Reading Lists

In the mood for something good to read, but don't know where to start? Check out some of the following fiction reading lists for some helpful suggestions. These lists are also available in paper format and are updated by the Reference staff of the Ocean City Public Library.

Reading Lists Listed by Topic

9/11 Fiction
Addiction and Recovery Fiction/Non Fiction
Adult Fairy Tales
Adventure on the High Seas
Alien Invasion at the Library!
ALA's top banned books
Alternate History Fiction
Art in Fiction
Bible Characters in Fiction
Book Club Reads!
Butchered Titles
Chick Lit
Christian Fiction
Civil War Fiction
Go to the head of the class with college fiction
Cozy mysteries
CSI / Law and Order Readalikes
Cyber Thrillers!
Better than the TV Show - Desperate Housewives
Divorce Fiction
Dogs and Cats Fiction
Dystopian Fiction
Elderly Fiction
Epistolary Reads
Erotica
Family Sagas
Father Fiction
Feast on Food Fiction
You've got a friend...fiction
Funny Reads
GLBT Fiction
Gentle Reads
Experience life in Ancient Greece and Rome
Go outside with these great outdoors reads!
Harry Potter Read a likes
Historical Fiction
Deck the Halls with Holiday Fiction
Hollywood Romances
Get scared to death with these Horror Reads
Approach the Bench with these Legal Thrillers
Get your passport - We're going to Australia!
Get your passport - We're going to England!
Get your passport - We're going to India!
Get your passport - We're going to Ireland!
Get your passport - We're going to Italy!
Get your passport - We're going to Paris!
Libraries and Librarian Lit
Macho Reads
Good enough for Tony - Mafia Fiction
Presto! - Magic Fiction
Books for Male Teens
Marriage and Wedding Fiction
Medical Fiction
Microhistories
Mother-Daughter Fiction
Musical Fiction
Mysteries!
National Book Award Winners
Catch up with some local New Jersey Authors
I Love New York Fiction
Non Fiction Reads
Oprah Book Club Reads
A James Patterson Bibliography
Political/Financial Thrillers
Hail to the Chief with Presidential Fiction
Cram in some reading with these Quick Classics
Read-alikes!
Pack your bags for a Road Trip!
Feel the love with Romances
Seen the Movie? Read the Book!
Sports Fiction
Fall into Spring Fiction
Beat the heat with Summer Fiction
Surprise! Endings
Shed a tear with these Tearjerkers
Time Travel Reads
Travelogues
Good things happen in threes with these Trilogies
Twin Lit
War Fiction
Brave the Wild West
I am Woman, Hear me Roar Fiction