CLICS Popular Reading Collection

CLICS Popular Reading Collection consists of non-fiction and fiction titles including many books on the NY Times best sellers.

View the latest books added to the CLICS collection.

Best Sellers

• New York Times Books: use this site to find book reviews and best sellers.
  

Top 100 Lists

• Modern Library’s 100 Best Novels
  
• Modern Library’s 100 Best List, Nonfiction
  
• The Utne Reader’s The Loose Canons - 150 great works to set your mind on fire
  
• Boston Public Library: 100 Most Influential Books of the [20th] Century
  
• New York Public Library’s Books of the Century- Compiled in 1995
  

Book Clubs

• Amazon best sellers and book clubs
  
• Oprah’s Book Club

Still Can’t Decide What To Read?

The Book Spot
A compendium of links to recommended reading lists, the site also lets you search by genre and theme

Or try Dan's tip for winning fiction
Go up to 7th floor of Geisel and locate the PN call numbers (general literature). Then close your eyes, walk down an isle, and reach for a random book. Now no matter what book you pick, read at least the first 20 pages. If you're not hooked yet, then try another one.

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