How to Find a Book

There are several resources available to help you find a good book to read:

Personalized Reading Recommendations

A book recommendation service just for you!  Fill out a brief questionnaire to receive your personalized reading recommendations from a Provo City Librarian.

Online Booklists

Peruse lists of books organized by genre or subject.

Kids'  |  Teen |  Adult

Clicking on the title of a book will take you to the catalog, where you can see if the book is checked in or you can place a hold request if it is checked out.

Librarian, Teen, and Children’s Book Review Blogs

	Library Staff Reviews Librarians at the Provo City Library review the books they've read.  Our favorites are labeled as Staff Picks or Audio Picks.  If you want to avoid violence, strong language, or graphic scenes, look for the books labeled as Clean Reads.
	Teen Reads Monthly post highlights new young adult books coming to our Library.
	Children's Book Reviews Includes books read and reviewed by the Chilren's Librarians at Provo City Library.
	Reading Recommendations Book suggestions built around what you like to read.

Novelist

NoveList Plus is a comprehensive readers' advisory resource for fiction and nonfiction.  With extensive feature content, advanced search options, author read-alikes, professional reviews, recommended reads, genre outlines, and much more - NoveList Plus will help you to answer the question of what to read next.

Catalog Book Reviews

If you’re wondering if a book will be good to read, our catalog also has book reviews which you can see under “Item Information” from any catalog listing.  You will see an average reader rating in stars, and then the number of reviews that have been done for that book (if no reviews have been done, it will simply say “Write a review”).  You can view the reviews by clicking on the number of reviews beneath the star rating.

Also, if you come in to our library, feel free to ask any librarian for book recommendations, or you can search our Readers Advisory books located at the back of the first floor reference desk.