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Our staff is always happy to recommend titles for you to read, watch, or listen to. Just ask us!
To get you started, we have compiled a few lists of recommended titles for different ages and different interests. Take a look:
Youth - page currently being updated. Check back soon for new suggestions, or just ask a librarian!
Teens - lists for teen readers ages 13 to 18
Roadworthy! - New books, movies and games on the bookmobile
Staff Picks on Rochester Patch check out the monthly blog post of recommended reads from the RHPL staff
Adults
Movies & Television Series
Documentaries You May Have Missed - popular and award winning documentaries from the last few years
Downton Abbey Watch Alikes - Enjoy Downton Abbey? Here are other films and shows you may also like
You Deserve a Break! - enjoy some couch-potato time with our television related DVDs, books, and CDs
Fiction Books
Best Books of 2012
April in Paris - experience this magical city through books and film
Beach Reads - fun reads for your next getaway
Classic Literature - great books you may have missed
Family Ties - ties that bind, ties that break
Graphic Novels are for everyone! - Never tried one? Start with these.
Historical Fiction - travel back in time with these great page turners
Holiday Fiction - brighten your holidays with a good book
Jodi Picoult Read-Alikes - you may also enjoy these books!
Read With a Passion - romances for guys
A Sampling of Fiction Set Around the World -transport yourself to other worlds
Small Town Romances Yes, you can go home again
Urban Fiction - books set on the gritty streets of the city
Classic Books & Modern Variations - retellings of classic stories
Westerns - tales set in the wild west
Mystery, Fantasy & Science Fiction Books
Like Scott Turow? - may we suggest these legal thrillers...
Military Reads - science fiction and realistic fiction titles
SciFi Lite - titles for those who think they don't like science fiction
Thriller/Suspense - popular authors of the genre
Urban Fantasy - set on the gritty streets of the city with vampires, demons, and magic
We're Doomed - modern, apocalyptic science fiction
Non-Fiction Books
Best Books of 2012
General Science & Math - books anyone can enjoy
Go Green - tips and resources for living and thinking green
Great Biographies You May Have Missed - popular biographies from the last few years
New Camera? - helpful books about techniques, history, cameras and photographers
New Year, Fresh Start - make it your best year yet!
Overbooked - nonfiction titles that read like fiction
Parenting - finding your way in the wide world of parenting
Read Any Good Cookbooks Lately? - suggestions for readers who love food
Religion & Spirituality - great books to center yourself and focus on a higher power
Scholarship Resources Sources for college funding
Tell Me a Story...Now Tell Me the Truth - novels and Films inspired by true events
Travelers' Tales - escape to a different world with these memoirs and travel narratives
Vegetable Gardening - Great books to get you started or improve your gardening skills
Yoga - DVDs and books to get you started or refine your practice
Large Print Books
Artful Reads - the worlds of artists are brought to colorful life in these novels
Books for Cooks - stir up some mystery, add in some fun, and shake it all up for a good story
Books on the Silver Screen - books adapted into motion pictures
Celebrate the Holiday Season
Christian Fiction - inspirational reads
Dogs - man's best friend
Family Gatherings- stories based around holidays, summer time and all the times in between
Feed Your Heart with Books
Librarians in Fiction
Novel Lives - read all about the influential men and women that have shaped our world
Places to Go--Things to See - good picks for armchair traveling
Presidents and Their Families - in honor of Presidents' Day
Ready, Set, Action! - try these page turners in our large print collection
School Days and Beyond - a collection of fiction and non-fiction titles set in schools around the world
Spies in Fiction
Timely Reads that Made it to the Big Screen - more books-to-movies suggestions
Thankful for Books
When Irish Eyes Are Smiling - a collection of books about Ireland or written by Irish authors
Write 'Em Cowboy
Talking Books
Audie Awards 2012- audio book selections available at RHPL
For the Entire Family - favorite talking books the whole family will enjoy
Humor - political, biographical, sports, travel . . . all genres of humor found in the nonfiction section
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