Recently, you may have seen one of our new read-alike bookmarks, offering recommendations for your next great read, tucked inside of a book. These bookmarks are designed to suggest books that you may enjoy because of similar themes, writing styles, characters, settings and more. They now cover more than 60 of our most popular titles, from All the Light We Cannot See to The Nightingale to Sue Grafton’s X. If you haven’t come across a bookmark for your favorite book yet, you can check out the virtual versions with the links below or stop by the Reference Desk to pick up a bookmark in person.
But what if you don’t see your favorite book on our list? Bedford Public Library has a great online tool, called NoveList Plus, that can help you find books perfect for your personal reading list. You can access NoveList Plus through Bedford’s e-library databases or by clicking this link. Once there, search for the title of your favorite book to bring up a list of recommended titles, similar authors and books characteristics (called “appeals”) to help you search. Or you can browse directly for new books by appeals like genre, character type, tone or pace.
As always, please feel free to stop by the Reference Desk as well. We love recommending books, talking about books and… well… we just love books and are always happy to help you find a new favorite or to troubleshoot NoveList with you.
Have a favorite book you’d love to see recommendations for? Have a recommendation to share? Let us know by emailing reference@bedfordnh.org.
Click on the book titles below to bring up a list of recommendations.
11/22/63 by Stephen King
All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
American Housewife by Helen Ellis
Ashley Bell by Dean Koontz
Before the Fall by Noah Hawley
Belgravia by Julian Fellowes
Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty
Boston Girl by Anita Diamant
The Boys in the Boat by Daniel Brown
Brooklyn by Colm Toibin
The Crossing by Michael Connelly
Eligible by Curtis Sittenfeld
The Expanse (Series) by James S. A. Corey
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Fates and Furies by Lauren Groff
Find Her by Lisa Gardner
The Fireman by Joe Hill
Fool Me Once by Harlan Coben
Game of Thrones (Series: A Song of Ice and Fire) by George R. R. Marti
The Girl in the Spider’s Web by David Lagercrantz
The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins
The Girls by Emma Cline
The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
The Guest Room by Chris Bohjalian
The Guilty by David Baldacci
Half a King (Series) by Joe Abercrombie
Inside the O’Briens by Lisa Genova
The Last Mile by David Baldacci
The Liar by Nora Roberts
Lilac Girls by Martha Hall Kelly
The Little Paris Bookshop by Nina George
The Lord of the Rings (Series) by J. R. R. Tolkien
Make Me by Lee Child
A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman
The Man in the High Castle by Philip K. Dick
The Martian by Andy Weir
Me Before You by Jojo Moyes
My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante
My Name is Lucy Barton by Elizabeth Strout
The Nest by Cynthina D’Aprix Sweeney
The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah
NYPD Red 4 by James Patterson
The Obsession by Nora Roberts
Outlander by Diana Gabaldon
Private Paris by James Patterson
The Rainbow Comes and Goes by Anderson Cooper and Gloria Vanderbilt
The Road to Little Dribbling by Bill Bryson
Rogue Lawyer by John Grisham
Room by Emma Donoghue
Secret Sisters by Jayne Ann Krentz
See Me by Nicholas Sparks
A Song of Ice and Fire (AKA Game of Thrones) by George R. R. Martin
A Spool of Blue Thread by Anne Tyler
The Summer Before the War by Helen Simonson
The Swans of Fifth Avenue by Melanie Benjamin
The Things We Keep by Sally Hepworth
Uprooted by Naomi Novik
When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi
The Widow by Fiona Barton
Winter Stroll by Elin Hilderbrand
The Witches: Salem, 1692 by Stacy Schiff
X by Sue Grafton
Submitted 8/3/16 by Patricia