Reading Resources & Recommendations

VALNet:

• order books to be picked up at LHS or just see what is available

Overdrive:

• check out ebooks, audiobooks, or even videos

• Libby: download the app to get items on your device

NoveList:

• a database of book recommendations; suggestions are based on genre, appeal, and theme; offers read-alikes or series information (this database also appears on our VALNet page)

Project Gutenberg:

• a library of over 60,000 free eBooks in epub and Kindle eBooks format to download or read online.

Goodreads:

• an American social cataloging website and a subsidiary of Amazon that allows individuals to search its database of books, annotations, quotes, and reviews.

Teen BookCloud:

• an online collection of ebooks, enhanced novels, graphic novels, videos, and audiobooks

BookRiot:

• provides recommendations for must-read books (old and new) in any genre: literary fiction, mysteries, romances, ya, science fiction, fantasy, comics, nonfiction, or any combination of the above

Teenreads:

• suggests books that are compelling, beautifully written, pure fun, thought-provoking, or edge-of-your-seat gripping books to hand to someone and say, “read this!”

Reading Rants:

• provides a booklist for teens who need a good book and may not be sure what to read me