Find a Good Book
Read on for suggestions and lists on how to find your next great read.
Podcast: Fairfield What Are You Reading?
In 2021, Fairfield Public Library started a podcast to connect you to a monthly list of great books to add to your reading list. Hear a conversation on next reads from your favorite library staff. Search wherever you listen to podcasts for Fairfield What Are You Reading. Learn more here.
Monthly Genre Newsletters
Love to read but need help selecting your next good book? We have monthly newsletters that can be viewed online or sent directly to your inbox. With categories such as Book Club Picks, Romance, Thrillers and Suspense, Teen Scene, Picture Books, and more, there is 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!
Bookpage
Find the latest issue of Bookpage here. An independent monthly magazine for readers, highlighting the best new books across all genres.
Discover your next great book!
Staff Recommends
Check out Right Book at the Right Time, the staff reading blog, to learn what books the staff is reading and what they have to say about them.
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.
Explore audiobooks digitally for your phone, tablet, or computer through Overdrive/Libby and hoopla. Still want physical audio? Click here for a list of current audiobooks on CD and Playaway.
Need Help in Selecting Your Next Book to Read?
Novelist Plus – Premier database of reading recommendations, available through libraries around the world presenting fiction, nonfiction, and audiobooks. Includes expert recommendations, reviews, articles, lists, and more.
Join a Library Book Club
The library hosts a variety of book discussions in the library, and outside the library, for teens and adults. Visit our book groups page and find a group that suits you!
Need Books for Your Group?
Are you a member of a book group? Check out our Book Club Collection where we have multiple copies of books suitable for book club discussions.
More Book Recommendations
CT Readers – Goodreads’ readers list of book suggestions set in the state of Connecticut.
GoodReads – The world’s largest site for readers and book recommendations. Their mission is to help people find and share books they love. It’s social networking for people who love to read.
Google Books – Search and preview millions of books from libraries and publishers worldwide using Google Book Search. Discover a new favorite or unearth an old classic.
International Reading Association – The International Reading Association collects and publishes booklists to help young people find books they will enjoy reading. On this web site, see the lists from Children’s Choices, Teachers’ Choices and Young Adults’ Choices. Titles are submitted by young adults, teachers and librarians from around the United States.
Library Thing – A cataloging and social networking site for book lovers. LibraryThing helps you create a library-quality catalog of books: books you own, books you’ve read, books you’d like to read, books you’ve lent out … whatever grouping you’d like.
Mystery Books That Take Place in Connecticut – From The Cozy Mystery List Blog comes a list of mystery authors and their series’ titles that take place in the state of Connecticut.
The National Book Foundation – The National Book Foundation presents the National Book Awards. Take a look at past National Book Award winners, book trivia, book lists, and much more on the organization’s website.
Open Library – The Internet Archive and Open Library offers over 6,000,000 fully accessible, public domain eBooks. This includes a special modern collection of over 500,000 eBooks for users with print disabilities, and a very interesting curated, modern collection for the world at large. You can browse, read and borrow fascinating contemporary materials.