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Community Reads Crime and Suspense Diverse Fiction Fantasy Graphic Novels and Manga Historical Fiction Literary Fiction Mysteries Non-Fiction Romance Science Fiction Westerns Related Services

*The booklists below are curated by our wonderful Reference staff.

Community Reads

➤ Book Club Best Bets (Fiction)
➤ Book Club Best Bets (Nonfiction)
➤ Chippewa Valley Book Festival 2021
➤ Chippewa Valley Book Festival 2019
➤ Local Authors
➤ Midwest is Best
➤ One Book, One Community
➤ Staff Picks

Crime and Suspense

➤ Crime Fiction
➤ Criminal Masterpieces
➤ Legal Thrillers
➤ Military Thrillers
➤ Modern Private Eyes
➤ Nordic Noir
➤ Psychological Suspense
➤ Race Against Time
➤ Spy Thrillers
➤ Thrillers & Suspense

Diverse Fiction

➤ African American Fiction
➤ Immigrant Experience
➤ Indigenous Lives
➤ Latinx Fiction
➤ LGBTQIA+
➤ Religiously Diverse

Fantasy

➤ Classic Fantasy
➤ Contemporary Fantasy
➤ Dark Fantasy
➤ Diversity in Fantasy
➤ Dragons
➤ Epic Fantasy
➤ Faerie Land
➤ Historical Fantasy
➤ Magical Realism
➤ Twice-told tales

Graphic Novels and Manga

➤ Classics to Graphics
➤ Fantasy
➤ Non-Fiction
➤ Science Fiction
➤ Superheroes

Historical Fiction

➤ Biographical Fiction
➤ The Blue & the Gray
➤ Dear Diary
➤ Discovery & Exploration in Fiction
➤ Historical Women in Fiction
➤ Past & Present
➤ Throwback Fiction
➤ World War I
➤ World War II

Literary Fiction

➤ Autobiographical Fiction
➤ Ensemble Casts
➤ Family sagas
➤ Love on the Rocks
➤ Translations
➤ Novels in Verse
➤ Stylistically Complex
➤ Suburban Malaise
➤ Unhappy families

Mysteries

➤ The Butler Did It!
➤ Cozy Mysteries
➤ Fatally Funny
➤ Locked Room Mysteries
➤ Police Procedurals
➤ Historical Mysteries
➤ Paranormal Mysteries

Non-Fiction

➤ Biography & Memoir
➤ Business & Economics
➤ History Writing
➤ Nature & Science
➤ Poetry
➤ Self-Improvement
➤ Spirituality & Religion
➤ Society & Culture
➤ Travel Writing
➤ True Crime

Romance

➤ Christian Romance
➤ Contemporary Romance
➤ Gentle Romance
➤ Historical Romance
➤ Relationship Fiction
➤ Romantic Suspense
➤ Steamy Romance

Science Fiction

➤ Alternate Histories
➤ Alternate Worlds
➤ Apocalyptic Fiction
➤ Classics
➤ Dystopian Days
➤ Steampunk/Retrofuturism
➤ Time Slips & Loops
➤ Science Fantasy

Westerns

➤ Lawmen
➤ Weird Wild West
➤ Cowpokes & Homesteaders
➤ Outlaws & Gunslingers
➤ Western Romances

 
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November: Make Your Own Category

This month we invite you to create your own category! You may be inspired by some of the suggested categories below, but please share your chosen category when you report your monthly activity via Beanstack, email, or phone call. Your idea may appear in future Reading Challenges.

• A Book Set on a Train
• A Book about the Environment
• A Book That Makes You Laugh
• A Biography about an Artist
• A Memoir about a Person You Admire
• A Non-fiction Book about Animals
• A Book about Reaching Across the Aisle
• A Book of Poetry from the 15th Century
• A Book Written by Someone Born in the 21st Century
• A Cookbook Featuring a Different Cooking Style
• A Book about a New Hobby
• A Book about a Different Religion
• A Historical Novel about Witchcraft
• A Book about Mythology
• Folk Tales from a Foreign Land