BookNews

Love to read but need help selecting your next good book?   BookNews, a reader's advisory service, is available 24/7 on the library's website and offers recommendations of four to six titles with reviews in a variety of genres.  With categories such as fiction preview, business, audio books, children's, teens, and more, there's sure to be something for every reader!  Additionally, all of these recommendations can be sent directly to you via email, making it easy to select your next read and place a hold on it through the Library's catalog in just a few clicks!

The Staff Recommends

See what books the staff are reading and recommending. New lists every month.

Poetry Spot

Check out our monthly list of recommended poetry titles.

New Books at Fairfield Public Library

Click here for a list of new books that have recently been added to the collection at Fairfield Public Library.

Love to read but don't have the time? Listen to the latest fiction and non-fiction on your way to work with our audio book collection.

Best Seller Lists / Book Awards

Click here to see best sellers and award winners.

Need Help in Selecting Your Next Book to Read?

The library subscribes to two databases that can help you in selecting your next book. Click below to go exploring!

What do I read next? More than 96,000 highly recommended fiction and non-fiction titles that can be searched to satisfy reading preferences based on subject, genre, time period, geographic location, character, reading level and more.

Novelist A database of 60,000 fiction titles that allows readers to find authors similar to their favorites, to explore genres such as thriller, romance, detective-mystery, and to create lists of prize-winning books

or subscribe to our OnLine Book Club

Every weekday morning, members of the Fairfield OnLine Book Club will receive an e-mail with a portion from a popular non-fiction book.  The daily e-mail is designed to take five minutes to read, with a new book starting every Monday. If you like the book, you can check it out of the library.

or stop by the library for a look at our "What to Read" binder

"What to Read" includes lists of books from many sources including staff favorites.

Join a Book Discussion Group

A Book and Sandwich Discussion Group which meets the second Wednesday of each month (except August) from 11:30am to 1pm at the Main Library, 1080 Old Post Road.

Talking About Books - a series of book discussions on various topics and titles led by guest discussants scheduled throughout the year. (also at the Branch Library)

Woods Book Group - meets the last Wednesday of the month from 2pm to 3pm at the Branch Library.

Book Groups

Are you a member of a book group? Check out our Book Club Corner in the Quiet Reading Room where we have multiple copies of books suitable for book club discussions.

Can't find a book at Fairfield Public Library?

Check the statewide catalog (reQuest) to see if another library in our neighborhood owns it.

Suggest that the library purchase the book by using our online Suggest to Purchase form.

Request that we borrow the book for you from another library (Interlibrary Loan - for Fairfield residents only).

April 10, 2008