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How To Find Books in a Series

evillebibliophile@evpl — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 16:56:00 GMT

Do you ever have trouble remembering which book comes next in the series you are reading? Do you ever find yourself staring at the copyright page, only to realize you still don't know which book is next?

To all of you who have ever tried to find the next book in a series (or discover the first one!) I offer to you the Kent District Library's What's Next Database!

This database allows you to search by author, name of book, or series name. It quickly lists all the books in the series, in order! I have used this database countless times and it has never let me down. I hope that some more of you find this helpful - let me know if you have every used this database, or if you use it for the first time after this post, let me know how you like it!

90 Classic Books for People in a Hurry by Henrik Lange

Bufkinite@evpl — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 13:20:00 GMT

This morning over my first cup of coffee I read Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness; and then Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird. I decided to read The Three Musketeers before jumping in the shower.

This delightful book reduces most of the canon of "Western Literature" into a series of four-panel cartoons. Each of the books thus encapsulated is given one two-page spread, and each 4-panel cartoon only uses 3 to tell the story, because one panel is always the book title.

I found this collection to be very funny and well thought out. It's also weird how many of the books he actually does capture the essence of in one page.

You're in a hurry, so check this one out!