Recommendations

Want some help finding books?

Try BookMatch, the library’s personalized book recommendation service.

Novelist (requires a library card), Goodreads, and the NPR Book Concierge are great resources for browsing different genres.

Check out the library’s Reader’s Resources page to see even more resources for finding books.

Stop at the Information Desk anytime to discuss book choices.

Book Awards

Agatha Awards (Mysteries)

Andrew Carnegie Medals

Booker Awards

Edgar Awards (Mysteries)

Eisner Awards (Comic Industry Awards)

Hugo Awards (Science Fiction)

Locus Awards (Science Fiction/Fantasy)

National Book Awards

Nebula Awards (Science Fiction/Fantasy)

PEN/Faulkner Award

Pulitzer Awards

Stonewall Book Award (LGBTQIA+ books)

Women’s Prize for Fiction

The Summer Reading Challenge was made possible by the Thomas F. Kilfoil Memorial Bequest, West Hartford Library Foundation.