-Fiction Books about People with DisabilitiesWORDPDF
Job Searching and Career DevelopmentWORDPDF
Libraries and Librarians in Fiction and NonfictionWORDPDF
Movie Books: Seen the Movie? Read the Book that Inspired ItWORDPDF
Mysteries: Agatha Award WinnersWORDPDF
Mysteries: CulinaryWORDPDF
Mysteries: HistoricalWORDPDF
Mysteries: International Crime NovelsWORDPDF
Mysteries: Spy and Espionage NovelsWORDPDF
Mysteries: True CrimeWORDPDF
Older Heroines in Fiction BooksWORDPDF
Popular and Contemporary Fiction Favorites 2006 Through 2008WORDPDF
Popular and Contemporary Fiction Favorites 2009 Through 2011WORDPDF
Popular and Contemporary Fiction Favorites 2012 Through 2014WORDPDF
Popular and Contemporary Fiction Favorites 2015 Through 2017WORDPDF
President Obama RecommendsWORDPDF
Romance: AmishWORDPDF
Romance: RITA Award-Winning BooksWORDPDF
Romance: Gentle and InspirationalWORDPDF
Romance Novels: HistoricalWORDPDF
Romance: ParanormalWORDPDF
Romance: Spicy NovelsWORDPDF
Romance: Traditional Romantic SuspenseWORDPDF
Science: Climate Change, Ecology, and PollutionWORDPDF
Science: Inventions, Ideas, and Scientists that Shaped the WorldWORDPDF
Science Fiction Space Opera NovelsWORDPDF
Short, Sweet and Simple FictionWORDPDF
Sports: Baseball, the Game, the Players, the HistoryWORDPDF
Travel, Sports, and Adventure for People with DisabilitiesWORDPDF
Urban FictionWORDPDF
Vampires: The Classics and ContemporariesWORDPDF
Weird WestWORDPDF
Women’s Lives and Relationships FictionWORDPDF
World LiteratureWORDPDF
Young Adult: Action, Adventure, and IntrigueWORDPDF
Young Adult: Alex Award WinnersWORDPDF
Young Adult: Contemporary Realistic NovelsWORDPDF
Young Adult: Printz Award WinnersWORDPDF
Young Adult and Children’s Books: Schneider Family Book AwardWORDPDF

Read-Alikes Lists

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Read-Alikes for Barbara KingsolverWORDPDF
Read-Alikes for the Hunger Games SeriesWORDPDF
Read-Alikes for Lilian Jackson BraunWORDPDF
Read-Alikes for Nicholas SparksWORDPDF
Read-Alikes for the Harry Potter SeriesWORDPDF
Read-Alikes for the Stephanie Plum SeriesWORDPDF
Read-Alikes for VC AndrewsWORDPDF
Read-Alikes for Zane Grey and Louis L’AmourWORDPDF

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