Beach Reads

Indie Booksellers Target Summer's Best Reads
Check out these beach reading suggestions from indie booksellers posted on NPR.org

Books Made Into Movies in 2011

NPR has put together an annotated list of books that will come out as movies in 2011.

This list includes popular titles including Water for Elephants, which is already out in theaters, and The Help which is set for release in August.

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Based on the Book

Based on the Book is a compilation of over 1,250 books, novels, short stories, and plays that have been made into motion pictures. Utilizing the Internet Movie Database as the authority, all movies in this collection have been released as feature-length films in the United States, in English, since 1980.

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Books Everyone Should Read

Book Everyone Should Read: A Consensus Cloud

Click on the link above to see a cloud of a combination of favorite and award-winning book titles.

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eBooks

Did you know that you can download free eBooks from your Library's homepage?
Go to http://www.monroetwplibrary.org/ and choose Download Ebooks & Audiobooks. Choose eBooks (Next to ListenNJ) and follow the instructions to load an ebook onto your Nook, Sony Reader, or ipad. Our ebooks are not compatible with the Kindle at this time.

Here is a list of free ebooks available on the Internet:

• Planet eBook -- http://www.planetebook.com
• ManyBooks -- http://manybooks.net
• Textbook Revolution -- http://textbookrevolution.org
• Books Should Be Free -- http://booksshouldbefree.com
• FeedBooks -- http://www.feedbooks.com
• Free Tech Books -- http://freetechbooks.com
• EPubBooks -- http://epubbooks.com
• Web-Books -- http://web-books.com
• Books.google.com -- http://books.google.com
• Internet Archive -- http://www.archive.org
• Project Gutenberg -- http://wwww.gutenberg.org

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DailyLit

Set up an account at
DailyLit.com to receive free installment of books sent to your email account or blog reader. You can choose the frequency of installments. The site includes a forum for each book where you can discuss titles with other DailyLit subscribers.

Best sellers from the week you were born

What books topped the New York Times' best seller list the week your were born? Find out here at BibliOZ.com.

Currrent bestseller list