The Top 150 Best-Selling Books

View the top 150 best-selling books from this past week.

The four titles from Stephanie Meyer's Twilight series hold the first four slots.

Library is Now Open

The Library is now open to the public. All library materials will be due on January 2nd.We will be closed on January 28-30 and a grand reopening is scheduled for January 31st.

Babysit a Bag of Books While We Are Closed

The Monroe Library is beginning the final stages of its renovation project. While this work is being done the Library will be closed from Monday, December 1 through Sunday, December 14.

While we are closed, please check out a bag of books. Babysit them at your house while we move the rest.

• The Library will reopen on Monday, December 15.
• All Library materials will be due on January 2, 2009.
• There will be NO fines charged during December.
• Please DO NOT return items while the Library is closed.
• If you would like to return your items at an earlier date, the Library staff would appreciate that you return these items after December 22.
• While the Library is closed holds cannot be placed on materials.
• Items previously placed on hold will be available for pickup after Tuesday, December 16.
• Please call the Library at 732-521-5000 for construction updates.
• The Library Bookmobile will be off the road during the month of December.
• Library cards for Monroe may be used in numerous libraries in New Jersey. The participating libraries in Middlesex County are:

Cranbury
609-655-0555

Old Bridge
(732) 721-5600, ext. 5024

Edison
(732) 287-2298

Perth Amboy
(732) 826-2600

Highland Park
(732) 572-2750

Piscataway
(732) 463-1633

Jamesburg
(732) 521-0440

Plainsboro
(609) 275-2897

Middlesex County College
732.906.2561

Sayreville
(732) 727-0212

Milltown
(732) 247-2270

South Amboy
(732) 721-6060

New Brunswick
(732) 745-5108

South Brunswick
(732) 329-4000, ext. 280

North Brunswick
(732) 246-3545

South River
(732) 254-2488

Spotswood
(732) 251-1515

In Memoriam Michael Crichton: 1942-2008

Michael Crichton's Official Site

Novels

THE ANDROMEDA STRAIN, Knopf, 1969
THE TERMINAL MAN, Knopf, 1972
THE GREAT TRAIN ROBBERY, Knopf, 1975
EATERS OF THE DEAD, Knopf, 1976
CONGO, Knopf, 1980
SPHERE, Knopf, 1987
JURASSIC PARK, Knopf, 1990
RISING SUN, Knopf, 1992
DISCLOSURE, Knopf, 1994
THE LOST WORLD, Knopf, 1995
AIRFRAME, Knopf, 1996
TIMELINE, Knopf, 1999
PREY, Harper Collins, 2002
STATE OF FEAR, Harper Collins, 2004
NEXT, Harper Collins, 2006

Non-Fiction

FIVE PATIENTS: The Hospital Explained, Knopf, 1970
JASPER JOHNS, Abrams, 1977
ELECTRONIC LIFE, Knopf, 1983
TRAVELS, Knopf, 1988
JASPER JOHNS (revised edition), Abrams, 1994

Please check our library catalog to see if titles are available or ask a reference librarian for assistance at (732) 521-5000 or mtplref@monroetwplibrary.org.

Most Popular Book Discussion Titles From Recent Years

Reading Group Guides has put together a list of the top 15 book discussion titles of the year for 2004-2007. Click on a title to learn more about that book.

http://www.readinggroupguides.com/findaguide/best_of_new.asp

National Book Award Finalists in Fiction

Home by Marilynne Robinson

Lazarus Project by Aleksandar Hemon

Telex from Cuba by Rachel Kushner

The End by Salvatore Scibona

Shadow Country by Peter Matthiessen

Please check our library catalog to see if titles are available or ask a reference librarian for assistance at (732) 521-5000 or mtplref@monroetwplibrary.org.

Halloween Mysteries

The Springfield Public Library has put together a great list of Halloween mysteries.

Please check our library catalog to see if titles are available or ask a reference librarian for assistance at (732) 521-5000 or mtplref@monroetwplibrary.org.